
Moneyball for Minors: Inside the Booming Business of Youth Sports Apps
Lauren Drapp has a hectic job working as a gas scheduler for a private equity firm in Houston, triangulating natural gas between suppliers, pipelines and customers. But she’s arguably even busier as a mother of young athletes: Her two daughters, ages 12 and 13, play on club volleyball and softball teams, each traveling some eight times a year to face the best young talent in their sports across Texas and the southern U.S. To stay on top of it all, Drapp maintains a folder on her smartphone...