Post-Journal sports editor Scott Kindberg, right, interviews Clymer/Sherman/Panama football player John Swabik last fall. P-J file photo by Tim Frank

The New York State Associated Press Association has announced the finalists of its 2019 contest recognizing excellence in journalism in AP member newspapers.

Scott Kindberg, The Post-Journal’s sports editor, is a finalist in the Division II feature story category for his piece entitled, “Remembering Russ,” which ran March 15, 2019. The story detailed the relationship between Maple Grove girls basketball coach Bill Price and his late father, Merritt Russell “Russ” Price Jr., as the Lady Red Dragons prepared for their first-ever trip to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association final four.

Kindberg is a Jamestown native and has been with the newspaper since 1983. This is his 14th career AP award. Thirty-three newspapers submitted 715 entries. The award winners in order of finish, first and second place, will be announced later this spring.

Kindberg, who lives in Jamestown with his wife, Vicki, has three grown sons and three grandchildren.