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Purple Hearts for PTSD debated
With more than two million service members returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury have become the signature wounds of both conflicts.But while the Pentagon has decided TBI, or mild concussions received as a result of enemy action, qualify for the status of ...
Concussions among girls playing soccer rising
High school age female soccer players suffer almost as many concussions as their male classmates who play football. Wrestling is third on the list. A new study released by the American Journal of Sports Medicine claims female soccer players are often suffering concussions and they take longer than the boys ...
Concussion bill may sideline injured athletes in Ohio
COLUMBUS – Coaches and referees will be required to pull young athletes out of practices or games if it appears they might have suffered a concussion or brain injury and not allow them to play until they’ve been cleared by a physician or certified athletic trainer, under a bill that ...
Prep Wrestling Notes: Shawnee wrestlers in a rebuilding year
SPRINGFIELD — One of the biggest turnarounds among area wrestling programs in recent years has come at Shawnee High School.The Braves have consistently been near the top of the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division standings under coach Rick Allen and have annually sent qualifiers to the state tournament.But they ...
‘I could ... see the large red circle on the fuselage’
When he was awakened by the sound of dive bombers at five minutes to 8 on Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, Bill Kinney was excited.Knowing the Army Air Force planes at Hickam Army Airfield in the then Territory of Hawaii weren’t in the air, he was sure the Navy boys ...
Heading in soccer linked to concussions, study says
Concussions to seven different players in 2010 caused Chaminade Julienne High School boys soccer coach Matt Money to limit head balls during practices this past season.Based on a new study, the CJ coach might consider reducing the number of hits to the head even more next season.The preliminary study found ...
Urbana volleyball likely No. 1 seed in D-II
SPRINGFIELD — The once-beaten Urbana volleyball team cast a persuading vote for the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Division II sectional volleyball tournament at Tecumseh High School with its 3-0 win over Shawnee on Tuesday night.So says Shawnee coach Brad Smith. “I think it’s possible we could get the ...
Tigers take advantage of four Jets fumbles
SPRINGFIELD — In a back-and-forth game played in wet conditions, the Tigers held onto the football. The Jets didn’t.The West Liberty-Salem High School football team recovered four Northeastern fumbles — including two in the third quarter to end long drives — to beat the Jets 27-13 on Friday in an ...
Big games on tap tonight
The volleyball season has hit a crucial juncture, and a schedule loaded with critical games this week proves it. Tonight features two games that will impact league championship dreams.To no one’s surprise, the Southeastern at West Liberty-Salem rematch could either open the door for a three-way co-Ohio Heritage Conference championship ...
Braves continue successful run, perfect in Kenton Trail
NEW CARLISLE — A volleyball match for sole possession of first place in the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division that didn’t involve perennial power Tippecanoe?Many wondered if they’d ever see it. But Tuesday night, that match was indeed played between two teams that had lived life around the .500 ...
Cardinals are 2-0 for 2nd straight season
SPRINGFIELD — For the second year in a row, the Triad High School football team is unbeaten after two weeks.“It’s not common to do that two years in a row,” said Triad coach Payton Printz. “Historically, we’ve been up one year and down the next year. It’s been a trend ...
Prep football roundup: Shawnee runs to easy victory
WEST CARROLLTON — Shawnee junior Drew Young ran for a career-high three touchdowns as the Braves had 428 yards of rushing in a 48-14 win over West Carrollton in a non-conference prep football game on Friday night.Young started the scoring with a 6-yard run in the first quarter. Young added ...
Local AD sees end of two-a-days
SPRINGFIELD — Two-a-day football practices have been a longstanding tradition every August since the 1950s.With just four weeks to prepare for their first game, area football teams will practice twice a day, beginning today.But with the NFL signing a new collective bargaining agreement just last week where players and owners ...
Eaton to start in California League All-Star Game
SPRINGFIELD — Adam Eaton remembers the ball hitting his helmet and bouncing all the way to first base. He remembers falling, jumping right back up and then running to first base like everything was cool.Eaton played two more innings in that game April 28, but they were a blur. His ...
Simple rules to stay safe this summer
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer.With summer comes a lot more fun and play for the little ones, but also increased potential for injury.Each summer, about 2.7 million children visit the ER as a result of injuries around the pool or backyard. About 200,000 children under 14 wind ...
Southeastern softball duo happy to be in lineup year after accident
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Taylor Haggy and Abby Wilt take nothing for granted. They know just how quickly something can be taken away.They’ve also learned to enjoy each and every moment they have playing softball.“I’m just happy to be back playing the game I love,” Wilt said.A year ago, on March ...
New bill focused on brain injuries
COLUMBUS — Young athletes who suffer concussions would not be allowed to return to the playing field until they are cleared by a licensed physician or athletic trainer, if a bill introduced Monday becomes Ohio law.The bill, introduced by House Democrats Mike Stinziano, D-Columbus, and Sean O’Brien, D-Brookfield, has the ...
Central’s Hagerman thrives on doubters
SPRINGFIELD — During pregame introductions, Hayden Hagerman is the last player announced for the Catholic Central High School boys basketball team.At 6-foot, Hagerman doesn’t intimidate anybody. He can see the other team doubting his ability when he steps onto the floor — and that’s what drives him.“I would say I ...
Prep Wrestling Notes: Postponed matches hurt Mechanicsburg
MECHANICSBURG — A look at the weekly wrestling honor roll shows that the early wintery blasts our area has had haven’t cost most wrestlers too many early-season matches.But at Mechanicsburg, winter and other factors have given the Indians an uncharacteristic slow start.“Normally I like the guys to have more matches ...
Practices without helmets an option, says neurosurgeon
CONCORD, Mass. — Dr. Robert Cantu doesn’t think football players use their helmets as battering rams.He knows it.“Not only do I think that, but the videotape tells that, our eyes tell that every game we see,” said Cantu, the chief of Neurosurgery Service and Director of Sports Medicine at Emerson ...
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