Photographer based in Benton, IL. Volleyball referee, avid golfer, dachshund dad, husband, and Haole.
Benton, Illinois
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I would hate for that to happen, specifically between July 25th and July 28th when I'm there.
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My favorite photo from Friday nights DuQuoin 2A Sectional Championship was this exchange between Nashville's Carson Parker and Marquette's Nick Hemann near the end of the game explains why so many people still enjoy and have faith in high school sports.
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Nashville head coach Patrick Weathers celebrates as the final horn sounds in the Nashville Hornets 32-31 win over the Monticello Sages in the @IHSA_IL 2A State Championship game.
@IHSAState @NCHSAthleticsAD @writingump @wmixsports @deuceandabuse
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But you've never been concerned about him being CEO of SpaceX...just when he buys and starts liberating what used to be your party's media arm. Got it.
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High school basketball will always be something special in Southern Illinois. A near sellout of a place that holds 2850 people validates the above statement.
#ihsa #illinoisbasketball #benton @BCHS_SportsZone @wqrl @deuceandabuse @wmixsports @The_SIRR_Conf @NestoHoops
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Still trying to figure out how La Salsa is still open. All of California in line with no masks and no social distancing. @LasVegasLocally @VitalVegas @GovSisolak @ClarkCountyNV #vegas #vegassafely
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You guys couldn't have done this with a Zoom call? Needed to waste all the taxpayer money flying over there?
🤡🤡🤡
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If a player was involved in this fight they should be suspended for the season. Playing is a privilege, not a right. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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Everybody is worried about sold out regional championships and this place sits empty during the post-season?
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
#IHSABasketball #RangerNation
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This lovely place seats 2,741 spectators for a basketball game, and it is now officially 100% sold out.
Tonight is gonna be fun.
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Dude offered to fund the United Nations world hunger project if they used open source accounting and every cent was logged on the block chain, and the UN went silent.
They want his money, that's all they want.
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Wait, now after he got his way of censoring people using big tech, he's mad at them? Is that what I'm seeing?
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So basketball in Illinois was a "medium risk" sport for four months and the day before the IHSA board meeting it becomes "high risk"?
Tell me again how @GovPritzker isn't just ruling the state with a ton of executive overreach?
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California working on becoming it's own country and honestly, that's fine. Most of their high income industry is leaving and relocating to non-liberal areas anyway.
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Dear Southern Illinois high schools and ADs, please stop allowing cheerleaders to take up both sides of the baseline.
Signed, every media member who gets tired of having to fight them for space.
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Amazing how crypto was suppsoed to give you protection from the market and inflation and virtually all crypto just follows the NASDAQ hand-in-hand.
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Congratulations to @HoopsBenton head coach @RWinemiller45 on career win #300. In honor of his 300th, here are some images of him thru the years! @wqrl @BCHS_SportsZone @wmixsports @writingump @deadbirdperform @Miller14Ryan @The_SIRR_Conf
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Are you using the same data your boss had used the last 18 months....making it up as you go?
Every time JB has been asked to provide the "data" and "science" behind his EOs, it's never provided.
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Those of you clowns who complain about everything against your team, I'll pay your first years IHSA fee if you've got the intestinal fortitude to grab a whistle and suit up.
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The Benton Invitational Tournament sends two teams to the final four this year....makes total sense to leave that tournament doesn't it?
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A couple of welcome back dunks from Docker Tedeschi during the Rich Herrin Classic today as the Rangers officially move to 19-8 on the season. @BCHS_SportsZone
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When you find out that apparently 3-seconds exists in an Elite 8 game. @CoachHarre @jordiharre24
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Where are those crypto bros telling me it's an inflation hedge?
Inflation explodes and #Bitcoin crashes, incredible.
#BitcoinCrash
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So, after a $1.9T spending plan and a new POTUS, Illinois is magically open? Someone convince me this wasn't a giant political game.
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I've covered the @IHSAState wrestling tournament a few times, but never the Finals. The Grand March is a spectacle that every sports fan in Illinois needs to see at least one time in their lifetime! A Benton dude in it makes it even better!
@wqrl @wmixsports @BCHS_SportsZone
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New decorations going up in the Rich today. @wmixsports @wqrl @HoopsBenton @BCHS_SportsZone @SIRR_Conference @wadethomas32
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Here is Meridians shot that gave them the lead for good over Pinckneyville in Game 9 of the 45th Annual BIT. @wqrl @wmixsports @craigwchoate @SIprepsports @Coach_Griff @deuceandabuse @BCHS_SportsZone @HoopsBenton
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The statement made to @IHSA from the chief of @IDPH Dr. Ngozi Ezike should draw the attention of everyone. The fact they are refusing to disclose information on why they're keeping things locked down is disgusting.
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PSA to coaches and fans: it is not necessary to complain about every single thing that goes against your team. It won't make a difference and you typically look like an idiot half the time. #BucketsBaselineThoughts
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Kids who move in to a new (public) school actually have to live in the district, not within a 30-mile radius of the building. You're comparing apples to a brick on the side of the road, not apples to apples.
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Referee Bill Book speaks to the captains and coaches of both teams prior to the Benton v Monticello 2nd round 3A playoff game. @IHSAState @SamKnox_16 @IHSA_IL @IHSAOfficials @BCHS_SportsZone @The_SIRR_Conf
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If it were liberal justices facing these types of attacks, they would have legislation in place so fast to protect them. The left looks at it as an attempt to fill a seat with a liberal justice.
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Got to take a new team photo for the playoff bound, @The_SIRR_Conf champion Benton Rangers this afternoon! #ihsa @BCHS_SportsZone @bentonrangerfb @wqrl @wmixsports
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I get so incredibly tired of watching players drive in and initiate contact only to be bailed out with a block call. Its garbage basketball.
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What are the odds that everyone in his administration gets to "work from home" next week.
"Work from home" for him is a trip to Florida.
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@cynormangolf becomes the 7th individual IHSA state champion from @BCHS_SportsZone and the first to do so in the sport of golf.
Rangers finish as State Runner-Up for the 4th time, all coming since 2004.
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I've seen the Noah Syndergaard/Terry Collins ejection video 40 times but it always makes me bust out laughing when @Marlins_Man just pops up behind home plate. Its epic.
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If you would like to know why there are swirling dark clouds above JC tonight, it's because myself, @deuceandabuse, @spydieshooter, and DC of @wqrl are in the same location.
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I have no problems with the press calling out Trump for the dumb stuff he does, but reporters failing to press @GovPritzker on why it's okay for his wife to take off to Florida are exactly why more and more of the public doesn't trust the news. #COVID19
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My nickname is bucket hat.
My handle is @BucketHat1
🔶 𝘽𝙐𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘿𝘼𝙔 🔶
Today was scheduled to be our Bucket Hat Giveaway game.
Retweet this for a chance to win an #Illini bucket hat. We will pick out a few winners and send a bucket hat your way.
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Ansley Bailey of Massac County pumps her fist in victory as she sprints towards the finish line in the IHSA 1A Sectional Meet. @IHSA_IL @IHSAState @MCHS_Patriots @C_Hastings91 @The_SIRR_Conf
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So does the state stop at Springfield? Having Federal funds bail you out because of "covid" has worked well for you. Anyone can run a state when they have billions of dollars thrown at them by the federal government.
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He's been absent from the podium the last couple of days...hey @JordanAbudayyeh, JB in Florida again?
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Can we please stop doing starting lineups before the national anthem? It's such a backwards way of doing things. I thought the SIRR by-laws spelled this but apparently not.
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The FBI was 1000% in bed with the Democrats over Hunter Bidens laptop, it's been proven and yet the left ignores it much like they had no issue with what Twitter was doing until Elon bought it, then all of a sudden he's bad. No consistency from the left, no credibility.
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I've seen so many adults, both fans and coaches, acting like toddlers this week during basketball games.
Folks, @IHSAOfficials is hiring. You get paid the night of the games, and it's consistent work.
ihsa.org/Officials/How-to-Be…
@The_SIRR_Conf @IHSA_IL
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Practice has officially opened for the Benton Rangers! @HoopsBenton @BCHS_SportsZone @wqrl @wmixsports #IHSA
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Some shots from today's #IHSA 3A quarterfinals game between @AJWildcatFball and Vandalia. @wmixsports @SIprepsports #TheSouthernExposure @SIRR_Conference @BrettDetering
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When are you guys gonna sue the OWGR next? You and your husband are a disgrace to the game of golf.
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This is @HoopsBenton first "Sweet 16" since 2003. #RangerNation @BCHS_SportsZone @wmixsports @RWinemiller45 @wadethomas32
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Watching adults act like children at children's sporting events is exactly why kids act like they do when they don't get their way. It's a vicious cycle.
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Okay, just saw the @ibcacoaches 1A/2A Girls All-State list, which begs the question, why do we need 65 1A and 69 2A "All-State" players? Which means after 3A/4A we will see 260ish total "All-State" players for girls basketball. And the boys list will be just as bad.
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Hey alright, back-to-back blowout 2A Championship games. Tell me again we don't have a broken product in Illinois? #IHSA #IHSAState #PlayingInPeoria
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I'd rather see the implementation of the restricted area.
Referees who can get up and down the floor with the play would be a huge step in the right direction.
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What a horrible idea. The state can't operate anything they have control of effectively now, can't wait to see what would happen if ISBE took over HS sports. It would be a disaster.
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DK, are you asking the state and those who hold power to make decisions with common sense in mind? We've been going almost a year without the use of common sense, so why would we start now?
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I love watching/listening to grown adults scream at referees. It's my favorite when they throw their arms up in the air. #ActingLikeClowns #GetAWshitle
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Dear opponents of @PCHS_Sball,
Please stop walking the Panthers as I've grown tired of the "we love free bases" chant that gets cheered 70 times a game because you walk them.
Signed,
Everyone near a softball diamond
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Dear high schools, please stop announcing 10 starters for volleyball matches. Announce your six (plus libero) and move on. Just because you sub in doesn't mean you're a starter.
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This is what makes March complete #Madness. @wmixsports @VlahosNick @AdamDuvall @IHSAState @neil_hamon
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Some shots of Marion's OT thriller over East Side. @wmixsports @MarionWildcats @SIprepsports #onassignment
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