A Little Help From My Friends

This is a nod to who has helped me the most this Fall sports season.

Being a one-man sports desk, I always need some help and I have gotten just that this year, and it shouldn't go unnoticed.

I have received helping hands from players, such as Lovington students Dan Bolsen and Lucas West. Dan has been helping each week to supply me with game story information about every contest I couldn't make, and Lucas has taken pictures of games I haven't been able to attend. Dan, a lineman for the team, is a great assistance to help me learn about what happened at games I was unable to see for myself.
Lucas, a star on the Lovington basketball team, has been taking time off the court to supply pictures of Arthur-Lovington games I have been unable to attend, and he's a crafty photographer.

For Sullivan-Okaw Valley games, Bob Hagen has been more than helpful, supplying stats and scores after games, along with game stories.

S-OV board member Chris White has supplied us with excellent information about every week of the JFL season, and that helped a great deal.

Thanks also to all the coaches. We, at the News-Progress, are trying to turn around the mentality about this paper, getting information faster so we can put it on the Web and so we can ensure we have it, and I thank the coaches who helped make this happen.

And you. Thank you for all your help, and I hope that we can make the News-Progress even more of a community newspaper, and a lot of that starts right here on the blog. Please, stir up some conversation around here and let's get some dialog goin' about local sports!