PlymouthCantonSports.com was on the scene for (from left) Tuesday's Colony Swim Club meet against Newburgh; Monday's GCYBSA 18U playoff game between the A's and Rockies; Monday's Canton-vs.-Salem summer league hockey game; and Sunday's PCEP Home Run Derby. (photos by Ed Wright)

If you want thorough LOCAL summer sports coverage, you've come to the Wright place

   While the local newspaper turns to its usual summer offering of regionalized sports coverage - filling its pages with a variety of stories generated from Livonia, Garden City and Redford - PlymouthCantonSports.com continues to churn out LOCAL sports news on a daily basis.

  In the past three days alone, PlymouthCantonSports.com has provided exclusive, on-the-site coverage of Sunday's PCEP Home Run Derby, an event organized by local residents to help raise money for a special-needs baseball field in downtown Plymouth; Monday's thrilling Canton-vs.-Salem summer league hockey match-up; Monday's GCYBSA 18U playoffs; and Tuesday night's Colony Swim Club meet against the Newburgh Sharks.

  All local sports news. All the time.

  "I guess when you're owned by a huge corporation like the local newspaper, you can afford to take the summer off," said PlymouthCantonSports.com owner Ed Wright. "One thing I've been committed to since starting this website last September was to provide the site's visitors with fresh, local news - no matter what time of year it is.

  "Sunday's Home Run Derby was a perfect example of why PlymouthCantonSports.com is the No. 1 source for local sports news and why sports fans in the community know it's the site to hit for local news. I had a story and photos online by 4:30 Sunday afternoon, a couple hours after the event ended. The local paper didn't even feel it was important enough to send a reporter out to cover."

  PlymouthCantonSports.com's unyielding commitment to covering local sports has resulted in close to 800,000 hits in just 10 months.

  "The site is only going to get better," Wright promised. "In addition to providing comprehensive coverage of all local sporting events - from youth sports, to high school sports, to rec sports to coverage of the Plymouth Whalers - I will be adding video highlights of local athletic events this fall.

  "At the same time the local newspaper is getting thinner by the day, I fully intend to improve my product."

  Among the stories that will appear on PlymouthCantonSports.com in the coming days are:

  * a feature on Plymouth High School graduate Kyle Sanders, who is pursuing a degree that would make all golf enthusiasts envious;

  * a feature on former Salem gridiron standouts Heath Parling and Anthony Mullins, both of whom are entering their redshirt freshman seasons at Grand Valley State University;

  * a feature on former Plymouth High School softball standout Kim Klonowski, who is tearing the cover off the ball at Youngstown State University;

  * continued coverage of the GCYBSA 18U playoffs, including a special coverage of Saturday's All-Star Game at Eastern Michigan University; and

  * a feature on former Canton High School multi-sport standout Jake Powers, who is participating in an incredible program that places recent college graduates in inner-city teaching roles.

  "I owe it to my advertisers to work as hard as I can so that their businesses are exposed to the greatest number of people," Wright concluded. "The more fresh, local stories I can produce, the more traffic the site will generate."