Friday, November 28th, 2008, filed in Weekly Digests
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone had a great day with friends and family yesterday. Here’s the 17th 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.
Top Basketball Signees By Position
Rivals.com has the story on the top signees from the class of 2009 by position for each conference. My Tar Heels have the the top center and player in the conference in John Henson. Check out the story for more details.
Mixed Martial Arts Makes Its Way to High School
Mixed martial arts was illegal in nearly every state in the country in the early 1990s, but is legal in most states now. Still, most high schools have yet to adopt it as a sport. The NY Times takes a look at one school near Boston, where students have started a club for it.
USA Today Super 25 Updates
Two top 25 high school football teams had their seasons ended in the playoffs this past weekend, and there are two new schools that have joined the list.
Girl Files Lawsuit to Play High School Baseball in Indiana
“Logan Young has been playing baseball with the boys for nine years, and she and her parents don’t think that should change now that she’s in high school. The 14-year-old and her family have filed a federal lawsuit over an Indiana High School Athletic Association rule that prohibits the Bloomington South freshman from trying out for the high school baseball team because she is female.”
Should Private Schools Be Allowed to Compete for State Championships?
The Baltimore Sun has an interesting article that looks at both perspectives of whether or not private schools should be allowed to compete for state championships.




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