Stannard drafted

in USHL draft

ESCANABA — Former Escanaba hockey player Brayden Stannard was drafted in the 16th round of the United States Hockey League draft by the Green Bay Gamblers Tuesday. Stannard was the No. 3 pick in that round, being taken No. 232 overall.

The league is for tier 1 juniors — the highest junior league in the U.S. It’s considered a potential gateway to the NHL because it gives kids an opportunity to play on a national stage in front of professional scouts.

Stannard played hockey at Escanaba as a freshman before moving downstate to the Metro Detroit area to play for the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U team last season as a sophomore.

Former pro soccer

player to hold camps

MENOMINEE — Former Manchester United & England soccer player Gordon Hill is holding two soccer camps at the United Stars Soccer Academy in Menominee in June.

The first is June 10-13 for boys and girls ages 6-18. The camp runs each day from 9-4 p.m., and the cost is $175.

All training will be done by Hill. The purpose of the camp is to learn the three basic elements of the game: control, pass and move.

The second camp is June 14-16 for anyone between 14-20 years old. It is an overnight weekend camp, with check-in beginning at noon Friday. Cost is $765 for those staying overnight and $445 for those not staying overnight. Meals will be provided throughout.

The camp is designed for athletes with ambition to play at the college level. Lessons will be taught by a group of NCAA coaches and pro scouts from across the country and Europe in a competitive 11 vs. 11 format.

To register, go to posttopostsoccer.com. For more information, contact Hill (972-369-9914) or email gordonhill@yahoo.com.

For the record

ESCANABA — Kingsford softball coach Kevin Murdock was wrongly identified as Kevin Murdoch in the Kingsford-Escanaba softball story in Wednesday’s edition of the Daily Press.

MHSAA limiting

football practice

GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) — The organization that governs Michigan high school athletes has voted to trim the amount of full-contact football practice from a maximum of 90 to 30 minutes per week and to drastically reduce the amount of full contact allowed in preseason workouts.

The Michigan High School Athletic Association voted this week on the reductions for full-contact practices.

The group cites studies that say 58% of concussions in high school football happen on the practice field, compared with 4% in the NFL.

Previously, Michigan allowed one full-contact practice per day in the preseason.