Krista Weber, far left, of Cass High School hugs Shyla Moss as Jennifer Berlet and Emily Watkins celebrate in the background after winning the Indiana 2A softball semi final against Southwestern Monday, June 9, 2008. Image copyright Kokomo Tribune 2008I originally was supposed to shoot the softball championship on Saturday in Indy if Cass had won Friday night. The games got rained out on Friday, to be played on Saturday. The games got rained out on Saturday, to be played on Monday.
Finally the semi final game between Cass and Southwestern started at 3pm Monday. In the fifth inning, about 4:30pm.... we got a rain delay. It seemed these games were destined not to be played... ever. Some of these girls would be in college before these games would be played.
After two hours of rain, it finally let up enough that the grounds crew could get out to try and fix the field conditions. At what point does a puddle become a full-fledged flood? The field was flooded by my definition, but a lot of dirt was used and the teams got back to it.
And there were no runs at this point. And there was more rain threatening the area. After a two hour delay Cass still seemed fresh and managed to score two runs, while Southwestern had none.
Cass celebrated their semi final win, and had about 45 minutes before they were scheduled to play Bremen High School in the 2A championship. After another rain delay in that game, Cass won the championship at 11pm.
As late as it was, I wasn't able to shoot the championship. I had to head back to Kokomo to get my images in. I think this image sums up well tho how happy the team was. Of course it didn't run in the paper, the favorites never do. It ran in the paper's online gallery... and of course here.
The opinions expressed on my blog are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Comments containing off-color or hateful language may be removed.
Finally the semi final game between Cass and Southwestern started at 3pm Monday. In the fifth inning, about 4:30pm.... we got a rain delay. It seemed these games were destined not to be played... ever. Some of these girls would be in college before these games would be played.
After two hours of rain, it finally let up enough that the grounds crew could get out to try and fix the field conditions. At what point does a puddle become a full-fledged flood? The field was flooded by my definition, but a lot of dirt was used and the teams got back to it.
And there were no runs at this point. And there was more rain threatening the area. After a two hour delay Cass still seemed fresh and managed to score two runs, while Southwestern had none.
Cass celebrated their semi final win, and had about 45 minutes before they were scheduled to play Bremen High School in the 2A championship. After another rain delay in that game, Cass won the championship at 11pm.
As late as it was, I wasn't able to shoot the championship. I had to head back to Kokomo to get my images in. I think this image sums up well tho how happy the team was. Of course it didn't run in the paper, the favorites never do. It ran in the paper's online gallery... and of course here.
The opinions expressed on my blog are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Comments containing off-color or hateful language may be removed.
