You’ve probably seen the padded accessories used for practices. But at least one school is now using them for games this season.
Category: High School Sports
DIY Project Leads to 50-year Helmet History of a Reader’s Small High School
A DIY project led to a database chronicling 50 years of football helmets
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Uni-Related Words
Sometimes a single random photo can send you down a deep uni-related rabbit hole.
High School Team Covers Up ‘Equality’ NOB to Avoid Technical Foul
A coach didn’t want to jeopardize his team’s chances in the state tournament, so he broke out the cover-up tape.
Florida High School Has Brilliant Mash-Up Logo
Even if you’re opposed to logo poaching, it’s hard not to like the Colonial High School Grenadiers’ logotype.
Louisiana High School Team Plays 1st Half in Red, 2nd Half in Blue
It’s not often that you see an entire team undergo a halftime uni switcheroo, but that’s what happened on Friday night in Louisiana.
Possibly the Most Unusual Hockey Uniform Ever
Click to enlarge Thanks to the recent Minnesota State High School League’s Class AA Boys Hockey State Tournament, I recently learned about the hockey team from Prior Lake High School, …
SMUW Uni Tracker Ethan Dimitroff is also a Uniform Designer
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Greetings and good Saturday morning, Uni Watchers. Hope everyone had a good week. As those of you who follow the Sunday Morning Uni Watch are …
America’s (or at least Delaware’s) Most Uni-Obsessive Baseball Coach
For all photos, click to enlarge Back in early April, I showed you this photo of the amazing sweaters worn by the baseball team at Delcastle Technical High School in …
New Twitter Account Reveals High School Hoops Treasures
Click to enlarge Derek Perras, who tweets as @retro_70s, has been posting some great high school basketball photos lately, including this fantastic photo of the 1967-68 Sacred Heart team from …
A Coach Who Removed Native Imagery from His Uniforms
Click to enlarge In yesterday’s ’Skins Watch report, I mentioned the new inflatable tunnel that the football team at South Grand Prairie High School in Texas had recently unveiled (see …
The Best High School Helmet in the US is…
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Do you guys remember about a month and a half ago when I ran a post with Gus O’Keefe detailing the great Montana State Helmet …
The Great Montana State Helmet Tourney
[Editor’s Note: Today is the 14th anniversary of the launch of this website! Paul will have some thoughts about that after today’s lede. But first, here’s today’s main topic from …
EXCLUSIVE: Did the Colts Copy This Guy’s Logo Design?
The Browns will unveil their new uniforms at noon Eastern today. While we’re waiting for that, I want to follow up on something from the recent Colts unveiling, which we …
Random Photo Leads to Iowa Girls’ Hoops Uni Goldmine
As writers and editors scramble to come up with sports content at a time when no sports are taking place, they’re running stories that sometimes have unexpected uni-related revelations. Case …