Ty Morgan
Bellville Baseball Coordinator
Room Number:
Email: tmorgan@bellvillebrahmas.org
Meeting dates, times, and location still need to be confirmed with Mr. Morgan.
The Bellville Brahmas Baseball program represents Bellville High School in tournament, non-district, district, and playoff competition. Follow the team throughout the season for game results, standings, player accomplishments, and the preparation, strategy, and teamwork behind each performance.
- Upcoming games, tournaments, and schedule changes
- Game results and season records
- District standings and playoff races
- Tournament and playoff advancement
- Player statistics and milestone achievements
- Pitching, hitting, fielding, and baserunning performances
- Close games, comebacks, and turning points
- Team preparation, practices, and strategy
- New varsity players and emerging leaders
- Senior recognition and final home games
- Awards, honors, and postseason selections
- Team activities and community involvement
- Season previews and recaps
Covering the Bellville Baseball Beat
Start Here
- Introduce yourself to Coach Morgan and explain that you are covering Bellville Baseball for the BVP Newsroom.
- Ask how he prefers to be contacted and how far in advance interviews, photography, or video coverage should be arranged.
- Request the current varsity and subvarsity schedules, including tournaments and district games.
- Ask which practices reporters may attend and which areas are restricted during games.
- Find out how rosters, statistics, scores, pitching information, and schedule changes will be communicated.
- Ask when players and coaches will be available for interviews.
- Check regularly with Coach Morgan for updates and possible stories.
- Submit possible stories as pitches before beginning full coverage unless your teacher tells you otherwise.
Your Responsibilities
- Check for baseball updates at least once each news cycle.
- Track games, tournaments, district standings, playoff races, and schedule changes.
- Watch for close games, comebacks, extra-inning finishes, winning streaks, and important district matchups.
- Look for standout pitching, hitting, fielding, baserunning, leadership, and player milestones.
- Pitch promising stories to the newsroom.
- Arrange interviews, photography, and video coverage in advance.
- Confirm scores, innings, player statistics, records, standings, and postseason honors before publication.
- Follow up after games for official results, photographs, reactions, and information about the next opponent.
- Look beyond the final score to explain the key plays, strategy, adjustments, and turning points.
Important
Baseball statistics can be recorded differently by different people. Confirm hits, errors, runs batted in, pitching decisions, strikeouts, records, and other statistics with Coach Morgan or the official scorebook before publication.
Do not enter the field, dugout, bullpen, locker room, or team meeting without permission. Stay alert during batting practice and games—baseballs can leave the field at high speed. Do not report private medical information about an injured player.
A final score is only the beginning of the story. Explain how the game was decided—the key inning, important at-bat, defensive play, pitching performance, coaching decision, or momentum change that produced the result.
Reporting Your Bellville Baseball Stories
Possible Story Ideas
- Season previews and expectations
- New varsity players and returning leaders
- Tournament results and standout performances
- District openers and important district matchups
- Rivalry games
- Close games, comebacks, and extra-inning finishes
- No-hitters, shutouts, complete games, and other pitching accomplishments
- Players reaching hitting, pitching, or fielding milestones
- A player stepping into a new position or role
- Changes to the lineup, pitching rotation, or game strategy
- The team qualifying for or advancing in the playoffs
- Senior Night and final home games
- Players earning district or postseason honors
- Behind-the-scenes preparation and practice
- Team service projects or community activities
- Season recaps and graduating seniors
Signs There May Be A Story
Pay attention when:
- A tournament, district opener, rivalry game, or playoff game is approaching
- A game is decided in the final inning or extra innings
- Bellville comes back from a large deficit
- A pitcher is working on a no-hitter or shutout
- A player reaches an important statistical milestone
- An unexpected player makes a major contribution
- The team changes its lineup, pitching rotation, or strategy
- A player returns after missing games
- The Brahmas begin a winning streak or show major improvement
- A victory changes the district standings or playoff race
- The team qualifies for or advances in the playoffs
- A player or coach receives an award
- Seniors prepare for their final home game
- Weather causes an important delay, postponement, or schedule change
- A younger player emerges as a team leader
Questions to Ask: The 5 W's and 1 H
You will not necessarily ask every question below. Select the questions that fit your story and ask follow-up questions whenever an answer is unclear or incomplete.
Who was involved?
- Which Bellville players made the biggest contributions?
- Who started on the mound?
- Which pitchers entered in relief?
- Who delivered the key hit, defensive play, or baserunning decision?
- Which coaches or assistants were involved?
- Who confirmed the final score and statistics?
- Which players reached a milestone or earned recognition?
What happened?
- What was the final score?
- What was the score by inning?
- What was the turning point?
- Which inning decided the game?
- What were the most important hits, pitches, defensive plays, or baserunning moments?
- What strategy worked especially well?
- What problems did the team face?
- What adjustments were made?
- What does the result mean for the season?
When did it happen?
- When and what time was the game?
- When did the momentum change?
- When did Bellville take or lose the lead?
- When did the key play occur?
- When was the game delayed, postponed, or resumed?
- When is the next game?
- When will district or playoff competition begin?
Where did it happen?
- Where was the game played?
- Was Bellville the home or visiting team?
- Where will the next game or tournament be held?
- Where can students find schedules, tickets, or official updates?
- Where does Bellville currently stand in district competition?
Why does it matter?
- Why was this game important?
- Why did the coach make a pitching, lineup, or defensive change?
- Why did the momentum shift?
- Why was a player’s performance significant?
- How did the result affect the district standings or playoff race?
- Why should students follow the next game?
- What did the team learn from the result?
How did it happen?
- How did Bellville score its runs?
- How did the team build, protect, or lose its lead?
- How did the pitching staff approach the opposing hitters?
- How did defense and baserunning affect the outcome?
- How did the coach adjust during the game?
- How did the players respond under pressure?
- How did the team prepare for this opponent?
- How will the Brahmas prepare for the next game?
Questions for Players
- What was your role in the game?
- What was the turning point from your perspective?
- What were you looking for during the key at-bat?
- What was your approach on the mound?
- What happened during the important defensive or baserunning play?
- What adjustment helped you or the team?
- What was the most difficult part of the game?
- How did the team respond when the momentum changed?
- What does this result mean for the team?
- What needs to improve before the next game?
Questions for Coaches
- What was the game plan?
- What did the team execute well?
- What caused the greatest difficulty?
- What pitching, lineup, or defensive adjustments did you make?
- Which players made important contributions that may not appear in the statistics?
- What was the turning point?
- How does this result affect the district standings or playoff race?
- What must the team improve?
- What comes next?
People You May Need to Interview
Depending on the story, consider interviewing:
- Baseball coach Ty Morgan
- Assistant coaches
- Team captains and senior leaders
- The starting pitcher and relief pitchers
- Players involved in key hits or defensive plays
- Catchers involved in managing the pitching staff
- Players who made important contributions off the bench
- Younger players taking on larger roles
- Players reaching milestones or receiving honors
- Athletic trainers when appropriate and authorized
- Opposing coaches or players when available
- Tournament or school officials
- Students attending the game
Do not interview only the player with the most hits. Baseball stories should also recognize pitching, defense, baserunning, leadership, and contributions that may not appear prominently in the box score.
What You Need to Collect
Before writing or producing the story, collect:
- The opponent’s complete and correctly spelled school name
- Whether the game was varsity or subvarsity
- The date, time, and location
- The final score
- The score by inning
- Bellville’s official overall and district records
- District standing when applicable
- Verified player statistics
- The winning and losing pitchers, when officially recorded
- Names and grade levels of players interviewed or featured
- The turning point and important plays
- Information about strategy and adjustments
- The next opponent, date, time, and location
- Playoff or tournament implications
- At least one useful player quote
- At least one useful coach quote
- Photographs or video showing game action
- Identification of everyone shown in photographs
- Official schedules, scorebooks, box scores, brackets, or announcements
- The name of the person who confirmed the information
Before You Leave
Ask yourself:
- Did I identify the correct team level?
- Do I have the correct final score and score by inning?
- Have all player statistics been verified through Coach Morgan or the official scorebook?
- Do I have the correct spelling and grade level of every player mentioned?
- Can I explain the turning point?
- Did I identify the key pitching, hitting, fielding, and baserunning contributions?
- Did I interview at least one player and Coach Morgan?
- Do I have strong quotes—not merely “We played hard”?
- Do I understand what the result means for the season?
- Do I know Bellville’s current overall and district records?
- Do I know when and where the next game will be played?
- Do I have usable action photographs or video?
- Did I identify everyone shown in my photographs?
- Did I stay outside restricted field, dugout, bullpen, and team areas?
- Did I avoid reporting private medical information?
- Have district standings, playoff information, and postseason honors been officially confirmed?