CoachRyan_Delta Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Oh wait... there wasn't one. Of the three-page sports section today, 2 and a half was regular season basketball and the SECTIONAL pairings. I thought we had STATE tonight. Thanks Star Press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Jay Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 It is amazing how little this paper cares about wrestling. The Delta Sectional produced 13 State Qualifiers, Semi-State Champs, Future State Medalist, and not a sinlge mention of the state meet tonight. Good Luck Coach and good luck to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1oldwrestler Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Coach - I agree that newspapers stink at covering wrestling and I'm not being a smart alec by asking you this question so please don't take it the wrong way, but do you contact the paper and let them know how great your team/area is doing? Granted, football and b-ball coaches don't have to take this unusual step for their teams to get coverage but wrestling is different. If you do indeed notify the paper of the successes and they still don't send a reporter out to cover it, then that just bush league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boot Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I plan on writing an article summarizing the State tournament for the Muncie area wrestlers and submitting it to them, any chance they'll actually publish it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ88 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I love the drop down window for sports on the star press website. Sports tab, dropdown to high school sports further drop down lets you pick football or basketball. Muncie area i guess doesnt have any other high school sports!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgamehoss Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 The real shame is that the media pretend to respect and honor true student athletes and admire their dedication to the sport they participate in. If that were truly the case, we would see and read hundreds of stories about great kids sweating out thousands of hours in wrestling rooms, overcoming injuries and any other obstacles on their way to greatness; not to mention, the sacrifices made by the Moms and Dads. Instead, we don't see any of those, but hear alot about single-parent, c- students that average 30 points a game on the basketball court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachRyan_Delta Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Coach - I agree that newspapers stink at covering wrestling and I'm not being a smart alec by asking you this question so please don't take it the wrong way, but do you contact the paper and let them know how great your team/area is doing? Granted, football and b-ball coaches don't have to take this unusual step for their teams to get coverage but wrestling is different. If you do indeed notify the paper of the successes and they still don't send a reporter out to cover it, then that just bush league. If they need me to tell them where IHSAA.org is, then they have totally different problems. If they did see those results (which apparently they did because they had a small article on Sunday about what they read because they weren't there), they would see that Semi-State champions were crowned from the following schools: Muncie Central Yorktown Delta Jay County Winchester All of these schools are in their coverage area. I understand what you're saying, but does a media outlet really need to be contacted about Semi-State results when they are easy to access? Then when 5 schools in your coverage area have kids who are among the best in the state right now, is it too much to ask to give them a preview the day of state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central111 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Yea the muncie star press is wack.....they have a whole cover page talkin about marion and muncie central basketball....but i forgot indiana was a basketball state?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachRyan_Delta Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 I plan on writing an article summarizing the State tournament for the Muncie area wrestlers and submitting it to them, any chance they'll actually publish it? Good luck... they'll probably put it in the blog part. (Which AJ has done a GREAT job with by the way.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachRyan_Delta Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 It is amazing how little this paper cares about wrestling. The Delta Sectional produced 13 State Qualifiers, Semi-State Champs, Future State Medalist, and not a sinlge mention of the state meet tonight. Good Luck Coach and good luck to all. Best of luck to you as well! I know me, Stevie, Josh, and Erik will be rooting for Casey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1oldwrestler Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Coach - I agree that newspapers stink at covering wrestling and I'm not being a smart alec by asking you this question so please don't take it the wrong way, but do you contact the paper and let them know how great your team/area is doing? Granted, football and b-ball coaches don't have to take this unusual step for their teams to get coverage but wrestling is different. If you do indeed notify the paper of the successes and they still don't send a reporter out to cover it, then that just bush league. If they need me to tell them where IHSAA.org is, then they have totally different problems. If they did see those results (which apparently they did because they had a small article on Sunday about what they read because they weren't there), they would see that Semi-State champions were crowned from the following schools: Muncie Central Yorktown Delta Jay County Winchester All of these schools are in their coverage area. I understand what you're saying, but does a media outlet really need to be contacted about Semi-State results when they are easy to access? Then when 5 schools in your coverage area have kids who are among the best in the state right now, is it too much to ask to give them a preview the day of state? Coach - again, I wasn't trying to get you bent out of shape. We in the wrestling community are always going to feel slighted by the coverage we get, and rightfully so. I'm pulling for Gonzalez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLCards Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Back in the day when Muncie had two newspapers, the Evening Press actually did a great job at covering wrestling in the area and all other high school sports that were considered to be less than mainstream. You would think they could at least send a reporter to semi-state and get an article up on the web where there is unlimited space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachRyan_Delta Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Coach - I agree that newspapers stink at covering wrestling and I'm not being a smart alec by asking you this question so please don't take it the wrong way, but do you contact the paper and let them know how great your team/area is doing? Granted, football and b-ball coaches don't have to take this unusual step for their teams to get coverage but wrestling is different. If you do indeed notify the paper of the successes and they still don't send a reporter out to cover it, then that just bush league. If they need me to tell them where IHSAA.org is, then they have totally different problems. If they did see those results (which apparently they did because they had a small article on Sunday about what they read because they weren't there), they would see that Semi-State champions were crowned from the following schools: Muncie Central Yorktown Delta Jay County Winchester All of these schools are in their coverage area. I understand what you're saying, but does a media outlet really need to be contacted about Semi-State results when they are easy to access? Then when 5 schools in your coverage area have kids who are among the best in the state right now, is it too much to ask to give them a preview the day of state? Coach - again, I wasn't trying to get you bent out of shape. We in the wrestling community are always going to feel slighted by the coverage we get, and rightfully so. I'm pulling for Gonzalez. I hope I didn't come across as bent out of shape (at least not at you haha). I appreciate your input and support for Stevie. This dumb $^%#*ing paper just does a terrible job and it gets me fired up sometimes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Jay Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have emailed the Star Press because they said they would no longer accept faxed material that was hand written and they still didn't place results in the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeMom Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 That really is a shame. The Anderson Herald Bulletin has had GREAT coverage on all the Madison County wrestlers, and have featured articles on all the county's qualifiers. www.heraldbulletin.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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