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December 24, 2006With Windthorst's 20-10 loss in the Class A D-II State Title game last night....high school football season for the Times Record News is officially over.
Here are two of my fave. shots from the entire season.
One of the few times I get to be really creative with football is during the pre-season. I pretty much have access to any part of the field I want.
Don't get me wrong...I love the Friday night action...but these two are actually my favorite shots from the year.
A blue-painted Trojans sign makes a spirited background as senior quarterback Brad Green throws a deep pass during the Windthorst Trojans football practice Wednesday afternoon. (Jason Palmer/Times Record News)
Brad Green and company did almost everything they wanted to this season. They were undefeated heading into the championship game. But they came up against a team that was faster and made fewer mistakes, and that cost them the game.
I've known Brad and his dad/coach Bill Green ever since I came to Wichita Falls. I was there when the Trojans won their last state title in 2003 in Waco shooting the game. It was my very first state championship game of any kind...to attend or shoot. Something I'll never forget.
I was there the next year when their softball team won their state title. The people of Windthorst started to think that I was good luck.
And sure enough....the only three losses of Brad Green's quarterbacking career...I wasn't there taking pictures. Maybe there was a connection, I don't know.
Now...we're not supposed to care who wins or loses. I'm not a cheerleader on the sidelines. But if there is only one school that I want to support for all of their athletics, it's the Windthorst Trojans.
Wichita Falls Coyote quarterback Taylor Huskisson drops back for a pass Monday evening as the sun illuminates the clouds from behind during the first day of practice for the 2006 season. (Jason Palmer/Times Record News)
The day that almost every red-blooded male in Wichita Falls and most of Texas looks forward to came on a picture perfect day in August...the start of football practice.
This was the very first photo I shot of football this year. Turns out...it was my fave.
The fact that it is Wichita Falls High didn't matter to me. The silhouette of a quarterback was a sight that was repeated a 1000 times around the state.
A lot of people told me afterwards that they were upset because you couldn't see his face and the Rider kids would have better photos in the paper. Blah Blah Blah. It wasn't about this Old High/Rider thing to me. I could care less about either of those schools honestly.
This photo was about football...plain and simple.
And the clouds...I probably wouldn't have shot this had it been a cloudless day. The clouds and the sun are what make this shot for me.
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