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Having helped the National High School Coaches Association with its radio show and media relations since 2010, I've very pleased to announce a HUGE partnership today.I've engineered a partnership between USA TODAY High School Sports and the NHSCA to produce a Super 25 High School Wrestling Poll for the 2015-16 season.
We jointly released our preseason poll on Wednesday and beginning December 15th, we'll put-out weekly ratings on every Tuesday through the end of the season.
Below you can read the USA TODAY announcement on the partnership....
USA TODAY High School Sports and the National High School Coaches Association are teaming up to produce and promote Super 25 team rankings for scholastic wrestling.
To kick off this partnership, USA TODAY and the NHSCA are releasing the Super 25 Preseason Rankings for the 2015-16 season. The first regular season rankings will be released in mid-December. The content is available at usatodayhss.com.
"We are excited to partner with USA TODAY High School Sports to produce a national high school wrestling poll," said Bobby Ferraro, executive director of the National High School Coaches Association. "To do the Top
25 in conjunction with the nation's leading producer of high school
sports content will mean a lot for the sport of high school wrestling.
Our National Top 25 is a perfect complement to our individual national
championships that we've been conducting for over a quarter of a
century."
Said Josh Barnett, director of content for USA TODAY High School Sports: “We are excited to be working with the National High School Coaches
Association. With nearly 11,000 schools nationwide with wrestling teams
and more than 250,000 athletes participating, we feel like the addition
of wrestling is an important step in expanding our overall Super 25
content. We are eager to provide more content for the dedicated
wrestlers and coaches and passionate fans of high school wrestling.”
With the addition of wrestling, the Super 25 expands to 11 sports (six boys and five girls), a growth from four sports in the 2013-14 academic year. USA TODAY High School Sports has added boys and girls soccer and field hockey this fall.
About USA TODAY High School Sports
USA TODAY High School Sports is the leading destination for high school sports news and information, providing nationwide coverage and aligning locally with USA TODAY Sports and Gannett properties in various markets across the country. USATHSS is home to the Super 25 national rankings and the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Teams for boys and girls sports, both serving for more than 30 years as the leading platforms for determining the best teams, and the best athletes, in scholastic sports. USATODAY HSS also is the official media partner for the Gatorade Athlete and Player of the Year programs.
