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The Lighting struck, but the Thunder didn’t rumble. Week 1 of the high school football season was full of highlights!

Leo travelled to Bishop Dwenger Tuesday night for a high school volleyball match. Kassie King led the Lions to a 3-1 victory with 12 kills.

This March 2001 story on Lebron James of Akron St. Vincent St. Mary’s High School contains some of the earliest known basketball highlights of the NBA superstar. The feature from Lebron’s sophomore year includes interviews with then Akron head coach Keith Dambrot and travel coach Gregg Collins. The story was written, produced and edited by Brad Forster when he was a sports anchor/reporter for WMFD television in Ohio. For more of Brad’s work check out YouTube.com

Check out what happens when Ray Lewis and Mario Williams show up at 2 rival Texas High Schools for some 3 vs. 3 Online Team Play! Madden 2 The People! 8.10.10. www.facebook.com

The Madison High School Jaguars brought a ringer onto the basketball court with them Thursday evening: a Cabinet Secretary. After a day of events in Arkansas and Louisiana, Secretary Duncan changed out of his suit and tie for a 30-minute scrimmage with the team. More than 300 students, parents, teachers and community members turned out to watch and cheer. The well-coached Jaguars evidently have their system down, running plays smoothly and connecting on their passes. It took Arne’s young teammates awhile to adjust to a new player—his no-look passes seemed to throw them off their game—but they soon found a rhythm.

Plant opened up its high school football season in front of a national audience tonight and against the always tough Manatee team.

HARDING AT NORTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Tom Leyden has highlights from the first week of high school football action in metro Detroit.

1990 Treadwell vs OakHaven High School Part 1/2 The oirginal sound is extremely low, so you’ve gotta volume your speakers up. Anfernee Deon “Penny” Hardaway (born July 18, 1971, in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), specializing as a small forward, shooting guard, and point guard. His most productive years came in his days as a member of the Orlando Magic as well as the early portion of his stint with the Phoenix Suns. Hardaway was an all-NBA player early in his career, but was plagued by constant injuries which gradually reduced his effectiveness. He last played for the Miami Heat, who released him December 12, 2007. Hardaway’s nickname “Penny” came as a result of his grandmother’s southern accent in calling him “Pretty.”[1] Hardaway was raised by his grandmother while his mother was away working. His first love was football but his grandmother did not want him to get hurt. He grew up in the Binghampton neighborhood of shotgun houses in Memphis, Tennessee. As a teenager, despite his rising popularity around the city and region and, in high school, the nation, Penny continued to work as a referee of youth sports at the Memphis YMCA and played on the Memphis YOMCA Jr. Olympic basketball teams as a youth. Hardaway grew up playing basketball in Memphis for Treadwell High School, where he averaged 36.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 3.9 steals, and 2.8 blocks as a senior and was named …

Friday Night Feats is a video contest from State Farm® that honors big moments in high school football. A total of 0000 in prize money will be awarded to schools across the US and parts of Canada to use however they’d like. A new football field? Books? Classroom supplies? The field is wide open. Just submit your video of a great football play and encourage your community to vote it to victory. Contest is open for submissions Friday, August 27th. To learn more, visit FridayNightFeats.com.