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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
How the Kaleb Ringer story unfolded
The reaction was swift and unforgiving: You’ve done Kaleb Ringer wrong.
Rarely do we explain how we get our stories, but I thought our readers might want some insight after the widespread outcry of denouncing Tuesday’s High School Huddle posting and Wednesday’s DDN story “T-Bolts standout chooses Michigan.”
Kaleb is one of the top high school players in the Dayton area, which makes his recruitment a topic of interest for the DDN.
We were told by a rock-solid source that another major newspaper knew that Ringer was going to commit to Michigan. Although not confirmed, there was plenty of online chatter that indicated that Ringer was heading to Michigan.
I called Northmont High School football coach Lance Schneider on Tuesday, told him that we were writing a story on Kaleb’s commitment and asked for comments. He spoke, for the record, for a Wednesday story.
I contacted Kaleb, told him that I was working on a story about his commitment to Michigan, and asked for comments, for the record, for a Wednesday story. He was good with that.
Kaleb’s father Kevin contacted me. I told him the same things I told Kaleb, and that we were going with a Wednesday story. He was OK with that.
There was no promise to hold information. It was always about a Wednesday story.
We in no way meant to “ruin” Kaleb’s announcement, as some readers have insinuated. He is an outstanding young man and football player. We plan to write about him in the future and wish him and his family well.
- Marc Pendleton, Staff Writer
Staley, Bruns, Elking receive OHSBCA scholarships
Three area basketball players are among the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association scholarship winners: Jim Staley (Centerville), Veronica Bruns (Coldwater) and John Elking (Marion Local).
The $1,000 scholarships are awarded to the senior sons and daughters of active OHSBCA members.
Staley is the son of Centerville boys coach Jim Staley. Bruns is the daughter of Coldwater boys coach Mike Bruns. Elking is the son of Marion Local boys assistant coach William Elking.
All 15 scholarship winners will receive plaques during Sunday’s North vs. South boys and girls all-star basketball games at Capital University in Columbus.
Wayne video coordinator Erik Sondergelt lands award
HUBER HEIGHTS - Longtime video coordinator Erik Sondergelt of Wayne High School has been named the 2011 Collegiate Sports Video Association’s High School Video Coordinator of the Year.
Sondergelt also is a finalist for the Bob Matey National Video Coordinator of the Year. The national award will be presented at the CSBA banquet on May 12.
Sondergelt has been in charge of Wayne’s prace and game football videos for about 20 years.
