You'll never see Doug Hulse's name in a Moravia High School box score. He's more content filling in the statistics for the players.

A 1970 graduate of Moravia, Hulse serves as the statistician for his alma mater's football, basketball and baseball teams. This past year, Hulse also kept stats for the Auburn High School boys basketball team.

On top of being Moravia's top scorekeeper, Hulse also has a good eye for scouting. During baseball season, Hulse said he sometimes will grab a bird's-eye view of other teams' pitchers.

“I'll get up in the press box and watch the pitcher,” Hulse said. “I'll try to get an idea of his location.”

Hulse originally began his athletic career playing football for Moravia's JV team. However, an ankle injury quickly forced Hulse off the field and behind the scenes.

“I played a couple games [on the JV football team],” Hulse said. “But I had ankle problems back when I was young.”

Though Hulse will be the first to admit he wasn't going to reach the professional levels as a player, his love for sports ran deeper than just playing. Consequently, he became the team's statistician.

“[Keeping stats is] something that I started in high school,” Hulse said. “I wasn't really the athletic type, but I liked sports, so it kept me involved with the programs.”

After graduating high school and moving into the work force for the next eight years or so, Hulse was approached by Rich Valentino, the current head coach of Moravia's baseball team.

“My nephew was playing football and Rich got a hold of me because he knew I had a background in it,” Hulse said. “And from there I just started doing it again.”

Valentino, who has known Hulse for about 20 years now, said Hulse is as much a part of the team as his players. He also added that the players look forward to the “Hulse Report” following each game.

“They call his stat reports the ‘Hulse Report.'” Valentino said. “Most of the kids on the team call him, ‘Coach Hulse.'”

Likewise, Hulse said one of the best parts of his job is the relationships he forms with the players.

“I always try to stay close to the kids and find out some of their background,” Hulse said. “It's a team concept down there, so I like to help them out.”

Hulse also said that while it can be fun to interact with the players, he takes his job seriously and takes pride in scoring as correctly as possible.

“I've been doing it for years,” Hulse said. “It's good because sometimes it's hard to find someone who really knows what's going on. You've got to know all the rules and the situations.”

More than anything, Hulse said he appreciates the support he's had over the years at Moravia, as well as the relationships he's made.

“It's good to be around the kids, and the parents have just been wonderful,” Hulse said. “I've made a lot of good friendships that I'll never forget. It's a good feeling to have someone come up to you and say, ‘Thank you.'”

Valentino summed Hulse up the best, however.

“He bleeds Moravia blue,” Valentino said.

“And he's my right-hand man.”