TONTOGANY, Ohio — In a time overrun with sports content, it's no surprise high school sporting events are starting to pop up more and more on streaming platforms.
Meet OtsegoTV.
The school district's live sports streaming brand began in winter 2017, broadcasting audio and video streams of events. Anything from varsity football to ninth-grade volleyball is available on OtsegoTV's YouTube channel.
The streams are usually complemented by play-by-play reports, where you can find Otsego High School senior Kaden Knapp and his broadcast partner, fellow Otsego senior Ronald Ewing.
Knapp knew from a young age he wanted to work in sports media.
"I have one goal in mind, and it's to get to TV broadcasting," Knapp said. "I'm pretty hardcore in it. I want to go to college to do it, make connections with people."
Knapp says he joined the group with the goals of growing as a broadcaster and increasing the audience. The productions are essentially all student-run, with Knapp setting up all equipment in addition to tracking stats for games.
"I'll start during the week, I'll do a bunch of prep work, I'll go get all the broadcast equipment. I'll set it up, test it," Knapp said. "Right before we go live, I will tweet out and post on Facebook and send out the links, do all the social media work and then we'll go live."
Along with his broadcast partner Ewing, who joined within the last year, the two are the voices you hear narrating the games.
Ewing described his favorite aspect of the group.
"The view you get while calling the game, the excitement you have," Ewing said. "To be a part of this group, to be a part of this family, changed my life."
Otsego High School Athletic Director Justin Slauterbeck knows the community appreciates it, too.
"Our community loves it and it's free," Slauterbeck said. "That's probably the biggest kicker. People pay attention to it all the time. We have people always emailing in, saying how great of a job that Ronnie and Kaden do."
Knapp knows all the experience calling games in high school puts him well ahead of other kids who want to make a career in media and puts him one step closer to his dream of working full-time.
"I just keep that in my head: this is leading to me getting to TV," Knapp said. "And as a result, that keeps me going."
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