Going into my fifth year writing sports for the News-Leader, I have always wanted to put more attention on the great high school athletes in our community.
Any coach you see on the sidelines on Friday night will say that complacency is a team's worst enemy. You should always strive to be better.
That's what my team and I plan on doing.
In 2020, we overhauled our high school football coverage plan by implementing a new college reporters program that assisted me throughout the season.
It worked. We saw a 280-plus percent increase in our online traffic as we had more stories, more galleries and better, smarter content.