Done in Dayton
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Longtime WHIO Sports Anchor Mike Hartsock wrapped it up last night on the newscast.
He spent 4 decades at the station covering the sports news. Hartsock says that he is picking the perfect time to go.
The only problem is he can’t use all the time he’s going to have soon to visit his daughter Jessica and his grandson Alex because they live in Canada and the border isn’t open because of the coronavirus pandemic.
That pandemic, however, makes this the perfect time to retire.
“The COVID stuff is making it so much easier to leave,” Hartsock said, “I still love what I do, but there comes a time when you need to stop it. And luckily, I’m at that mindset right now that I’m ready to not do this anymore. It’s been 41 years. There’s there’s just other stuff to do. I don’t want to regret not doing something.”
“I’m going to miss being on the sidelines on Friday nights during football games,” Hartsock said. “I’m going to miss being in a sweaty gym underneath the basket shooting highlights. It’s one thing to cover professional athletes and college athletes because they all kind of expect coverage because of where they are playing or who they are, but high school kids don’t expect coverage and they get such a kick out of being on TV. I still get that today. I’ve covered athletes and their grandkids, and I think I’m almost to great grandkids with certain people.”
