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A fight broke out between Tolman and Woonsocket high schools during the Rhode Island girls state soccer championship a couple weekends ago, and yesterday the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Principal's Committee on Athletics handed down the punishments.

Both coaches and nine students have been suspended, although Tolman coach Belmiro Pereira seemed baffled by the decision.

Is it just me or have advances in technology led to higher quality videos from lower-end tech-people (read: high school athletic departments and fans of those schools can suddenly make really nice videos) and resulted in an insane abundance of crazy high school football plays on YouTube this year?

Even so, the "Miracle at Moss," an 80-yard touchdown from Webster Groves quarterback Derrick Dilworth to Demetrius Robinson against Chaminade, is being tabbed as the "best ever." Until next week at least.

Via The Big Lead.



Bonus, for you high school football junkies -- another view of the Miracle at Moss after the jump.

Duke University recruit Kyrie Irving wants you to know that he's just a normal kid. Sure, he's a fantastic basketball player, but that doesn't define him. In fact, aside from his on-court skills, he's like most other teenagers ... who are active in the school's drama department.

Via the Star-Ledger, Irving stars in "High School Musical."

The high school girls' soccer state championships in Rhode Island turned violent this weekend when, with a minute left in the game between Woonsocket and Tolman, Woonsocket's Kristen Cahill and Tolman's Maria Lopera started pushing, shoving and punching each other. The violence then spilled over into the stands, where fans of the two teams came to blows.

KILLEEN, Tex. -- The scene here at Leo Buckley Stadium late Friday night was reminiscent of most high school football venues across the country, as the Shoemaker Grey Wolves dealt with the reality their season was over.

Tears were shed, hugs were exchanged between players, coaches and players, coaches and coaches. Then the coaches thanked the seniors for great effort.

But this was no ordinary season-finale ritual for the Grey Wolves. Just over 24 hours earlier, many of them weren't sure if their parents or loved ones were injured -- or worse, killed -- in the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, the nation's largest military base.

James LaShoto, a high school football player from Arlington Catholic High School near Boston, is facing criminal charges for assault and battery after allegedly head-butting an opponent -- 17-year-old Daniel Curtin (pictured right) -- from Abington High School in a game on Sept. 19, according to The Boston Globe.

The paper reports that Curtin suffered two lacerations and a large bump on his head, and had to miss 10 days of football because of concussion concerns. LaShoto was suspended for two games by his own school.

Every high school has a rivalry. Every rivalry has bitter moments in history. In Jefferson County La., this is one of those moments.

Twenty-five Male High school students -- including six football players -- were suspended Friday for their involvement in a school prank against Manual High that involved six toilets, a lot of waste and many cans of spray paint.

Gross you say? Well, the prank was in response to one supposedly pulled by Manual students who dumped a truckload of manure in the parking lot and spray-painted curse words on the football field.

Let's just say the manure really hit the fan for the 25 suspended Male students, but what about those responsible for the manure pile in the Male parking lot? So far, they have not been able to prove who was responsible.

Two-point conversions are a staple of high school football, mostly because at that level the quarterback or running back are more reliable options than the kicker.

So it's not altogether noteworthy that Central High School went for two after scoring a touchdown. What separates this particular attempt from any other I've ever seeen is that quarterback Will Briscoe went with the behind-the-back pass into the end zone. And he completed it for the converstion.

Video evidence after the jump.

Mark McDonagh, a senior at Riverside-Brookfield High School in suburban Chicago, is likely to do something on Friday that no one, at any level of organized football, has ever done: Catch his 145th pass in a season.

With four seconds remaining in Friday's game between Greenville High and Oil City High in Pennsylvania, Greenville had the ball and faced second-and-goal at the 1-yard line. Greenville decided to try to score a touchdown rather than kick a field goal, but certainly they knew that the worst-case scenario would be a game headed to overtime, and not a loss. Right?

Wrong.