Matt O’Harver Photography

Covered a double header at the local Juco today. Jefferson college and Mineral Area college battled each other and the cold and rain to get the games in. Here are a few images from the event.

Some of the toughest things for me to shoot is Track and Field. The events are scattered over a long way, they sometimes mix JV and Varsity(we usually only cover varsity), and getting correct ID’s can be tough as you have to chase down the athlete that you just photographed. Here are a few from the event held at Fox high school. It was cold but at least it wasnt pouring rain like it was last year.

Well on Monday night I was sent to cover the Seckman C hockey team play Kirkwood in the championship game.  Of all the hockey games I have covered for the paper in my two years there, this was by far the most meaningful, and also the most exciting. The game was scoreless into the third, Seckman scored first then gave up sort of a bad goal. The goalie then redeamed himself by stopping a penalty shot late in the game to give them a chance to go into overtime, where they won it. Below are a couple of photos from the game.

Well as the title states, for the teams that we cover, the season is over. Crystal City Hornets ran into a quick defensive team in Maplewood Richmond Heights last night. They took the game over with their defense and hit many outside shots and forced several turn overs. It was a tough way for the Crystal City seniors to end their season, but can hold their heads high for having a great season and making it to the sectional round of the state tournament. Oddly enough the same two schools met in the sectional football round and MPH also won that game. Below Crystal City’s Gerrico Shanklin gets tripped up by MPH players as he drives the lane.

OK so about 3 times a year I get an assignment to shoot high school club hockey. So having alot of time to get good at it, isnt something I get to do. Shooting through the glass at these places isnt an option, its horribly dirty. So I shoot from the end of the benches. Not the best angle for the good action. But you get what you can to cover an assignment. Below Kristena Wampler makes a save, and Alumni Justin Boyce puts the puck into the net.