JCHS fan not happy with coverage

To the editor:

I wanted to write this letter to express my dissatisfaction with the sports department at The Commercial Review. I waited a week and thought about whether I should write this letter, and after much deliberation I feel it is in order.

I went to the Jay County-Franklin County football game on Friday, Sept. 4. The Patriots traveled two hours down to Brookville after a great win the week before. The Patriots had a rough start on both sides of the ball, were down at halftime, then came out and dominated that team in the second half.

It was the best game I had seen out of this program in two years, and they really pulled together with their teammates, coaches and fans. It featured a goal line stand in the third quarter and had a lot of fireworks offensively.

The next morning, I get up to read the stats and the recap, and there was a story written based on second-hand accounts from the game. The Commercial Review printing this kind of story on the hometown team (which didn't truly give the best description of how the game went) makes zero sense to me.

To make matter worse, there was a feature story of the Fort Recovery ball game with full color picture, stats and interviews. Why would The Commercial Review in Portland choose not to cover the hometown team, and cross state lines to cover a team from another state?

I understand this issue occurring in Delaware County with five teams in the county, but that isn't the case in Jay County.

I just wanted to express my disappointment in this situation, and I sure hope The Commercial Review doesn't forget who its hometown team is.

Sincerely,

Rick Gibson

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