Who’s a good story?
April 22, 2008 @ 1:21 p.m. by Joannaby joanna
I recently was told that we’ve had some readers calling in and making pitches for their kids or kid to either be a subject for our weekly Getting to Know feature that runs on Fridays and for our “5 minutes, 3 (Pioneers)” grid that runs on Tuesdays.
Both are two of my favorite things that we do. I love the grid, partly because it was my idea and you usually are more passionate about something you came up with. But I especially love it because it’s fun and I’m talking to kids that I normally wouldn’t talk to. I’ve never spoken to a West High girls soccer player. Any soccer that I’ve covered in the past is usually in the postseason, so I only see the Kapaun’s or the Maize’s. But it was so fun to talk to these girls. I left West High smiling because I had fun and I would be getting three kids who normally wouldn’t get their pictures in the paper, into Tuesday’s paper.
The Getting to Know is a feature that allows us to delve into an interesting athlete and give it to you in an easy-to-read format. The kids who make the best getting to know subjects are the ones like East senior diver Courtney Skaer, who was a gymnast, suffered a ton of injuries, is super intelligent, is highly successful as a diver, is also a competitive cheerleader, teaches gymnastics…. She was amazing to talk to.
Who do you want to see in a GTK feature? Or a “5 minutes, 3 (whatever school)”? Got an idea. Were you glad to see a specific school or person featured? Fill me in.
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I would like to see 3 Titans South titans, baseball players, Casey Lassley So., Greg Baker Jr., and Tyler Underwood Sr.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I would like to see Casey Lassley So. catcher at south and WSU’s Cody Lassleys brother, Greg Baker Jr Shortstop at South, and Tyler Underwood Sr pitcher at South in the 5 for 3 thing.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
I would say something about goddard baseball with Watkins, Banwart and Jennings, or maybe goddard softball with Heery, kirkhart, and one of the other seniors or goddard girls track, soccer at goddard with berry and someone else.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 am
For the 5 minutes with 3: Clearwater has 3 junior baseball players (outfield, catcher, shortstop) who have started every game since their freshman year. Have really contributed to turning around a program that was in sad shape.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Something from Goddard. One of the best softball and soccer teams in the state, a great baseball team, and a stout track team. The golf and tennis teams are both very good as well.
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April 24th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
wow, my comment that didnt show up is here now, wierd.
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April 28th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Can you come up to Concordia and talk to the track teams? They have quite the teams and they are all very much a “team” in spirit. Both boys and girls, although it is the girls that have the dominating team year after year.
Thanks!
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May 6th, 2008 at 9:13 am
campus baseball. boxscore are never shown and no big stories. they are ranked #3 in 6A and still are brought up in the eagle.
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