REBUTTAL

I’m responding to Betty Davies’ letter (“Sports coverage was biased,”

Nov. 13). She was “disturbed” with your sports front-page coverage of a

Newport Harbor High girls’ field hockey game loss and considered it far

less important than featuring any of the “four fabulous wins in girls’

tennis, boys’ water polo, girls’ volleyball and girls’ golf.” She even

states that she “cannot believe you would consider putting a loss before

a win.” As far as I’m concerned, sometimes a team’s loss is far more

important than just another win.

The field hockey loss you reported was important to the varsity team’s

standing, not to mention the nine seniors who would have loved nothing

more than to end their high school playing careers with a win over

Edison. Actually, it is usually the field hockey parents who always have

to search to find results of a field hockey game, wading through the

usual front page articles of all the other fall sports. Perhaps because

field hockey is not a CIF-sanctioned sport it often gets overlooked. It

did take a loss for our girls to get on the front page of the sports

section.

Maybe in the future the Daily Pilot can also record the team’s wins on

the front page as well, or even feature selected players as is done with

other sports. I know the 49 girls who participated on the three field

hockey teams this year would love to see more coverage given to the

sport.

Field hockey is a great team sport and one that requires excellent

conditioning and stamina. I wonder if Betty Davies realizes that it’s an

Olympic sport? I think she should stop by Harbor next fall and watch a

game. She might become a fan and, heaven knows, the sport could use a few

more boosters.

LENORE WELBOURN

Costa Mesa