By Nick Brockman, Messenger Sports Reporter, nbrockman@the-messenger.com
MORTONS GAP -- Starting Thursday, Hopkins County Central sports enthusiasts will have one more avenue to get a fix for their athletic news addiction thanks to the brainchild of football coach Zach Hibbs.
After one fitful night of sleep, Hibbs crafted the idea for a Central-themed television show and that dream will soon become a realization.
"It was actually something that I sat up in the middle of the night and said 'Wow, that would be a great idea,'" Hibbs said. "I've got people around me that have been able to help me out to make it possible.
"Our kids need an opportunity to get on there and see themselves on TV and have the events broadcast."
Hibbs, who will host the 30-minute show, said he has been keeping the project quiet as he assembled the necessary means to pull off the endeavor and also to keep the guest list manageable.
"I haven't told all of my coaches about it yet because they would be beating down the door 'Let me in! Let me do it!,' " Hibbs said.
Storm senior center Cody Summers will be among Hibbs' guests on the premiere show.
After one fitful night of sleep, Hibbs crafted the idea for a Central-themed television show and that dream will soon become a realization.
"It was actually something that I sat up in the middle of the night and said 'Wow, that would be a great idea,'" Hibbs said. "I've got people around me that have been able to help me out to make it possible.
"Our kids need an opportunity to get on there and see themselves on TV and have the events broadcast."
Hibbs, who will host the 30-minute show, said he has been keeping the project quiet as he assembled the necessary means to pull off the endeavor and also to keep the guest list manageable.
"I haven't told all of my coaches about it yet because they would be beating down the door 'Let me in! Let me do it!,' " Hibbs said.
Storm senior center Cody Summers will be among Hibbs' guests on the premiere show.
The show, which is filmed at Central's Storm Production Studios, may have a football coach at the helm, but Hibbs said he wants to encompass all Storm athletics.
"That way we can do it year round," he said. "I think it will be a good thing for us."
By conducting the television program, Hibbs said he aims to help the public learn more about Central athletics as a whole.
"I know a lot of the times with us being out here in the country, a lot of times people in Madisonville don't get to hear about events that we're going to have," he said. "It's not that they don't want to come, it's just that they don't know anything about it. It's a good media for us."
Helping Hibbs behind the scenes, boys basketball coach Matt Bell provides the technical support and production work.
"Coach Bell is very talented with the things he can do in the multi-media setting," Hibbs said.
Hibbs said he plans to add theme music and visual elements as he and Bell develop the program.
"We would like to have some clips, pictures," he said. "If we can get those things in, then yes I would love for that to happen, and I think that will probably be the case."
Storm Chasers will air Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. Saturdays on Cable Channel 14. New episodes will run every two to three weeks.
"That way we can do it year round," he said. "I think it will be a good thing for us."
By conducting the television program, Hibbs said he aims to help the public learn more about Central athletics as a whole.
"I know a lot of the times with us being out here in the country, a lot of times people in Madisonville don't get to hear about events that we're going to have," he said. "It's not that they don't want to come, it's just that they don't know anything about it. It's a good media for us."
Helping Hibbs behind the scenes, boys basketball coach Matt Bell provides the technical support and production work.
"Coach Bell is very talented with the things he can do in the multi-media setting," Hibbs said.
Hibbs said he plans to add theme music and visual elements as he and Bell develop the program.
"We would like to have some clips, pictures," he said. "If we can get those things in, then yes I would love for that to happen, and I think that will probably be the case."
Storm Chasers will air Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. Saturdays on Cable Channel 14. New episodes will run every two to three weeks.
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