Well, Friday night was exciting for First Baptist Academy, as they were holding their first ever night game at their new field. The new lights had only been installed on Wednesday, and there was a new scoreboard as well.
The sky was ominous, with flashes of lightning in the East, dark swirling clouds overhead, and thunder in the background. But the game started at 7:30 as planned, with FBA hosting a young and fledgling Princeton Christian School team from Princeton, Florida.
Now Princeton (I digress), is a small town in Miami-Dade County, formerly a depot along the old Florida East Coast Railroad. As you may have by now wondered, it was actually named after Princeton University, and according to an entry in Wikipeedia, many of the original buildings were painted with University's Black and Gold colors.
I was told that Friday was PCS's first Varsity football game, and while FBA is in its first season, the PCS team was clearly over-matched. FBA came out and scored quickly and often. By the time the rain started, FBA already held a commanding lead.
As for pictures, I was watching the sky more than the field in the first quarter and was reluctant to bring out the equipment with what I expected as an imminent deluge (having been through this before - only to have micro-processors fail when soaked). By the time the game resumed, and I got the cameras on the field, the clock was running continuously under the FHSAA "mercy rule", consequently I did not have as much time to shoot as usual. The final score was FBA 56 and PCS 8.
Please enjoy what photos I did get at http://naplespix.com/football/2009-High-School-Gam and tell your friends.
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