Save Section 10 Sports reporting

This petition is in response to the recent news of Johnson News Corp to fire/ let go of their sports reporters and do away with the sports section of the paper to St. Lawrence County.

All of this just to save a buck.

As an Alum of a section 10 school, I think we should all stand up and show the support and dedication to keep the sports page just as those who have reported it over the many years, the ones who report the games and give a little bit of an in depth game recap to those who may not be able to attend the games goes a long ways.

99 percent of the reporting for games in St. Lawrence County comes from those reporters such as Dave Shea and Steve Heaton. Both of these people have put their heart and soul into something they love to do. To take that away is a travesty. From the preseason reports to the first games of the season to playoffs. For those teams who were lucky enough to make it to the state tourney.

All the way to the state semifinals to a state title. Both Hammond and Heuvelton state titles were covered by either Mr. Shea or Mr. Heaton or both. Now by cutting the people who do the reporting out, we now rely on coaches to do the reporting when calling a game in. That's a severe injustice to the athletes as you don't get the same game recap as you would reading a well written report. Also to the hard work that Ryne Martin, Jake Spriggs and Mike Hann.

All of these people's hard work and dedication should be allowed to continue. I urge people to sign this petition and help save this. As my grandfather once said... It doesn't hurt to try.