Fayetteville junior guard Manny Watkins, top, scores in the lane ahead of the Springdale defense during the Purple Bulldogs' 65-58 come-from-behind win at Fayetteville High. The game was the final game held in the gymnasium after 60 seasons.
I've been putting so much energy into preparing for tonight. Fayetteville trailed the entire game but came back to win and the students rushed the floor, putting a storybook ending to the special night. Sadly, I had to have my photos in to make deadline before the end of the ballgame. That's something that I have grown used to, though. It's the hard part of the job. It stings so much to have people say, "Ah, you missed it! It was amazing!" because my job is to not miss it. But deadline is king, and at times it makes it impossible to stay to see things like this.
Adding to my disappointment is someone, either intentionally or accidentally, turned off a camera that I had set up to take photographs every minute for the entire day so I could make a movie with the frames and see the final day of the gym. It stopped taking photos at the start of the boys game, so it missed everything.
I should have stayed in bed.
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