Lamoni Middle School Football

Korbin Nall (25) scores a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage.

As usual, when I photograph an event for the weekly Lamoni Chronicle, I create a lot of images and select about 6 to 12 to send to the paper. The paper usually chooses from 2 to 6 to publish. On really rare occasions a dozen might get published. If it is a slow news week, more of my photos get published so I always hope for a slow news week. The photos in this article are my “selects” from the October 7, 2024 middle school football game between the Lamoni Demons (red helmets) and the Melcher-Dallas Saints.

Coach Martin gives instructions to the team.

Sometimes I write a short article to go with the photos, like this one.

Demons – 66, Saints – 50
by Jim Doty, Jr.

It was non-stop excitement from beginning to end as the Lamoni middle school football team played Melcher-Dallas. On the first play after the kickoff, Lamoni set the pace as Korbin Nall streaked around the left end and scored the first touchdown. Both teams traded touchdowns for the rest of the first half. At the half it was Lamoni ahead 36-34, the only difference being a failed 2 point conversion. In the second half Lamoni began steadily pulling ahead to win the game.