For young Jimmy Kennedy, it has always been about sports. Growing up in Milstott, and later Columbia, Illinois meant going to Cardinals games and playing high school baseball.
Now age 20, Kennedy has foregone his big league dreams in exchange for an education at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville where he majors in mass communications. Still recounting his memories as a strong-armed shortstop for the local high school, including the horror of cracking his ribs during an acrobatic play in short left, Kennedy now watches from the stands at Busch Stadium. When it isn't baseball, it's hockey as he roots for the St. Louis Blues, even proudly proclaiming he "watches them religiously on the internet."
Attendance certainly isn't a problem for this proud devotee of St. Louis sports. "I went to over 30 Cardinals games and close to 20 Blues games," says Kennedy. Ultimately though it is neither baseball or hockey that garners the most interest in this young man but rather a different sort of sport: golf. "I played golf all through high school and won the conference golf tournament as an individual," he boasts. Multifaceted as both a fan and athlete, Jimmy Kennedy continues to dazzle both on and off the field.
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Good story/ Good use of quotes (using "says" instead of "said" is OK in a feature piece like this, but in hard news, use "said.")
ReplyDeleteMake sure you spell Millstadt correctly, and use proper AP Style for Illinois (Ill.) and for age (Now Kennedy,20, has forgone...")