Straight-jacketed in a goose-down vest

Championship Saturday in soccer, field hockey and volleyball
Delmar captain and last season’s Player of the Year Josie Hollamon takes it inside the circle between Addison Nelson, left, and Mary Catherine Anson, right. DAVE FREDERICK PHOTOS
Dave Frederick
December 11, 2020
Sussex Academy offered its field for the Delmar home game on Delmar’s request so fans from Newark Charter could attend.
Busman’s holiday - The term alludes to a bus driver who spends his day off taking a long bus ride, or a sports photographer taking 1,500 photos at a game he’s not covering. And so there I was at Sussex Academy on a frigid Wednesday afternoon taking photos of Newark Charter versus Delmar in a state tournament high school field hockey game. I almost didn’t make it to the field from my 4Runner after straight-jacketing myself inside a goose-down vest layered over three shirts and a hoodie. Somehow it got twisted under my left arm and I couldn't get it untwisted on or off. A woman walked by. I was going to ask for help but decided that was weird on top of weird and might activate her fight/flight response system. I got to the field and plopped down in my blue chair, and a Delmar player came over, handed me a Wildcats beanie and said, “Coach Hollamon said to give you this.” Delaware is a small state, and the sports subculture is even smaller. Dare I say a social network? I came in as a player and that is the way I am going out.  

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