Blog Covers Gordon Athletic Events

Writing Scots is an unofficial blog written by Peter McClelland ’63 covering Gordon’s men’s basketball and assorted individual stories connected to Gordon athletics. The writer, a Gordon alum and former athlete, has followed the basketball team and put together game stories since the 2002-03 season.
“My niche is personalizing each game,” he writes. “I try to figure out why a game goes the way it does. I try to make fair assessments without burning any bridges home or away in the process.”
Peter says he started writing a few games as a personal interest in 1998 when Troy Justice coached, but when Mike Schauer became coach in 2002, he decided to upgrade his coverage and find people to send it to. He gradually built up an email audience that reached over 100 among Gordon friends, players and players’ families. In 2007 Peter switched to using a blog in order to reach a larger audience (he reports 9,697 hits since October 2007).
“The increased audience brings with it increased responsibilities,” says Peter. “I pray with each entry that God would be pleased with what appears on Writing Scots.”
To read up on Peter’s coverage of Gordon’s athletic events, visit his Writing Scots blog.