Author Page for Joshua McWilliams
Josh McWilliams is often the voice at the other end of The Daily Record sports phone, with whom many coaches speak to when calling in scores. He records game information, writes them up as brief summaries and tends to add his own flavor. McWilliams started at The DR in August, 2002 with a tryout story about players coming out of the mist, then went to being the staff whipping boy who wore a cheerleader outfit and Joe Gantz’s helmet for some photo opp time.
In his full-time time job, McWilliams works as a store manager for the Goodwill store in Millersburg. “What can I say, we have great deals,” he said. “Anyway, I love sports, always have, graduated from Central Christian, live in Shreve, hold no allegiance to any school and am very opinionated. The sports I love are football, basketball, baseball and I have to admit a small part of my heart likes soccer, thanks to good man Bryan Schaaf, who showed me the ropes.” Josh can reached at josh85224@gmail.com or follow me on twitter, josh_mc1982.
“Wait ‘Til Next Year”
For Dalton graduate Justin Troyer, winning the inaugural Daily Record Fantasy Football League was definitely something fun and the ending was special. “To beat Zach Bolinger, that was extra special,” said Troyer. “He was really razing me in the draft room at the beginning of the year and then my team goes off for a [...]
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Heartache, pain and a tragedy to remember
Sitting here tonight, pondering the truth or reality of what happened today, I am filled with so many thoughts. The pain and the anguish, the indescribable emotions that once again made so many of us stop what we were doing and again, made time stop as the news trickled in. The details filled all social [...]
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Public vs Private upcoming vote
So this spring we are actually going to see a vote put forth to decide do we separate the public and private schools. The arguments for both are rampant, but few actually hold water. I have seen people going to twitter or other social networks proclaiming how this is the fix. Other saying that it [...]
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The real legacy of JoePa
Louis Freeh’s 267-page report is out on his investigation involving Penn State University and the internal happenings involving the handling of Jerry Sandusky. In this report he detailed how Tim Curley (Athletic Director), Graham Spanier (President), Gary Schultz (Vice President) and the legendary icon head coach Joe Paterno worked together to “conceal” critical facts, didn’t [...]
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Competitive Balance an issue?
What can we do? One of the big hindrances to area teams has been the strength of the private parochial schools in every high school sport in Ohio. Time and time again, a private school, has eliminated an area team from the state playoffs regardless of the talent on that team. In fact the private [...]
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Daily Record photographer Dan Starcher stopped by Doylestown HS to catch a few innings of the Chippewa-Norwayne Freshman Baseball game. Maybe we will be seeing these guys in the near future!
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Let the kids play
Over the years I have heard some of the most interesting things come out of parents mouths and sometimes it just leaves me flabbergasted. Let me quote some with a few minor edits: — “More people show up to watch my daughter run cross country than some schools draw on a football Friday Night.” — [...]
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It’s all in the name and we try our best
In 10 years working here at The Daily Record, I can truly say that parents of high school athletes never cease to amaze me. As a young man walking out into the real world at 18, I was told that the retail industry was a tough world in which to make my way. Admittedly, now [...]
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Wooster Lacrosse
It’s amazing what a new year, a new coach and just simple change in mentality can do for a program. From being on the outside looking in at the Wooster lacrosse team, I have been thoroughly amazed at how far this team as come. A year ago this was a team built on individuals with [...]
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Ohio State Spring Game
With The Ohio State University spring game right around the corner, I am left pondering what type of team we will field next year, how the recruiting classes will shape up and when all the haters can stop hating. First and foremost is the game, Scarlet vs. Gray. For Ohio State Fans, this will be [...]
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