High school sports injury study blows whistle on foul plays.
HONOLULU -- Illegal plays triggered more than 12% of soccer and basketball injuries during competition, according to the first comprehensive, nationally representative analysis of high school sports. The findings from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, might have important...

Gaels pick up first win under coach Paul Constantino.
Byline: Graham Entwistle WEBSTER - Don't be surprised if reports of an oversized simian wandering the backwoods of Webster surface sometime in the near future. With a mighty heave of its shoulders, the Clinton High School football team tossed the monkey from its back on...

An epidemiologic comparison of high school sports injuries sustained in practice and competition.
After a 16.1% participation increase during the past decade, more than 7 million United States high school athletes competed in interscholastic sports during the 2005 2006 school year, with highest participation in football and basketball. (1) Interscholastic sports play a key role in the successful development of students, being...

Young athletes are in the running for top track title.
Byline: Fred Sullivan COLUMN: SPORTS RAP Every school year brings forth "new kids on the block" who will thrill us during the interscholastic athletic year, and 2008-2009 will be no exception to that rule. Emily Jones and her cohorts at The Bromfield School...

School may lower athletic fees; Winter, spring costs could be cut in half.
Byline: Aaron Nicodemus NORTHBRIDGE - School officials are considering a reduction in fees paid by student athletes at Northbridge High School. Interim Superintendent Henry J. O'Donnell said a subcommittee of the School Committee is considering whether to cut fees in half for the winter and...

Athletes are game to help off the field.
Byline: Jennifer Toland COLUMN: Colleges Assumption College sophomore Brendan McGee, a midfielder on the Greyhounds' soccer team, was watching "SportsCenter" one Sunday night this winter when a segment about the life, death and legacy of Pfc. Nick Maderas caught his attention. Maderas, who...

High school sports participation increases.
The number of student participants in high school athletics increased for the 18th consecutive year, according to the 2006-07 High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS; www.nfhs.org). Based on figures from the 50 state high school athletic/activity associations, plus the...

Do youth learn life skills through their involvement in high school sport? a case study.
In this study we examined whether and how youth learned life skills through their involvement on a high school soccer team. We collected data from fieldwork and interviews with 12 male student-athletes and the head coach from one team. Results showed that the coach's philosophy involved building relationships and...

Idea sparks a school defibrillator program.
Byline: Kim Ring SOUTHBRIDGE - Firefighter Paramedic Robbie M. Barton felt the spark of an idea hitting. He'd read the statistics from the American Heart Association: At least 7,000 children will die of sudden cardiac arrest this year. "Wouldn't it be a good...

Birthday bash draws thousands; Festival, fire and parade cap yearlong celebration.
Byline: Michael Kane WEST BOYLSTON - Unofficially, the celebration of the so-called "Bicentennial Weekend" started with Friday's high school football game and ended Monday, when many took the chance for a collective "phew." In between, thousands visited West Boylston for the weekend full of events that included...