Sports Features:
In sports, stories capture a glimpse of the athletes involved. Sometimes, they write themselves. Feature writing is the essence of telling those stories. Feature writing puts a face to those people. It puts a pen to the paper. Below are examples of features in sports writing Kyle has written for The Yellow Jacket. Each example hyperlinks out to the story.
Tyler Reis wasn't great in high school, but a newfound work ethic and drive to play at the next level has launched Reis into a wildly successful 2017 season.
Despite battling injuries for the majority of his four seasons of college baseball, Waynesburg's Parker Beatty has found a different way to impact the team, as he continues to be a team-first player.
Waynesburg junior pitcher Derek Whalen found success on the mound at the collegiate level after having Tommy John surgery during his high school years.
There wasn't much on Jon Kletzli when he came to Waynesburg. In fact, Coach Humiston wasn't expecting much at all. Now, Kletzli is a 2-time All-Conference First Team honoree.
After not finding much time on the field his first two seasons on the diamond for the Jackets, Josh Hausler made a position change and found success. *** This story won first place in the sports story category in the 2016 Pennsylvania News Association Keystone Press Awards
Jon Knab didn't intend on playing basketball in college until he had a breakout senior year of HS basketball. Then the decision became easy for the Beaver County Christian grad.
Luke Carter had a ton of success in high school, but had struggles and thoughts of transferring after his freshman year at WU.
Waynesburg basketball found an unselfish, unsung hero in senior forward Nate Labishak, whose personality on the court matched that of his personality off the court. It was interesting.
Addy Knetzer gave the Waynesburg women's basketball team an inside, post player that it could rely on to carry the team, something they had missed after the departure to transfer of another post player.
Despite battling injuries for the majority of his four seasons of college baseball, Waynesburg's Parker Beatty has found a different way to impact the team, as he continues to be a team-first player.
Waynesburg junior pitcher Derek Whalen found success on the mound at the collegiate level after having Tommy John surgery during his high school years.
There wasn't much on Jon Kletzli when he came to Waynesburg. In fact, Coach Humiston wasn't expecting much at all. Now, Kletzli is a 2-time All-Conference First Team honoree.
After not finding much time on the field his first two seasons on the diamond for the Jackets, Josh Hausler made a position change and found success. *** This story won first place in the sports story category in the 2016 Pennsylvania News Association Keystone Press Awards
Jon Knab didn't intend on playing basketball in college until he had a breakout senior year of HS basketball. Then the decision became easy for the Beaver County Christian grad.
Luke Carter had a ton of success in high school, but had struggles and thoughts of transferring after his freshman year at WU.
Waynesburg basketball found an unselfish, unsung hero in senior forward Nate Labishak, whose personality on the court matched that of his personality off the court. It was interesting.
Addy Knetzer gave the Waynesburg women's basketball team an inside, post player that it could rely on to carry the team, something they had missed after the departure to transfer of another post player.