The Spotlight’s on YOU Now!
Welcome and thanks for visiting Frosh-Soph Sports. Especially if you’re an athlete at the freshman or junior varsity level, or a parent, coach, fan or just an enthusiast of this level of games, we’re sure you’ll be thrilled by what you find here.
Frosh-Soph exists to shine the spotlight on those athletes in the underclasses who practice hard and play hard, but unfortunately don’t get very much media coverage (if they get any at all). Now the spotlight is on those teams and their contests through substantial stories and images. Professional photographers bring you action shots for your viewing pleasure, and you can even buy the photos you like best.
There’s never a charge for viewing and downloading the game stories, and checking out the photos is totally free, too.
Spend some time looking around and seeing what we offer you. We look forward to hearing what you think and how you’d like to see us improve. Send us a note at reachus@frosh-soph.com.
How It Began
Frosh-Soph Sports began in the fall of 2006 to help fill a need and desire – to give junior varsity and freshman athletic teams the coverage they were not likely to receive in their local daily newspapers.
Due to the shift away from community-based coverage in recent years, and with the reduction of sports department staffs and the space for the stories themselves, freshman and JV teams saw nearly total elimination of newspaper publicity. Members of these teams had to rely on word of mouth, and perhaps coverage in their school newspapers, for anyone to recognize these players’ accomplishments. Thus the concept for Frosh-Soph Sports was born.
Frosh-Soph, based in Chico, Calif., tested its appeal by covering JV basketball, baseball and track competition and e-mailing game stories to “subscribers” – mostly parents and coaches, but also a few players. Almost immediately, Frosh-Soph’s e-mail was flooded with notes from parents thanking its creators for the service. Even some varsity coaches wondered how their teams might receive coverage, as newspaper stories involving those teams were often very brief. Frosh-Soph had to turn away those teams, however, sticking to its philosophy of covering the freshman and JV levels only.
Based on this broad appeal, Frosh-Soph decided to go online in time for the 2007-08 school year. The website will make the service much simpler, as users can easily view and download PDF versions of game coverage. Photos will be easy to view in galleries, and users will find a friendly ordering system for purchasing the shots.
The photos, incidentally, come from a network of professional photographers highly skilled in shooting athletic events.
Individual teams, whether through the coaches, statisticians or parents, report game scores and provide information needed to create Frosh-Soph’s stories.
Finally, the generous sponsorships from businesses and companies help support Frosh-Soph’s mission and keep it free of charge for users. |
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