Though their coaches encouraged them not to hang their heads following Friday night's game, it had to have been a little bit hard for Alan Erickson and his Naselle Comets teammates. For three quarters they faught the state-ranked Willapa Valley Vikings to a 0-0 tie, only giving up one score at the start of the fourth quarter. In a see-saw battle, the Comets showed their mettle, but just didn't have enough to get into the endzone this week.
The Comets stuck to a running attack with Erickson and Tony Fletcher, above, that early on in the game was gaining large chunks of real estate for the Comets. However, the Viking defense figured out their plan and became much more stout in the second half, limiting the Comet offense's effectiveness.
Turnovers and interceptions were a major factor in the game as both teams had their share. Here, Valley's Josh Mayfield comes down with an interception of a Kyle Burkhalter pass to his brother Austin. Austin would later pick off an interception of his own during a Vikings drive, returning the ball deep into Viking territory.
Austin also took the helm at QB for the Comets, as his brother Kyle once again suffered a seperated shoulder at the end of the first half. Austin led the Comets on their best drive, coming within field goal range, only to have the snap go awry, turning over the ball to the Vikings.
— D. Mulinix, Observer photojournalist
3 comments:
Why show kids crying--the photog has done this far too many times.
I actually have yet to photograph any player "crying" this year. In this case, the player was wiping sweat from his head in a manner that suggested his disappointment after a tough loss. In the previous pic a few weeks earlier at an Ilwaco game the player simply had his head in hand at halftime during a rough game for that team.
Emotion is key to any sport, as every player plays with emotion. Showing such emotion, whether it be happy or sad, has always been a part of sports and has always been something that attracts people to such events — they want to know the players care. By photographing such displays it is not intended to make a player look bad, quite the contrary. It is meant to convey whatever feeling might be relavent to that game or even that moment in time.
Your photos do an excellent job showing the emotions of the game. I have yet to see a kid crying, but I don't think that would be a "bad" picture either.
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