SPORTSMANSHIP TEXT FOR WEEK 11/8/04 - 11/12/04

News Journal - Article from October 26, 2004

SCHOOLS FINDING SPORTSMANSHIP CONTAGIOUS - Buddy Hurlock / Prep Notes

For the second straight year McKean, Newark, and

William Penn have been awarded the Delaware Interscholastic

Athletic Association sportsmanship award. While William Penn is

an honoree for the seventh straight year, the sportsmanship committees

at McKean and Newark found that Year No. 2 takes another step.

The DIAA requires extensive documentation of a school's pledge

to sportsmanship when applying for the award.

"Being it was our second year, we weren't just scrambling to get the

paperwork ready," said Mark Pruitt, the McKean boys basketball

coach who also heads his school's sportsmanship committee. "We were

starting to see the impact of our sportsmanship program in the second year.

The first year, I thought we did a good job, but I think you saw the impact

on the student body and our parents a lot more in the second year."

Jane Reese, chairperson of the Newark committee, reiterated the year-to-

year progression.

"The first year we spent documenting what had been done in recent years.

The second year we spent expanding on those programs and establishing new

activities that promote good sportsmanship within the school," Reese said.

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