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Show Decisions: What To Write About By DAVK UIGHAM 1'iit yourself in my shoes for a moment. In hiyh sJiool sports shoulJ I always write about the same people each week or should I totally overlook the so L.illed superstars and write about everyone that was suited up'.' 'IMS HAS always been a sore spot with many people, and usually the basis for most of the complaints com-plaints 1 get about this paper. I don't tare what school is involved or even what the sport there are going to be those athletes that stand out above the rest. Take for example football, s'nee it is almost upon us again for another year, the r inning back is going to get the credit for the long run not the tackle that made the key block. IK) 'I UK readers get tired of reading about a certain cer-tain runner picking up over KK) yards in each game? Or how about the same guy scoring twenty or more points each week on the basketball floor? See the dilema facing a sports writer. I kr CALL a little w hile ago referring to a year as the year of a certain female basketball player at a northern school. A mother of one of the other members mem-bers of that same team called up and proceeded to tell me that without her daughter and the other three gals on the floor that this star wouldn't have been an-thing. an-thing. This is true but if I had named those other four gals no one would have know what year I was talking about. I'm sure a lot of folks were getting tired of reading about Dave Burke, not to single him out or anything, and his great games at Layton. Maybe a few of his teammates were even upset about the amount of print he got. But then again whats a writer to do, he can't completely ignore a guy with his talent simply because someone is tired of seeing his name in black and white. KVKRY SCHOOL has this type of situation not just Dave at Layton. These guys don't seek the publicity, pub-licity, they earn it. These ty pes of athletes are the ones that will point out which tackle made the key block. Remember us dumb writers don't know how the play was set up we just see the back running with the ball. ALL I'M trying to say, especially to all you parents with high school aged athletes this year, is try to consider my point of view. We can't overlook the super players. It's you readers that want to know who scored the most points, or made the touchdowns. Very few of you really care who made the block or who had the assists, unless that person happens to be related to you. THIS YEAR I'm going to try to improve in getting to the roots of the games, find out why they won or lost. Should be a great year in hith school sports since the amount of talent in the county is high this year. Support your school no matter which one it is. |