FAYETTE COUNTY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Mike Fields

http://www.kentucky.com/813/story/1128741.html

The biggest loser was the biggest winner in the Fayette County wrestling championships at Tates Creek Saturday.

Lafayette

its funny that this is the only story that lexington ran on the city tournament, focusing on a guy losing weight instead of the actual wrestling and the results that happened during the day, omiting winnners of their individual weight divisions

I know I'm late to the party, but that's how bigger papers usually handle things like this. They do what's called a featurized game story, where they pick one angle and write about that.

And also, don't knock Mike Fields. He's the best in this state at what he does, and he's been at it a long time.

I know I'm late to the party, but that's how bigger papers usually handle things like this. They do what's called a featurized game story, where they pick one angle and write about that.

And also, don't knock Mike Fields. He's the best in this state at what he does, and he's been at it a long time.

I think its a great story about how wrestling changed a young mans life and made him healthier.  Coach McCoy did a great job with this young man.

I spent a couple of days emailing with Mike Fields encouraging him to write some stories on wrestling just before the regionals and state.  He was very interested but didn't have the background information.  He asked about rankings so I told him about the website .  He was very helpful and interested in doing stories, but unless there is a Lexington connection, the editors just are not going to run anything.  I suggested Milford, but he went with the other story.  One of the problems wrestling has that prevents growth is the lack of news coverage.  Our local paper does a good job, but unless we stay on top of them, they will not cover much.  We submit our own stories most of the time, which helps, but unless we do, we just don't get the coverage the kids deserve.