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The IHSAA: We're Number One!










                                                                             Playing in a state
                                                                             championship football
                                                                             game at state-of-the-art
                                                                             Lucas Oil Stadium on a cold
                                                                             Thanksgiving weekend
                                                                             is an opportunity that
                                                                             student-athletes in other
                                                                             states do not have. And fans
                                                                             love being under the roof
                                                                             instead of in the elements.






















                     IHSAA


                     CHAMPIONS



                     NETWORK





                     Not only are IHSAA state championship     Emmis Broadcasting in Indianapolis,
                     venues state-of-the-art, but so is the IHSAA   Fox Sports Indiana and the IHSAA’s
                     Champions Network presented by Indiana    own in-house broadcasting unit provide
                     Farm Bureau Insurance. No other state     the facilities and expertise necessary
                     association in America gives its schools and   to produce sports programming that
                     student-athletes the depth of state tourna-  compares favorably with the best the
                     ment coverage that the IHSAA provides.     industry has to offer. As the total number
                                                               of people watching and listening continues
                     Whether high school sports fans want to   to grow (and it is), the story of educa-
                     listen to a state championship game on    tion-based athletics in Indiana becomes
                     the radio, watch it on television or view   better understood. And that bodes well
                     it on their laptop or iPhone half-a-world   for the future of our state.
                     away, they can do it through the IHSAA
                     Champions Network presented by Indiana
                     Farm Bureau Insurance.



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