You probably don't know Justise Winslow yet. It might be worth getting to learn the name, especially if he continues to produce incredible feats of athleticism like the preposterous slam you see below.

Winslow, a sophomore for Houston (Texas) St. John's School, was facing off against San Antonio (Texas) Antonian Prep in the annual St. Thomas Tournament in Houston when Winslow simply decided to take over on an explosive drive to the basket. The small forward -- he's currently 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, but is likely to grow in the years ahead -- blew past an Antonian perimeter defender with a slick crossover dribble then took off from the edge of the key and dunked on top of Antonian's tallest post defender.

As you can see, that battle was a pure mismatch. There was only ever going to be one winner, and given the force with which he took off with, there was little doubt that was going to be Winslow, who went on to finish the game with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Of course, there was a reason why Winslow's totals weren't even more impressive than that, and if you watch the video above closely you can see why. After finishing the slam, Winslow stared down his "dunk victim", promptly earning a technical foul from the nearby referee. Then, to cap things off, as he walked back up the court, Winslow offered up a salute to the St. John's fans in attendance, an act of perceived braggadocio that earned him an instant second technical and an ejection from the game.

Thirty seconds, one enormous slam and two technicals. That's a busy half a minute for a top prospect.

Naturally, Winslow is still a young, developing player, and he's likely to get a lot more attention from the top high school programs in the country in the years ahead. As one of the 5-star recruits in the Class of 2014, Winslow is practically guaranteed to attract a bright spotlight for the remainder of his high school career, no matter where it takes him.

It would have been easy for Jacob Rainey to get down on himself. After all, the senior quarterback had undergone the kind of nightmare transformation that most would dare not even let enter their thoughts; a top recruit, Rainey suffered a bad break and eventually had to have his leg amputated.

Woodberry Forest quarterback Jacob Rainey

Yet the Woodberry Forest (Va.) School quarterback refused to dwell on what he had lost, and in doing so has been the pillar that inspired the school and community at large to return to normal.

"I don't know why me," Rainey told the Associated Press. "I've never really asked myself that question. I think that would just make me feel sorry for myself, and that's the last thing I want to do.

"I feel like if I was in their shoes, I'd feel awkward about it and stuff, like talking about it, so I kind of joke about it. I mean, it is what it is. I can't change anything. There's no point [complaining] about it, so I think it makes everyone more comfortable about it if I just joke about it like it's alright. That's how it's always been."

The teen's story has touched many, including a couple of sports stars. In fact, Rainey is off to spend time with Tim Tebow and Clay Matthews, with the former Heisman winner openly saying that he is inspired by the teen, inverting the more traditional role model relationship.

"What an amazing kid and what an amazing outlook that he has," Tebow said of the 6-foot-3, 215-pound Rainey, whose playing style was frequently compared to Tebow. "I'm so proud to have the opportunity to spend time with him and his family. We're very excited about that."

Ho ho whoa there! It's Christmas -- and Hanukkah (or Chanukah, depending on your preference) and Kwanzaa, for that matter -- already? How could we be through half of the scholastic sporting season this early? Amazingly, it seems we are, which means that InterTubing will feature almost entirely slam-dunk-and-three-based highlight programming in the coming months. Still, for the moment even those great dunks have to take a back seat to more festive offerings, complete with the first ever Prep Rally entry into youth animal sports. Really.

• Santa Claus, some high school gym somewhere: Boom! See that? That's Santa flexing some game, son. If there was ever any question of what St. Nick does between organizing a massive round-the-globe present gifting exhibition and breaking down elven labor work stoppages, now you know: Homeboy has game.

• Santa Claus' youthful imposter, a playground court somewhere: See, we told you he could hoop it up. Wait a minute ... that isn't Santa Claus! Still, this particular would-be Santa is seriously devoted: He filmed this hoop-it-up effort on June 19 ... while wearing the full, fur pants.

• Santa Claus, Portage La Prarie (Manitoba) vs. Dauphin (Manitoba): Who said Santa only focuses on basketball! He also steps in to do his good samaritan duty and break up potential Canadian hockey brawls. Who knew he could skate?

• Santa Claus, Danville (Ala.) vs. Pennington (Ala.): And he delivers footballs in helicopters? Boy there are so many things that you never knew Santa did in his free time (though, in all reality, did he really need to helicopter in a football for an Alabama state playoff game? Seems like a busy time of year for old St. Nick ...

On Saturday, the college football bowl season kicked off with three offerings: the New Orleans Bowl, the New Mexico Bowl and Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Two of those three games were tight contests, getting the bowl season off to an entertaining start. At the same time, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington hosted the football state title games, with the Class 5A Division I, Class 5A Division II and Class 4A Division II championship games proving to be nearly as competitive as their bowl counterparts.

Aledo star running back Jonathan Gray in the Class 4A Div. II state title game

But here's what's impressive about the state title games: They actually outdrew their bowl counterparts, with the top-attended state title game outdrawing even the New Orleans Bowl, which featured a nearby Louisiana school -- Louisiana-Lafayette -- in a rare local bowl appearance.

As reported by the Dallas Morning News, the Texas Class 4A Div. II title game between Aledo (Texas) High and Manvell (Texas) High drew 43,369 high school football fans. That was better than the 42,841 fans who took in Louisiana-Lafayette's 32-30 victory against San Diego State in the New Orleans Superdome.

If those two games served as a matchup of the top-attended games from the two different levels, the disparity between the second-best attended games at both levels were even more stark "wins" for high school football. Some 42,822 fans watched Southlake (Texas) Carroll High top Fort Bend (Texas) Hightower High in the Class 5A Div. I championship game, a huge edge compared to the 28,076 fans at the Idaho Potato Bowl.

In fact, the only edge on the college bowl side of the equation came from a prospective comparison between the New Mexico Bowl -- which Temple won, 37-15, against Wyoming -- and the Class 5A Div. II state title game between Spring (Texas) Dekaney High and Cibolo (Texas) Steele High. The college game was watched in person by 25,762 fans while only 15,092 fans watched Dekaney edge Steele.

Of course, there were mitigating factors for that low attendance at the Cowboys Stadium nightcap: Dallas' manically-followed NFL team was playing a game at the same time, a game that was sure to draw plenty of local eyeballs to TV sets rather than butts to seats at a high school game.

At this point, it isn't completely revolutionary for a female football player to also gain honors as part of a  school's homecoming court, an honor traditionally decided based almost solely on concerns of popularity and beauty.

A female wrestler gaining such acclaim in an official beauty pageant? That's a different matter, but it's also precisely what unfolded in suburban Seattle, where the girl crowned Daffodil Princess as part of the annual Daffodil Festival beauty pageant also happened to be a top female wrestler at her high school.

According to Seattle network KING-5 TV, the confident star in question is Katey Della-Giustina, a senior at Emerald Ridge (Wash.) High. The teen, who also runs on the cross country team and takes a full complement of Advanced Placement courses, was named her school's representative on the 2011 Daffodil Court after a compelling performance in the pageant in which she cited her father's military duty as an inspiration in her day-to-day life.

As for wrestling, Della-Giustina made it clear that her participation in the sport is more than just symbolic.

"It's the hardest sport I've ever done," Della-Giustina told KING-5. "I get butterflies before the match and I'm nervous all day."

Yet the wrestler's father said the honor that came from his daughter being named the Daffodil Princess for Emerald Ridge was also significant in helping her prove that she could defy traditional stereotypes.

"The wrestling and the Daffodil Princess, it's sort of a dichotomy," Dave Della-Giustina told KING-5. "One thing, she's supposed to be pretty and do lots of things to help the community, and wrestling is such a rough sport.

"It's kind of exciting to see a girl who's out there who's trying to push the envelope of what girls do. I'm so proud of her."

Shelbi and Erin Barbour had aspirations of being dual-sport athletes at Opelousas (La.) High. They had every right to play two sports -- the school's rules allow all student-athletes to play a maximum of two in the same season -- but for some unknown reason, the Barbour's were denied the chance to play volleyball and softball, even though they had written approval from the school's principal.

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In a bizarre story that will likely have a few more twists and turns along the way, the Daily World reported that the Barbour family filed a sexual discrimination suit with the school system for denying their daughters the opportunity to play multiple sports.

Opelousas apparently allows male athletes the chance to play on a maximum of two teams per season, but based on the Barbour's claim, the rules didn't apply to their children.

However, like most suits, this isn't an open-and-shut case. Despite claiming volleyball coach Sarah Scott denied Shelbi Barbour the chance to be a part of the team, the school claims the only the part of the suit that's factual is that both girls were given written approval from the principal to participate in two sports.

School system attorney Gerard Caswell told the Daily World that while the Barbour sisters received written authorization from the school, the sexual discrimination suit is highly questionable.

"Shelbi Barbour received authorization from Principal Rodney Johnson to participate in both cheerleading and volleyball with the understanding that she was to report to cheerleader practice at seventh period and at 3 p.m. she was to report to the gym for volleyball practice and then following volleyball practice she was to return to cheerleader practice," according to the school system's response. "No one at Opelousas Senior High School refused to allow Shelbi Barbour to participate in dual sports."

So who's telling the truth? It's impossible to say at this point but, as the Daily World noted, Paul Barbour claims a heated exchange with OHS athletic director Larry Dautrieve, at a sotfball game last spring, could have something to do with both of his daughters being denied the opportunity to play sports at the school.

In theory, it was a great idea. The problem came when the result didn't go the way Seattle (Wash.) Franklin High basketball coach Jason Kerr expected.

Seattle Franklin basketball

As reported by the Seattle Times' Mason Kelley, Kerr decided that he would have his players handle all coaching duties during the opening day of the Tournament of Champions Holiday Classic which Franklin hosts on its home floor each year. The idea was that by having to deal with everything from logistical questions about uniforms to drawing up inbounds plays during game timeouts, the Quakers would grow closer as a team and foster a deeper respect for what Kerr does on a day-to-day basis.

It seems that goal was accomplished, but it came at a steep price: The team's first loss of the season. Facing off against crosstown rival Seattle (Wash.) Lincoln High, the Quakers fell by a bucket, 73-71, sending the team's overall record to 6-1; Franklin entered at a perfect 6-0.

The loss meant that Franklin wouldn't play in the championship game of its own tournament, a minor embarrassment that could be a bit difficult for Kerr to explain away. After all, he was outsourcing his own job to the very players he is supposed to organize and lead; it's quite literally what he's paid to do.

It wasn't the kind of easy bus ride that the Cincinnati (Ohio) Aiken High boys basketball team was expecting.

Cincinnati Aiken point guard William Moore

After leaving Ohio for a trip to Memphis to play in the Lynx Holiday Classic, the team's bus endured one of the more horrific incidents one could imagine. First, it got a flat tire. Before the driver could steer the bus safely off the highway, sparks from the exposed tire rim bounced off the concrete started a fire on the bus itself, sending the entire squad into a concerned panic.

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the entire Aiken team -- including star point guard William Moore, who is pictured at right -- and all staff members on board the bus were able to exit the vehicle safely, but there was collateral damage; Aiken boys basketball coach Leon Ellison said some of the team's warm-ups and shoes were destroyed in the fire, as were some personal items of coaches and players.

Amazingly, the on-road incident didn't even keep the team from making its game. After switching to a new bus, the team still made it to Memphis for the game, heading directly to the Memphis gym.

Aiken eventually fell to Memphis (Tenn.) Lausanne Collegiate School, 75-70, after the game's tip off was delayed from 7:30 to 8 p.m.

In the mind of Ellison, that direct approach of heading straight to the game despite the scary setback served to teach his players about overcoming adversity.

"This just teaches guys a life lesson about getting through adversity," Ellison told the Enquirer.