Football in the Spring

Nothing says football like evening sun shining in your face and  gnats and mosquitoes buzzing in your face as soon as that sun drops below the stadium seats. Well, maybe that’s not true.. since football is usually associated with cooler weather on the way and stadium lights turning on with the kickoff.. but tonight it was true for me.

I’ve been asked to cover the Fleming Island High School football games again for the next season.. and to kick off their summer of killer workouts they had a spring game against Nease. This game was a chance for the coaches to see both the Varsity roster and the JV roster playing against an equally competitive team.  Guess you could call it a “pre” preseason game.

This year I will be posting some of my favorites directly on my facebook page (please become a fan!) so the boys can tag themselves and use them as their profile pictures. The photobucket account will still be hosting all of the images from each game for now… but that might change due to the recent upgrade for the FIHS athletic website.  And I’ll try to post at least one favorite here on my blog as well.

Remember, information about these pictures is always fixed at the bottom of this blogpage!  Anyway… without further ado…. here’s my top pic from tonight’s game.

Gotta love that "in your face" action.

FIHS Football Roundup

This week I was able to cover the JV and the Varsity game. (sorry Freshmen!)

JV totally dominated the ball.. their first drive took up the entire 1st quarter and 2 minutes of the 2nd quarter!!

Here’s the touchdown picture from that awesome drive

Final score was 21-6…. and we’ve heard that the OP team actually brought down some varsity players to play against us on JV. (That would explain the lowest score we’ve had that this year)  Click here to see the rest of the game.

Varsity played at home again and enjoyed another district win! The Golden Eagles are undefeated and definitely play like winners.

At one point we scored a touchdown 3 plays in a row (penalties brought it back each time)…. and we were 60 yards out at the time!

Here’s one of the runs…

We had a really sweet interception with a long return by #44. Our defense loves getting their hands on the ball!

We even played our future Gator Offensive Lineman on defense and offered him a piece of the Seabreeze QB.

Overall, we won 42-21… click here to see the rest of the game pictures.

Next week is HOMECOMING! I wonder if these guys will get painted up like this on the night of the dance!?

Eagles prove their domination

Last night’s home game at Fleming Island High was a total domination over Palatka. Final score tell it all.

58-7

Here’s a few highlights.

All the pictures from game night are here… even some crowd shots, band shots, and dance/cheerleader shots too!  by the way.. the band did an AWESOME job last night!

The Good…….

What a night!!! Fleming Island Golden Eagles JV team spent the evening in Palatka in their toughest battle yet.  They were down 3 with only 6 seconds to go when #23 fires off a 47 yard field goal causing us to go into overtime!!

The Eagles held the Panthers on the first possesion in Overtime and then scored a TD to win the game!!!

Overall this game was a very exciting and passionate game, full of hard play, a few costly mistakes, and a real winning attitude even to the last second!

Check all the action here…. the good, the bad.. and well, I didn’t upload the really ugly.

FIHS Sweeps the Week

Football 3 nights this week! All 3 of Fleming Island Football teams beat Ridgeview!

Varsity started off a little rough but rallied together and came back to win big. I was especially impressed by #94 last night who came out and encouraged his teammates who were tired and frustrated by bad calls… and then proceeded to lead the charge and sack the quarterback. Here he is psyching up his teammates

and within the next 30 seconds…. sacking the Ridgeview quarterback.

I'm often frustrated by refs or even coaches stepping right infront of my shot!!

Some other fun times last night were:

great runs…

great tackles…

and even a little……

Romance!??

Overall it was another fun football night! Click here to see all the pictures from the FIHS win 31 to 14 over Ridgeview.

every inch counts

every inch counts

Originally uploaded by denesiachristine

JV beat Ridgeview tonight in only 2 partial quarters. 30-7!
The game was called on the account of lighting nearby.

I really LOVE this shot of #10 leaping for that extra yardage! Our guys started out by giving up a fumble and then a touchdown… and they definitely rose to the challenge after that!

Some teams might get down after a bad start and let the momentum keep pushing them around… but Golden Eagles stand up and fight back with a vengeance!!!

Go Fleming Island!!!

I’ll have all the pictures up sometime overnight…

A special night for #25

Last night, for FIHS’s 9-11 game, they took on Forrest and totally dominated the field all night. With a final score of 45-7, the Golden Eagles had lots to celebrate. Yet they still took the field with heavy hearts. Not only in observation of 9-11, but also to mourn the passing of one player’s mother.   The team rallied together and supported their team mate in his grief and helped him dedicate a wonderful game in her memory.

My prayers go out to him and his family right now. I hope that these pictures will someday be looked back upon with a healing touch.

Much love and many prayers and condolenscens going out to you T.N. I’m so proud to be a part of Fleming Island High, especially when I get to see how we rally together as a group to support each other!

To see the rest of the game night pictures… click here.

See you next week at Ridgeview!

JV & Freshmen Stomp OP!

Tonight I caught the end of the Freshman Game at FIHS, as our guys proudly brought their record up to 1 and 1 by beating Orange Park 28 to 6!! Definitely a job well done! I only took a few pictures, but you can find them here:

Hooray Golden Eagles!

Wendy McCurry also covered this game so you can find her pictures of the freshman game here: ( link coming soon)

JV came onto the field at 7pm and quickly took control of the field. A strong defense held the Raiders to many 3 and outs… and our offense scored on every drive. The final score was a wonderful shut out of 46-0!

First a few of my favorites…

gotta love the green and gold in the early evening sunlight

You can't STOP #19 Frantz Caudio!

Time to Celebrate!

View the rest of the action here.

Join us tomorrow at Fleming Island High as our varsity team hosts Forrest!

FIHS Football Nights

I will be volunteering my services for the Fleming Island High School Football Booster Club this year! I will be on the sidelines of almost every game, and uploading all of the pictures to photobucket for players, fans, friends and family to enjoy!

Check back here on a weekly basis for a few of my favorites from that weeks game and the link to the photobucket page!

This week I covered JV’s game against Middleburg. They beat the Broncos 16-14!

At then end of the JV game, the team did a salute to Coach Traywick…. who is leaving for Iraq next week. We wish him all the best and pray for his safety!

To see all of the JV pictures, click here. You can download, order prints from kodak or just enjoy them online. (If you are wanting a professional edited version of one of those prints, simply come back here and email me with the photo number and you can purchase them directly from me!)

On Friday, the VARSITY team went to Clay High and put down the Blue Devils 31 to 21!

The game started with a bang and the crowd was crazy! I love high school football!!!

Here’s the link to the Photobucket with all of the pictures from the Varsity Game vs. clay High.

check back next week for JV action against rival Orange Park and a Friday night home game vs. Forrest!  I will take various crowd shots if you guys are loud and rowdy!!! Be sure to look and see if you got Captured!