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Archive for September, 2009

Are German youth deprived of team sports?

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Can you imagine a town in the United States with no baseball, soccer or football fields? No volleyball, basketball, hockey, or softball teams for students to play on. That seems sad to me, but it is reality for students in Germany.

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Football playoffs easier to make for New Hampshire high schools

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Can you imagine coaching a high school football team to a 14-0 conference record and still not be illegible to make the playoffs? That’s exactly what happened to the Whitehall (Memorial) High School Norsemen football team in 1979, my junior year.

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NCAA scholarship links and facts for parents of athletes

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Did you know you could receive a college scholarship to play badminton, squash or water polo?

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Mercy rule in high school football

Posted by bob hammerstrom

At Pinkerton Academy in Derry last weekend, the mercy rule was announced over the loud speaker at half time. I hadn’t every heard of it before, but it exists.

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Is dropping the “F-Bomb” a new form of celebration?

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Sportsmanship does not begin with the letter “F.” In fact there are few words used in sports that begin with the 6th letter of the alphabet. So, why has the “F-Bomb” become so popular in pro and high school sports? If you haven’t figured out the word yet, it doesn’t stand for fake, football, forward, [...]

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Photos from Memorial football game vs. Pinkerton

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Here’s a few pictures from the Pinkerton Academy vs. Manchester Memorial football game last Saturday in Derry. Not the greatest field conditions in the rain, and the game didn’t go the Crusaders way. But, with several underclassmen in the starting lineups, they are a team building and hopefully improving as the season goes on.

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Email reminds me of painful photo 20 years ago

Posted by bob hammerstrom

It is a small world…I received an email recently from a player who’s football game I photographed 20 years ago for the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

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He has a nose for the ball

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Practices are usually uneventful to shoot for the paper. But when I pulled up the pictures on my laptop and saw the ball on a players’ nose, it stood out to me.

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