USA TODAY High School Sports Gives Fans A Chance To Vote On The
Nation's Best High School Football Rivalry With $10,000 Up For
Grabs
MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY High
School Sports, the nation's leading source for high school sports
news and information, today kicks off a month-long online vote for
fans to determine the most deep-seated high school football rivalry
in the U.S.
Beginning today and running through Dec.
19, USA TODAY High School
Sports will feature the biggest rivalries in each state online at
www.usatodayhss.com, as determined by the editorial staff of
USA TODAY High School Sports.
The two teams to comprise America's best high school football
rivalry will earn $10,000
($5,000 to each school) in athletic
department funding, as well as national coverage of the game by
USA TODAY and a specially-designed
trophy to be held by the rivalry's winner each year going
forward.
"High school football is more defined by passionate rivalries
than probably any other sport," said Derek
Samson, Director of Content for USA TODAY High School Sports. "There are so
many great and long-standing rivalries—from East Coast states like
New Jersey's Don Bosco Prep and Bergen Catholic, to Permian and Lee
in Texas, which has inspired books
and Hollywood movies—and just as many opinions on which one is the
most intense. We may not settle the argument, but we can at least
give schools and football fans across the country a chance to make
their case."
Beginning today and running through Dec.
3, the three biggest rivalries in each state and the
District of Columbia will be featured online at
www.usatodayhss.com. The rivalries with the most online votes for
each state will move onto a regional round which begins
Dec. 5. Online voting for that round
will end on Dec. 12.
The top four rivalries in each region will then be showcased on
USA TODAY High School Sports for one final week of voting through
Dec. 19 when the nation's top high
school football rivalry is crowned.
For more information, visit USA TODAY High School Sports.
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