If you've tuned in to catch Akron High School basketball games on Stormy Sports, you've heard the young voice play-by-plays, but who are those voices?
Tuck Kneedler and Aydan Koch sound more like seasoned veterans than 11-year-old sports loving boys. Kneedler, Akron fifth grader and Koch, Akron sixth grader, are getting a jump start on their dream jobs of becoming sports broadcasters. While both boys play football, basketball and baseball, they both say basketball is their favorite making their broadcasting job easy.
Prior to game time, Mr. Schoenecker sets up the electric camera, which follows the action on its own and allows the boys to use his headsets. Mr. Schoenecker pulls the stats for both boys and girls varsity, as well as their opponent for the evening and the boys review it during the junior varsity game. And just like that they are ready for the evening broadcast.
Just like any live sporting event, the boys must be quick thinking to keep up with the action. The most difficult part, they say, are some of the name pronunciation.
The full article can be found in the February 27th edition of the Akron News-Reporter, written by Alicia Barry.
