Sports fans everywhere, including Siouxland, love to get up close and personal with their favorite players at sporting events if it’s possible. Taking in the sights, the action and enjoying what they are seeing. More enjoyment if the hometown or favorite team wins.
Fans just can’t help themselves. Attending any high school football or basketball game the parents and other fans are cheering their hearts out. Professional sporting events are the same, no matter the level. An indoor arena football team calls Sioux City home and have been playing a number of years. The action is fast and looks brutal at times as the players hit and and get hit by opposing teams and the barriers surrounding the field. Many times winning catches are made as they tumble over the safety wall. Much to the delight of the fans. I wonder when practicing if the offensive players actually practice going “safely” over the barriers. Maybe that it a trade secret. But it happens. And when it does, the cheers become even louder.
True, but it doesn’t replace high school football. When I worked in West Texas high school football was king, as it is in most small towns. Of course they aren’t as close as this arena football. Thank you for checking it out.
We live in a small town that shuts down every Friday night for High school football. When we first moved here we didn’t know why the servers were rushing us out of the restaurants at 630pm. Kickoff was at 7.
Leanne, Thank you. I think they enjoy being close to the “action”, but are still surprised when the action actually gets very close. And thank you for checking out the post. I don’t photograph sports often anymore, but still enjoy it when I can from time to time.
I live in the Siouxland area that encompasses a wide swatch of land in northwest Iowa, northeastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota. The people that inhabit this area are generous folk and your basic honest, Midwestern people you like to have as neighbors. I explore the area and share observations, mostly photographic, sometimes through video, and and short text. All images and video are copyrighted material of the author.
Jerry Mennenga, Sioux City, Iowa
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Ah, the intensity of “small town” football.
True, but it doesn’t replace high school football. When I worked in West Texas high school football was king, as it is in most small towns. Of course they aren’t as close as this arena football. Thank you for checking it out.
We live in a small town that shuts down every Friday night for High school football. When we first moved here we didn’t know why the servers were rushing us out of the restaurants at 630pm. Kickoff was at 7.
Well of course. “I’m late, I’m late, I’m late. And it’s a very important date!” Hope you didn’t get indigestion from eating too fast.
That woman’s reaction in the first picture is priceless.
Leanne, Thank you. I think they enjoy being close to the “action”, but are still surprised when the action actually gets very close. And thank you for checking out the post. I don’t photograph sports often anymore, but still enjoy it when I can from time to time.