My third article was about the girls’ Soccer team’s first game of the Peach Belt Conference. I researched the team and their stats online at the Athletic department’s webpage on Armstrong.edu. Soccer was another sport about which I knew next to nothing, but I was excited to actually go to the game and my editor wanted me to take pictures.
I printed out all the information from the teams’ webpage and read the back issues of the Inkwell to catch up on their season. I showed up to the game knowing the big players and knowing basic facts, but all my preparation did not prepare me to me amazed by these athletes!
Even not knowing the rules and plays of the game, I could appreciate the precision and physical stamina that these players had. I saw one player take a full-force kick to the chest! Her teammates cheered her on and she stood up and got back in the game, at least in football they have pads to protect them.
After the game, I interviewed the players that made big plays. Those players were not necessarily the “big players” that I thought I knew before the game. I talked to about five players and took some more pictures after the game. I talked to the coach who was nice and excited about the win.
After the game, I had a week before the editor wanted the story. I didn’t write it until the following weekend, but by that time, the team was in the final game of the conference. They won the conference with a goal in the last ten seconds of the game. I emailed my editor and she said to include the new games in the article.
The following week I got married and went on my honeymoon. The story was supposed to run on November 17, but when I got back, there was a different soccer story on the front page of the paper. I have tried to contact my editor to find out what happened to my article, but she hasn’t replied back.
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