When I decided to become a newspaper reporter, covering sports was definitely not on my bucket list of things I wanted to do.

I didn't grow up in a sports-minded household so I wasn't really into sports. Not that I had anything against sports, I just wasn't the athletic type. So, when Sam Stuve, former sports editor, decided to move back to his home state of Iowa at the end of August, someone needed to take over covering sports. And that lucky someone was me.

I knew I wasn't going to be able to cover everything he did, as I still had all my other normal job duties. Sam did a phenomenal job covering all the area sports teams. Unfortunately, the only teams I could focus on were the Alexandria Cardinals, Osakis Silverstreaks, Brandon-Evansville Chargers and Ashby-Brandon-Evansville

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