Scholastic

		Volume 13	February 7, 2008

Sidelines brings you late-breaking stories, links to Coach & AD editorial features, news you need from manufacturers and suppliers, and a chance to interact with fellow coaches and A.D.’s on subjects of mutual interest. It also provides you with an opportunity to tell our editors about topics you need to know more about from the coaching world.

Best,
Kevin Newell
Editor, Coach & Athletic Director Magazine

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— Paul Brown

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FEBRUARY Coach of the Month:
Jeremy Jack, Head Football Coach, Colonial Beach (VA) H.S.

Thanks to Coach Jeremy Jack's leadership and dedication, this was the first year that the Colonial Beach H.S. Drifters were able to participate in the Virginia High School League (VHSL).

Nominate Your Coach for Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director/National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Coach of the Month

High school coaches are America’s unsung heroes. Tell us why your coach should be the Coach & Athletic Director High School Coach of the Month.

BOB HUMPHREY
Former President/Owner, Schutt Sports (1931-2008)

Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director mourns the sudden passing of Bob Humphrey, former President/Owner of Schutt Sports. He was 76.

Featured Instructional Story
An Infield Drill Series With Winning Reps

As a high school baseball coach, I used to find it difficult to coach everyone at the same time. I often had to struggle to get my infielders a lot of repetitions in practice.

Featured Powerline Story
The Growth Factor: Gaining Size and Strength

Whether middle school, high school, collegiate, or professional athletes, the red-hot question sizzling on everyone’s tongue is, “How can I put on some good, solid muscle weight?”

Featured Administration Story
Surviving the Slings and Arrows

People who have seen me doing more of our family shopping at a Target store wonder if it has anything to do with the prices or the brands that the store carries.

Featured National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Story
What’s New in Softball: The NCSA at the NFCA

NCSA recently had a chance to attend the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) National Convention in Las Vegas.

Featured Product
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The PlayCaller is a revolutionary digital wireless football system that offers coaches full duplex, simultaneous talk communications without a base station or remote antenna.

Did You See This?
Potty Break

It might lack the pomp and pageantry of the Rose Bowl, but for some residents of the small community of Hustisford, WI, northwest of Milwaukee, their annual "Toilet Bowl" is the biggest game of the year.

"This is the biggest thing in Hustisford," said Phil Nehls, one of the event's founders. The game was played for the 43rd time this past January.

Begun as a pickup game of tackle football among friends to work off their New Year's hangovers, the event has grown into a fundraiser for the local fire department.

As they presided over the parade, King Justin Perschke and Queen Bobbi Niemuth ducked toilet paper rolls lobbed at them along the route by spectators.

An ancient John Deere tractor with toilet paper draped on it dragged a case of beer along the route. And several Green Bay Packers fans painted their shaven heads to look like the team's helmets.

"We come early to get front-row seats," said Patty Herbst of Germantown, WI, who took her two young grandchildren to watch the parade.

The crowd eventually made its way to Fireman's Park, where two teams played football on a snow-covered field without benefit of helmets or pads.

Randy Peplinski scored the winning touchdown for the blue team, but not before nearly losing his pants in an earlier tackle.

Let us know what issues or topics you would like to see addressed in Sidelines. Send your e-mails to: coachad@scholastic.com

Trivia question:
What was the first non-U.S. country to win the Little League Baseball World Series? Email the correct answer to coachad@scholastic.com by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 15 to enter for a chance to win Coach & AD sports watch courtesy of SMi Awards. One winner will be selected at random.

Congratulations to Joe Kaczanowski, Head Football Coach, Fraser (MI) High School, for correctly identifying Andrew Magee as the only golfer in PGA history to make a hole-in-one on a Par-4 when he did it in 2001. Joe won a Coach & Athletic Director sports watch courtesy of SMi Awards. Thanks to everyone who participated! And thanks to SMi Awards for its generosity!

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