High School Sports and Recruiting Digest: December 12, 2008

Friday, December 12th, 2008, filed in Weekly Digests

Here’s the 19th edition of our weekly High School Sports and Recruiting Digest, which saves you time by giving you the scoop on the stories you may have missed from the last week. Check out the headlines below for what’s been going on in the world of high school sports, and click the links to see the full stories.

Nation’s Longest HS Football Win Streaks Snapped

The South Panella Tigers (Mississippi) had their 89-game win streak snapped on Friday. Less than 24 hours later, Maryville (Tennessee), the new holders of the longest active winning streak (74 games), suffered a loss as well.

Barry Sanders, Jr. Touchdown Run

Check the video below for an amazing run by Barry Sanders, Jr. (son of the NFL great), who scores on a 54-yard reverse. Sanders is just a freshman at Heritage Hall High School.

Juniors Shine at Marshall County HoopFest

ESPN has the scoop on which basketball players stood out at the Marshall County HoopFest in Kentucky. Some of these players include Jared Sullinger, Avery Bradley and Tristan Thompson.

Class of 2010 Football Player Already has 5 Offers

Delmarco Cobbs, a 6′2″ 190 pound FS/WR from Tulsa, OK, already has five scholarship offers on the table–from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Texas Tech.

Kiffin Making a Difference With Tennessee Recruits

“Following the firing of coach Phillip Fulmer, many of Tennessee’s commitments scattered. New head coach Lane Kiffin is now doing a pretty good job of bringing several of them back in.”

Lacrosse Scholarship Myths

Lacrosse Magazine has a good article that explores some of the myths in lacrosse recruiting. One of these involves the “full-ride”–in reality, full, four-year scholarships are very rare in lacrosse. Check the article for more of these myths explained.

Star Mississippi RB Dies From Gunshot Wound

Very sad story here. At a routine traffic stop on Monday, 17-year old running back Billie Joe Johnson shot and killed himself. It is not yet clear if the shooting was a suicide or accidental. Johnson’s high school football coach, Al Jones, described Johnson as “the best pure athlete to come through (his program)” in his 23 years of coaching.

List of State Football Champs From Across the Country

Both Sides of the Ball put together this helpful list of high school state champs from all over the country.

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