CHIP LITHERLAND PHOTOGRAPHY

SPORT

PUNTA GORDA, FL -- An umbrella blocks the sun as pole vaulters practice during districts at Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
VENICE, FL -- The Venice High School varsity football squad charges the soggy field for the delayed start of the Indians' matchup against Cardinal Mooney High School in Venice, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
BRADENTON, FL -- The Manatee High School football team poses for their team portrait in Bradenton, Florida, in preparation for their upcoming season. Photo by Chip Litherland
     
  
SARASOTA, FL -- Rowers glide across the water during the 2010 Southeast Region Youth Championship Rowing Regatta at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
Photo by Chip Litherland
   
Photo by Chip Litherland
     
  
BRADENTON, FL -- Spencer Mills, 8, lines up as his Mighty Mites team runs extra point drills during practice for the East Manatee Bulldogs on their grounds in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
SARASOTA, FL -- Lakeland High School volleyball players warmup outside the gym prior to their 6A-8 district matchup against Riverview High School at Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
SARASOTA, FL -- Waves crash around freediver Mark Rush as he dives at the Silvertooth dive site in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico in Sarasota, Florida. Freediving is growing in popularity as divers ditch their snorkels and air tanks for the release of diving with just the air in their lungs. Photo by Chip Litherland
     
  
Photo by Chip Litherland
   
SARASOTA, FL -- Cardinal Mooney base runner Nick Conforti is upended as he rolls in safe at home against John Carroll Catholic catcher David Hall during the second game of their regional double header in the 2009 FHSAA Baseball Championship at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
SARASOTA, FL -- Runners stretch before competing in their event at a district track meet at Booker High School in Sarasota, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
     
  
University of Alabama players warm-up at halftime against the University of Tennessee during the Crimson Tide's 12-10 victory over the Volunteers at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
Lemon Bay High School's Robert Nabers, right, tags out Monsignor Pace's Jay Ascencio at second in a cloud of dust in sunset light during the Sarasota Baseball Classic at the City of Sarasota Sports Complex in Sarasota, Florida.
   
BRADENTON, FL -- Flagman Chris Herring of Ruskin directs drivers off the course during qualifying Saturday night at the Desoto Super Speedway in east Manatee County. Photo by Chip Litherland
     
  
Booker High School's Jermaine Leverette does jumping jacks with his teammates as the sun sets prior to the start of the Tornadoes' matchup against the Seminoles at Southeast High School in Bradenton, Florida. Photo by Chip Litherland
   
Photo by Chip Litherland