Shooting Star's Hallum comes up huge against Liberty

Cole Hallum lines up his 46-yard field goal attempt, which
would be a career best for the junior kicker-receiver.

There were three big offensive plays in the Centennial Golden Hawks 10-6 victory over Liberty High Friday night, and Shooting Star client Cole Hallum made two of them. Hallum, who is having his second portfolio shot by us, delivered a career-best 46-yard field goal in the first quarter to put the Hawks up 3-0 in a tight defensive game.


Cole follows through on the kick, which split the
uprights and gave Centennial an early lead.

But Hallum saved his biggest play for the end of the game. With Centennial holding on to a 10-6 lead and just over a minute to play, the Patriots had the Hawks pinned deep in their own territory and looked like they would get the ball back with decent field position to mount a last drive. That's when quarterback Cody Kessler found Hallum with a sideline toss in front of the Liberty bench, and Hallum romped down the sideline for a 38-yard gain that sealed the game. Hallum's field goal and game-saving reception were sandwiched around a touchdown run by Kessler, and that was all the offense the Hawks needed as the defense stifled Liberty before the Patriots mounted a drive well into the fourth quarter.


The Liberty players and coaches could only watch as
Hallum sealed the game with this 38-yard catch and run.


Cody Kessler scores the only touchdown of the game
for the Hawks in the third quarter. We generally only
photograph our clients, but since Cody ran right at us,
we went ahead and tripped the shutter.

We still have room and time to add Golden Hawk and Patriots clients. Sadly for unsuspecting parents, the market has been flooded with amateur photographers working the sidelines of high school events, and some of these photographers, with virtually no experience shooting in the most challenging conditions, are charging almost as much for their services as we do. Only Shooting Star can consistently deliver photographs of this caliber; we were the pioneers of the custom portfolio and multimedia format, and continue to be the best, not only in Kern County but in the United States. Nobody else even comes close. Don't be fooled by all the posers, because you'll be heartbroken when you see what you end up with compared to what we do for our clients.

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