Upper St. Clair School District Upgrades Athletics Website

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - The Upper St. Clair School District has unveiled a new athletics website – upperstclairathletics.com – providing the latest in sports news, photo galleries, schedules and other information for district athletic teams.

The website enables Panther fans to sign up to receive email and/or text alerts for one or more athletic teams. Parents, athletes and fans can now receive schedule changes, games results and features delivered directly to their inboxes.

“This is such a great tool for our athletic community to stay informed and to promote our student athletes,” district athletic director Kevin Deitrick said in a statement. “The new athletics website will greatly enhance our ability to highlight the successes of all teams.”

Detrick currently manages website additions and updates, but coaches eventually are expect to upload their results in real time.

The USC athletics website is made possible through a partnership with Varsity News Network. VNN provides the technology platform as well as manages advertising sales on the site. A percentage of all advertising revenue is returned to the school district, more than covering the one-time $1,600 cost of creating the site.

More than 2,000 schools nationwide are using VNN to manage their athletic programs. Other Allegheny County public schools using VNN include Avonworth, Baldwin, Carlynton, Hampton Area, Keystone Oaks, North Hills, Northgate, Riverview, Shaler and Woodland Hills.