Eight & 322/Eight & 27
[email protected]
  • Eight & 322
  • Sports
  • Arts
    • Artist resources
  • The Nature of Things
  • Eight & 27
  • News From You
  • Purchase Photos
  • The Photo Dude
  • Editorial
  • About
  • Community Photojournalism presentation

Sometimes a picture gets legs

2/8/2022

1 Comment

 
Picture
A few weeks back Rocky Grove basketball player Alex Zinz took this photograph.

It was at the very end of team introductions and, for fun, the team took a brief couple of seconds to  pose for a picture and create a memory.

"Honestly, we watched a TikTok [where] a team did this, so we thought it would be a fun thing to try to do, and also something for me to have a memory of the great team I am a part of," Zinz said."I don't even think coach knew we took the picture, I think he was just worrying about the game."

​Zinz said they didn't really plan the picture out and he laments that not all the starters are in the frame, but, he said, hopes to take at least one more - possibly during their last game next week against Lakeview.
This may be the first time many of you have seen this image.When it was taken Eight & 322 happened to be at the game across the gym when photographer Richard Sayer saw the team huddle around Zinz holding up the phone. He took a photo of the photo being taken and used it as the lead photo of the next day's blog post.
Picture
After it was published, retired long-time sports editor for The Derrick, Penny Weichel, seemed to get a kick out of it. She made the following post on her great website about local sports route8rivalry.com with a fun reflection about sports, photographic and cultural history.
Picture
"I love this photo, Find it amusing," she said  on our Eight & 322 Facebook page.

Weichel has also drawn other stories and observations out from photos we've made and posted.

She recently did a short feature on the growing need for more officials in youth sports. Scheduling for athletic directors have become somewhat nightmarish with the shortage of officials in nearly all sports across the Commonwealth. Weichel is trying to spread the word to help this issue.

She also, this past weekend took note of a few photos we've grabbed of students singing the national anthem prior to games.  She noted a line from our post about Rocky Grove's Dustin McMullen saving the day when the PR system failed prior to the girls  
Picture
game. Weichel sees the importance of recognizing all the components that make up why youth sports is important beyondd just a game.

​Thank you Penny. We enjoy taking note of and documenting all life in the community of high youth sports and it is fun for us when people take notice and share.

​And thank you Alex and the Rocky Grove basketball team for sharing this fun with us. Maybe coach will even join in on the final selfie?
Picture
1 Comment
MaryKay Brown
2/8/2022 08:26:47 pm

Everything Alex Zinz does is of interest to me. We mutually adopted each other & I am "Grammi" to him. Just like his brother, Austin & the entire Zinz family, Alex is special to me & I love him dearly. <3

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Sponsors of Eight & 322
    Visit them on Facebook.
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Follow them on Facebbok.

    Archives

    June 2025
    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020

    Picture

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly