Broadcasting high school football is an adventure. You never know where you are going to be. I’ve broadcasted from 100 degree press boxes, rotten wooden platforms, and from the bleachers. Friday night was the latter.
We went on the road to Winona. Normally, they have us a nice spot in the press box, but due to all of the Coronavirus precautions, we were forced to set up in the visitor bleachers.
All things considered, it wasn’t so bad. For Labor Day weekend in Mississippi, it wasn’t that hot. We had a lot of room to set up and move around. We could see also well enough. And it’s really fun sitting with the fans because you can hear EVERYTHING. Sometimes that’s fun and other times I have to turn my mic down so some of the more “colorful” language doesn’t make it on air.
All in all, setting up in the stands isn’t so bad, so long as we don’t have to do it every week.
Highlights of the night:
- I started the night by seeing one of my best friends and former college roommate. He lives less than a mile from the Winona stadium, so he pulled in to the parking lot right before the game. He’s getting ready to move out of state, so it was good to see him.
- The broadcast went great. We didn’t have any issues at all. Which is great given that we didn’t have any electricity and were running off of battery power. Credit to our producer Donald for handling things back in the studio.
- Even though our team came up on the losing side, the game was very entertaining. It was a back and forth affair for most of the night. Kosciusko showed just how many playmakers it has with 4 different players scoring touchdowns. I liked the effort I saw from the team. They never showed any signs of giving up.