sent my email this morning...booboo;1067855 wrote:Ray Stein [email protected] <[email protected]> is the sports editor.
I sent an email to the general comments mailbox earlier today. I simply asked if they could post all high school wrestling results in the electronic edition (they post all unedited letters to the editor in the electronic edition) since it was not driven by space. We'll see what they say; it's a 5 day window for them to reply.....I'm not holding my breath but will keep an open mind.
Mr. Stein,
I have searched the paper for wrestling coverage. You don't have it. Why don't you cover high school wrestling? Ohio is known as one of the premier hotbeds for high school wrestling. Wrestlers from Ohio are heavily recruited by colleges across the country. According to OHSAA, there are more than 14,000 Ohio high school boys participating in wrestling this year. Additionally, according to the NFHS, there are more boys in Ohio participating in wrestling this year than all of the girls competing in gymnastics, swimming, field hockey, and lacrosse combined, yet even in your online version of the paper there is no coverage of high school wrestling. It is odd, the Plain Dealer has several current articles covering the sport. I can easily find who is ranked in their area, but for the past several weeks I have not found one word about wrestling in our area. Who are the ranked wrestlers in our area? What about the premier teams in the central district? Where are last Thursday's OCC results? To be honest, you are really missing the mark on this. It is more than a little naive to assume that Columbus residents have no interest in high school wrestling. I sincerely hope you reconsider your decision not to cover the sport.
