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High School Athletics

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Shanice Lambert: Another Panhandle Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct

    What in tarnation is going on in the schoolhouses on Texas's High Plains? The latest in the Shame Parade is Shanice Lambert, who looks much more glamorous on her Facebook page than in her Armstrong County mugshot. According to the Amarillo Globe-News, police in Childress accuse the 37-year-old teac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Deontay Greenberry: A Texans-Related Grain Of Salt For College Football National Signing Day

    There was a time not too long ago when the last-minute defection of wide receiver Deontay Greenberry from my alma mater Notre Dame to the University of Houston would have sent me into a mental funk that would have taken me a week from which to recover. After all, Greenberry is a dynamic "four star ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Knocked Out

    Medical effects of concussion far worse for kids.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Women's World Cup Means a Lot to Local Soccer Playing Teens

    Everyone's favorite, Amy Wambach.​Good friends, Julianne Kovacik and Carly Naylor, both 15, are at Naylor's family reunion in Ohio until Saturday. They were originally scheduled to return home to Houston (Kingwood, to be precise) Sunday night after a couple days of driving. But, when the U.S. ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2011

    The Final Play

    After traumatic knee injury, Case Keenum has one more season to prove his talents.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Texas High School Hockey Fight: Cheap Shots, Bloodthirsty Parents and a Broken Jaw

    The Hansen Brothers, Texas high school version​See it while you still can -- video of the incredible ending of the Texas high school hockey championship up in Dallas. (Yes, they have high school hockey here. It's a club sport, not part of the UIL.) Keller beat a team from Arlington 9-3, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    High School Recruitnik -- The Silent Predator

    You fail, social media stalkers of high school athletes​Well, today is the day. The day where entitled 17-year-old kids everywhere say hello to the free world by putting five hats of various universities in front of them, faking that they will grab one (completely offending that school which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Yates High: 1985 State Champs and 'Team of the Decade' Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary

    Photo by Chasen MarshallYates High '85: the debate continues over whether it was the greatest Texas team ever.Twenty-five years ago, Houston was home to, arguably, the greatest high school football team ever to take the field in Texas. During that season, Yates High was unstoppable on offense and im ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Resurrecting Phi Slama Jama

    Can UH resurrect its basketball glory days?

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    High School Football In Full Swing; Katy The Team To Beat In Region

    Photo by Chasen MarshallOne of many Katy High TDs on opening night​Click here for a slideshow from the Katy/North Shore game Friday night. The east stands were alive and doused in red, with chants of "Ka-ty! Ka-ty! Ka-ty!" before the team had even taken the field. The number of dancers and cheerl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, Shoots Hoops With Yates

    Photos by Paul KnightSecretary of Education Arne Duncan made an appearance at Sam Houston High School.​Arne Duncan, the federal Secretary of Education, had to cut his trip to north Houston's Sam Houston High School a bit short, because there were more pressing matters. Duncan was headed to the Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    A Rock & Roll Time Capsule From Friday Night Lights Country

    myspace.com/sweetmikeycThat's right, that's former Elvis Presley guitar-picker Scotty Moore on the far left.​ As Lonesome, Onry and Mean noted yesterday, even in an age when no one supposedly buys, listens to or reviews albums anymore - three words: Record Store Day - too many albums pour into our ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    Third Ward High

    The 2010 Yates championship team proved nobody does it better.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    ESPN And CNN In Death-Cage Opinion Brawl Over Yates High School

    Yates represents.​Yates High School's basketball team continues its roll to a state championship, a role that's included some very large blow-outs of over-matched opponentsIt's attracted nationwide attention, and now two of the biggest brand names on television are getting into it.First came Rick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Yates Vs. Lee, The Rematch: Generals Stay Within 100

    Photos by Aaron M. Sprecher / Click here for a slideshow​The Lee High School "cheering section" sat in the smallest little section of stands, in the lowest corner of the east side of the bleachers at Delmar Field House, during Saturday's rematch between the Lee and Yates High School boy ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    Pot of Gold

    Is the war on marijuana a waste of precious resources?

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    If Katy Actually Faced Cinco Ranch In The Playoffs, Who Would Win?

    Photo by Paul Knight​Here at Hair Balls, we seem to talk a lot about Katy High School football, even though we try not to. When the high school playoffs started this year, we really wanted to cheer for Galveston Ball, and we thought The Woodlands and Hightower High School would surely go deep in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Friday Night Lights, Houston Style: Why Does Everyone Hate Katy So Much?

    Photos by Paul Knight​Standing in the rain on Saturday afternoon, watching Katy High School play Atascocita in a playoff game, Hair Balls remembered something we read on the Washington Post NFL blog this past week. This question, about the Dallas Cowboys, was asked: "Why are the Cowboys So Hated? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Friday Night Lights, Houston Style: Another Hurricane Beating For Galveston

    Photos by Paul Knight​After the high school football playoff schedule was released last week, Hair Balls was ready to jump on the Galveston Ball High bandwagon and follow the team on what we hoped would be a miracle playoff run. Ball had already exceeded expectations by making the playoffs, c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    As The HS Football Playoffs Begin, Here Are The Three Best Games Of The Past 15 Years

    High school football playoffs start this weekend, and Hair Balls is excited.The Woodlands and Hightower High School finished undefeated and, from what we saw this season, look like they'll be tough to beat. Katy High School, whose only loss came in the team's opening game against The Woodlands, won ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Friday Night Lights, Houston Style: The Difference Between High School Football In Texas And Pennsylvania

    Photos by Paul Knight​Hair Balls traveled to a high school football game this weekend with a native Pennsylvanian to see how high school football in that state matches up against high school football in Texas. We went to Rosenberg to watch a Saturday night match up between the B.F. Terry Ran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Friday Night Lights, Houston-Style: Hightower-Dulles, And Ranking The Best

    Photos by Paul Knight / Click here for a full slideshow​Hair Balls watched a game about a month ago between two old HISD rivals, and we noticed that the stands were a little empty and the game play was a little soft. We found an old Madison coach, Richard Blair, who told us that he thought H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Friday Night Lights, Houston Style: Six-Man Football Isn't Just For Tiny Towns

    ​Since Hair Balls started covering high school football, we've been itching to check out a six-man game, because after all, the supposedly big-time games in recent weeks have been somewhat of a letdown. But on Friday night, we found a true football mecca: the Rosehill Christian School. Along a tre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Friday Night Lights, Houston Style: What Ever Happened To The Yates-Madison Rivalry?

    Photo by Paul Knight​Hair Balls traveled to HISD's Barnett Stadium on Friday to check out the James Madison Marlins play the Jake Yates Lions, a refreshing change of pace from last week's Battle of the Super Suburbs. Madison and Yates are apparently old rivals, and we went to the game with high ex ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2009
  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    The Thing About Frito Pies

    Photos by J.C. ReidHaute cuisine? For people who did not grow up in Texas, and for the occasional Texan who did not spend time in public school lunch rooms or patronize the concession stands at Friday night high school football games, a Frito pie is a dish containing three ingredients: Fritos corn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Coach Leads His Team To 100-0 Victory, Gets Fired

    The Covenant School in Dallas got hit with a bunch of unfavorable publicity after its girls basketball team beat another school 100-0. (That  score is not a typo.)School officials posted a message on its web site apologizing for the game, saying "the school and its representatives in no way sup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Madison High's Ray Seals Honored By NFL, As Vince Young Finally Does Something Right This Year

    Seals and VYRay Seals, head coach at Madison High, has been chosen the 2008 National Football League High School Coach of the Year. Two of his former players, Vince Young of the Tennessee Titans and Moran Norris of the Detroit Lions, nominated Seals for the award.  In his essay, Norris called S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Countdown To Championship Saturday: Hightower

    The Hightower High School football program fielded its first varsity team in 2000, but in just nine seasons, the school has graduated some great players -- two have played in the NFL -- and made the playoffs seven times.     This year, however, is the first time the team has adva ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    No Pressure. It's Just Texas High School Football.

    Katy High School was going to play against a Florida team on national TV. Now all it had to do was find a way to win again.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Let The Bidding For Galveston's HS Football Stars Begin!!

    Katy High School was going to play against a Florida team on national TV. Now all it had to do was find a way to win again.

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2008

    The Five Biggest Choke Jobs in Houston Sports History

    Katy High School was going to play against a Florida team on national TV. Now all it had to do was find a way to win again.

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2007

    Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: John McClain, Coach Fran and Mike Sherman

    Katy High School was going to play against a Florida team on national TV. Now all it had to do was find a way to win again.

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Lights On or Off?

    The fight for a TV show about truth, justice and high school football

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Making the Call

    Broadcasting high school games, ESPN-style

  • Calendar

    July 20, 2006

    Drummer Love

    Broadcasting high school games, ESPN-style

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Out of the Park

    Second Ward slugger Aaron Treviño scores a scholarship and prepares to leave the barrio behind

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Great Moves

    Sometimes it's all in being in the right place at the right time

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Letters

    Sometimes it's all in being in the right place at the right time

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    What Price Glory?

    In an era when booster dollars give high school football teams a high-tech edge, scratching out a winning season gets tougher and tougher

  • Film

    October 7, 2004

    Hell of a Catch

    Friday Night Lights goes deep -- a rare route for football movies

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Landmark

    Friday Night Lights goes deep -- a rare route for football movies

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Tee Time

    Lee High School dropped football, deciding golf was a better sport for its kids, no matter how poor or new to this country they might be

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Texan

    Aaron Glenn

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002
  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Pipeline to the Pros

    One of the straightest paths to the NBA begins on the summer hoops circuit. All the kids have to do in return is wear the right shoes.

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    No Sissies Allowed

    They'll run. They'll catch. They'll tackle. Women's professional football ramps up (again) in Houston.

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Winning in the Worst Way

    Rock Knapp transformed little Northwest Academy from gridiron patsy to playoff powerhouse. So why are some parents calling for his head?

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Final Down

    The Trophy Son's family not only loses in court, but will have to pay the school system's legal costs

  • News

    December 16, 1993

    Taking Care of the Boys

    High school QB Kyle Heine broke his neck on the field. How well was he treated?

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