ABC Wide World of Sports used to have a catch phrase – “The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat” that they would say as they showed clips of victorious athletes celebrating interspersed with clips of a skier wiping out on the ski jump and other athletic failures. That phrase captures the range of emotions on display during the high school soccer playoffs in Virginia this year. Tuscarora High School in Leesburg had a successful athletic spring season with five teams making the post season playoffs and two teams making it to the Virginia High School League Class 4 championship game. Along the way, I was able to capture several shots of athletes celebrating when they scored or won while the opponents showed their agony or consoling teamates.
