How to report scores to The Mercury, PA Prep Live

The golf and tennis seasons are under way, which means it won’t be long before soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country follow suit.

So with the fall sports season about to kick into high gear, it’s time to remind coaches, especially the firsttimers, on how to report results to The Mercury.

There are two ways to report a result: email or phone. The email is sports@ pottsmerc.com. The phone number is 610-850-0263. Please place the number and email address in the front of your scorebook to have it handy.

Coaches are asked to submit information after every game. In the case of a nonleague contest, it is the responsibility of the local coach to report the result.

Submitted results will appear in The Mercury and on our high school sports website PA Prep Live (www. papreplive.com)

If you are not sure you result has been reported, call or email us, this way you know it has been reported.

Coaches, please make sure your managers and/or scorekeepers has first and last names for BOTH teams. If you use an app such as GameChanger, it does not always provide first and last names.

As for what to report, here is a guideline of the information we are seeking: BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER, fIELD HOCKEY » Final team score, score by periods, individual goals, assists and goalie saves for each team. GOLf » Final team score, course and par, top five scorers in order from lowest to highest for each team. TENNIS » Final team score, results for singles and doubles matches. CROSS COUNTY » Final team score, course and distance, top 10 overall finishers from all teams with individual times. VOLLEYBALL » Final team score, individual game scores, any pertinent highlights such as kills, digs, blocks, etc.

That is just the basic information. Please provide anything else, especially if it’s a milestone for a player or coach, if there was a game-winning goal or something interesting that does not appear in the boxscore. The more information you can provide will make the report more interesting.

Because of deadline considerations, we need results reported as soon as possible after the game ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT. Contests that start in the afternoon (3:45 or 4 p.m.) should be reported no later than 8 p.m. Night events should be reported ASAP after the game.

We ask you to get the information to us quickly – on busy days we can have up to 50 events, a serious volume to handle. We want to give your game its due; receiving your result in a timely fashion allows us to do that.

We also want to make all coaches, players and fans aware of our high school web site, papreplive.com The site includes information for Delco, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery and Berks Counties in Pennsylvania and we hope it will be the most comprehensive high school site in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

We need your help to make that happen, so please be diligent about reporting results. We look forward to an excellent season.