Basketball Article

While my first experience went smoothly, my second didn't quite follow the same path.  As I do every semester, I overloaded myself with school, theatre, work and extracurricular activities- leaving me very little time to attend events to report on for the Inkwell. Finally I found some time where I was able to contact the sports editor and get a move on my second article. It was about 2 PM on a Tuesday afternoon when I received an email asking if I could cover the women’s basketball game that evening at 5 30 PM. I swim coach Monday-Thursday from 415 – 615, so right there was my conflict. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to make it in time for the game, but luckily my boss let me leave after my first hour of coaching. With only a few short hours of notice before the game, I didn’t have much time to prepare and this being my first ever sports event that I was covering, I was nervous! I took notes and during halftime I thought of some questions I could ask during the interview. The Lady Pirates basketball team was on a winning streak and if they were to win this game they would advance to 5-0. Unfortunately, Armstrong did not win the game… and there I was left to interview a very upset coach and players! I was really hoping that they would win (for their sake and mine) so my first interview experience would be a little less tense. When the coach and players entered the room, the anger and heat was pouring from their body. My heart started pounding! I just wanted to get through the questions as fast as I could.

The interview came to an end and I couldn’t have been happier. I was just ready to get home, listen to my recording and write my article. Writing the article wasn’t so bad- I actually really enjoyed it! I sent the final product into the editor and he responded with ‘this is one of the better sports articles I’ve read all semester’, which I needed to hear!

For my next article, I will be more prepared and less nervous for the interview portion. Bring it on!