Shot more high school basketball last night.
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. York High's Tavon Parker attempts to score at Dallastown Area High School on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Dallastown was behind 23-9 near the end of the first quarter and tied York High 29-29 in the third quarter, but was never able to take the lead. Dallastown lost 57-49.
True to form, I was run over by a basketball player mid-game. Namely, this one:
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Dallastown's Four McGlynn scores a free throw at Dallastown Area High School on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. During the game, McGlynn claimed the school's all-time record in points scored by besting Bill Rutecki's 1976 record of 1,616 high school career points.
This brings my total #occupationalhazard record to five, as I’ve previously been barreled by a pig, run over by two wrestlers, hit by a tree and almost had my camera eaten by a horse. (More on that horse later.)
© 2011 by The York Dispatch. York High's Kelvin Parker shoots against Dallastown's Emmanuel Mossengo at Dallastown Area High School on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
But yep. It was a good game. And I still need to figure out how to avoid backfocusing on this full-frame camera.
Words and Light 
The NBC affiliate in Austin once showed footage of me running out of the way near the endzone as a Texas State player was scoring a touchdown/about to run me down. Oh, work hazards!
Also, how does one get hit by a tree instead of one running into a tree?
Haha, I always crouch or kneel when covering football or soccer — but when it’s basketball or wrestling, I’m definitely sitting on my butt.
I was hit by a falling tree, more precisely, while covering this: https://blog.christhedunn.com/2011/01/25/nature-trail/
[…] shot high school basketball on Tuesday night, just as I have a few other times so far this year. And, no matter what I do or change or try, I can’t stop backfocusing. © […]