Monthly Archives: September 2011

Cross-country soccer

With the Madisonville-North Hopkins/Hopkins County Central soccer game abruptly moved up to 5:30 yesterday, that killed our plans of doing a game story on the suddenly concurrent Thunder and Lightning Invitational cross-country race, represented instead by a brief on Page … Continue reading

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Every soccer player must have her every hamburger, every ball girl must have her ball

Some thoughts on Thursday’s Hopkins County Central/Webster County girls soccer game, all of which have very little to do with the actual game (for that, see Friday’s Messenger): Of all the coaches in our coverage area, Webster’s Tom Welshans has … Continue reading

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Margaritamadisonville

They come to you on those dark nights when you’ve written yet another story where one team blows out another, one with no momentum shifts or interesting details to dwell upon. They are the one, the only, Story Ideas Too … Continue reading

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Expanded North football story with scoring summary and box score

Hi! Here’s an expanded version of the Madisonville-North Hopkins football print game story that is also online at The Messenger website in a third incarnation. It really feels like Groundhog Day sometimes, rewriting these stories for different outlets. (There will … Continue reading

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