Category Archives: Photos

Photo of the Coach Honorin’ Now: 30 April 2011

Prior to this season, longtime Chelsea baseball assistant coach Akel Marshall decided to end his coaching career after 31 years.  To honor his years of service to the baseball program, former players and coaches came back to the stadium for a ceremony at the beginning of the Chelsea Baseball Invitational.

JV baseball coach Brian Sayers painted Marshall’s jersey number behind home plate:

Marshall has never been one to seek or enjoy the spotlight, but as he stood with CHS baseball players past and present, the smile on his face said he didn’t mind the attention this time.

Among other gifts, Marshall received a framed jersey…

…and a painting of him in action coaching third base during the 2010 season.

Longtime head coach and close friend Wayne Welton delivered an emotional speech.

Marshall threw out the ceremonial first pitch to kick off the invitational, now named the Akel Marshall Baseball Invitational.

As a permanent tribute to Marshall’s 31 years of coaching, the staff unveiled a 6 banner on the fence in left center field.  It’s shown here as senior Patrick Roberts stands on second base during the first game of the day.

Photo of the Lacrosse Now: 27 April 2011

Chelsea lacrosse faced Saline.

In the middle of the game a Saline player had a Chelsea player lined up for a good solid hit…until the Chelsea player slipped on the wet turf.  Because of that, the hit didn’t go quite as planned.  Here, take a look:

He did jar the ball loose, so I suppose the hit served its purpose.  But I doubt that’s how he envisioned the hit in his mind.

Photo of the (Dexter) Softball Now: 21 April 2011

Dexter softball faced Ann Arbor Huron.  Though it was the day after the frigid cold tennis match, it was actually a pleasant sunny spring day nearly perfect for softball.  In other words, if the month of April in Michigan were a person, it would require psychiatric treatment.

Oh, but before the pictures, I have to rant as a photographer…

Hey softball jersey designers: why do you delight in putting only one number on jerseys, that being the number on the back?  Other sports make a habit of putting the numbers in more than one location on the jersey, thereby ensuring that the players’ numbers are almost always visible.  But your jerseys?  No, all too often they have the numbers only on the back, thereby forcing me to make an extra effort to ensure I can identify the players in my photos because I seldom shoot worthwhile action photos from behind the players.  Do the right thing, jersey designers, and make an effort to put the numbers in more than one location on the jerseys.

And now that I have that off my chest…here are the photos.

Home runs get the whole team involved: