Lakewood Varsity Football vs Poly

Week 10

Lakewood Varsity vs Poly

Gear used - Canon 1DX / Canon 300 f/2.8L IS

Highlights from the game.

Poly Varsity Football vs Mission Viejo

Week 4

Poly vs Mission Viejo 

I have been very loyal to Lakewood High School and have been covering them through the good and the bad.  I've watched as their football program has slowly declined do to many reasons, which I won't discuss here.  With that being said and in the end I shoot football for our local paper, the Long Beach Gazette.  This year has been a rough one thus far, which means its been very rough capturing the action when your school isn't really giving you any, so needless to say when I was requested to cover the Poly game this past Friday I jumped at the opportunity.  Well I am now regretting that.

Poly is the Moore Leagues top school when it comes to sports in general and has dominated football for at least a decade plus.  I expected this game to be action packed with a lot of opportunities to capture it, but as it turned out the action was minimal on both sides of the ball and for both teams.

Additionally Poly's sideline was packed with everyone with people that really had no business being there and I'm surprised its not more controlled, but when all was said and done I did manage to get the shots I wanted, even if it meant squeezing in between people to get it.

Now above I said I regretted covering the Poly game over Lakewood.  The final score for Poly was 7-12 and the final score for Lakewood was 39-49.  I have stuck with Lakewood through it all and should have been there with them for their past game.  Never again if I have any say about.  Now don't get me wrong, I will continue to shoot what the Gazette requests me to cover and will always shoot a Poly game when able, but if I do have a choice, it will stay with Lakewood.

Here are my favorite shots from the game.

Southern Section CIF First Round Playoffs - Poly vs Chaminade

Week 11

Friday Night Lights

Southern Section CIF First Round Playoffs

Poly dominated the Moore League by scoring a total of 403 points and only allowing 23 points being scored against them.  Going into this game I expected Poly to play a tough game, but dominate it as well.  Not taking anything away from Chaminade, as they deserved to be here as well and have a nationally ranked running back that's known for his speed and agility, but what I didn't expect was to see Poly struggle in both the running and passing game.  Chaminade dominated this game from the opening kick off and never let up.

Below you'll find quite a few highlights from the game, which marks my last game of football season.

Lakewood Varsity Football vs Poly

 Week 8

Friday Nigh Lights

Lakewood vs Poly

This was the game I dreaded for Lakewood.  Going into it I knew it was going to be Lakewood's toughest opponent and to be honest my only hopes was that the Wood put some points on the board, which they did, but it didn't end well for them.

I cover Lakewood for the local paper and I knew this was going to be a rough game to shoot.  There was no doubt I would capture some great action with Poly, but it was Lakewood I was worried about.  I've been shooting sports for a long time now and I will say I know how to cover a football game and get the action, I'm sure you'll agree even though Lakewood lost 6-77, I was still able to capture some great action of Lakewood.

Please enjoy the below highlights from the game.