About AlmanacSports.com
AlmanacSports.com is the collaboration of two brothers, Dan and Joe Engler, who love and have
an interest in the promotion and history of Hoosier high school sports, with an emphasis on
Southwestern Indiana. AlmanacSports.com is owned by Almanac Sports, LLC, and is operated by
Engler Brother Sports.
About Dan and Joe
Dan, the editor of the site, along with his brother Joe, who is the senior developer, have both
been actively involved in youth sports for many years, whether playing, coaching or refereeing.
Joe, a computer programmer for IBM, lives in North Carolina with his lovely wife Jen. Dan, also
known as Rudy, lives in Evansville and is the the senior referee of Total Nonstop Action
Wrestling.
History of the Site
The site's beginnings go back to the fall of 1996, when on Dan's Reitz Football website, he
began covering the football standings for schools in the Big Eight, PAC and SIAC.
In late 1996, this section was separated into its own site, called "District 5 Football." (At
the time, the IHSAA divided Indiana into five districts, the fifth covering the southern portion
of the state.) The site was renamed "Southern Indiana High School Football" in September 1998.
In December 1999, Dan was courted by the Rivals Sports Network to cover football and several
other sports throughout Indiana. After agreeing to join, Dan created the name "Hoosier Preps"
and his site became a part of Rivals' national network of pro, college and high school sports
websites.
Rivals folded in April 2001, and, as the national network fell apart, the site again became
independent. At that time, the original version of AlmanacSports.com was started and became the
home page for the Almanac Sports Network, which consisted of a redesigned "Hoosier Preps"
(focusing only on football) and ReitzFootball.com.
In 2002, "Hoosier Preps" was subdivided and became "Southwestern Indiana High School Football"
and "Statewide Football."
In 2003, "Statewide Football" was renamed "Hoosier Prep Football;" both it and "Southwestern
Indiana High School Football" saw major redesigns.
Toward the end of 2004, Joe had begun to work on a soccer site that would cover area schools. It
was then that he and Dan realized that they should combine their efforts and merge their sites
into one, building a brand new AlmanacSports.com, covering football, soccer and much more!
On July 1, 2005, the new site went online. Now, boasting alliances with key partners throughout
the state, AlmanacSports.com has become the premier site of its kind in Indiana!
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