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Wednesday night I was assigned to cover the Halls and Farragut baseball game.  After the previous nights sudden death overtime game, I was really hoping this game would not go into extra innings.  Both Halls and Farragut were district champions, so I was actually a little surprised at the final score.  Farragut was up 10-0 after Halls batted their fifth inning, so the game ended because of the mercy rule.  Home runs were hit by both Nick Williams and Ethan Bennett.

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Tuesday night I was assigned to cover the Bearden vs Catholic baseball game.  The winner of this game would go onto to face Maryville High School in a later game.  I was only assigned the first, so I only stayed for the first game.  The game started at 5:00.  I wasn’t able to get off work in time to cover the full game, but I was able to make it by the second inning.  The game ended with Bearden winning 5-2.  They would later beat Maryville and advanced on to play Farragut the next day.

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Thursday I was assigned to cover Webb School of Knoxville in their baseball game against Kingston High School.  It was senior night at Webb, so it started out with honoring the “Dandy Dozen”. Kingston got off to a quick start scoring 2 runs in the first inning. It wasn’t until the third inning that Webb was able to answer those runs tying it up.  In the fourth inning Webb captured the lead, but Kingston answered with a run in the fifth inning.  Webb broke the tie in the 6th inning which yielded the final score of Kingson 3 – 4 Webb. Webb’s Justin Alexander struck out 15 batters.

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The nightcap game of the double header started at 7:30 and featured Oak Ridge vs Farragut High School.  I stayed late, but probably should have left earlier based on how low I had to let my shutter speed drop to get a decent exposure.  In between the games, I went to get a photo-op with the representatives from the Society of Friendly Fellows and National Parkinson Foundation that were holding the silent auctions during each of the games.  This photo-op wasn’t part of my assignment and the only lenses I had on me was my 70-200mm and 300mm, both of which weren’t near wide enough for the shot.  I usually always carry a point and shoot with me so I can snap photos of the lineup/stats book so I figured I’d get a group shot around some of the items up for auction with that camera.  I saw that it got published in Monday’s paper.

Thursday’s game was throwback night, which paid tribute to the history of baseball.  They wore ole-timey uniforms, refreshments were cheap, and they used wooden bats.  Congratulations to Ethan Bennett #11 for hitting a home run in 10 consecutive games.  This is a new national record for the high school level.  The 10th consecutive game was on Tuesday verses Knoxville Catholic.  He hit his 23rd home run of the season on Thursday night.  Nicky Delmonico also had a home run on Thursday night. Farragut plays their final regular season game tonight and then moves onto districts later this week.

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Thursday night was a special throwback night at Farragut High School. I was assigned to cover both games in the double header.  The first game was Karns vs Bearden and the second game was Oak Ridge vs Farragut.  Popcorn, soft drinks, and hot dogs were only 50 cents. The teams all wore old-timey uniforms and used wooden bats.  This gave me one of my first opportunities to capture a broken bat at the high school level. During each of the games, there was also a silent auction to benefit the National Parkinson Foundation.  Karns won the first game 7-1.

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