Straight Outta Junior High News

 
Jeff Wagenheim: Dos Santos defends belt at UFC 146; Velasquez next on agenda?
SI.com
The challenger, a two-time UFC champ who began his MMA career back in 2001 (dos Santos was 16 at the time), was trying to take the fight out of Junior's wheelhouse and into his: the mat. After all, Mir has nine wins by submission, including in his last ...

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'Marvelous Wonderettes' closes New Stage season
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The four cast members are archetypes straight out of the high school hallway - the beauty queen, the class clown, the nerd who wants to get everything right and the Sandra Dee character who's just into her boyfriend. They stay in color-coded fashion ...


 
Fond farewell: Sheboygan Lutheran honors teacher Myrna Lastusky by creating ...
The Sheboygan Press
In a parting gift to Lastusky, who began her career as a student teacher at Lutheran straight out of college 20 years ago, the school has created the Myrna Lastusky Servant Leadership Scholarship to help provide tuition for students who need a boost.


 
ESPN (blog)
Secret to Ruotolo's success? Playing it cool
ESPN (blog)
Five major league draft picks came straight out of Peabody High in a nine-year span from 1995 to 2004, one of the most dominant eras in the history of this storied program, and not one of them had three no-no's in one season -- never mind one month.


 
Columbia Missourian
Wanda Brown, who led Hickman, Smithton, retires as assistant superintendent
Columbia Missourian
Wanda Brown teaches a class at Hickman High School in 1980. Brown said she always knew she wanted to go into education. She started teaching at Hickman almost straight out of college. | Courtesy of Wanda Brown Wanda Brown works with a student at ...


 
Harres quits after 21 years as head football coach at New Berlin
The State Journal-Register
He plans to stay at New Berlin as a junior high social studies teacher and assistant baseball coach. It ended one of the longest current tenures among area football coaches. In the Sangamo Conference alone, only Auburn's Dave Bates (26 years) has been ...

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CBSSports.com
Best since LeBron? Big men Oden, Howard lead loaded group
CBSSports.com
Before declaring for the NBA Draft straight out of high school, Howard was named Naismith Prep Player of the Year. If not for Oden, Durant might have been atop his class -- and possibly this list as well. Durant bounced around a couple of high schools, ...