The USA TODAY Florida Network is committed to covering the state's high school sports scene like no one ever before.
In pursuit of that revolutionary coverage, we have decided to expand our process to include a few of the elite high school sports academies, renown throughout the world.
Beginning this school year, the USA TODAY Network will produces stories, videos and photo galleries featuring IMG Academy in Bradenton, DME Academy in Daytona Beach and Montverde Academy in Montverde, which boasts some of the top high school athletes in the country.
This coverage will take you beyond the box score, sharing the stories of the best players, coaches and teams from three preeminent high school sports academies that routinely feature some of the best talent
in the country.
Our commitment is to consistently share these stories in multiple forms (written, video, photo) on multiple platforms, including online at floridatoday.com/sports/high-school-sports/academies. We will soon expand this coverage to include other local newsroom staples like Athlete of the Week, Play of the Month and Player of the Year.
So get ready to follow the rise of the next great high school, college and pro athletes, like DME alum Yan Diomande, former Montverde star Cooper Flagg and IMG product and rookie Giants offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa. The next big names in sports will come from these schools, and you can learn about them first with USA TODAY Sports.
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: USA TODAY Sports expanding high school coverage to Florida academies
