FOOTBALL: MAINE SOUTH GETS PUT ON PROBATIONMaine South (Park Ridge, Ill.), which has won the last three Class 8A state football titles, has been placed on probation until Dec. 1, 2011 by the Illinois High School Association, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Violations included using counterfeit sideline passes at the state finals and failure to follow rules on the number of coaches allowed on the field and in the press box. Head coach Dave Inserra and assistant Rick Magsamen have been suspended for the 2011 season-opening game.
* Highly successful Morgan Park (Chicago) coach Lexie Spurlock has been fired despite a 147-59 record, 11 consecutive state playoff berths, three Chicago Public League titles and sending six players to the NFL.
* Opponents are going to see red when they travel to
Canyon (New Braunfels, Texas), because the Cougars have just installed a new artificial red turf with white hash marks and black end zones with white lettering. They will be greeted at the 50-yard line with the school logo in red, black and white.
POTPOURRI* St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) was nipped, 1-0, by
San Clemente (Calif.) during the Red Bull Nolan Soccer Showcase in Fort Worth, Texas. The St. Thomas girls had won their first 18 games, outscoring their opponents by a huge 121-0 margin.
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Honeoye Falls-Lima (N.Y.) defeated Livonia (N.Y.), 107-79, to give swim coach Norm Schueckler his 300th victory.
* Sophomore goalie Ryan Seltenreich made a spectacular 48 saves as
Chatfield (Littleton, Colo.) edged Standley Lake (Westminster, Colo.), 3-2.
