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UPDATED 10:00 p.m. ET: Authorities have identified the shooter as 18-year-old Karl Halverson Pierson.

Went to a Kennewick High School football game a few weeks ago with my friends. I was surprised to see kids wearing T-shirts that read, "EKU: East Kennewick Ugly." Someone told us where they thought the slogan came from. I'm curious what you've heard.

My mom back at home has a foreign exchange student from Egypt. His name is Yussef. He is sixteen, and he plays basketball for Egypt's national U-18 team. Because he is foreign, and sometimes oblivious to "friendly" misguided high school behavior, my mom asked me to teach him the "slangs"...

No matter what age group you are playing in, tossing a no hitter or a perfect game is a stunning accomplishment. A New Jersey high school softball player, Alley Frei, threw an immaculate game earlier this season, striking out each of the 21 batters that came to the plate throughout the game...

There is a reason some leagues use a 10-run 'mercy rule,' and this is it. Licking Heights High School of Pataskala, Ohio beat Harvest Prep of Winchester, Ohio, 65-0, earlier this month. The game was called after Licking Heights plated a jaw-dropping 31 runs in the third inning...

New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School was trailing Mt. Vernon by 10 points with 3 minutes left in the New York Section 1 Class AA championship game on Sunday afternoon. The Huguenots rallied to within two points with 2.9 seconds remaining, and they had the ball under their own basket for a last-ditch attempt...

A Linden, California High School student decided to get to the bottom of an issue that had affected a number of students throughout the year. While in gym class, students were reporting that money and other items were going missing from their backpacks and bags. Sophomore Justine Betti decided to take things into her own hands and hide in a locker to catch the culprit. She couldn't believe what sh

The NFL record for the longest Field Goal in a game is 63 yards, which has been done on four occasions and once this season by David Akers of the San Francisco 49ers. The High School record is debatable considering it is often based on eye witness reports, but a kick in last nights Central Valley High School vs. Shadle Park High School in Spokane is undoubtedly one for the record books.

With social networks like Facebook, 4Chan, Twitter, and Reddit, news can spread ithin minutes. Late Wednesday night, a post was made on 4Chan.org stating that a student was going to take their father's sub machine gun (supposedly pictured in the post) and "open fire on people in the commons until i am either taken down by our school's police officer or run out of mags.'" Needless to say,

It still close to a month away before the Tri-City Dust Devils host the Everett Aquasox in their 2012 season opener at GESA Stadium, but this weekend you can catch some future stars at the WIAA 3A and 4A State Semifinals, dubbed the 'Final Four'.

Hermiston High School’s bleachers have been closed indefinitely after a safety inspector failed to find anything in compliance with modern safety standards. According to a press release from the Hermiston School District, a report by a landscape architect investigating cracks in the high school’s track concluded, “The bleachers surprised us the most...

The last day of school is soon approaching and hundreds of young people of all ages are going to be looking for work. The job market hasn't been great for adults, so teens and college kids will be in a pinch to find work. There are a few kinds of businesses that seem to be always be hiring in summer...