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NEW ORLEANS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COVER
SUPER BOWL XXXVI EVENTS FOR NFLHS.com and SUPERBOWL.com

 

Students to Cover Media Day and Coca-Cola and America Online present the NFL Experience

Aspiring journalists WILBERT PARKER, 16, and JAIRUS AUGUSTUS, 17, both high school football players from New Orleans, have the opportunity of a lifetime in covering Super Bowl events for NFLHS.com and SUPERBOWL.com during Super Bowl Week in their hometown.

Parker, a junior attending George Washington Carver High School in New Orleans, is assigned to give a report from Super Bowl XXXVI Media Day, Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the Louisiana Superdome. Media Day, a highly anticipated Super Bowl player availability session, will be attended by approximately 3,000 journalists. Parker plays linebacker for Carver High School, which is St. Louis Rams running back MARSHALL FAULK’salma mater. Parker’s story may be read on NFLHS.com and SUPERBOWL.com on Tuesday evening.

Augustus, a senior at O’Perry Walker High School in New Orleans, plays offensive tackle for the school’s football team. Augustus will cover Coca-Cola Kids Day at Coca-Cola and America Online present the NFL Experience on Wednesday, January 30, from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. CT. Coca-Cola Kids Day will feature a press conference including several NFL players and entertainers at 1:30 p.m. CT. Augustus’ report will be posted on NFLHS.com and SUPERBOWL.com by early Wednesday evening.

Coca-Cola and America Online present the NFL Experience will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and is the most exciting continuous event surrounding Super Bowl XXXVI -- an interactive football theme park offering games, displays and entertainment attractions.

Parker and Augustus are no strangers as their respective high schools met on the gridiron during Louisiana’s Class 4A State Regional playoff round this past season. Augustus and his O’Perry Walker classmates edged Carver, 12-7.

NFLHS.com is the league’s official high school football web site and SUPERBOWL.com is the NFL’s official Super Bowl web site. Both sites are part of the NFL Internet Network and combined will draw more than two million unique users during the week of Super Bowl XXXVI.

In its third year, NFLHS.com reports stories on NFL players and coaches related to high school football with more than 1,100 high school football articles and columns annually. An all-time high 1,035,941 boys played high school football in the 2000-2001 school year according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, nearly doubling the next-most played sport.

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