How to make a

winning Sports
Page in
Campus Paper?
Ariel L. Abel
Bolbok National High School
 Knowing the
guidelines is the first
step to come up with a
possible winning
school paper.
Dep Ed Memo No. 216 Series of 2016
General Guidelines for the
Selections of the Best
Sections and Layout and Page
Design Category
(2017 NSPC Guidelines)
1. The Sports page section shall
consists of at least two (2) pages.
2. The content and the scope of the
sports articles may include a
balanced coverage/scope of
international, national, regional,
community and school-based sports
news stories.
3. The content of the sports
section may include straight or
spots news; advanced /follow-up
report; newsbits; news feature;
news analysis; in-depth news;
features and editorial/columns
concerning or pertaining to
sports.
Example:
Straight/Spots News

1. Reglos sizzles as Cityhenyo Lady Spikers blast

BNHS Volleybelles
2. Bolbokenians dinispatsa ang Amigos, pasok sa
Semis ng 2016 District Athletic Meet
3. Grade 9 Cypress, diniskaril ang Grade 10 Peace,
huling tiket sa kampyonato ng 2016 Intramurals
Men’s Basketball Finals, sinelyuhan
4. NCR dominates Palaro swimming tourney, breaks
5 records
 Kristine Reglos anchored Lipa City National
High School Lady Spikers huge comeback after a
disappointing runner-up finish last year and
steered the Cityhenyos for its first Volleyball title
in more than a decade demolishing Bolbok NHS
Volleybelles in three straight sets to scuttle the
crown during the Women’s Volleyball Finals
Match of the 2016 Public Secondary Schools
Athletic Meet at Brgy. Uno Covered Court, Oct.
17.
 Inilaglag ng Bolbok National High
School Men’s Basketball team ang
baguhang Lipa City Senior High School
Amigos, 73-64 upang pormal na
pumasok sa cross over semifinals ng
Men’s Basketball kaugnay ng
pagdaraos ng taunang Public School
District Meet sa Lipa City Youth and
Cultural Center, Oktubre 14.
 Hindi umubra ang angas ng Grade 10
Peace na binubuo ng ilang varsity players
matapos pagpagin ng bagitong Grade 9
Cypress, 58-50 sa kanilang kapana-
panabik na semi-finals showdown, upang
tuluyang rumatsada sa Men’s Basketball
Finals kaugnay ng pagdiriwang ng
taunang Intramurals sa Sampaguita
Basketball Court, Sept. 1 ngayong taon.
Sports Features

Underwater Hockey, ang isports kung saan

tayo namamayagpag subalit hindi sikat
A gift gained from a loss
Ang Hagupit ng isang Dyosa
Sports Editorial/Sports Column

Kontrapelo
Ang Sports Parang Love Yan
Mailap ang Ginto
Senado o Boxing Ring
Pabuya o Paghahanda
What to include in my Sports section?
1. Intramural Sports Activities
2. District Meet
3. Division Meet
4. Regional Meet/STCAA
5. Community Sports (MAS Summer
Sports League)
Who to feature in my Sports Section?
1. Student-athletes
2.Teacher-athlete/coach/sports official
3. Alumni who are currently in a
collegiete rank, or in any
amateur/professional league
4. An athlete in your community who
can inspire a lot of young sports
enthusiast.
What topics to tackle in my sports editorial/column?
1. National Sports Issues (lack of support to our
national athletes, too much attention to basketball,
lack of grassroots program)
2. School issues regarding student athletes (lack of
academic considerations, lack of sports
equipments/facilities, training, trainers/coaches, or
effective sports program.
What to avoid in your Sports Page?
1. Scripted/Imaginary articles.
2. Internet-based article, ideas, issues (if
can't be avoided, make sure to include
proper attribution/complete URL)
3. Lifted articles from any existing stream
media or broadsheets.
4. Taking photos from websites and making
own credit for such.
How to prepare to making a possible winning sports page?
1. Be a sports enthusiast. If you can't be a sports
writer, then have at least an interest with sports (all
kinds of sports)
2. Be patient. Make clippings of different sports
stories of different sports events. Make sure to differ
thesports lingos used in each sport.
3. Train lots of writers and let them watch live sports
coverage. Let them be exposed to actual interview
(pre-game and post-game). Have them learn how to
make stats.
4. Be present at different sports events. (District
Meet, Division Meet, etc.)
5. Invest in camera with high-end photo (SLR).
6. Have more photojournalists as much as with your
sports writer. Remember, in a sports competition
there are many sports events and they are happening
simultaneously. Your writer is not a
superman/superwoman.
7. Have your sports writers a lot of references for
sports articles.
8. Give your sports writers viewing and writing
activity on sports they don't like.
Other things to
remember...
Photos, Layout and
Design really
matters..