Documenting my travels and thoughts from around the country
2024 Week 15 (Pennsylvania)
Week 15 was a short week for games. As the state semifinals were being played for both Ohio and Pennsylvania. Games were at a premium. Ohio had all games on Friday night. Pennsylvania had mostly Friday games where I could get to them. With limited options for Saturday.
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2024 Week 14 (Ohio & Pennsylvania)
Week 14 had one solid plan scheduled. Four games on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium for the WPIAL Finals. Friday, though, went through a lot of upheaval. The initial game I was attended was going to be at Williamsburg. But with schedule changes, Bishop Guilfoyle v. Westinghouse was moved to Highlands High School in Natrona Heights. And my schedule was adjusted to photograph that one.
But then, more changes. Games were reworked to move them from Friday night to Saturday. Including both originally planned games. That left me with only one option. Continue reading “2024 Week 14 (Ohio & Pennsylvania)”
2024 Week 13 (New York & Pennsylvania)
This was a week with a lot of driving. And many games. Thursday opened with three games planned in New York. It was my first time back to Orchard Park since 2019. Annually, Section VI in New York hosts their sectional finals at the home of the Buffalo Bills.
Before doing sideline photography, I was here in 2013 and 2014 for the Sectional Finals, as well as some MMAA playoff games when they were held here. Back when it was Ralph Wilson Stadium. And then in 2018 and 2019 on the sideline under the name New Era Field.
This year, it’s now Highmark Stadium. Not to be confused with the same named stadium in Pittsburgh. Continue reading “2024 Week 13 (New York & Pennsylvania)”
Being at home for the week, I had a few options for games. But I wasn’t 100% sure what days I could be around. After one round of the Chuck Funke Bowl, I was back in New York on Thursday for the last of the Chuck Funke Bowl games.
There were a couple of options. Iroquois was hosting West Seneca East while McKinley was hosting Kenmore West at All-High Stadium. And though I hadn’t seen Kenmore West before, I had been to All-High and didn’t feel like driving into Buffalo for a game. And I had gone a while without seeing Southwestern.
Southwestern was playing Akron at Akron in the Class C Chuck Funke Bowl. Continue reading “2024 Week 12 (New York & Pennsylvania)”
I wasn’t planning to be home during Week 11. In fact, I had already planned to be in Montana again. But things don’t always go as planned. And finding myself at home I looked around the great lakes states and found some Wednesday and Thursday games in New York that I could attend. Not just Pennsylvania games.
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2024 Week 10 (Ohio)
Week Ten started on a Tuesday. In a rarity, a postponed game from earlier in the season was made up on a Tuesday before the regular season finale. In addition, I surveyed the schedule and settled on all Ohio games for the first weekend in a long, long time.
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2024 Week 9 (Four States)
After getting home the previous week, I had planned to be in New York for a CSP game, and couple that with a trip to Greenville Saturday night. Thursday was likely to be in Brooke County, West Virginia. So, Friday was the only open spot. And I was hoping to make it so that I would be in four states for the week.
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2024 Week 8 (Ohio & Pennsylvania)
It was a long time out west seeing games in Montana for three straight weekends. As well as a weekend in Nebraska and Colorado. But now I was back home and had plans to see one very important game. And mark a few places off my list.
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2024 Week 7 (Montana & Wyoming)
What a weekend of football it turned out to be. I was in Montana, with the prospect of another Saturday afternoon in the central part of the state. Or, I could go far east or south into Wyoming. Eastern Montana had just a couple afternoon games. While Midwest, Wyoming was hosting a Saturday night homecoming game. And I chose that. And did I pick a great one.
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2024 Week 6 (Montana)
For a second straight weekend, I was in the great state of Montana. Central Montana to be precise. Seeing new places, I was running out of options. My Saturday was determined by the lone afternoon game anywhere west of the North Dakota state line. Though Wibaux, Savage, Richey/Lambert and Froid/Medicine Lake all had games.
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