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High School Football Star Scores 8 Touchdowns Day After Mom’s Death: ‘Really Special Feeling’

By Elsie A. Dotson 7 months ago
Alex Brown Instagram

Alex Brown Instagram

Alex Brown Instagram

A New Jersey high school football player honored his late mom on the field during a Friday game, all while bringing his team to the next round in playoffs.

Alex Brown, a senior at Red Bank Catholic High School, scored eight touchdowns in a single game the day after his mom, Michelle Brown, died of breast cancer, CBS New York reports. Alex, who told NJ.com that his mom was his “biggest inspiration,” threw for six touchdowns and ran for two.

“I threw that first touchdown pass and I just knew she was gonna be with me the whole night,” Alex told CBS of his late mother, adding, “It was a really special feeling.”

Alex Brown QB and his mom

Alex Brown QB and his mom

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Photo Of High School Football Player’s Sportsmanship Going Viral

By Elsie A. Dotson 9 months ago
Three footballs next to a pylon

Three footballs next to a pylon

In most instances within sports, an opposing player going down with an injury during play is an opportunity to take a big advantage. But at a recent high school football game, one player saw an injured opponent as an opportunity to do something nice.

During a recent high school football game in Iowa between Charles City and New Hampton, wide receiver Mario Hoefer of Charles City was photographed helping out New Hampton’s Carter Steinlage, who’s leg was cramping during the game. The photo has since gone viral.

“I knew exactly how that felt,” Hoefer said, via the GlobeGazette. “My first reaction was, ‘Okay there’s no trainers over here yet.’ So I’m about to help stretch him out. I did that for a bit and waited for the trainers to come over.”

ESPN SportsCenter called what Hoefer did “true sportsmanship” and shared the image.

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Kentucky Class 4A high school football preseason poll for 2021

By Elsie A. Dotson 11 months ago

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of stories ranking Kentucky’s high school football teams class by class, according to voting by the class’s coaches.

It didn’t take long for Coach Justin Haddix to adjust to the high expectations that go along with leading the storied Boyle County football program in Title Town.

The first-year coach led the Rebels to their ninth state championship.

And, guess what? Boyle County comes into 2021 ranked as Class 4A’s No. 1 team, according to coaches responding to the @HLpreps Preseason Football Survey. Boyle County received 19 of the 26 No. 1 votes cast.

There are plenty of contenders who have other ideas. Johnson Central got three No. 1 nods and is always a threat. Franklin County, last year’s runner-up, and Lexington Catholic got two No. 1 votes each.

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Computers And Technology For School

By Elsie A. Dotson 11 months ago

It is not universally true that bugs are solely as a end result of programmer oversight. Computer hardware might fail or may itself have a fundamental drawback that produces surprising leads to sure conditions. For occasion, the Pentium FDIV bug brought on some Intel microprocessors in the Computer & Technology early Nineteen Nineties to provide inaccurate results for certain floating point division operations. This was brought on by a flaw in the microprocessor design and resulted in a partial recall of the affected units. High stage languages are additionally often interpreted somewhat than compiled.

  • Changing its function required the re-wiring and re-structuring of the machine.
  • Field experience is one of the best ways to blend classroom principle and learning with meaningful professional experience that pertains to your main.
  • High stage languages are usually “compiled” into machine language using one other computer program known as a compiler.

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