• NFHS Institutes Pitch Counts, Affects Announcers

    NFHS Institutes Pitch Counts, Affects Announcers3

    The National Federation of High Schools has made a change to baseball rules effective this upcoming season that will affect P. A. announcers across the country.  Unlike the rules instituted on basketball a couple of years ago, these changes were made in the spirit of well-being of the athletes and we highly endorse these changes.

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  • Texas Crews Ready For New Season

    Texas Crews Ready For New Season0

    The two schools share the stadium and pressbox in Harlingen, Texas and are gearing up for another season and while Harlingen and Harlingen South share a lot of the same crews, they have their own P. A. Announcers gracing the sound system at J. Lewis Boggus Stadium. Valley Morning Star:  Boggus Stadium press box crew

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  • Review of ACC Pep Bands

    Review of ACC Pep Bands0

    It’s no secret, we like pep bands.  They add so much to the atmosphere of a college and high school athletic event and when coordinated well, really bring it to a new level. A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hearing a lot of great pep bands during the ACC basketball tournament.  During

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  • Taking A Look At Wisconsin’s Sportsmanship Rules

    Taking A Look At Wisconsin’s Sportsmanship Rules0

    The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association recently released a 33-page “Sportsmanship Reference Guide” which was a good idea and is filled with many great topics and items, until you open the guide and understand why Jay Bilas felt the need to troll the publication and the high school athletic association. WIAA Sportsmanship Reference Guide (PDF) In

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  • Getting Back Up to Speed With Kip Childress0

    Last year, we took a look and listen to Kip Childress who has one of the smoothest flowing voices in announcing.  Inflection is spot on and he delivers in a style that’s upbeat for the home team, without being an over-zealous homer. The Dispatch: He’s no Richard Childress but does an important job This is

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  • Bill Roberts Appreciated For 40 Years

    Bill Roberts Appreciated For 40 Years0

    For every Bob Sheppard, there’s a thousand Bill Roberts’, the announcers who go unnoticed outside their communities, but are as much a part of the fabric of the town and the local high school as the bricks that were use to build the school. The Recorder: Jaywalking: Mr. Roberts It’s not really known when Roberts

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