I'm planning to do a double-dip this evening starting in Swanton where the MVU girls basketball team hosts North Country. Then I'm sliding down I-89 (hopefully not literally) to catch the Essex girls at BFA-St. Albans.
These photos will appear on my other site coldhollowphoto.com later this weekend.
Tomorrow, I'm back in Swanton to shoot the first quarter of the Enosburg-MVU boys basketball game and then over to the Collins-Perley rink to cover the final game of the BFA-St. Albans girls hockey tournament.
These photos, some of which will be in Monday's Messenger, might not be uploaded until early next week. Check the winter sports list on my website to find out when they are uploaded.
Speaking of the Collins-Perley rink, the recent renovations there are impressive to be sure.
Still, I can't help but wonder why they couldn't have included a little more money for a better sound system. Granted, I'm listening to the PA system from the wrong side of the rink - near the benches. Maybe the sound is better on the spectator's side.
But from where I sit, the player introductions and goal and penalty announcements sound like they are being done by Charlie Brown's teacher. 'Mwwwhrrhaa, mwwwhrrhaa, rraahhra, rraahhra."
And the national anthem sounds like it's being played by F-16s ... poorly.
But those are minor annoyances, to be sure.
Overall, the place has never looked better.
Now we just need to give the gussied-up old girl a new name.
Might I suggest Henry 'Doc' Tulip rink at the Collins-Perley Sports and Fitness Center.
What better nickname could a rink have than 'The Doc'?
Just my two cents.
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 10:44AM 