The crush of big money, December high school football is upon us...BUT before settling in to enjoy the championship games being played in NFL stadiums next month, I'd like to introduce you to a blog that I just LOVE!!
It's called Small Town High School Football and is manned by a very good photographer named Morgan Tyree in Wyoming. I emailed Morgan several times last year, but thought that a story about his site would get lost because of a lack of visitors to my site.
The good news...The High School Football Huddle is now a success!! We've had over 60,000 hits this month and that means more eyes for Morgan's site and his great photography. Some of the pics are at the top of this story.
Morgan focuses on the true essence of high school football. Here's how he describes his site...
"The Small Town High School Football Project focuses on the small town football games and programs in the bypassed communities of Wyoming and Montana. Despite the popularity of American Football in the form of its highly paid professionals, luxurious stadiums and college football’s bowl game lineup, this body of work illustrates that there are still places in this country where football’s innocence is preserved and celebrated in a grass roots setting. This project commenced in 1997."
Morgan pics have been exhibited around the country. Previous exhibits include The Massillon (Ohio) Museum, Laramie (Wyo.) County Community College and Texas A&M University. The works are currently on display at The Western Heritage Center in Billings, Montana through Dec. 1, 2007. Montana Quarterly, Referee, America West Airlines and Harper's Magazines have also featured Morgan's works in past issues.
It has some of the most wonderful photography I've seen. Please check out his site, and thanks to everyone that is now enjoying "The Huddle".
Click here for the link to Morgan's six-eight-eleven blog.
Enjoy,
Jeff
