Week Zero (I still don’t understand why it can’t be Week 1) of the high school football season had the usual instances occur in the opening of the season: There were many penalties, players cramping because of the hot and humid weather and teams acclimating to a new offensive system or life ...
In one of the greatest football movies ever made, “Remember the Titans,” Sheryl Yoast, played by an 11-year-old Hayden Panettiere, narrates the opening scene of the film and says, “In Virginia, high school football is a way of life. It’s bigger than Christmas Day.”If you take out ...
Like any department, in any business, there are slow times of the year and then there is the busy season.The sports department of the Observer-Reporter is no different. While there are slow times, such as the mid-June to mid-July period, when many of the high school athletes are participating ...
Playing offensive line is hard enough.In the age of the RPO (Run/Pass Option) offense, the “Big Uglies” as they are sometimes called, face even greater challenges.The RPO offense is one of the most popular offensive play-call strategies in football.It was a strategy that was once used ...
In professional golf tournaments that are contested over four days, the third round is known as “moving day,” when those on the fringe try to play their way into contention, thus making a move up the leaderboard while others lose touch with the frontrunners.This is the eighth Friday of the ...
It’s football season already. Hard to believe, right?Baseball season is still ticking, though the Pirates have long been out of the playoff chase. Washington Wild Things fans are excited about their team having the best record in the Frontier League and chasing the franchise’s first ...
