By Seth A. McConnell
Last Tuesday was the first round of high school football playoffs in the state of South Dakota.
I spent the evening in Belle Fourche covering the Belle vs. Hot Springs game.
Belle controlled the game from the start taking a 21-0 first quarter lead and went on to take the W 48-13 on six hot springs turnovers.
Despite the blowout I stuck around until the end hoping to make a few images of either jubilation or dejection and maybe if everything worked out both.
The game wasn’t near the nail bitter it was when these two teams locked up earlier in the season with Belle taking the tilt by three points. With the win in hand there wasn’t much for jubilation from the Broncs so I waited to see what emotion I could get from the Bison.
Making images of a team after a playoff loss is touchy and I could tell when I got close they were not happy to see me but I have a job to do and so I stuck it out. I mainly used my long glass to give myself some distance and be able to make more candid images. I think it worked out well and it allowed me to keep a respectable distance.
Some of these images are sideline outtakes as well.

-S

When your winning huge, its fun to take the field.

When you’ve lost your last high school game it can be hard to leave.

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