Glitz and Glamor of HS Sports

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by JoeXIII'007

Uhh... that's going a bit too far in my humble opinion

But as far as the glitz and glamour of high school sports go, especially football, I think Grand Rapids is a wonderful example of going too far. Their local TV stations often have entire time slots of late night news devoted to the games locally, and even one station goes as far to make it another show after the 11pm newscast.

A bit much.

Segments on the 11:00 news devoted to high school football is nothing new in South Carolina. I don't see a problem with it--there's lots of games across the state on Friday nights, and we all want to know what happened at the game across town. (Alright, I seem to recall an occasional one-off special at the start of the season as well...but pre-empting Entertainment Tonight is a relatively common thing around here.)

(Deviation from topic: I used to be the videographer for Irmo High's football team. I believe it was my sophomore year when we were returning from the last regular-season game on the road. The only way that we could win the region title was if across-the-Lake-Murray-Dam rivals Lexington lost their game that night. About fifteen minutes into our hour-long bus ride, someone received the call on their cell phone: Lexington lost! If it weren't for that phone call, it would've been an awful tense ride back from Orangeburg.)

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Segments on the 11:00 news devoted to high school football is nothing new in South Carolina. I don't see a problem with it--there's lots of games across the state on Friday nights, and we all want to know what happened at the game across town. (Alright, I seem to recall an occasional one-off special at the start of the season as well...but pre-empting Entertainment Tonight is a relatively common thing around here.)

(Deviation from topic: I used to be the videographer for Irmo High's football team. I believe it was my sophomore year when we were returning from the last regular-season game on the road. The only way that we could win the region title was if across-the-Lake-Murray-Dam rivals Lexington lost their game that night. About fifteen minutes into our hour-long bus ride, someone received the call on their cell phone: Lexington lost! If it weren't for that phone call, it would've been an awful tense ride back from Orangeburg.)

One of the teams on ESPN is from SOuth Carolina. Byrnes.
From the looks of it their ranked 2 in the nation, I suppose.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

One of the teams on ESPN is from SOuth Carolina. Byrnes.
From the looks of it their ranked 2 in the nation, I suppose.

Starting to look pretty pitaful and im sure any rochester team could give them a fight especially one of the webster teams could beat em.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

Starting to look pretty pitaful and im sure any rochester team could give them a fight especially one of the webster teams could beat em.

I remember on Syracuse.com an out out state poster bluntly noted that Webster wouldn't last a quarter against the Pennsylvania school or Ohio schools. I agree they're a whole different animal to NY state ball which isn't as intense.
The schools on ESPN have kids being recruited by top 10 division 1 school. Even the Webster schools don't get that kind of attention.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I remember on Syracuse.com an out out state poster bluntly noted that Webster wouldn't last a quarter against the Pennsylvania school or Ohio schools. I agree they're a whole different animal to NY state ball which isn't as intense.
The schools on ESPN have kids being recruited by top 10 division 1 school. Even the Webster schools don't get that kind of attention.

man, one thing i really wished for when i was still playing was that one of the webster's go out of state and play someone big.

[Kristian Calhoun]

At NBTHS, nothing goes to an extent as far as the example you mention. We usually have a pep rally at the start of each sports season – the entire student body is crammed into the gym, the band plays, the teams are introduced, the cheerleaders perfrom a routine, etc. However, the games are not shown on T.V, or anything really “over the top” happens. But there is a spirit amongst the students who participate in the sports. Members of the football team, for example, wear dress shirts and ties the day before the game, and their jerseys the day of the game, while the cheerleaders wear their uniforms in school the day of the game. There are rivalries amongst the local teams, North vs. South, and such, but nothing really gets too far out of hand.

This past year, my computers teacher was from Texas, and the day after our first pep rally, she was really shocked at how “lame” it was compared to the ones that she was used to attending at her old high school in Texas where the team would run through the banner, etc. [Like your description.]

I guess it all depends on how the sport is looked upon in the area, how important the school views it as and how successful the team is. But then again, our football team isn't too good, and the Robotics team is the most successful team to grace our school. Go figure.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by calhounian

At NBTHS, nothing goes to an extent as far as the example you mention. We usually have a pep rally at the start of each sports season – the entire student body is crammed into the gym, the band plays, the teams are introduced, the cheerleaders perfrom a routine, etc. However, the games are not shown on T.V, or anything really “over the top” happens. But there is a spirit amongst the students who participate in the sports. Members of the football team, for example, wear dress shirts and ties the day before the game, and their jerseys the day of the game, while the cheerleaders wear their uniforms in school the day of the game. There are rivalries amongst the local teams, North vs. South, and such, but nothing really gets too far out of hand.

This past year, my computers teacher was from Texas, and the day after our first pep rally, she was really shocked at how “lame” it was compared to the ones that she was used to attending at her old high school in Texas where the team would run through the banner, etc. [Like your description.]

I guess it all depends on how the sport is looked upon in the area, how important the school views it as and how successful the team is. But then again, our football team isn't too good, and the Robotics team is the most successful team to grace our school. Go figure.

Football is religion in Texas the way basketball is religion in Indiana.
New Jersy has some powerhouse teams in it. I seen them on MSG (like Don Boscoe Prep)