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I noticed a post about the lack of coverage concerning our girls soccer.

I wanted to state here that local media and our high school have all been very supportive of WHS girls soccer! That has been one of the wonderful aspects of watching the Woodruff program grow over the past 12 years. Local newspaper coverage of last night, for example:

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070505/NEWS/705050318/1018/SPORTS

Still not as much publicity as boys get IMO.

Even with the boy's coverage, it depends on what part on the state you're in...

...Upstate and Coastal get the award for best coverage

Yep with 3 of the final four teams coming from the midlands, you would think there would be some coverage from the local / "The State" papers. Nothing at all. That's just a real shame for all of those players. The upstate, in paticular Greenville and Rock Hill, do a great job of covering the local teams up there. That's really too bad. Maybe someone will wake them up for this weeks upcoming games...

Friends that have worked in the paper business tell me that most of the news they print is cannibalized.
If you want coverage send the newspaper a roster. Make it easy on them and highlight the stars and offer a brief run down on the events leading up to the big match.
No need to be a writer just bullet points and they will fluff it and put their name on it. Your team gets covered and the paper gets a few inches more of story.
Maybe this site can serve as a link to Joe Sports Reporter in the future we just update him as our "go to guy".

The state has done a better job this year.

Thanks

They eat their own articles?

examples & links? aiken standard does a better job than the state then again almost anything does better than the state. the problem si that the state thinks there supposed to be statewide so they dont cover local but they dont cover state also. ive been much much much more impressed with greenville spartanburg and rock hill papers

example links not the state hurst posted link to article below that i can get to & not get to sometimes this article is more words about a r4 game than the state has done all year

by the way 2 r4 teams in semifinals & 2 other r4 teams (s aiken & aiken) lost by combined 2-0 to nw and ft.mill r4 was underrated all year some gr8 teams and even our okay teams were pretty darned good versus other regions

example rock hill article also another r4 team doing well tuffest region in state

http://www.heraldonline.com/102/story/17825.html

Lady Jackets dealt stinging 1-0 setback
By Karl Lyles · The Herald - Updated 05/05/07 - 12:27 AM

FORT MILL -- This one will sting for a while.
The Fort Mill Lady Yellow Jackets lost to Lexington 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class AAAA state girls soccer playoffs. It was the second straight year the Wildcats ended Fort Mill's season in the quarters.

The Lady Jackets finish the season 15-3-5 and a No. 6 state ranking.

Any playoff loss is tough to swallow but a one-goal loss on a controversial score is especially difficult.

Lexington scored in the 19th minute off a free kick. The ball was served into the box where Ali Steele got a head on it. After a wild scramble, Lexington scored. Kira Campbell, a junior forward who is regarded as one of the most talented players in the state, was credited with the goal.

There was some disagreement that Fort Mill's goal keeper Maria Salerno had a hand on the ball and therefore had control. If that was the case the goal should not have been allowed.

Regardless, Fort Mill still needed a score to win and that never happened. A win would have given the Lady Yellow Jackets another home game in the semifinals on Tuesday for a chance to advance to the championship game.

But the call stood and Lexington had the lead and held on to advance.

"No .9 (Campbell) is a very talented kid," Fort Mill coach Jim Finnerty said. "She is dangerous. We debated using one player to shadow her all night, but she only had one other scoring opportunity."

Fort Mill's best scoring chance came just before Lexington broke through. The Lady Yellow Jackets' Becca Triplett shot from 16 yards away. Wildcats' goal keeper Erica Deahl deflected the shot to her right. Megan Killmeyer ran in to attack the deflection and for an instant had an open left corner of net. Her shot just missed to the left of the post.

Lexi Wilden had three attempts in a two minute span early in the second half. Her best effort was a strong kick from about 30 yards out that forced Deahl to carry it over the net.

Lexington, now 21-3-3 and No. 3 among Class AAAA schools, will host the winner of Byrnes and Irmo on Tuesday. The Wildcats were No.1 in the state until a late-season loss to Irmo led to a drop in the polls.

Finnerty was proud of the way his team played, especially in the second half. He told his players at halftime exactly what he wanted them to do.

"I told them to play tighter on the forwards and tougher on the 50-50 balls. We did some nice things in the second half.

"It was a great season and a great game. We can't make excuses for us missing shots we should have made. I thought we showed a lot of character. We came back, played hard and didn't quit." Finnerty said.

At Bob Jones Stadium

During the soccer season, The State devotes one full page each Wednesday to HS soccer. Does any other paper do that?
There are also articles in the Neighbors section each week and in the regular Sports section.
The State also does a good job on its All-Area teams with info and photos of each All-Area player, totaling about 6 or so pages for soccer.
Naturally, I would like to read about my favorite teams' games every time they play.