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Merger of six youth clubs has gone smoothly thanks to work of webmaster Mary Helmick Webmaster of the Week: Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Name: Mary Helmick Site: Kansas City Youth Hockey Association Position: Program director, registrar Use of platform: League, Registration, Sitebuilder Background: Helmick grew up in northwest Iowa, a farm girl whose only exposure to hockey […]

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Morris/Benson senior goaltender Tony Bruns is so accustomed to facing insanely high numbers of shots each game that he brushes aside mass amounts of flying pucks as effortlessly as a northwoods outdoorsman swats mosquitoes. In his four seasons as a starter for the Storm, Bruns routinely has made 40, 50, 60 and even 70-plus stops […]

Breakdown Sports USA’s Tim Kolehmainen has climbed from freelance writer to owner Webmaster of the Week: December 12-18 NAME: Tim Kolehmainen SITE: Breakdown Sports USA POSITION: Vice President, webmaster USE OF PLATFORM: Registration, Sitebuilder BACKGROUND: Kolehmainen grew up on the scenic north shore of Lake Superior in Silver Bay, Minnesota, and attended high school 51 […]

Lacrosse is hitting the mainstream Sunday night, Sunday Nov. 6th It took just over 600 episode and 28 seasons, but the fastest growing sport in the country had its Simpsons moment. The animated sitcom featured lacrosse throughout the sixth episode of Season 28, titled “There Will Be Buds.” A clip was teased out by Lax Sports Net […]

Kathleen Campbell helps push D.C. area’s Tri-City Eagles onto branded mobile app Webmaster of the Week: November 21-27 Name: Kathleen Campbell Site: Tri-City Eagles Hockey Club Position: Internal Communications Director Use of platform: Branded Mobile, Registration, Sitebuilder Background: Campbell (formerly Keller) went to high school in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson, where she attended […]

Amy Anderson has been a goaltending mainstay since she was 5 It’s minutes before game time and the Snow Owls – a D-League men’s hockey team of SportsEngine employees – fire their practice shots at an empty net. Amy Anderson, the team’s goalie and best player, still hasn’t taken the ice and won’t until moments before […]

The NFL has announced plans to kick off a new initiative aimed at improving the health and safety of football players at all levels. They’re calling it “Play Smart. Play Safe.” and it’s fueled by a $100 million dollar investment that the league will make to support independent medical research and engineering advancements. $60 million […]

Competitive natures can sometimes get the best of parents, especially when watching their child play sports. While most stay in control, some parents react with poor judgement and cross the line of good sportsmanship by acting on their emotions. In 2013, the Chicago Tribune reported a parent stepped on the field to confront a referee […]