[AWARDS] Four soccer coaches are among the Positive Coaching Alliance‘s 20 winners of its Double-Goal Coach Awardfor their positive impact on youth athletes. Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance, the winners are honored for “striving to win while pursuing the more important goal of teaching lifelessons through sports.” They receive a $250 prize and a trophy. […]
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Sleep well, play well (The teenager's challenge)
(For those parents and coaches welcoming a new generation of teenagers, the Youth Soccer Insider republishes this article, which first appeared in May 2011.) By Dev K.Mishra, M.D. I’m sure anyone who’s raised an adolescent or teenager can attest to the idea that teenagers don’t get as much sleep as they need. For the adolescent […]
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NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] A pair of seniors, Brinkley Culpepper, a striker at Franklin (N.C.) High School, and David Wildmen, a midfielder at Blythewood (N.C.) High School ), were named the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Culpepper scored five goals in herlast two games, the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Brevard High School and all […]
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NSCAA High School Boys Spring Poll
[RANKINGS] McIntosh of Peachtree City, Ga., is No. 1 in the first NSCAA High School Boys Spring Poll. The top 11 teams all finished last week unbeaten anduntied. For the top 20 rankings … RANKING TEAM W-L-T 1 McIntosh (Peachtree City, Ga.) 13-0-0 2 J.L. Mann (Greenville, S.C.) 6-0-0 3 Jenks (Jenks, Okla.) 4-0-0 3 […]
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NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Anna Estep, a junior forward from the Cannon School (Concord, N.C.) and Brandon Hill, a freshman forward from Heathwood Hall Episcopal School (Columbia, S.C.), have been selected as the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Estep, who has verbally committed to play for the University of Pennsylvania, scored nine goals and registered four […]
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NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Player of the Week Awards
[AWARDS] Virginia Tech-bound Bria Dixon, a senior forward at Cary (N.C.) High School, and Tyler Brazell, a junior midfielder at Brookland-Cayce (S.C.) High School, have been selected as the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Dixon, asenior forward, was crucial in Cary’s last three victories with a goal in a 2-0 victory over Fuquay-Varina, […]
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Man charged in death of popular Massachusetts coach
[JURISPRUDENCE] Zachery Lemmo, 20, was charged with vehicular homicide while intoxicated in the death of 61-year-oldJames Braga, a former Boston Globe Coach of the Year at Middleborough (Mass.) High School. Lemmo was arrested Tuesday and held on $50,000 cash bailat his arraignment Wednesday in connection with the car crash that killed Braga Sunday night on […]
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NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Evelyn Findlay, a freshman forward from Grand Terrace (Calif.) High School, and Haiden Lane, the 2012 NSCAA Texas High School Player of the Year from Brenham (Texas) High School were named the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Findlay led her team to its first playoff victory in school history with a goal […]
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NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Delaney Sheehan, who scored her 201st varsity goal in Mandeville’s playoff win against Baton Rouge HighSchool in Louisiana regional play, and Keith Murphy, a sophomore goalkeeper at Servite High School in Anaheim, Calif., have been selected as theNSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Sheehan, a senior midfielder, finished the season with 56 goals […]
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NSCAA High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Taylor Eller, who helped Melbourne High School win a Florida state championship, and Chris Nichols, a senior goalkeeper from Vista Ridge High School (Cedar Park, Texas), were named the NSCAA High School Players of the Week. Eller, a junior midfielder, scoreda goal in the shootout and contributed an assist on Melbourne’s lone goal in […]