“Claws Up”

Fan appreciation night and last game of regular season for the new Federal Prospects Hockey League team Rock Lobsters located in Athens, Georgia go against the Binghamton Black Bears on Apr. 2.

Camilla O’Connell, Photo Editor

Apr 28, 2025

Dropping the puck the ref releases the face off while Garrett Milan tries to win the puck. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Warming up players Avery Smith (91), Malik Johnson (67) and Riley Robertson (2) take shots on net to prepare for the game. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Waking out to the rink Defenceman Kyle Pow gets ready for the game. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Heading towards the net, forwarded, Garrett Milan (10) tries to get a goal. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Getting the puck Joseph Colatarci (4) gets the puck while Filip Virgili (17) blocks the defence from taking the puck away. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Filip Virgili (17) trying to get in between the defiance man and his teammate Joseph Colatarci (4) so the doesn’t get the puck. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Falling Joey Colatarci (4) losses the control of the puck. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Catching the puck Filip Virgili (17) looks for the pass he is about to make. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Filip Virgili looking for a shot on net while, Jesse Anderson tries to block him. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Stick handling the puck Orca Wiesblatt goes around the offencive net. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Trying to get the puck from Scott Ramaekers (28 defiance), Daniil Glukharev (77) and Brandon Picard (76) work together to get the puck from Ramaekers’ skates. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Cheering on the crowd Joseph Colatarci gets escorted off the ice for his 5 minute major penalty for fighting. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

Watching their teammates fight Joseph Colatarci (4) and Jesse Anderson (77) stand back as Filip Virgili (17), Rock Lobsters, and Tyson Kirkby (17), Binghamton Black Bears, fight. Photo by Camilla O’Connell

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Camilla O’Connell, Photo Editor

Camilla O’Connell is a senior at McIntosh. This is her first year on the Trail, though she is a four year editor of the Legend Yearbook and is their Photo Editor for the 2025 book. O’Connell spent a week of her summer as a National Youth Correspondent representing Georgia at the Washington Journalism and Media Conference, in Washington DC, where she met many working journalists and learned how to write in Smart Brevity. O’Connell has won three All-Georgia awards for her storytelling and photography, one superior award in portrait photography and was the first place winner for the Georgia Scholastic Press Association’s 2023 on the spot photo contest. She has also won the Laws of Life essay contest twice. Her work has been published in local news sites. Fun fact she fought the Citizen and won because they used one of her photos without her permission or giving her credit. She has photographed every home football game in her high school career. Outside of journalism O’Connell is the President of the Knitting and Crochet club, is in Beta club, Key club, We the People, Chorus, Advanced Drama, the English National Honors Society and the National Honor Society. When she’s not doing something on campus she can be found at the pool as a head lifeguard, on the rink playing hockey, making content for Joestens as one of their Ambassadors or hanging out with friends. “Though I love photography, my favorite part of journaling is getting to interview and hear people’s stories and being a microphone to share them.”