Submitted by Right Fielder on Mon, 12/12/2005 - 11:55pm.

Thanks to the couple of you that posted, but I've got to say I was hoping for more.
More opinions about more different sources -- is one of the TV high school football shows better than others (or less cheesy?)? Or does one of those stations actually cover (gasp!) girls sports on a regular basis?
Does anyone actually read the weeklies and twice-weeklies that really cover high schools on a regular basis, and if you do, are any of them better than others? Is there something there that another newspaper might learn from and use to actually improve?
As to your above posts, thanks again. I've been to oregonsports.com, and while you're right about it focusing on local high school sports -- good for them on that front -- its stories are, well, kind of weird in their presentation and riddled with typos (not to mention the occasional factual error), but go see for yourselves and say what you think.
As for Dwight Jaynes, I agree with the cluelessness about the Pilots but don't have a problem with him talking high school sports once in a while, though I bet it's been the better part of a decade (if not two) since he's been to a high school game.
And finally, on the 'O', yes they have to pick and choose what they cover because of the wide net they cast, but let's get real -- the 'O' obviously doesn't care much about high school sports. And maybe they shouldn't, what with being the highest circulation daily in the Northwest -- they've obviously got bigger fish to fry. But even at that, boy do they ever not try very hard. I mean, two stories per week by their prep writers? I don't think so. Maybe during the heaviest weeks of playoff time (and maybe not, too), but during the regular season it's "Let's avoid all games and write one lame-ass feature a week accompanied by a practice photo" and some briefs.
Or maybe that's just my opinion.
Let's hear what you think.

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