High School Sports Technology Alliance Formed

High School Sports Technology Alliance Formed

WHEELING, W.Va. - A new alliance of industry leading companies has formed to bring high school sports video to the next level. For the first time, game breakdown technology is integrated to produce team highlight clips and automatically make them accessible to the local community and the media.

The companies involved in the alliance are HighSchoolSports.net, CoachComm, PrepAthlete.com, and GamePlan Technologies. Between the current alliance members, they account for relationships with over 16,000 high schools and nearly every football coach in the nation.

“What’s been missing has been a common platform for high school sports video,” said Adolph Santorine, President of HighSchoolSports.net, “and a safe place for our children to view it. We believe that our working together is the solution.”

Initially, the collaboration will allow video to be repurposed for publicity and for use by the players themselves. In total, over 2 million still photographic images and nearly 100,000 video highlights are available, including full game video for nearly 30,000 athletic contests.

Jim McKelvey, President of PrepAthlete.com, added, “Instead of schools having to corral a number of different vendors, we offer a unified solution for their digital media and information needs.”

“The best part of this alliance is that it will make it easier and faster for coaches to edit their game video, execute internet game exchange, and get video and stats to the local media as well as college recruiters,” said CoachComm President, Peter Amos. “These are all the things today’s high school coaches want or need to do but have been held back because of slow and complex technology. This is a big win for them.”

According to Dave Glover, CEO of GamePlan, “Each of these companies are the leader in their fields, and by working together, we form a common platform that makes technology work for coaches in ways that it never has before.”

The alliance looks forward to welcoming new members in the near future as the technology platform grows and expands.

About PrepAthlete.com:
PrepAthlete.com is a leading sports technology provider for coaches, players and their fans throughout North America. Thousands of high schools and colleges use the PrepAthlete.com library system which offers the tools to move high-quality video online. Once submitted to the library, these video assets are repurposed for a variety of applications including online game film exchange, online game viewing, athlete visibility and highlight DVD creation. For more information, go to www.pretathlete.com

About CoachComm:
CoachComm, LLC is the established leader in providing winning solutions to athletic programs nationwide. CoachComm is the wireless sideline communications provider for 99 percent of Division 1-A colleges and thousand of high school and small college programs across the country. Based out of Auburn, Alabama and founded in 1991 by Peter Amos, CoachComm has partnered with many industry leaders and offers the best sideline communications equipment and coaching tools available on the market today. For more information, visit their Website at www.coachcomm.com

About GamePlan Technologies:
GamePlan Technologies’ innovative technology allows coaches, players and athletic administrators to record, edit, analyze and communicate video, information, and reports in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. GamePlan technologies provides sports teams, organizations, leagues sport-specific digital video analysis and networked communications systems to meet multiple media format needs while delivering high-quality media for athletic organizations. For more information, visit www.gogameplan.com

About HighSchoolSports.net:
HighSchoolSports.net is the #1 website devoted solely to high school sports. The company has over 6,500 schools subscribing to the Schedule Star athletic management system that feeds HighSchoolSports.net. The content for each school includes the most up to date and accurate schedules for all sports at all levels. Visitors have the unique ability to review pictures, videos, and scores for their favorite teams. HighSchoolSports.net/ Schedule Star is a division of the Gannett Co, Inc. To learn more about the company, visit their website at ScheduleStar.com and http://HighSchoolSports.net