I have become extremely disappointed with coverage of class b basketball on our local sports channels and newspapers. In the past decade, our evening sports coverage has gradually went down to basically running through the scores at the end of the sports segment. Most of the time so fast you barely have time to even read them. And in the newspaper I receive, there are so many errors you have to wonder if it is even worthy of reading.
Now, I certainly understand that the colleges in these town deserve top billing and that the class A teams in these towns deserve the majority of air time as well. And I also know that class b basketball is no where close in popularity that it once was. But, the quality of coverage for the small schools has went down dramatically.
I will say that Greg DeVillers for the Grand Forks Herald is the exception. He has been outstanding over the years in covering class b teams in our area and has written many good articles. Also, I think that Minot does the best job of covering class b sports on their local sports channel.
Is it just me or has the coverage for girl's and boy's class b basketball fallen off the ledge? I am to the point of cancelling my newspaper subscription and have already quit watching wdaz sports.