Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Scenes from a basketball game

Last night, my assignment was to photograph a high school basketball game. After parking my car along side of the road, something caught my eye over by the gym. On the side of the gym, I saw two male students. It looked like they were talking, so I gathered up my equipment in my car. I looked back over to the students, one was gone and one was still at the side of the gym. The way he was standing, I knew exactly what he was doing. The student turned around and zipped up his pants. He was urinating on the side of the gym. If he really had to go that much he should have walked about 100 feet to his left. That would have led him to the outer door of the boy's locker room where there are toilets inside. Peeing on the side of a building is very classy.

During the JV game, a player from the visiting team grabbed a defensive rebound. All of his teammates and the opponents turned and ran down towards the other basket. Instead of following them, he shot the ball. This boy made a basket for the home team. The players from the home team sitting on the bench started laughing and thanking him for the basket. Shortly after a timeout was called. Anyone could see how embarrassed this kid was. He was standing on the court with his jersey over his head. I guess it is good that the visiting team was beat by 20 points. If they lost by 2 points, that probably would have made him feel worse.

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