High school football participation slightly increased during the previous school year.According to the National Federation of State High School Associations , the total number of athletes taking part in 11-player football in 2015-16 increased by 80 to 1,085,272. The increase can be attributed to more girls participating. This past year, a record 1,964 played football, which was up from 1,565 the year before.Thirty-two states had girls participating in football. California had the most with 333 followed by Ohio (245), Texas (178), Arizona (115) and Colorado (109).There were 24 states that reported increased boys participation. From 2013 to 2014, there was a decline of nearly 10,000 boys who played football.NFHS Executive Director Bob Gardner said he was encouraged over the slight increase and credited the adoption of state laws and protocols for concussion management.Flag football is booming, with an 18 percent increase to 12,093. The sport has been extremely popular with girls but there were 69 schools that had offered the sport to boys last year, which was more than double the 32 one year earlier.Overall participation in high school sports reached an all-time high of 7,868,900, an increase of 61,853 from the previous year.Girls participation increased for the 27th straight year and set an all-time high of 3,324,326. Swell Flaske Salg . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. The flanker, who has played 65 times for France, is expected to be out for up to four months. Swell Flaske Hvit Marmor . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. http://www.swellflaskenorge.com/ . - Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is not a fan of his teams use of the wildcat formation, saying "it makes you look like a high school offence. Swell Norge .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Swell Flaske Nettbutikk . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Kings have placed right wing Marian Gaborik on injured reserve with a broken right foot.The Kings formally made the move Thursday.Gaborik was struck by teammate Mats Zuccarellos shot while they were playing for Team Europe at the World Cup of Hockey last month.Gaborik is expected to be sidelined for at least eight weeks, keeping the Slovak goal scorer out of the Kings lineup until late November.The 34-year-old Gaborik is making more than $6 million in the third season of a seven-year, $34.dddddddddddd125 million contract through 2021. He scored just 22 points in 54 games last season, the lowest-scoring performance of his 15-year NHL career.Los Angeles opens the regular season at San Jose on Wednesday. ' ' '