Новости за 20.08.2019

AUBURN ⁠— We’ve known since the first day in May that Auburn would start a freshman at quarterback against Oregon on Aug. 31 in Arlington, Texas. The only question was whether it would be a redshirt freshman or a true freshman: Joey Gatewood or Bo Nix.

Dylan Fluellen is a junior wide receiver at Gilmer (Texas) High School. He’s a versatile two-way threat who lines up as both a linebacker and defensive back on the defensive side of the ball.

A video of California high school students giving Nazi salutes while singing a Nazi song emerged on Monday, marking the second time that Orange County teenagers making anti-Semitic actions have come to light in 2019.

These last two years, Assumption (Louisville, Kentucky) has made the top of the Super 25 Rankings look pretty similar.

Cassius Stanley is well aware that most will write him off as being biased and a homer, but he doesn’t care; come November when the USA Today Super 25 basketball rankings drop he’s adamant that his alma mater Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, California) should be in the No. 1 spot.

Every Little League squad includes players who have developed deep superstitions as they continue to advance. That includes the current Southwest champions from Louisiana.On the docket? Gatorade with Skittles and cash money. Really.

The ALL-USA Preseason Girls Soccer Team for the 2019-20 season was selected by Sheldon Shealer from TopDrawerSoccer.com in coordination with USA TODAY High School Sports based on past performance, level of competition and strength of schedule. Only players from states that compete in the fall season were considered.

In 1951, the St. Louis Browns bought up pinch hitter Eddie Gaedel. Standing just 3-foot-7 and wearing a jersey with the number “1/8”, Gaedel became the only little person to bat in an MLB game. He remains so to this day, and his 1-for-1 result — he was walked on four pitches — has left him with a perfect 1.00 on-base percentage.

If it seems like we wee just celebrating Josh McCown’s NFL longevity, it’s because we were. McCown was making the perfect transition, moving from NFL quarterback to high school coach. Now, it’s apparently time to put the celebratory champagne back on ice.

With Cam Johnson being selected by the Phoenix Suns with the No. 11 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, the family is following him to the desert.

More than 1,000 people showed up to Freeport (Maine) High School for a memorial lacrosse game to raise money for the family of a teen who died jumping into a river, according to the Press Herald.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Melrose High School (Memphis, Tenn.) first-year principal Taurin Hardy will enter the new school year with his boys basketball program again eligible for the TSSAA postseason.

High school football was saved in Lee County not because of the negotiating skills of either side of a labor dispute, but because of the generosity of a group of local business owners.