PRESS & DAKOTAN ■ SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2014 PAGE 19 Press&Dakotan Robinson Excited To Handle Bucks Football Coverage BY NICK ROBINSON Ever since I was a little kid, I idolized Buck football players. I don’t think I ever missed a home game
[email protected] from elementary school all the way to my senior year of high school. I always looked forward to wak- DAILY DOSE ing up on a Friday, realizing I was either watching people I looked up to, or my friends, tear it up at Crane I will be covering the Yankton Bucks football team this fall for the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan. Youngworth Field under the lights. This is something I have set as a goal ever since I started working here, around three years ago. There’s tradition with this program, and expectations each year, and I feel I truly understand those. Daily opinions It’s surreal to think how far I have come as a writer and person since then, but also how much farther In order to have a grip of what you’re doing, whether it’s covering a high school football team, a pro bas- from the P&D I have yet to go. ketball team, or even working in a hospital, you have understand the backbone and know expecta- Sports Staff on There is something about finally getting to a goal, after countless hours of game calls, and some of tions. the less “attractive” duties we have in the sports department at the Press and Dakotan. With my experience as a writer, and being from Yankton and watching this program since I could local and And now, that I know I have a great opportunity to shine, to stay focused and do nothing but my best walk, I feel I will excel.