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If preparation and planning are the keys to success, what should an athlete do if something interrupts their plan?

USA TODAY High School Sports is presenting the fifth annual ALL-USA Preseason Boys Lacrosse Team.

USA TODAY High School Sports has a weekly column on the college recruiting process. Here, you’ll find practical tips and real-world advice on becoming a better recruit to maximize your opportunities and play at the college level. Jaimie Duffek was one of the top 50 high school softball players in Illinois and went on to play outfield for Drake University. Jaimie is just one of many former college athletes who are part of the Next College Student Athlete team. Their knowledge, experience and dedication... Читать дальше...

When Rob Gronkowski retired from the New England Patriots on Sunday, the move was met with two immediate questions: 1) Is he the greatest tight end of all time? (he’s certainly a contender) and 2) How will the Patriots replace him?

This is the first rankings after the preseason that USA TODAY High School Sports is bringing you. The Super 25 Regional Rankings for baseball, as selected by the USA TODAY High School Sports staff, is based on results, tradition, quality of players and strength of schedule with weekly rankings in five regions — Northeast/Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, South, Frontier and Pacific.

The top five in the Super 25 baseball rankings looks a little different than it did in the preseason.

The Chicago Bulls of the 1990s may have started it, but the wild, stylized, strobe-flashing sports intros had long since become so ubiquitous that it was only a matter of time before they became embraced all the way down in youth sports.

Usually, a game that ends prematurely is called off for weather concerns or a mercy rule. Not one Maryland lacrosse game on Tuesday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Four more wins kept Neshoba Central perfect and extended its run atop the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll to a dozen weeks.

A pair of Illinois brothers who have emerged as elite recruits both committed to Minnesota on Wednesday while taking their second unofficial visit to the school.

ATLANTA – On April 4, Cole Anthony will lead Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) into the GEICO Nationals in New York to compete for the national title and he’s looking for any competitive edge he can use to accomplish that goal.

Courage. Character. Resilience.

Purdue superfan Tyler Trent had them all.

So does heroic teen Sean English, the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy (Mich.) track star who lost his leg helping others, but went on to run again, just as he had promised.

His grit and character not only pulled him through his darkest days, but made him the first recipient of the Tyler Trent Courage and Resilience Award, a memorial scholarship honoring the Boilermaker superfan who died Jan. Читать дальше...

Jordan Horston won’t ride off into the proverbial sunset clutching her national championship trophy at the end of her senior season, so, coming in to the McDonald’s All American Game Wednesday night she was looking to rewrite the end of her high school hoops career.

The Brentwood Academy (Nashville, Tenn.) football program is reeling after the death of a former player.

<p><strong>School: </strong>Westlake (Atlanta) <br /> <strong>Record:</strong> 30-0<br /> <strong>Super 25 Ranking:</strong> 17<br /> <strong>Why her: </strong>Despite not having any seniors on the roster, Hankerson led No. 17 Westlake to a state title and a perfect 30-0 record this season. It was the Lions’ second-straight state title and extended their winning streak to 50.</p> <p><em>Photo: Westlake Athletics</em></p>