January 9-28 voted Sidwell Friends to the top position among a field of memorable plays from 20 schools nationwide. The Quakers’ play drew more than 13,000 votes from nearly 40,000 total votes cast.

Fans had the opportunity to view and vote for their favorite high school football play on NFLHS.com. Plays were shown through streaming video and were submitted by high school football players, parents, coaches and fans from across the country. (See list of schools below.)

Sidwell Friends’ NFLHS.com Play of the Year, "I Right Twins 36 Option Pass Dev," incorporated exciting razzle-dazzle. The Quakers' all league wide receiver Amir Jenkins (No. 5), switched to quarterback while all-league quarterback Dev Talvadkar (No. 11), was moved to a receiver position. Sidwell Friends’ running back Jaime Donovan (No. 22) lined up at wingback.

The Quakers called for a halfback pitchout to Donovan who tossed a lateral to Talvadkar running down the line of scrimmage from his receiver position. Talvadkar then threw a 20-yard touchdown strike to Jenkins who ran a flag pattern after initially pitching the ball to Donovan. Sidwell Friends’ team captain, Al Gore, son of the former U.S. vice president, helped guide the Quakers to their first Mid-Atlantic Conference title in 30 years. The play will be shown on the Aloha Stadium jumbotron this Sunday, February 4, during the 2001 Pro Bowl in Honolulu.

By winning the 2000 NFLHS.com Play of the Year, Sidwell Friends will receive a $2,500 grant for its football program through the National Football League’s Youth Football Fund and Sportscapsule, a leader in steaming video on the internet. Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, Ohio, and Citrus High School in Inverness, Fla., earned second- and third-place honors. Football programs at these schools also will receive $1,500 and $1,000 grants from the NFL’s Youth Football Fund and Sportscapsule, respectively.

"The NFLHS.com Play of the Year is a wonderful opportunity for the NFL and the NFL Players Association to recognize some of the most exciting plays of this past high school football season," said John Mackey, president of the NFL Youth Football Fund and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "Our partnership with Sportscapsule proved to be a great way to celebrate and enjoy high school football in addition to the excitement generated by the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl."

"The Pro Bowl is all about honoring the achievements of the NFL’s top athletes," said Mike Paolucci, Sportscapsule founder and CEO. "We’re thrilled that the NFL has recognized Sportscapsule as an exciting way to document the achievements of high school football players across the country."

Other schools that qualified as finalists are below:

• Bartlett Golden Bears, Anchorage, AK
• Hinkley Thunderbirds, Aurora, CO
• Crow Cougars, Eugene, OR
• Mission Viejo Diablos, Mission Viejo, CA
• Kent Lions, Kent, CT
• Coffeeville Pirates, Coffeville, MS
• Jones County Greyhounds, Gray, GA
• Belfast Lions, Belfast, ME
• Santa Fe Chiefs, Alma, MO
• Citrus Hurricanes, Inverness, FL
• Parkland Matadors, El Paso, TX
• Sidwell Friends Quakers, Washington DC
• Freeman Flyers, Freeman, SD
• Fort Benton Longhorns, Fort Benton, MT
• Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits, Long Beach, CA
• Cherryvale Chargers, Cherryvale, KS
• Liberty Union Lions, Baltimore, OH
• Upper Arlington Golden Bears, Columbus, OH
• Parker Broncos, Parker, AZ
• Loyola Cubs, Los Angeles, CA

The NFL Youth Football Fund is a not-for-profit foundation run by the NFL and the NFL Players Association that seeks to use football as a catalyst to promote positive youth development and insure the health of grassroots football in future generations. NFLHS.com is a part of the NFL Internet Network.

About Sportscapsule
Sportscapsule offers teams, players and their parents an easy and inexpensive way to capture and share precious moments in their athletic activities. Simply by submitting videotapes in any format to Sportscapsule, any team or personal sports footage can be transferred to CD-ROM or streamed over the Web, allowing viewers to see the games on their home computers.

Sportscapsule will create an extensive interactive highlight reel for participating teams featuring popular music, graphics, sound effects and live calls by acclaimed sportscasters such as Chris Berman and John Madden. All of the editing and programming is done for the team by Sportscapsule. Teams can choose to have their highlight reel on CD-ROM or a VHS tape, or both. The CD-ROM version allows users to view highlights by game or type of play on an interactive computer program that can be run on any Windows based computer. The VHS also includes all of the music and celebrity play calls, but does not index plays for interactive viewing.

Sportscapsule customers can also go online to Sportscapsule.com to clip and save their own favorite moments from the game or season using any computer, without the need of additional computer software or hardware. After the sportscapsule has been completed, the highlights can be shared with teammates, friends or family worldwide.

Sportscapsule was founded by Michael Paolucci, co-founder of the highly successful Web company 24/7 Media (NASD: TFSM). Sportscapsule has partnered with leading companies in the sports, technology and broadband arenas, including Time Warner (TWX), Qwest (Q), Comcast (CMCSK), ESPN (DIS, DIG) Riddell Sports (AMEX: RDL) and Microsoft's WindowsMedia.com (NASD: MSFT). Since launching in 1999, Sportscapsule has made available more than 40,000 high school and youth games, featuring over 100,000 individual players. Sportscapsule has offices in New York and Los Angeles. Sportscapsule's online video editing technology is powered by Javu. More information is available at www.sportscapsule.com or 888-899-5300.