Kelli Rocha's Blog

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Blue Crew February 16, 2010

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This basketball season has been particularly enjoyable for Steel.  Without the rigorous wrestling schedule, he’s been able to go to most of the high school basketball games and cheer for his classmates.  Tonight, CCHS claimed the WAC League Championship with their defeat against Hilmar.  (It’s always a good day when we beat Hilmar… at ANYTHING!)  I was across the gym taking pictures when Steel walked into the game.  The kids in the Central fan section immediately got to their feet and applauded his arrival.  It was great.  They had been pretty quiet up to that point and it was obvious they were waiting for the leader of the pack.

 

CCHS Basketball February 9, 2010

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In my 2/3/10 post I lamented the fact that someone had complained about my absence from basketball at the high school.  I hope I made up for it tonight.  I shot all three games as the boys faced off against Patterson.  I left a flash in another camera bag and the one I had with me didn’t work so the first two games were shot without one, but in hindsight, I think I like those pictures better.  Steel brought my flash with him later in the evening so I had it for the varsity game but I was very pleased with the pictures from the earlier games.  Basketball is very difficult to shoot.  The action goes from one player so quickly.  It’s hard to keep track of the ball.

Whenever I’ve shot basketball I always get the best pictures of this guy.  Dan Hulst is a senior this year and goes full throttle during the game.  The greatest part of shooting basketball is the facial expressions and Dan is the best of them all.  I don’t really notice it while I’m at the game because it goes so fast, but when I get home and load the pictures, the intensity of the game is very evident.

 

Wrestling Team February 2, 2010

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It was my pleasure to take the CCHS Wrestling Team photo once again this year.  Once you’ve been around a wrestling team for a while you can’t help but get attached.  There is a camaraderie that is developed during those long hours of practice, traveling and waiting at tournaments that binds these boys together like no other team.  They truly are brothers.  As individual as the sport appears, the team is the backbone and support system of the individual efforts.  Each victory is celebrated and each defeat is mourned collectively by everyone… not sympathy, but empathy.  It has been a privilege to witness the accomplishments of these individuals that function as a family.

 

Wrestling Throw January 27, 2010

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I’ve said before that wrestling is one of my favorite sports to shoot and shots like this explain why without any words.  Catching a throw like this is a gift.  During a typical high school dual, I’ll shoot about 400 pictures… out of those I’ll only really like 10 at the most.  This one was my favorite from tonight’s dual against Hilmar.

 

Gridiron October 2, 2008

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We hosted the CCHS Gridiron Dinner once again this year.  Dinner was delicious New York steaks cooked on site by Amaro and crew… and the rest of dinner (including her famous appetizers) was catered by Mary Alice.  It was great.  We had about 110 people there and the evening was perfect.  We usually host the dinner just before the Hilmar game, but I moved it up for fear of rain.  Just as luck would have it we almost had our first rain of the season, but it held out.  Sierra came home from Chico and attended (her first one) and we had other guests including the Almeida’s and Leroy’s parents.  Dessert were “helmet” cookies from Mari Varni.