REPEATING/FOXSPORTS.Com Launches Premier "FOX Fab 50" High School Football Poll for 2000 Campaign

Business Wire, August 1, 2000

Sports/Multimedia Editors & High School Sports Writers

REPEATING...changing slug, adding ticker symbol

LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--July 31, 2000

De La Salle High School (Concord, CA) Ranked #1 in Nation

FOXSPORTS.com, the fastest growing sports site on the Internet, today provided high school football fans across the nation with the first "FOX Fab 50" poll rankings of the 2000 season. Perennial football powerhouse De La Salle High School (Concord, Ca), with a current national record 100 game winning streak, was ranked as the top team in the nation heading into the 2000 campaign.

Located at FOXSPORTS.com's innovative and in-depth high school sports section (foxsports.com/highschool), the "FOX Fab 50" poll ranks the top 50 high school football teams in the nation. Every week throughout the season FOXSPORTS.com will deliver a new "FOX Fab 50" poll reflective of how the Top 50 teams fared in their games the previous week.

Based on last year's undefeated championship season (12-0), current 100 game winning streak that dates back to 1991 and strong returning line-up, De La Salle earned FOXSPORTS.com's "FOX Fab 50" poll number one ranking.

De La Salle finished fourth in FOXSPORTS.com's final "FOX Fab 50" poll for the 1999 season three spots behind top-ranked Evangel Christian (Shreveport, LA). Evangel Christian is currently ranked 19 on the FOXSPORTS.com "FOX Fab 50" poll.

For more details, the complete FOXSPORTS.com "FOX Fab 50" high school football poll is attached.

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                   FOXSPORTS.com's "FOX FAB 50" POLL

   Rank              School               Location         Last year's
                                                              Record
1.       De La Salle                Concord, CA           12-0
2.       Jenks                      Jenks, OK             13-1
3.       Southridge                 Miami, FL             12-3
4.       Poly                       Long Beach, CA        13-0-1
5.       Cathedral Prep             Erie, PA              13-1
6.       St. Ignatius               Cleveland, OH         13-2
7.       Garland                    Garland, TX           15-1
8.       St. Louis                  Honolulu, HI          15-1
9.       Richmond County            Rockingham, NC        13-1
10.      West Monroe                West Monroe, LA       13-2
11.      Central                    Naperville, IL        14-0
12.      Ben Davis                  Indianapolis, IN      15-0
13.      Westlake                   Austin, TX            12-1
14.      Highlands                  Fort Thomas, KY       14-1
15       Lowndes County             Valdosta, GA          12-3
16.      Lakeland                   Lakeland, FL          15-0
17.      Robert E. Lee              Midland, TX           15-0
18.      Mullen Prep                Denver, CO            11-1
19.      Evangel Christian          Shreveport, LA        15-0
20.      Montgomery-Bell Acadamy    Nashville, TN         12-0
21.      Hart                       Newhall, CA           14-0
22.      Central Bucks West         Doylestown, PA        15-0
23.      Varina                     Richmond, VA          13-1
24.      Washington                 Massillon, OH         10-1
25.      Gaffney                    Gaffney, SC           12-2
26.      Katy                       Katy, TX              14-2
27.      Central                    Little Rock, AR       10-2
28       Cretin-Derham Hall         St. Paul, MN          13-0
29.      Mater Dei                  Santa Ana, CA         11-2-1
30.      Hampton                    Hampton, VA           12-1
31.      DeMatha                    Hyattsville, MD       10-1-1
32.      Madison Central            Madison, MS           15-0
33.      Union                      Tulsa, OK             13-1
34.      Etowah                     Attalla, AL           14-0
35.      Mountain View              Mesa, AZ              13-1
36.      Hackensack                 Hackensack, NJ        10-2
37.      Southwest DeKalb           Decatur, GA           12-1
38.      Summerville                Summerville, SC       11-2
39.      C.D. Hylton                Woodbridge, VA        14-0
40.      John T. Curtis             River Ridge, LA       13-1
41.      Lincoln-Way                New Lenox, IL         12-1
42.      Lincoln                    Tallahassee, FL       13-2
43.      Oak Creek                  Oak Creek, WI         10-2
44.      Creighton Prep             Omaha, NE             12-1
45.      Kentwood                   Kent, WA              12-2
46.      Southeast                  Bradenton, FL         9-3
47.      Grant                      Sacramento, CA        12-2
48.      Skyline                    Salt Lake City, UT    13-0
49.      North Hills                Pittsburgh, PA        9-1
50.      Upper Arlington            Columbus, OH          10-2