Some of my favorite memories of my children’s growing-up years were made in the grandstands at hundreds of Little League, Y basketball, Y soccer, and sports camp games.
I’ll never forget the year my daughter’s first-grade soccer team scored only one goal – but what a goal! They were so far behind in the game, but when little Whitney Tawney kicked that ball into the net, every girl on the team ran out on the field and tackled her. They rolled around and laughed and cheered like they’d just won Olympic gold. And they had. I can still hear the big booming laughter of Whitney’s dad, and the looks on the faces of the opposing team’s players and parents. (”Do they know they’re about a dozen goals behind?”)
I could go on and on … as I’m sure many of you could.
Which is why I’m excited to announce that the Missoulian is adding a new feature to our Sports section, a full page of photos – from you! – each Tuesday, highlighting non-school youth sports in western Montana.
But we’re going to need a lot of help from you all!
The photos will fill the majority of the page. The remainder of the page will be a community bulletin board of sorts, with news about class registrations, tournament sign-ups, calendar items of upcoming events – announcements of any kind pertaining to youth sports.
Our idea behind the page is to shine the spotlight on sports and clubs that do not routinely receive coverage in the Missoulian, specifically non-school related activities. Think Little League, Y sports, club swimming and cheerleading, martial arts, horseback riding – all the ways our children compete and enjoy sports here in western Montana.
The page will run on Tuesdays year-round with the first page to appear in the sports section of March 30.
Photos and announcements should be submitted via e-mail at youthsports@missoulian.com. Photos should be in the form of a jpeg with enough information for a caption, including the identification of as many of the subjects in the photo as possible.
If, as we suspect, we receive more photos than will fit in our print edition, those photos will be published on our Web site, Missoulian.com. I’ll keep you posted on how and where to find those online photos. Questions? Drop us an e-mail at the above address and we’ll get back to you. Or give me a call anytime about any ideas you have for the Missoulian: 523-5250.
Sherry Devlin
I think this is a great idea! Long overdue! Think about high school sports also the ones that are not as popular soccer, golf etc.
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