Sports briefs for Oct. 31 (Edwardsville Journal) Edwardsville field hockey alumni game The 8th annual Edwardsville High School Alumni Game will be Sunday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. Warm-ups start about 12:30. This year the game will be held on the new field behind the high school....more...Thanksgiving high school football special (Republican-American) Young. What do you eat for dinner the night before the Thanksgiving Day game?...more... Class sports has not saved Whiting basketball like it was supposed to (The Times of Northwest Indiana) CLASS BASKETBALL | A DECADE OF DIVISIONS WHITING | The boycott of all Nike products in 1996 put Whiting High School on the national map. The administration's refusal at allow an Oiler to wear No. 23 -- the number of Nike spokesman Michael Jordan -- was the punch line that made a lot of people chuckle....more... Class sports has not saved Whiting basketball like it was supposed to (Northwest Indiana Times) WHITING | The boycott of all Nike products in 1996 put Whiting High School on the national map. The administration's refusal at allow an Oiler to wear No. 23 -- the number of Nike spokesman Michael Jordan -- was the punch line that made a lot of people chuckle....more... Viking victory on minds of many (Kane County Chronicle) GENEVA ? Geneva High School football center Eric Strauss said his teammates would continue a game-day tradition today before going to their playoff game in East St. Louis....more... Talawanda yearbook up for national award (The Oxford Press) The Talawanda High School yearbook class is raising eyebrows this fall as the 2006-07 yearbook titled "Director's Edition" is up for national recognition....more... 50 lose day for rule violations (Hammond Daily Star) PONCHATOULA - About 50 Ponchatoula High School students were suspended for one day this week because of dress code violations, school officials said, not 300 to 400 as some students had claimed....more... Thunder in the Dome Part II (Waconia Patriot) For the first time in 15 years the Waconia High School football team secured a date in the Metrodome for the State Football semi-finals. The Wildcats became one of just four Class AAAA teams to advance to the Metrodome for this prestigious round of football....more... Winning ways build pride for Warriors (Granite City Press-Record) As a first-year high school athletic director, Brian Harshany of Granite City High School has every reason to smile....more... |