Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Chicago Football League Remakes Itself

The 70-member Chicago Public League Football Coaches Association has a new address, a new web design and a sparkling new MaxPreps’ data widget on its home page, thanks to the work of Illinois territory manager Frank Steele:

http://www.cplfca.com/

MSABC Endorses MaxPreps Data Feed in Big Way

You could say the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches has stepped to the plate and swung for the fences concerning MaxPreps' Widget deployment.

The MSABA, headed by DeMatha coach Sean O'Connor, has installed a widget on its web site that includes all 213 baseball-playing members, public and private. What's more, O'Connor has sent out a letter to membership that encourages coach participation in the stat program:

http://www.marylandbaseball.org/max.htm

The purpose of MSABC and its web site is to improve the game of baseball in Maryland. Among the association’s featured activities this season is the MSABC Classic, two nine-inning all-star games scheduled for May 24 at Thomas Stone High. The games will be used to select the two teams that will compete in the Brooks Robinson Senior All-Star game, sponsored by the Geier Financial Group, June 10 at Camden Yards, following an Orioles’ game.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Kansas Takes a Unique Approach to Data Service

It’s good to have people in high places.

MaxPreps.com Kansas territory manager Randy Walling is presently serving as executive director of the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. Through Randy’s work and the work of a former coach in the state, KBCA web content manager Tom Smith, the association is developing MaxPreps’ syndication service covering every basketball team in Kansas, both boys and girls.

In a unique approach to implementing the data feeds, the KBCA will deploy a total of 12 MaxPreps.com content widgets, one for each of the six size classifications (times two) in Kansas:

http://www.kansaskbca.com/2008%3A09/maxwidgets.html