The Cape Cod Times has a new sports editor. Here's the sports coverage you can expect.

I've never been good at introductions, so I'll make this as quick as possible.

My name is Chris McDaniel and I'm the new Cape Cod Times sports editor. I've spent over a decade covering sports in a variety of roles on the South Shore (don't worry, I'll still be doing that). Since 2019, I've been the sports editor of The Patriot Ledger and The Enterprise (a newspaper based in Brockton).

I've covered just about every sport at every level from youth to professional, rugby to girls basketball and more.

Now that you've met me, let's get to the part you really care about — what the Cape Cod Times sports section — both online and print — will look like going forward.

These are the principles I believe in when it comes to making a great local sports section.

A great staff

We have struggled to churn out local coverage with an undermanned staff for the last few months. Courtney Jacobs, aka CJ, did admirably as a one-man band, but the cavalry has arrived.

The MIAA tournament is an incredibly busy time for us, and CJ was all over the state in the winter and spring following local teams. I'm jealous he was the one who got to write about the Sandwich High boys hockey team's overtime thriller in the state final. Now instead of being slammed with having to manage the sports section, I'm positive CJ will be freed up to show off even more of his writing skills going forward. He's been chipping away at writing thousands of words on Cape League All-Stars recently.

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In addition to my joining the staff, readers may have noticed André Simms' byline recently. He started in mid-May and has already penned some great stories on the Cape League. Remember former Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia? He's coaching on the Cape this summer. André has also written about Cape League standouts such as Chandler Simpson and Travis Honeyman. He's constantly tossing creative coverage ideas my way, so I can't wait to see what his upcoming bylines will hold.

And we're planning to add more reporters to the sports staff, so stay tuned.

The veteran on the staff is photographer Ron Schloerb, with over 40 years of experience behind the lens. Like CJ, he's been all over the state covering the tournament. Now he's flying across the Cape making great photos of Cape League baseball.

Treat every assignment like it's Game 7 of the World Series

I don't believe in big or small assignments. As a person who covers local sports, I take a lot of pride in knowing my stories will live on for a long time in scrapbooks (and Google searches). With that in mind, any time I put my fingers to the keyboard, I want to be proud of the story I write because I know it has a chance to be read by grandkids on their iPad 5000s in the future.

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Get as many names in the paper as possible

Everyone likes to see their name in the paper, right? I believe that on a team, everyone has a notable contribution that should be mentioned. Of course, the star players might get highlighted a little more, but I try to spread the ink as much as possible, including on our website and social media platforms.

In my last story about the spring season, I mentioned 15 different players.

Have fun

The sports section is the playground of the newspaper. We can be a little more creative in our storytelling and I've learned that there's a story everywhere.

So when covering sports, we'll try to have a little fun with some out-of-the-box ideas. Everybody loves a mock draft, so I thought, why not make one using local high school players? Writing NFL and NBA mock drafts was a fun exercise that readers enjoyed. You can expect more ideas like that from the Cape Cod Times sports section going forward.

A section for all readers

The beauty of the sports section is that it's about people. The best sports sections don't require readers that know what offsides in hockey means or why the whistle blew in a field hockey game. I want to build a sports section that writes about incredible people who happen to play sports.

Friday Night Lights

But don't get it twisted, we'll still feed the hardcore sports fans the content they want to see.

Come fall, you can expect a lot of high school football coverage.

On Mondays, we'll rank the area's top teams plus we'll have offensive and defensive player of the week polls to vote on (along with polls for other sports). What better way to preview the week than by giving teams bulletin board material by picking the winners of every local game? On the weekends, we'll have updated scoreboards with all the highlights from local action.

Lastly, thank you for reading and allowing me to have my dream "job." I will do everything I can to make our sports section as good as it can be in print and digitally.

Contact Chris McDaniel at cmcdaniel@capecodonline.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisMcDaniel88.

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod Times introduces new sports editor Chris McDaniel