CALLER 1: I was calling in concern with you not covering the
wrestling team. I don’t know if you people are aware that they are
ranked No. 1 in the state. They have four boys that are ranked top
three in the state.
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CALLER 1: I was calling in concern with you not covering the wrestling team. I don’t know if you people are aware that they are ranked No. 1 in the state. They have four boys that are ranked top three in the state. They just won four first-places at the Zinkin Tournament in Clovis. And you people don’t even print nothing on it. I thought you were a newspaper. Apparently you are not.
GREEN PHONE: Well, I think we would have to be living under a rock to not know how good the Gilroy High wrestling team is. Which is why we did cover the Zinkin Classic, the Mustangs’ first major tournament of the season, in last Thursday’s paper. Maybe you made this call earlier in the week, before the story ran. Something you have to understand with wrestling is that many of the tournaments Gilroy goes to aren’t held locally. And when we say not local, we don’t mean Salinas. We mean places like Fresno and Reno, Nev. With the busy winter high school schedule, we can’t always send someone to cover these distant tournaments in person so we rely on the help of coaches to help get us results and other information. We sent a reporter to Reno for the Reno TOC as you can see in today’s edition. The team is a powerhouse and we intend to give them the appropriate coverage. Thanks for your concern.
CALLER 2: I wanted to say two things. The article on Bobby Best was awesome. He so deserves it. He’s a hard-working guy and it’s nice to see him recognized for that. I do want to mention, though, that one person’s name was left off the honorable mention section and that would be Jeremy Strametz. He’s a senior and I just wanted to let you know his was the only name that was left off. Thank you so much. Bye.
GREEN PHONE: Caller 2, thanks for pointing that out. We certainly want to give Strametz, who was a part of that tough Mustang O-line, the recognition he deserves. It wasn’t our intention to leave him off the list and we apologize for the error.
