Sports' Blog

For the first show, there is always going to be anxiety and anticipation to get down to the Waterfront studio and see how everything will play out. I was excited to see how things were going to run. On Monday, we had our anchor rehearsal meetings and again on Tuesday for another run-through. 

For show two, my story was about the Beauty and the Beast Event that featured the gymnastics and wrestling team, side-by-side in the WVU Coliseum. It was my first time covering gymnastics and wrestling, which was a very cool experience. I have always wanted to be versatile as a sports reporter and cover things that don't get as much attention on campus and I felt like this was an event that would be a great opportunity for me to pursue. I wanted to do this story because the event made its return for the first time in 3 years, since the pandemic. Mountaineer Fan Fest was also going on in the Coliseum, before the event started. I knew that this event would attract tons of fans who wanted to experience the excitement and give attention to two sports that aren't as publicized. 

This past show, I covered the fiftieth season of West Virginia University Women’s Basketball. This was a really cool story and one that I had fun covering. Terrell and I did team coverage where he reported on 50 years of women’s tennis, which made shooting stand-ups and SOT TZs' really fun. At the end of February, WVU WBB honored their first head coach, Kittie Blakemore, along with hosting a celebration of 50 years of WVU WBB. I went there to film the game, as well as the celebration so that I could put this story together. 

For show four, I did my story on a preview of spring football, as the Mountaineers headed into spring football practice earlier this month. I had a really funny time shooting this story because I got to go to their first official practice that allowed media attendance and I had lots of fun covering it. For my story I got to go to Neal Brown's first official press conference and it was great to hear him talk about the upcoming season. This team has a lot in store with returning players and new transfers.

This semester has been one of the best I have experienced at WVU. I remember finishing up JRL 386 last semester feeling nervous for what was to come. I had high hopes of being a sports anchor or sports reporter and I was anxious to find out what position I would hold in WVU News. I auditioned and was picked to be the sports reporter for this term. I was so excited to start the semester covering the beat that I wanted since my freshman year at WVU.