Opening the Postseason...

Hardin-Simmons started what is going to be the first of many post-season volleyball matches I'll cover over the next couple of weeks with a match against East Texas Baptist in the quarterfinals of the American Southwest Conference tournament and then a couple days later with the finals against UT-Dallas. It was the first time in a few weeks that I got to see a competitive match. Lately I've been covering a lot of 3-game sweeps, so to see the team I was covering get pushed to four games was kind of welcome for once. It also left me with more opportunities for pictures.

The first match going four games happened on deadline and while I was glad for the extra time it did make me a little nervous about getting back, but I knew as long as they didn't got to a fifth game, I'd be back in plenty of time. It also gave me plenty of time to get an idea who the hitters and the best defensive players were since this was only the second time in the season I had gotten to shoot them.

For the Cowgirls championship match against UT-Dallas, I was kind of hoping for an extra game since I was getting to the match a little late after having to cover a football game that went to overtime. However, that didn't happen, the teams did stretch every game out about as far as they could though, with all three ending 25-23. I guess that was just as good, besides, I pretty much knew what my photo was going to be and it was going to happen at the end of the match. The great thing I have always like about volleyball is since they celebrate pretty much every point, I know at the end there will certainly be a good celebration there.

Crash and Road Rash...

The second day of the ASC track meet went well, but I didn't get as much time as I'd have liked either. I was only able to stay there for about half the races, but the hurdles made up for everything. It's rare to see a crash in the hurdles, let alone two. The second one I didn't get I was too tight on the guy in the next lane, but this one turned out well.

McMurry ended up winning the meet, so I figured two crash photos were a little much, but it did get used and played inside very well. We ended up using the photo from the 4x100m relay as the main photo, since McMurry blew away the field in the race.

Crash and Splash...

Friday was the first track meet I shot all year. Somehow or another I've missed them all year so far due to scheduling, vacation, days off, etc. The first day was mostly field events. The only two races being run were the 10,000m and the steeplechase... probably the best event in track. Sadly the race isn't run in high school in Texas, although I may need to petition the UIL to add it since it's such a great race to shoot. Now, I never wish for anyone to get hurt but tripping over the barrier and falling in a puddle of water isn't going to hurt anyone, but it sure will make great photos.