Leading off today: USA Today wrote at length today about the
Wing-T offense, the football offense that succeeds wildly at some schools and fails miserably at others.
Even if you don't have the time or inclination to read the whole story, check out the Flash animation, which does a nice job of demonstrating the attack.
The story rightly points out that the pro-style passing game has become the favorite of many high school and college programs but that the Wing-T has "unwavering loyalty from a select group of high school coaches who are winning state championships." An American Football Monthly survey of 2006 state champions revealed 16.8% of the respondents use the Wing-T as their base offense.
Webutuck drops football: Webutuck won't be running the Wing-T -- or any other offense -- this fall, having folded the program due to a lack of players.
Webutuck's departure means that Section 9 is down to just three Class D teams: Livingston Manor-Roscoe, Chester and Eldred.
Vandals apprehended: The Post-Standard came through with a wonderful lead this morning in its story detailing the arrest of three teens in connection to the vandalism at Nottingham High's football field over the weekend:
"The reality of an appletini-fueled vandalism spree at Nottingham High School sunk in for three teenagers when news of the damage hit the newspaper.
"We all felt horrible when we read the article," Natalie D. Bennett, 19, told Syracuse police Wednesday. Ranjana M. Vankatesh, 18, said in her statement to police that she was at her job at Syracuse University when Bennett called her about the newspaper article Monday.
"I started to freak out. When Detective DeBottis showed up at my work today, . . . I knew we had been caught," Vankatesh told police Wednesday."
Bennett, Vankatesh and Ann Fisher, 17, all of Syracuse, were arraigned Thursday in Syracuse City Court on felony charges of second-degree criminal mischief and
