WE'VE MOVED!

THE NEW DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC WEBSITE

www.duxbury.k12.ma.us/athletics

SPRING ALL SCHOLASTIC WINNERS

Boston Globe All Scholastics

Bryan Barry, Kane Haffey, & Peter Willauer - Lacrosse, Briana Connolly - Golf

Chris Sweet - Div. 1 Lacrosse Coach of the Year

Boston Herald All Scholastics

Briana Connolly - Golf, Keri Gould - Lacrosse, Bryan Barry, Kane Haffey, & Peter Willauer - Lacrosse

Patriot Ledger All Scholastics

Sam Jacobson - Baseball, Christina Curley - Softball, Keri Gould & Hannah Murphy - Lacrosse, Brayden Minihan, Kevin Coakley, Pete Muncey, & Eric Schneider - Tennis, Bryan Barry, Kane Haffey, Peter Willauer, Max Randall, & Paul Hellar - Lacrosse

Patriot League & Mass Bay South All Stars

Track - Jon McKinley, Greg Bray, Brett Sahlberg, & Denis Maguire

Lacrosse - Charlotte Cipolletti, Keri Gould, Hannah Murphy, & Siobhan McCarthy

Golf - Briana Connolly, Cassidy Goldner, & Kara Falcone

Lacrosse - Bryan Barry, Peter Willauer, Kane Haffey, Paul Hellar, Max Randall, Reilly Naton, & James Burke

Baseball - Sam Jacobson

Softball - Alexandra Puatu

Tennis - Michaela Dowd, Lily Weil, & Caroline Phinney

Track - Julia Nee, Emily Gallagher, & Laura Nee

Tennis - Brayden Minihan, Peter Muncey, Eric Schneider, & Kevin Coakley

Patriot League Spring Individual Sportsmanship Winners

Billy Jewell – Track

Tim Matthews - Lacrosse

Kelly Dame - Tennis

Liz Runci – Track

Olivia McCarthy - Lacrosse

Kevin Coakley – Tennis

Jack Goldberg - Baseball

Patriot League Scholar-Athletes

2011: Casey Reinhart & Kane Haffey

2010 - Tom Guilfoile & Caitlin Burke

2009 - Meg Muncey & Mark Brust

2008 - Mark Murphy & Ally Nee

2007 - Casey Brust & Jack Bostrom

2006 - Andrew Knapp & Betsey Sauer

2005 - Betsy Fountain & Brian Love

Click Here for Contact Information for Spring Coaches

Click Here for a Link to Superb Sportsmanship Story

Click Here for the You Tube Link to ESPN Outside the Lines Story on the Event

A.D. Library: Books For Thought

Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine by George Dohrman

Prior Selections:

Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports by Brooke de Lench

Just Let the Kids Play: How to Stop Adults From Ruining Youth Sports by Bob Bigelow

Gender and Competition: How Men and Women Approach Work and Play Differently by Kathleen DeBoer

whose game is it, anyway? by Richard Ginsburg, Stephen Durant & Amy Baltzell

Game On: How the Pressure to Win At All Costs Endangers Youth Sports by Tom Farrey

Playing the Game: Inside Athletic Recruiting in the Ivy League by Chris Lincoln

Free Online Class for Parents!

The National Federation of High Schools has posted a new online education opportunity for parents.

The Role of Parents In Sports

As a parent of a student who participates in athletics, you make a huge difference in the quality of your child’s sport experience, as well as what is being taught and learned by our youth. The National Federation of State High School Associations has provided information and resources to help educate you on the importance of proper behavior by parents in school sports.

Click Here for a Link to the Class

Hall of Fame Nominations

We plan to name the next class for the Duxbury High School Athletic Hall of Fame in November. If you would like to nominate someone for this honor: Please Fill Out This Form. Completed forms should be sent to the athletic department.

Click Here for New & Improved Website Boosters Website

Now Use Paypal to Pay for Your Boosters Membership!

The MIAA Board of Directors adopted the following during its June meeting. 

Any athlete who exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion (such as loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion, or balance problems) shall be immediately removed from the contest and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional.

Each school must define the health care professional(s) and/or procedure(s) that must be satisfied before an athlete is allowed to return to participation.  The individual(s) and/or procedure(s) must be in place for all student athletes, sports, and levels. Please see the student handbook for Duxbury's procedures.

Other resources on concussions:

Click Here for Sports Concussions.org

Click Here for the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts

The National Federation of High Schools has a free online course: Concussions in Sport, What You Need to Know

Click Here for information on this free course

Click Here for the Center for Disease Control & Prevention's Concussion Information

STOP Sports Injuries

There is a growing epidemic of preventable youth sports injuries that are dismantling kids' athletic hopes and dreams at an early age. In response, the STOP Sports Injuries campaign was created by a coalition of organizations and corporations to help prevent athletic overuse and trauma injuries in kids. In addition, a Council of Champions has been established that includes business, sports and medical leaders to actively engage youth sports parents, coaches, athletes and healthcare providers in sports injury prevention.

Click Here For More Information

A reminder to all spectators at Duxbury High School athletic events.............

SPORT PARENT & SPECTATOR CODE OF CONDUCT

Power Point on Academic Requirements for Duxbury High School Student-Athletes

Interested in playing sports in college?

please take the time to read through the following website:

http://www.ncaastudent.org/

be sure to download the NCAA 2009-2010 Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete

Please take the time to go over the details of initial academic eligibility.

If you have questions feel free to contact the athletic department.

National Federation of High Schools - The Case for High School Activities

Link for website concerning alcohol and athletes: Office of Alcohol and Drug Education

Links to Articles Concerning the Risks of Sports Specialization:

The Impact of Sports Specialization

Sports Specialization: How Not To Build an Elite Athlete

Intensive Training and Sports Specialization in Young Athletes

Youth Sport Specialization: Beware These 4 Dangers!

MIAA Bona Fide Team Member Rule:

A bona fide member of the school team is a student who is consistently present for, and actively participates in, all high school team practices and competitions. Bona fide members of a school team are precluded from missing a high school practice or competition in order to participate in a non school activity/event in any sport recognized by the MIAA. Any student who violates this standard twice becomes ineligible for the MIAA tournament(s) in that sport for that season.

Loyalty to the High School Team: Bona Fide Team Member Rule Exemptions: Click here for MIAA explanation

New York Times series of articles on the realities of athletic scholarships at the collegiate level.

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3