I’m not the biggest sports fan out there. But I like a challenge, to get to test my abilities in areas that, let’s say, are not my strongest. So when The Reporter-Times asked me to cover some spring sports, I said yes without thinking twice.

A Mooresville tennis player talks to the head coach during the Mooresville Invitational. (James Figy/The Reporter-Times)

It wasn’t like I went in completely ignorant of sports. After all, I’ve written sports articles for the UIndy student newspaper. As Editor-in-Chief, I edited quite a few, too. But there were times when I had to look up rules and find the right terminology for the sport.

A friend of mine who’s a sports writer for another newspaper even gave me some advice.  Although his words “Simple? you betcha” were a little inaccurate for me, I think that it was easier than I thought.

Check out some of my spring sports articles:

Mooresville tennis winds up third in own tournament

Artesian golfers triumph despite weather

Artesian golfers suffer another close loss at home