From the Mind of JScott

With 15 years of experience shooting sports of all sorts I thought I had experienced just about everything possible. Then Saturday happened. Both sides of the gym were packed with fans ready to erupt, like shown above, in support for its respective team! I was court-side with my camera for the highly anticipated matchup between MFL MarMac and Cascade in boys playoff basketball. There was an estimated 2,000+ people in attendance to take in the big game in the gorgeous gym at West Delaware High School in Manchester. I was shooting for Sports Spotlight , a Des Moines based publication that spotlights high school and collegiate athletics across the state. It was a pretty big game as the winner would punch its ticket to the state basketball tournament in Des Moines and the loser would see its season end. (Congrats to the MFL MarMac boys for winning the game...photos HERE !) A photo from the MFL MarMac game against Beckman a few days earlier. I hadn't photographe...

A cell phone shot I took out front of North Tama High. Probably one of the coolest entries to a school in all of Eastern Iowa that I've ever witnessed! I must start out by admitting that I'm not originally from this area so when I heard about the buzz surrounding last night's Dunkerton Raiders and North Tama Redhawks basketball games in Traer, Iowa , I was like "Cool, that sounds like fun." I had no idea what was in store! So far this winter season I've had the opportunity to  photograph basketball games at a variety of high schools  ranging from the smaller ones (like Don Bosco in Gilbertville) to the larger ones (like Waterloo East in Waterloo) and yet,  none of them have offered the playoff atmosphere like last night ! North Tama High School has a very cozy gymnasium that really allows the fans to be close enough to really take in the action from up close and offered a throwback to a time before giant new gyms and additions to high schools. I und...