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    Writing Your Sports Story With A Smash: Joel L. Montevirgen

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    The document provides guidance on writing sports stories, focusing on headlines, leads, and story structure. It recommends that headlines use active voice and name the winning team. The lead paragraph should answer the 5Ws and 1H and use the most dramatic details, preferably the winners' actions. For the body, the writer should focus on the winning moment, include quotes, stats, and highlight the losing moment and winners' rally. Proper sports writing uses short sentences and paragraphs, simple past tense, and highlights the top performers and game-changing plays of both teams.

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    The document provides guidance on writing sports stories, focusing on headlines, leads, and story structure. It recommends that headlines use active voice and name the winning team. The lead paragraph should answer the 5Ws and 1H and use the most dramatic details, preferably the winners' actions. For the body, the writer should focus on the winning moment, include quotes, stats, and highlight the losing moment and winners' rally. Proper sports writing uses short sentences and paragraphs, simple past tense, and highlights the top performers and game-changing plays of both teams.

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    Writing Your Sports Story With A Smash: Joel L. Montevirgen

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    Writing Your

    Sports Story with


    a smash

    Joel L. Montevirgen
    HEAD TEACHER-III
    CNHS
    Do you read sports stories? Do you
    watch sports games? Do you these
    regularly?

    If you answered no to the


    above questions, then it is a high
    time to have change in attitude
    and lifestyle.
    Let’s talk about sports
    headline
    Headlines are the title, the
    heading, or the name of the
    article.
    It should be in the active voice
     Zamba Patriots touch down NE Warriors
     Garcia tames Ocampo
     Zamba water furies cramp Malolos
    tankers
     CL Falcons soar high in National Palaro
    Let’s talk about sports
    headline
    Headlines are the title, the
    heading, or the name of the
    articles.
    In Filipino this is how it is written
     NE Warriors, bagsak sa CL Patriots
     Ocampo, yuko kay Garcia
     Malolos tankers, lunod sa CL Patriots
     CL Falcons nanguna sa National Palaro
     Visayan spikers, bigo sa CL netters
    Let’s talk about sports LEAD
    Lead is the first paragraph
    of the sports story that
    contains the 5Ws and 1H.
    Sports Story lead
     Conventional – follow the straight news
    format
     Ed Delina booked a ticket in Palarong
    Pambansa with a solid performance in
    the CLRAA on February 28 at Malolos
    Staples Center, Malolos Bulacan.
    Let’s talk about sports LEAD
    Lead is the first paragraph
    of the sports story that
    contains the 5Ws and 1H.
    Sports Story lead
     Analytical – the manner the way the
    victory achieved is uncommon.
     Zamba falcons employed a suffocating, game
    long full court defense to disrupt the Bataan
    shooters game’ then hung tight during the last
    two minutes to claim their championship tilt in
    Let’s talk about sports LEAD
    Lead is the first paragraph
    of the sports story that
    contains the 5Ws and 1H.
    Sports Story lead
     Significance – the tilt of the game.
     Michael Delina maintained his unbeaten record
    since 2015 by claiming his third gold medal in
    the Discuss throw championship match
    scratching the ground with 50 meters in the
    Palarong Pambansa in Ilocos.
    KEY POINTS IN SPORTS STORY LEAD
    This is the critical component of the
    story. Its fundamental qualities
    includes.

     Appeal
     Clear focus
     Uses the most dramatic
     Preference for the active voice
     Winners’ action
    SPORTS WRITING REMINDERS

     15-40 words per sentence


     1 sentence per paragraph
     Active voice is preferred
     Verb should be in simple past tense
     Runs at an average of 8-12 paragraph
     For the body, focus the winning moment
     Get quotation from coach
     Cite stats of the game/ gamer hero
     Use another quote
     High light losing moment
     Winners rally
    For the body
     Top performers of the winning team

     Game changing run

     Game winning basket

     Knock out puch

     quotes

     Top performers of losing team


    Covering the game

     2-0, Ignacio lays-up – 9:02


     2-2, Quijano jumps – 8:43
     4-2, Montevirgen go dunk, 7:51
     6-2, Ocampo jumper, 7:24
     8-2, David lays up, 6:30
     10-4, Basilio jumper, 5:40
     12-4, Montevirgen go dunk, 4:45
     1 4-4, Ocampo
     Use another quote
     High light losing moment
     Winners rally
    Thank you!

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