USA TODAY High School Sports and MAXFieldHockey.com have formed a partnership for Super 25 rankings for field hockey this season. The preseason national Super 25 and regional rankings will be unveiled Wednesday, Aug. 12 with weekly rankings during the season.
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MAXFieldHockey.com is the most comprehensive and fastest growing website focused on field hockey. Launched in mid-2014, the site was created to fill the need for a central source of reliable and updated field hockey information at all levels for youth, club, high school, college, at the national level and beyond.
As part of High School Central, MAXFieldHockey.com provides team and player features, schedules, a database of college commitments with more than 600 players, and an expansive list of camps, clinics and events. In July, the company released MAX Field Hockey U, a college research and management tool designed for high school players interested in playing in college. The company also has a MAX Field Hockey mobile app that is free and available for Apple and Android.
“We are incredibly excited to enter into a partnership with USA TODAY,” said Stephanie Maychack, president of MAX Field Hockey. “The national platform and media reach USA TODAY provides is second to none. The sport of field hockey is currently very regional with the majority of it being played in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with some pockets throughout the Midwest and West. This relationship with USA TODAY will expose other areas of the country to this growing sport.”
The addition of field hockey increases the Super 25 program to 10 sports (five boys and five girls) to start the 2015-16 academic year and reflects growth from a total of four sports two years ago.
“We are thrilled to welcome field hockey to the Super 25 family,” said Josh Barnett, director of content for USA TODAY High School Sports. “The amount of work and dedication that Stephanie and Larry Dukes have put in to start the MAX Field Hockey brand is impressive and the trajectory for the site’s growth is clear.
“More than 70,000 girls play high school field hockey and many colleges are adding the sport. We feel this is the right time to add field hockey to the Super 25 and we look forward to working with the MAX Field Hockey team.”
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 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.