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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
"It's a strange time," is right. No doubt some of the smaller schools are struggling, but some aren't. Look at tiny Saltsburg for example. They have a roster of 30 kids, and their program is on the rise despite being one of the smallest "A" schools that have football. Blairsville had to send their junior high kids to play there this year due to lack of participation. They could easily win seven games this year. They're legit good.
On the other hand you have the United situation, which is a much bigger school than Saltsburg. Interestingly, United has a soccer team!? That was a shocker to me. It's nice to have a lot of opportunities but there's a breaking point. I wonder if parents know that there are more concussions in soccer than American football? The football participation issue isn't an easy one to figure out, and it seems to be regional.
The five fastest growing high school sports over the last five years according to the National Federation of High Schools:
1. Archery
2. Competitive Spirit (?)
3. Rugby
4. Flag Football
5. Lacrosse
Sports I wouldn't be surprised are dying:
1. Tennis
2. Gymnastics
3. Golf
Title IX is keeping field hockey alive.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
Competitive Spirit is competitive cheer/dance. Don't worry - had to look it up myself but it makes sense. I'm at that age when a lot of friends are posting pics of them at the weekend hockey tournament or the big cheer competition in Orlando.
Sports I wouldn't be surprised are dying:
1. Tennis
2. Gymnastics
3. Golf
Title IX is keeping field hockey alive.
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
I guess I could have been more useful and provided the entire document from NFHS. Here it is for those who want to delve into it. Some pretty interesting numbers broken down by state, sport, and gender: 2018-19 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY
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Originally posted by EastStroud13 View Post
Thanks for this; this is a really interesting link. I want to know more about the single school participating in boys' slow pitch softball.
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
Some schools have competitive bass fishing! I wonder if it just says "BASS" on the back of their varsity jackets. Now that I think about it, I wonder how you earn a letter in that sport.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View PostTitle IX is keeping field hockey alive.
And my oldest friend has put two daughters through D-I schools for free with it -- one to Temple, another a senior now at Michigan State.
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
Some schools have competitive bass fishing! I wonder if it just says "BASS" on the back of their varsity jackets. Now that I think about it, I wonder how you earn a letter in that sport.
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
Some schools have competitive bass fishing! I wonder if it just says "BASS" on the back of their varsity jackets. Now that I think about it, I wonder how you earn a letter in that sport.On the college fishing circuit, which is not under the N.C.A.A. umbrella, anglers can compete alongside professionals and win prize money without consequences like a challenge to eligibility.Last edited by IUPMonk; 09-09-2019, 12:58 PM.
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...and the IndianBearHawks are back in the Coach's Top 25.....at #24.
https://www.afca.com/d2-poll-valdost...s-top-25-poll/
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostWell ... 72 hours later. Any injury updates? I assume Shaq Jones will sit this week with the concussion.
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Originally posted by jrshooter View Post
Field hockey is as much a regional sport as lacrosse, probably more so. But they're real and intense about it in central Pennsylvania hotbeds like Lower Dauphin, Hershey, Lancaster County.
And my oldest friend has put two daughters through D-I schools for free with it -- one to Temple, another a senior now at Michigan State.
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