Friday Night Lights: McKay Matthews Edition

James Colquitt, center, stands in the rain before the coin flip as the Athens Academy Spartans beat the Athens Christian Eagles on Friday, October 17, 2008 in Athens.

Well it rained out Friday. Or should i say it rained all day and for 5 minutes of the game and then stopped. Very nice. Allow me to give a plug for my new favorite camera accessory, Think Tank's Hydrophobia Rain Cover. Worked perfectly, tho the eyepiece is still backordered. Either way, the rain cover worked great. Now if they could make ones for the 80-200 and the 17-35 lenses, I'd be set.



Wide reciever McKay Matthews yells as he runs into the end zone in the first quarter as the Athens Academy Spartans beat the Athens Christian Eagles on Friday, October 17, 2008 in Athens.

So after it stopped raining, a football game broke out for a few minutes between Athens Academy and Athens Christian. AA has a good running game and a decent play action pass while AC runs a decent passing game and can run the ball. This was your typical "David and Goliath" game, and a Goliath named McKay Matthews of Athens Academy stomped all over Athens Christian.

For once the plays just came to me. I was in the right spots and got the right pictures. Shooting from the end zone actually had good light from one corner and despite it being a home game for our paper, i focused mainly on Academy because they're ranked in the state and it take a miracle for Christian to keep up. I stayed on the line for AC's offense and stayed way back for the big play when AA had the ball. And it worked.



Running back McKay Matthews is tackled by Petyon Mapp and Jacob Holloman as the Athens Academy Spartans beat the Athens Christian Eagles on Friday, October 17, 2008 in Athens.

I really like this picture. It was taken as part of a sequence with the image thats two above. I like this one because you have the player out of focus in the background with his arms signifying a touchdown. You know exactly whats happening in this frame. Its a very quick read. I like the tightness of the celebrating above but i just like this frame.



Wide receiver McKay Matthews runs into the end zone after hauling in a pass in the second quarter as the Athens Academy Spartans beat the Athens Christian Eagles on Friday, October 17, 2008 in Athens.

This week comes the annual Clarke/Cedar rivalry game. And they're forecasting rain again.