Which of these high school football stories is more absurd?…
Posted on September 11th, 2009 by Mike under phenoms, sportsA couple good joshers from the wide world of prep football today. Chuck Klosterman (and other ex-high school athletes from North Dakota), these are in your wheelhouse…
The more draconian of the two, eight players at Upper Arlington High School in Ohio have been suspended for tonight’s game after some suggestive behavior in the team photo…
Upper Arlington High School has suspended at least eight players for tonight’s football game against Findlay High School.
A report from a Columbus television station says that at least eight senior players have been suspended from school and will not participate in the game against the Trojans because of sexually explicit gestures made in a picture…
So, eight imbeciles made the shocker in the team picture. Reminds me of the time one of my Catholic grammar school pals, we’ll call him Tito Jackson, flipped the bird in the second grade class photo. (He used both hands actually, which were hanging by his side. It was the double inverted salute, in fact.) My mom was less than thrilled when she saw that, and I didn’t get to play Nintendo track n’ field at Tito’s house for quite some time.
Like Tito Jackson, the actions of these H.S. baffoons did indeed see the light of day. The photo wasn’t discovered until it appeared in the school’s football program book and posters distributed to local businesses.
Upper Arlington suspends 8 players for Findlay game (WFIN.com)
Meanwhile, it wasn’t player hijinks that stunted the order of Alcoa and Fulton’s game last night, but something out of an Indiana Jones or Kevin Bacon movie…
With Alcoa leading 20-7 in the fourth quarter last night, the game had to be postponed because of sinkhole all of suddenly opened on 41-yard line.
OK, maybe Tremors is a bad comparison here. The hole was only a foot in a half in diameter – it wasn’t exactly eating midfield.
Sensing victory, Alcoa coach Gary Rankin wanted to play it out using half the field. Instead, they’ve postponed until 5 p.m today. That is, unless it develops into this…
Sinking to the occasion (KnoxNews.com)
September 11th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
That’s crazy! Alcoa is one of the teams I was covering two years ago!
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