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WisSports.net to partner with WIAA to provide stats for 3-Point Challenge selections

11/25/2014, 11:00am CST
By Travis Wilson

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association will sponsor the inaugural 3-Point Challenge as part of the 2014-15 Boys and Girls State Tournaments in March. WisSports.net has partnered with the WIAA, and contestants in the Challenge will be chosen based on three-point shooting statistics entered in the WisSports.net stats database.

Coaches must enter the player information on WisSports.net in order for the players to be eligible. The top two players in each division based on 3-point shooting percentage at the end of the regular season (min. 75 attempts) will be selected to participate. All ten will compete against each other to determine an overall champion. A player whose team qualifies for the State Tournament may not participate in the 3-Point Challenge.

"We're excited that the WIAA has chosen to utilize our extensive stats database and relationship with the state's coaches to select participants in the 3-Point Challenge," said WSN General Manager Travis Wilson. "We've worked closely with the WIAA on many things in the past, but this is the first time they've chosen to identify our information for an official use. This is a big year for the tournaments, with the 100th Anniversary of the boys championships, and we're looking forward to being a part of the celebration."

The Boys 3-Point Challenge will be held on Saturday, March 21st at 9 am at the Kohl Center in Madison. Fans can attend the event with tickets from the morning/afternoon session.

The Girls 3-Point Challenge will be held on Saturday, March 14th at 9 am at the Resch Center in Green Bay, with admission granted for ticketholders of the morning/afternoon session.

Beginning January 5th, a weekly article will be published on WisSports.net with the top ten boys and girls players from each division in 3-point percentage.

Coaches can enter player information directly on WisSports.net throughout the year, with a deadline of midnight on the Monday before Regional playoff games begin to have all stats entered. If coaches need information or assistance on entering team or player stats on WSN, they are encouraged to contact info@wissports.net (please be sure to include your name, school, & sport you coach).

For updated boys stat leaders and full Challenge guidelines and eligibility rules, please visit www.wissports.net/wiaa-boys-3point-challenge

For updated girls stat leaders and full Challenge guidelines and eligibility rules, please visit www.wissports.net/wiaa-girls-3point-challenge

About WisSports.net

WisSports.net has grown into the definitive resource for high school sports news, statistics, and information in the state of Wisconsin, with more than 40 million pageviews annually. Wisconsin Sports Network (WSN) is an integrated publishing company with a focus on student athletes, their communities, families, friends, fans and coaches. WisSports.net has endorsements and provides services for many of the coaches associations in Wisconsin, including the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association, Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association, and more. WSN is owned by Minneapolis-based Sport Ngin, the leading provider of web software and mobile applications for youth, amateur and professional sports.

About the WIAA

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is a voluntary, unincorporated, and nonprofit organization of high schools and middle schools. The membership of the WIAA oversees interscholastic athletic programs for 505 senior high schools and 45 junior high/middle level schools in its membership. It will sponsor 24 championship tournament series in 2014-15. For more information, please contact the WIAA office at (715) 344-8580.

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