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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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Wednesday I was assigned the West High School vs Farragut High School soccer g ame. Having not covered Farragut in soccer yet, I made the mistake of heading over to the High School to find the game.  I had expected it to be played at the football stadium… I was wrong.  I showed up and there was nothing going on at the football field.  I headed back to the car and went over to the middle school since there were lights on.  Turns out that is where the high school plays there games.

Farragut got on the scoreboard really quickly.  A penalty by West within the first minute lead to a penalty shot by Farragut.  West was able to score a goal, but in the end it was Farragut that came away with the 6-1 win.

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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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Rugby seriously has to be one of the most hardcore sports there is.  It’s full contact and no pads or helmets.  I had gotten a call on Thursday specifically asking if I could come out to Farragut’s game against South Doyle on Saturday.  Rugby is a sport I love to photograph, but doesn’t usually fall as part of my assignments to cover.  I do wish I was able to make it out to a few more games from all the teams, but just couldn’t this seaon.  By covering this game, I at least was able to cover Bearden, Farragut, and South Doyle each twice this season.  The final score was South Doyle 15 – Farragut 10.  Afterwords, I stayed to shoot the Maryville vs Karns girls Rugby game.  Hopefully those images will be ready sometime tomorrow morning.

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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.