by Mike Finnerty (mike.finnerty@surewestsports.com)
Looking back at all the games that I covered in person in the 2011 calendar year for SureWestSports.com and for the "SureWest Sports Show", it was a fun and memorable year, but I look forward to covering even more sports, more schools, and at some different venues this year.
Game coverage included my travels from Placerville to Woodland, Galt to Auburn, and all points in between. Out of the area there were numerous trips to the central valley, to Southern California, and the Bay Area.
Below is a breakdown of the teams that I covered, the sports that I covered, and which schools I visited the most to cover those games.
2011 SureWest Sports' game coverage by the numbers:
Total sporting events covered: 258
Total sporting events covered during academic year: 225
Signing ceremony interviews: 38
Sports Chat interviews with Joe Davidson (Sac Bee): 51
Number of games covered by sport:
Football (37), boys basketball (32) girls basketball (29), baseball games (29), Little League baseball All Star games (27), girls volleyball (22), softball (17), boys soccer (17), girls soccer (8), boys volleyball (7), youth football (5), boys water polo (4), girls water polo (4), wrestling matches (3), boys lacrosse (2), girls lacrosse (1), girls golf (1), girls tennis (1), boys tennis (0)
Number of times a school team was covered:
Granite Bay (26), Del Oro (19), Sac High (17), St. Francis (17), Oak Ridge (15), Woodcreek (15), Jesuit (15), Davis (14), Rocklin (14), Pleasant Grove (12), Bella Vista (11), El Camino (11), Roseville (9), Sheldon (9), Elk Grove (9), Bradshaw Christian (8), Rio Americano (8), Antelope (8), Oakmont (7), Franklin (7), Christian Brothers (7), Vista Del Lago (7), Placer (6), Folsom (6), Grant (6), Casa Roble (6), Union Mine (5), Whitney (5), Galt (4), Ponderosa (4), Laguna Creek (4), Burbank (4), Nevada Union (4), McClatchy (4), Del Campo (3), Cordova (3), Bear River (3), Valley Christian (3), Rosemont (3), Colfax (3), Kennedy (2), Monterey Trail (2), Encina (2), Lincoln (2), Cosumnes Oaks (2), El Dorado (2), and one time each for Valley, West Campus, Natomas, Inderkum, River City, Natomas, Highlands, Foresthill, Florin, Yuba City, Faith Christian, Victory Christian, Woodland, Center, Rio Linda, Sacramento Waldorf, and Global Youth of Antelope
Number of times Finnerty visited the below schools to cover a game:
Granite Bay (15), Del Oro (12), Pleasant Grove (9), Sac High (8), St. Francis (8), Woodcreek (7), Rocklin (7), Roseville (6), Jesuit (6), Sheldon (6), El Camino (6), Bella Vista (4), Cosumnes Oaks (4), Franklin (4), Christian Brothers (4), Elk Grove (4), Grant (4), Whitney (4), Oakmont (3), Rio Americano (3), Placer (3), Oak Ridge (3), Valley Christian (3), Antelope (3), El Dorado (2), Folsom (2), Bradshaw Christian (2), Del Campo (2), Monterey Trail (2), Cordova (2), Kennedy (2), McClatchy (2), Laguna Creek (2), Union Mine (2), Encina (2), Capital Christian (2), Davis (2), Galt (2), Rosemont (2), and the following schools we visited one time each include Natomas, Center, Rio Linda, Ponderosa, Casa Roble, West Campus, and Sacramento Waldorf.