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Photo of the Sports Now, vol. 7

Last week, Chelsea hockey lost in overtime in its first of two meetings with its other not-so-beloved rival, Jackson Lumen Christi.


See how Anthony’s right arm is in the process of wrapping around the LC player’s head?  If you’re guessing that didn’t end well, the next photo will show you just how right you are.


As with Dexter, when I say not-so-beloved, I mean it.  I really, really mean it.


For this image, Brad wins this post’s title of Gravity’s Little Helper.  (Or, more appropriately in this case, Gravity’s Little Hepler.)


Remember Steve, the player who left in the ice in pain a few posts ago?  He’s back, and he’s okay.


Photo of the Now, vol. 226: Happy Winter Festive Times!

Chelsea holds its Christmas festivities three weeks before Christmas itself; oddly enough, since Christmas seems to begin the week before Thanksgiving, that seems to be the right timing.

All weekend: Luminaries

Friday night: Christmas tree lighting

Friday night: Santa’s Workshop

Friday night: Common Chords bell choir concert

Saturday: Light parade

Sunday afternoon: Chelsea Area Players Youth Theatre presents Celebrate the Season

Photo of the Sports Now, vol. 3

Chelsea hockey lost to Wyandotte.


Here, seniors Charlie and Luke (11) celebrate a second-period goal.  Celebrating on the other side of the glass is Luke’s older brother Matt, once a Chelsea hockey player and now a member of the military.  Matt’s distant post hadn’t allowed him to be home for a while, but well-timed leave brought him home during hockey season, giving him the chance to take in a Chelsea game.

A garage is just a stable for cars

Christmas is approaching, and among other far less important things, that means one sort of marginally important thing: it’s time for the 2010 Christmas card!  Without further ado — or, from another perspective, with immediate adon’t — here it is.

Front:

Inside:

Back:

If you haven’t seen the last three cards, here’s a review:
2009: Seek and ye shall find
2008: He cures what ails you
2007: We wish you a nutritious Christmas

If you’d like to send any one of those three cards to your family and friends, I have good news: you can order those cards here!  (This year’s card will be available for purchase after this Christmas.)

Photo of the Sports Now, vol. 2: Hail to the soccer victors!

Last week the Dearborn Press & Guide asked me to photograph the Michigan men’s soccer team’s NCAA tournament game against Central Florida.  Specifically, the P&G asked me to photograph two of the players, Dearborn natives Hamoody and Soony Saad.

This was my first-ever Michigan soccer game, so unsurprisingly, this was also my first-ever visit to Michigan’s gorgeous new soccer stadium and my first experience with the highly entertaining student section, the Michigan Ultras.

Yes, they’re as crazy as they look: like any good self-respecting soccer crowd, they made noise the entire game.  It made for a great game atmosphere.

The pregame:

The game:

A few minutes into the game, Soony crumpled to the ground in pain after contact with an opponent:

But a few minutes later he recovered and was able to play the rest of the game.

The game went into overtime with the teams tied at 1; halfway through the first overtime, Hamoody took a free kick that was deflected into the goal to win the game.  Obviously, both he and the student section were excited.

Soony was pretty thrilled, too.

The brothers (and the rest of the team) gave out autographs to some excited young fans.