SI/Takkle Photo Contest

SI Staff | Jul 20, 2007

SI/Takkle Photo Contest

WINNER

Jonathan Brownfield

SI and Takkle.com teamed up to find some of the best high school amateur photos, and what follows is the winner and six finalists.<br><br>A Saint John Vianney High (St. Louis) player safely slides back to first in a game against St. Louis University High this spring.

BIG HIT

Kevin Emling

Matt Smith (right) and Dan Thomasik of Oscar A. Carlson High in Michigan sack the QB from Flat Rock Community High.

CATCHING SOME AIR

Jimmy Meyer

Boarder Nathan King has quite the view on California's Cannon Lake.

WHAT A CATCH

Candice Diddle

Matt Diddle of California Trail Junior High in Kansas comes up with the catch in traffic against Frontier Trail Junior High.

JUMPIN'

Tom Vogt

St. Edmond High's Joel Allen competes in the long jump in the CYO track meet in Ft. Dodge, Iowa.

THE AIR UP THERE

Juliane von Prondzinsky

A basketball player on Cat Island in the Bahamas shows why the rim on a local court is coming off the backboard.

VAULTING INTO THE SKY

Mikell Branch

A Broomfield High (Connecticut) pole vaulter clears 11-6.