{"id":25437,"date":"2025-12-17T10:09:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=25437"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:10:57","slug":"greg-sapp-named-2025-26-sportsbacker-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/more-sports\/25437-greg-sapp-named-2025-26-sportsbacker-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Sapp Named 2025-26 Sportsbacker Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25438 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GREG-SAPP-AWARD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1857\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GREG-SAPP-AWARD.jpg 1857w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GREG-SAPP-AWARD-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GREG-SAPP-AWARD-1024x847.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GREG-SAPP-AWARD-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GREG-SAPP-AWARD-1536x1270.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1857px) 100vw, 1857px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Greg Sapp (center) was honored as the 2025\u20132026 Sportsbacker of the Year in recognition of his unwavering dedication and loyalty to local athletics, his deep commitment to the Effingham community, and his generous support of student-athletes and programs. Throughout his nearly 50 years of sportscasting, Sapp has consistently demonstrated dependability, integrity, and a true passion for sports and youth development. His positive influence, strong work ethic, and humble, service-oriented leadership have made a lasting impact on countless athletes, coaches, and fans. Through his advocacy, promotion of local sports, and the respect he shows to all involved, Sapp truly embodies the very best qualities of a sports backer. Left to right are, Corey McDaniel, Randi Yager, Sapp, Kara Wade and Rusty Buzzard presenting the award.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Greg Sapp (center) was honored as the 2025\u20132026 Sportsbacker of the Year in recognition of his unwavering dedication and loyalty to local athletics, his deep commitment to the Effingham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-25437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-more-sports","tag-sports-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Greg Sapp Named 2025-26 Sportsbacker Of The Year - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/more-sports\/25437-greg-sapp-named-2025-26-sportsbacker-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greg Sapp Named 2025-26 Sportsbacker Of The Year - 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