Okay sports fans of Richland County it’s time for Santa Swank to twinkle his nose, raise his index finger and fly through the air of Richland County to deliver packages to sports figures and fans throughout the area.
Notes are made throughout the sports season and Santa Swank tries to do all he can to fulfill the wishes of everyone.
To the person that put the nasty graham in the mailbox of Santa probably will find a lump of coal in his or her stocking on Christmas morning.
So, here goes:
To Lexington boys’ basketball coach Scott Hamilton: Some consistent scoring to turn the Minutemen into a threat to reach the district tournament for the third straight year.
To Madison baseball coach Doug Rickert: A game for his Fighting Irish of Notre Dame against Ohio State for a national championship.
To Ontario boys’ basketball coach Joe Balogh: Season tickets for the NASCAR season and the die cast model of Dale Jr.’s car.
To Plymouth boys’ basketball coach Troy Keene: Camouflage uniforms for the players to create a combination of his two big passions round ball and deer hunting.
To Clear Fork baseball coach Rusty Staab: His own book of sports quotes published and sold throughout the country.
To Clear Fork football coach Dave Carroll: A DVD of when football was football, men were men, and people were scared.
To all Cleveland Browns fans: Sleeping pills good only for Sunday afternoons in the fall.
To Clear Fork boys’ basketball coach Steven Bechtel: Christmas cards that can be sent to all clock operators in the Ohio Cardinal Conference.
To Ontario football coach Scott Kreger: Unlimited moves in candy crush saga.
To Lucas football coach Scott Spitler: T-shirt with the phrase “Football in a Phone Booth.”
To Madison boys’ basketball coach Tim Megrel: Some Miracle Grow so his talented, but young team can mature more quickly.
To former Mansfield St. Peter’s coach Roy Shoulders: Navy football season tickets.
To all Ohio State fans: App to block all ESPN reports on Ohio State athletics.
To Shelby boys’ basketball coach Troy Schwemley: The “Red Storm” to cheer every time he clears his driveway of snow.
To Mansfield St. Peter’s boys’ basketball coach Pat Durham: The district championship his consistency almost demands.
To Shelby football coach Eric Will: A water pump for Skiles Field.
To Lexington tennis coach Ron Schaub: A bigger case for all of the teams’ trophies, not to mention all of the college scholarships he has helped players earn
Bribes will be accepted for next year.
After years of toil and sweat behind radio station microphones, longtime broadcaster, Jeff Swank joined the new generation of sports followers on the web.
Swank launched his internet radio station with nothing more than some wire, a box with some knobs and switches, and an itch to do much more than just scratch the surface of everything sports.
Richland Source is proud to introduce Jeff as a writer focused on high school sports. He will contribute a weekly column and analysis of a featured game of the week from one of our area high schools.
In addition to his work at Richland Source, Jeff provides complete high school sports coverage for over 70 Ohio schools at his web site, http://www.swankonsports.net76.net/.