Har-Ber 21, Cabot 17

The Har-Ber Wildcats rallied from a 17-7 deficit to beat the Cabot Panthers 21-17 in the second round of the Class 7A state playoffs on Friday night.
And it was cold...freakin cold. This was the coldest football game I've covered in several years.
I was disappointed to see my team Cabot come up short. I think a lot of those kids... they deserve all the accolades they get. but now I get to see my alma mater, Carlisle, play in the playoffs next week at Bigelow.


Cabot's Spencer Neumann returns a kick against Har-Ber


Har-Ber scores the game-winning touchdown against Cabot.
Both photos were shot with Canon 40D, 70-200 2.8L, 430EX flash set a 1/16 power. Camera was at 1600 ISO, 1/250 sec. at 2.8.

Overdue update

It has been almost a month since I posted an update. I have been very busy with football and now basketball is starting up. I shot two nights of basketball then had to worry about rain for football on Friday night.
On Wednesday, I had three Cabot kids sign national letters of intent. During the ceremony, the shutter went out on my Canon EOS 40D camera. I called Canon, overnighted it there that afternoon and got it back on Friday afternoon, just in time for the football game and rain.


Carlisle's Monie Cohen goes up for a shot against Bald Knob. It was shot with the 40D and an Alien Bee B400 aimed at the top of the key. I used PW Plus II

Same setup as the first shot.


Carlisle opened the playoffs with a 35-8 win over McCrory. As you can see, it was raining and it was annoying. I set the camera on 3200 ISO, 1/250 sec at 2.8 on my 70-200 lens. It wasn't ideal but I didn't want to use the flash since I had forgotten my poncho that I use for my flash setup. But the photo will be usuable for the paper and I kept my camera dry!