High School Athletics

Baseball Theo Epstein and the player-development machine he helped build in Boston aren't going anywhere • A team that might hire Brian Cashman (if only the Yankees would let him go)

TO ESCAPE GANGS AND VIOLENCE, KIDS OFTEN TURN TO SPORTS. MANY IN OAKLAND NO LONGER SEE THEM AS THE WAY OUT

Huge wins and big-time support put the tiny Smith Center (Kans.) program on the map

Maintaining a tradition of athletic excellence and classy performance with 16 state titles and 12 Division I recruits in 2007--08, the Hawaiian powerhouse is SI's top program

Schools from coast to coast highlight the SI ranking