Heelan’s Carli Tritz heads the ball as Unity Christian’s Jessica Kroeze defends during soccer action at Briar Cliff University Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
I think the Journal has photographed more soccer this season than we have in any previous year. And that’s a good thing because soccer is one fun sport to shoot. Pics from today’s game were shot with my Canon 50D and 200/2 lens with a 2X extender.
SrA David Hanson holds Old Glory as the 185th Color Guard presents the history of the flags during the 2009 Veteran’s Program on Memorial Day at Memorial Park Cemetery Monday, May 25, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
Waukee’s Colette Gnade and East’s Shelby Houlihan cross the finish line in the 800 during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships in DesMoines Saturday, May 23, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
I’m a dumbass. In one of my biggest oops moments in a long, long time, I accidentally reformatted one of my cards before downloading my pics. But luckily Matt Holst, Iowa City Press-Citizen photographer, had photo recovery software on his computer and was able to save my butt (and the photos of Shelby Houlihan.) Thanks Matt!
And once again I’ll be adding more photos to the gallery as the day goes on (providing I don’t have another major oops moment.)
LeMars Gehlan’s Nicole Ryan and Kayla Hatting celebrate their victory in the shuttle hurdle relay.
East’s Shelby Houlihan anchors the distance medley relay during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships in DesMoines Friday, May 22, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
Maybe I owe an apology to one track fan. I was rushing to an event and some fan yells to me, “Hey, how long is that lens.” I held out my hands about 14 inches apart and said “About that long.” Yeah, I’m a bit of a smart alec.
Once again I’ll be adding photos to the gallery throughout the day. The East girls already got off to a great start winning the distance medley relay in record fashion. Photos from that race are already up.
South O’Brien’s Jarod Syndergaard competes in the long jump during the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships in DesMoines Thursday, May 21, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
There may only be a few pics in there right now, but I’ll be adding a lot more to the gallery as the day goes on. Enjoy!
I arrived in DesMoines last night and I’m ready for three loooooong days of state track. I’m a bit concerned after arriving at Drake stadium and seeing an extreme shortage of chairs in the photographers work room. I looked out at the track and I saw several volunteers sitting in chairs. Hmmm, I wonder where they got them from.
Well, I got on the SPF 80. Those pasty white legs of mine are going to remain pasty white. Anyway, check back later for updates and photo galleries.
Kapri Anderson, 9, gets a boost from Beth Kraemer while scrubbing the top of an SUV.
I wish it would have been about 20 degrees warmer, but that didn’t stop the Sioux City Roller Dames from having fun while washing cars at the Hamilton Blvd HyVee parking lot Saturday. You can catch the Roller Dames in action at their next home bout on June 13th and I believe they will also be making an appearence during Awesome Biker Nights.
Libby Claeys sprays Melissa Ploen and Justin Fry.
West’s Rae Twohig reacts after anchoring the winning distance medley relay during the coed 4A girls’ regional/boys’ district track meet at Olsen Stadium Friday, May 15, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
North goalie Manuel deflects a Sgt. Bluff-Luton shot at the goal during soccer action in Sgt. Bluff Tuesday, May 12, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
East goalie Tania Munoz stops a shot by Heelan’s Christie Lanphier during soccer at East Middle School Monday, May 11, 2009. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
So I show up for the East/Heelan soccer game thinking I’m about 15 minutes early. As I’m walking in I ask the lady at the gate if that was the JV game that was still going on, she tells me it is. So I’m wandering around a bit hoping to find a roster and maybe make a pit stop in the restroom, then someone tells me that it was the varsity games that was going on right now. Apparently the JV and varsity teams switched times. So I ended up with about 12 minutes to shoot photos.