Editorial, Media & Copyright Policy

Effective Date: April 24, 2026

This Editorial, Media & Copyright Policy explains how 10thRegion.com handles editorial content, submissions, photos, video, copyrighted material, corrections, sponsored content, and media use.

10thRegion.com is a Kentucky sports and news website covering high school athletics, teams, athletes, coaches, schools, scores, stats, photos, features, rankings, polls, opinions, and related content.

By using 10thRegion.com, submitting information to us, or sharing our content, you agree to this policy.

Editorial Purpose

10thRegion.com provides sports and news coverage related to Kentucky high school athletics, with a focus on the 10th Region and surrounding areas.

Our coverage may include game stories, scores, stats, schedules, rankings, polls, photos, videos, interviews, features, opinion columns, historical records, sponsored content, and advertising.

Our goal is to provide accurate, useful, timely, and community-focused coverage for athletes, families, coaches, schools, fans, and local communities.

Editorial Content

Content on 10thRegion.com may be created by 10thRegion.com staff, contributors, freelancers, and other approved writers or media partners.

Some content may include AI-assisted drafts or AI-assisted editing tools. Any AI-assisted content is reviewed, edited, and approved before publication. Editorial responsibility for published content remains with 10thRegion.com.

10thRegion.com makes editorial decisions based on news value, reader interest, community relevance, available information, fairness, accuracy, and website resources.

10thRegion.com is not required to cover every school, team, athlete, coach, event, game, nomination, or submission.

Opinions, Rankings, Polls, and Awards

10thRegion.com may publish opinion pieces, columns, predictions, rankings, polls, awards, watch lists, player features, team previews, and other subjective content.

Opinions, rankings, polls, and awards reflect editorial judgment, available information, voting results, submitted information, or the views of the writer or contributors involved. They are not official rankings, awards, or selections unless clearly stated.

Readers may disagree with editorial opinions, rankings, or selections. 10thRegion.com welcomes respectful feedback but is not required to change or remove opinion-based content because of disagreement.

Submissions From Coaches, Schools, Parents, Fans, and Readers

10thRegion.com may accept submissions, tips, story ideas, scores, stats, nominations, photos, information, corrections, or other materials from coaches, schools, parents, fans, athletes, and readers.

By submitting information or materials to 10thRegion.com, you confirm that:

  • You have the right to submit the information or material.
  • The submission is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
  • The submission does not violate another person’s rights.
  • 10thRegion.com may review, edit, publish, reuse, promote, archive, or decline the submission.
  • Submitting information does not guarantee publication or coverage.

10thRegion.com may edit submissions for length, grammar, clarity, accuracy, style, formatting, and editorial standards.

Accuracy and Corrections

10thRegion.com works to publish accurate information. However, sports coverage often depends on information from schools, coaches, official scorekeepers, stat platforms, box scores, public records, game programs, social media posts, submitted reports, interviews, and other sources.

If you believe something published on 10thRegion.com is incorrect, please email media@10thRegion.com.

Correction requests should include:

  • The article or page involved
  • The information you believe is incorrect
  • The correct information
  • A source, document, box score, official record, or explanation supporting the correction

10thRegion.com may correct, update, clarify, or remove content when appropriate. We may decline correction requests if the available information does not support the requested change.

Photos, Video, and Media

10thRegion.com takes and publishes many of its own photos and media. These photos, graphics, videos, and other media are protected by copyright unless otherwise stated.

10thRegion.com may also use photos, videos, graphics, or other media provided by schools, coaches, photographers, families, contributors, freelancers, media partners, public sources, social media, or other third parties. When outside photos or media are used, 10thRegion.com will make a reasonable effort to credit the photographer, owner, or source when known.

Photo credit does not automatically mean the photo is free to copy, download, repost, sell, or reuse.

Use of 10thRegion.com Photos and Content

Unless written permission is given, you may not copy, download, screenshot, reproduce, republish, sell, edit, crop, watermark, distribute, or use 10thRegion.com photos, articles, graphics, videos, rankings, historical records, or other original content for your own website, publication, social media page, business, commercial project, or media outlet.

Athletes, parents, coaches, schools, fans, and community members may share links to 10thRegion.com articles and may share 10thRegion.com social media posts using normal platform sharing tools.

Sharing a link to an article is allowed and encouraged. Copying the full article, downloading photos, removing credits, reposting images without permission, or presenting 10thRegion.com content as your own is not allowed.

Quoting and Republishing

Other websites, schools, media outlets, blogs, newsletters, social media pages, or organizations may quote short excerpts from 10thRegion.com content if proper credit is given and a link back to the original article is included.

Full republication of 10thRegion.com articles, photo galleries, graphics, rankings, historical records, or other original content is not allowed without written permission.

Proper credit should clearly identify 10thRegion.com and include a link to the original page when possible.

Permission Requests

To request permission to use 10thRegion.com photos, articles, graphics, stats, historical records, videos, or other content, email media@10thRegion.com.

Permission requests should include:

  • The content you want to use
  • How you want to use it
  • Where it will appear
  • Whether the use is personal, school-related, nonprofit, commercial, media-related, or promotional
  • Any deadline for the request

Permission is not granted unless approved by 10thRegion.com in writing.

Sponsored Content, Advertising, and Paid Features

10thRegion.com may publish local direct ads, sponsorships, WordAds, sponsored content, advertiser features, promotional content, or paid placements.

Paid or sponsored content may be labeled as sponsored, advertisement, paid content, partner content, or a similar notice when appropriate.

Advertising, sponsorships, or paid relationships do not guarantee favorable editorial coverage, rankings, awards, or opinions unless the content is clearly identified as paid or sponsored.

10thRegion.com reserves the right to accept, reject, edit, remove, or discontinue advertising or sponsored content at its discretion.

Embedded Media and Third-Party Content

10thRegion.com may embed or link to content from other platforms, including but not limited to YouTube, Hudl, X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, school websites, stat platforms, sports services, and other third-party sources.

Embedded content belongs to its original owner or platform. 10thRegion.com does not claim ownership of third-party embedded content unless specifically stated.

Third-party platforms may have their own terms, privacy policies, copyright rules, and content policies. 10thRegion.com is not responsible for third-party content, broken links, removed posts, or changes made by outside platforms.

Athlete Names, Photos, Stats, and Removal Requests

Because 10thRegion.com is a sports and news website, coverage may include names, photos, stats, scores, school names, team names, awards, honors, rankings, rosters, schedules, and other sports-related information about high school athletes, coaches, and teams.

This information may come from games, public events, schools, coaches, stat platforms, social media, submitted information, public records, media coverage, game programs, or other newsworthy sources.

Individuals may request removal or review of certain names, photos, stats, articles, or other information by emailing media@10thRegion.com.

Removal is considered on a case-by-case basis but is not guaranteed. Because the website provides news, sports coverage, historical records, and public-interest reporting, 10thRegion.com may decide to keep content published when appropriate.

Copyright Ownership

Unless otherwise stated, all original content on 10thRegion.com is owned by 10thRegion.com or used with permission.

This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Articles
  • Photos
  • Graphics
  • Logos
  • Rankings
  • Polls
  • Features
  • Historical records
  • Videos
  • Layouts
  • Written descriptions
  • Original statistics compilations
  • Website design elements

All rights are reserved unless written permission is granted.

Copyright Complaints

If you believe content on 10thRegion.com violates your copyright, email media@10thRegion.com.

Please include:

  • Your name and contact information
  • A description of the copyrighted work
  • The specific URL or location of the content on 10thRegion.com
  • A statement explaining why you believe the use is unauthorized
  • Proof of ownership or authority to act for the copyright owner

10thRegion.com will review copyright complaints and may remove, credit, update, or otherwise address the content when appropriate.

Relationship to KHSAA, Schools, Teams, and Organizations

10thRegion.com is an independent sports and news website.

Unless clearly stated, 10thRegion.com is not officially affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or operated by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, any school district, school, team, athletic department, district, region, conference, tournament, or other organization.

References to schools, teams, athletes, coaches, leagues, tournaments, regions, or organizations are for news, sports coverage, commentary, historical, or informational purposes.

Content Changes and Archiving

10thRegion.com may update, correct, edit, move, archive, remove, or republish content at any time.

Older articles, rankings, stats, schedules, or records may become outdated. 10thRegion.com may update older content when appropriate but is not required to maintain or update every archived page.

Contact

For corrections, media use, copyright questions, permission requests, removal requests, or editorial concerns, contact: media@10thRegion.com

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Terms of Service.