[Troy Towery]

Has anyone ever attended a high school football game in which the local PA announcer irritates the fans with his/her personal editoral comments over the stadium PA system following big plays for the home team ? Attended the Newport at Walton-Verona game last evening in which the local announcer seemingly "cheerleads" during and following plays. Became very annoying after a while and a lot of fans from the visiting and the local team expressed displeasure over this practice and people were stating something needs to be said to this guy or the athletic director. Officating crew from Louisville also expressed displeasure. I understand his inthueasimum (spell) as he seems to be doing a radio broadcast to the fans in the stands but this was a bit of extreme. The crew may report this to the KHSAA. I believe there is a rule in which stadium announcers are to just announce down and distance and scoring plays, etc, not cheerlead for local team.