scrimmage
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Carson, the defending City Section Open Division champion, will have five mandatory days of acclimation, then hold an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
In fact, Pochettino should treat that game like a glorified scrimmage, a rare chance in the middle of a tournament to experiment and hammer home finer points of strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The Super Bowl marked Walker's third straight playoff game with 100-plus scrimmage yards, making him the only player in Seahawks history to accomplish that feat.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
He wants his quarterbacks to call their own play at the line of scrimmage based on how the defense is lined up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Right before coming to the line of scrimmage, McDougal turned to Bevers and said simply, “This is it.”
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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He and a couple acquaintances from Harvard organized scrimmages for other local college players at a complex outside of Worcester, Mass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Then came the Americans, who often acted as if they would have been content to slog through meaningless scrimmages in half-empty spring-training stadiums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Among scrimmages taking place include Thursday matchups of Santa Margarita at Chaminade and Birmingham at Bishop Amat and on Friday, Norco is hosting St. John Bosco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
Other teams will hold scrimmages on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
During practice, he snapped at kids who made bad passes or who couldn’t set him up for a shot during scrimmages.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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While his peers scrimmaged against players in their own grade, the young Kon Knueppel spent his evenings taking a crash course in basketball nitty-gritty from guys two or three times his age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Centennial has already scrimmaged against Mater Dei this preseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Carroll and Gonzaga scrimmaged the past two seasons, but this fall both teams had an open slot to begin the year.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
The two-time MVP scrimmaged Thursday - playing three six-minute stretches - in a key step to him being cleared for the opener in the best-of-seven series.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
She held a casual practice in which she scrimmaged and laughed with the kids, and then afterward surprised them all with the news that they were going trick-or-treating.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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Tucker will wrap up spring practice Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, where fans will watch a 15-period practice that will include first-string offensive players scrimmaging against the team’s top defense.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
That combination of continuity and health should make this “different than most training camps,” Lue said, in that practices can advance to scrimmaging earlier than usual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
The reigning scoring champion participated in three six-minute stretches in full team scrimmaging work then his full individual shooting routine, too.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
“When we get into competitive drills or scrimmaging, it can get intense,” Caldwell said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
At an early practice, as the boys were scrimmaging, a gaggle of geese took flight from a pond on the other side of the woods.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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