Introducing JOCO Sports - featuring a website and live streaming of high school football

By Randy Capps

I might spend most of my time these days writing social media and website copy, but in my heart, I’m still a preps reporter.

It’s what I was in the fall of 1993 when I got my first newspaper byline, and it’s what I will be again this fall.

For the past few seasons, I’ve been scratching that itch by doing a Game of the Week broadcast for Country SuperStars 102.3. Of course, with the recent sale of that station, that wasn’t going to be an option for this season.

That’s where JoCo Sports comes in. We’ve decided to launch a website dedicated to covering sports here in Johnston County. It’s a project I expect to evolve in the weeks and months to come, but starting in August, we’re planning on doing our own Game of the Week during high school football season, featuring a live internet broadcast from one of the games each week.

We’ve got some fancy broadcast equipment that my friends at jococountry.com are teaching me how to use, and we’ll be partnering with them to bring you the games this fall.

Another guy with deep roots in preps reporting, our editor Mike Bollinger, is going to be on hand to make sure the broadcast doesn’t wind up in the ditch.

Like everything else we’ve done under the JNOW umbrella, this is a community focused and driven endeavor. We’ll be taking ideas, tips and hopefully content from you to make the site better.

Of course, the capitalist in me is compelled to point out that we have advertising opportunities available as well.

So, keep an eye out for the launch of jocosports.com later this month, and don’t forget to tune into the insert sponsor name here High School Football Game of the Week.