Sometimes, as this article by The Indianapolis Star points out, to the detriment of interest in high school football (where the chasm between public and private schools is the greatest because of the number of players needed to build a strong program).
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The 6-foot-4 budding star had 16 points in the loss to the Irish for the conference title and earned most outstanding player of the Bridgeport regional.
The 33-year-old -- who received a two year ban in 2003 for abusing a touch judge -- scored two tries amongst his points while star winger Bryan Habana grabbed four and Jaque Fourie and JP Pietersen one apiece.
In their first meeting since a verbal clash led to Anthony's one-game suspension, New York's All-Star forward scored 28 points and the Knicks ended an 11-game losing streak in Boston with an 89-86 victory over the Celtics on Thursday night.
But the Knicks' star forward logged only eight points (3-for-11 shooting) after the break, when James took responsibility for guarding him.
Paul George, Indiana's All-Star, managed just four points on 2-of-10 shooting as the Pacers closed out the Hawks on Friday in Atlanta.
Brook Lopez, the Nets center whom Brooklyn fans clearly want to replace the injured Boston point guard Rajon Rondo in the NBA All-Star Game, added 16 points.
Sussex stand just five points behind the star-studded holders and the match down at Hove between the two teams on 30 July could arguably decide the destination of the title.
Guard William Buford led the Buckeyes (31-8) with 19 points, while star sophomore forward Jared Sullinger's possible last game for OSU before his seemingly inevitable trip to an NBA lottery team was a dud.
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The Lakers, who have won eight of 10 since the All-Star break, led by four points at halftime.
All-Star center Brook Lopez had 23 points and eight rebounds and Kris Humphries chipped in 14 points for Brooklyn.
Notre Dame wasn't done, their star freshman Jewell Loyd scoring five points during a 9-2 run to get the Irish within 61-55.
Brook Lopez, chosen to his first All-Star team Wednesday, scored 21 points for the Nets, who had their eight-game home winning streak snapped.
The Cats' star performer Henry Shefflin landed eight points and Aidan Fogarty scored a goal and three as Brian Cody's men stunned the favourites.
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The veteran center added another highlight to his first All-Star season, Anthony scored 27 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 99-85 on Monday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
They had only 11 turnovers, forced the normally proficient Pacers to shoot just 34.4 percent, limited All-Star forward Paul George to five points on 1-of-10 shooting, and rallied late in regulation in a game that looked all but lost.
At least in part, as Julian Sher points out over in The Star.
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You can read the IJ response here (bonus points for the old school Star Wars reference).
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The Kings, who entered the game averaging an NBA-best 108.9 points since the All-Star break, made 15 of their first 21 from the floor.
Ralf Schumacher is now 11 points behind his brother in the title chase, with Kimi Raikkonen in second six points adrift of the Ferrari star.
Ulster fly-half David Humphreys, who kicked 17 points, singled out Ballymena young star Paddy Wallace for special praise.
The Knicks lost Game 1 by 33 points in a game in which star Carmelo Anthony made three of his 15 shots.
Davis, a former all-star, is averaging just 5.6 points and five assists per game this season, down sharply from his career averages.
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The Canterbury star had begun the game needing just three points to overtake English fly-half rival Wilkinson and the moment finally arrived on eight minutes.
Star point guard Trey Burke was held to seven points, but the Wolverines got contributions throughout the lineup.
Fly-half star Jonny Wilkinson provided all of England's points in the first half, with a drop-goal and two penalties as the scores were tied at 9-9 at the half.
Detroit is now 2-13 since the All-Star break, allowing an average of 105.9 points per game.
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Last year, the former Rutgers star had career-best averages of 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists.
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