Quarterback-Safety Does it All in Big Win In a game worth savoring, last Friday night 2012 NSR football prospect Spencer Froemming from Bonduel High School in Bonduel, Wisconsin completed 10 of 16 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns and ran in two scores in a 34-7 win over Iola-Scandinavia. He also intercepted a pass as … Read more
Being Recruited Is Too Important to Be Left to Chance Think for a moment what you really want to achieve. If it’s to play college level sports, examine even closer what you must overcome to compete for a scholarship offer. The hurdles are many, so nothing can be left to chance, but do you have … Read more
Practice is where you hone skills and improve mentally as well as physically for competition. Duh, right? Who doesn’t know that? Well, what’s missing in the process for young student-athletes is a clear understanding of how to approach daily practices. It’s not the repetition that counts, though. That may sound offbeat, but in truth, lackluster effort … Read more
Cool, USA Basketball. Without all the hype and drama which has accompanied many of the previous USA teams at international tournaments, this year’s team quietly went out and won gold for the first time in 16 years at the FIBA World Championships. Led by Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the US men’s squad was undersized … Read more
Cool, Boise State Football: Kudos to the Boise State football team and coaches for not quitting when the odds weren’t in their favor as the game against Virginia Tech wound down to the wire. Led by senior QB, Kellen Moore, the Broncos took destiny in their own hands and marched downfield to score the winning … Read more
Ask any college coach this question: What one trait do you most covet in a high school prospect? Work ethic (WE) will be at or near the top of the list. Even with all the hubbub of late about character, WE wins out. For 30 years, NSR scouts have been working with college coaches to … Read more
Will you actually play college sports or is it just a dream you hope comes true? Now is the time to take the initiative and let NSR turn you into a successfully-recruited, college student-athlete which could mold your entire future. Let’s face it — if you wait for college recruiters to come to you, you … Read more
Today marks the beginning of our T*W*I*S (This Week In Sports) feature which we will tag persons or organizations as Cool and Uncool for their actions in the previous week’s news. We hope you enjoy the play on names in Week One of TWIS: Cool: High five to UNC athletic director Dick Baddour who refused to circumvent … Read more
Develop the Whole Person Instead of Creating Prima Donnas This is an epidemic we don’t like to see, but we admit its prevalence — young athletes who, if they don’t get their way, or feel they are being treated unfairly, choose to pack up and move on to what appears to be the next best thing, or … Read more
30 Years and Counting, NSR Continues Founder’s Legacy NSR’s 30-year anniversary of helping high school student-athletes attract the attention, receive evaluations and get recruited by college coaches starts this month as we chronicle the extraordinary legacy created in 1980 by founder Bob Rigney (pictured) and carried on today by the Rigney family. Dubbed “The Father of … Read more
