FOOTBALL: 51 BLOUNT PLAYERS SUSPENDEDThe Alabama High School Athletic Association has suspended 51 football players from Blount (Mobile, Ala.) for the first two games of 2011 due to a fight that broke out against Sidney Lanier (Montgomery, Ala.) during the Ben Harris Jamboree on May 21. The school also was fined and each player must perform 24 hours of community service.
* Rising senior linebacker
Noor Davis is transferring from The Villages Charter (The Villages, Fla.) to
Leesburg (Fla.), according to the Orlando Sentinel. The 6-4, 220-pounder, who has committed to Stanford University, averaged nearly 10 tackles as a junior.
* Callaway (Hogansville, Ga.) tight end
Ricky Parks has committed to Auburn University over Georgia and Alabama, according to the Birmingham News. The 6-3, 230-pound rising senior is rated as the No. 89 player in the country, according to CBS/MaxPreps recruiting analyst Tom Lemming.
* Washington State University has received a commitment from rising senior quarterback
Austin Apodaca of Silver Creek (Longmont, Colo.), according to the Denver Post. Apodaca (6-3, 185) threw for 2,367 yards and 25 touchdowns, with just 11 interceptions, last fall.
BASKETBALL: POWERHOUSE LOOMS IN UTAHUtah's leading scorer as a junior, 6-1
Jaden Jackson, is transferring from Skyline (Salt Lake City) to
West Jordan (Utah), according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Jackson, who averaged 24.9 points last season, will be joining forces with another super rising senior, 6-6
Jordan Loveridge, who averaged 23.8.
* Mike Doherty has been hired as head boys basketball coach at
Newberg (Ore.). During stops at eight previous schools he has won an Oregon-record 835 games and three state championships.
* The Birmingham News reports that shooting guard
Jordan Price has made a commitment to Auburn University. The 6-5, 218-pounder averaged 19.1 points as a junior at Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Ga.).
* Combo guard
Jordan Roper has committed to Clemson University, according to The State. The 6-1 rising senior averaged 20.3 points last season for Irmo (Columbia, S.C.).
TRACK: CABRAL LOWERS OWN TIMESAgoura (Calif.) star Johnathan Cabral lowered his nation-leading marks by winning the 110-meter hurdles in 13.41 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 35.76 seconds – both career bests – during the prestigious 52nd annual Golden West Invitational in Sacramento, Calif.
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Bronxville (N.Y.) sensation Mary Cain set a national freshman record by winning the 1,500-meter run in 4:17.84 during the New York state meet in Caledonia, N.Y.
Cornwall Central (New Windsor, N.Y.) senior Aisling Cuffe, who has the nation's fastest times in the 1,600 and 3,200, was second in 4:19.83.
* Michael Wegner, who will attend
Loyola Blakefield (Towson, Md.) in the fall, set a national record for 14-year-old boys when he won the 5,000-meter race in 15:17.9 during the Jack Griffin Mid Atlantic Classic in Hagerstown, Md. The previous record (15:46.8) had stood since 1979.
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West Windsor-Plainsboro North (Plainsboro, N.J.) senior Joe Rosa was on pace to break the New Jersey 3,200-meter state record during the Meet of Champions with one lap to go when lightning halted the meet. He was unable to compete when the meet was rescheduled due to other commitments.
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