{"id":329586,"date":"2023-09-09T00:07:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=329586"},"modified":"2023-09-09T01:01:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:01:35","slug":"watch-incredible-friday-night-lightning-at-a-connecticut-football-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=329586","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Incredible Friday night lightning at a Connecticut football game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night lights for one high school football game in Connecticut was more of a light show, complete with quiet a performance from nature.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning was on the agenda for Friday&#8217;s meeting between Rockville (Vernon) at Granby (Granby). The game is supposed to be the season opener for both teams but a severe thunderstorm complete with lightning has caused an understandable delay.<\/p>\n<p>And while fans will be disappointed at the delayed start to the game, they are certainly getting quite a different show. Talented photojournalist Jessica Hill, who is covering the game for the Hartford Courant, took this short video showing just a vibrant and sustained flash of lightning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some Friday night lights here at Granby waiting for Rockville v Granby Canton HS Football with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Courant_Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Courant_Sports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ciac?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ciac<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTyRE4IFIQ\">pic.twitter.com\/NTyRE4IFIQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Hill (@NutmegNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NutmegNews\/status\/1700273243561861151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hill has also done work for the Associated Press among several other prestigious outlets.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related shortcode shortcode--related\">\n<h2 class=\"related__header\">Related<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/union-high-school-university-of-texas-partner-for-football-metaverse-experience\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Union High School, University of Texas partner for football Metaverse experience<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>It is an intriguing game between these two teams, who were among the top football programs in the Pequot-Uncas conference a year ago. Granby finished an impressive 8-3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ct\/granby\/granby-memorial-canton-bears\/football\/22-23\/schedule\/\">and were second in the conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ct\/vernon\/rockville-rams\/football\/22-23\/schedule\/\">Rockville finished third in the conference<\/a> at 9-3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Intense thunderstorms are causing games in Connecticut to be delayed.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329588,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329586\/revisions\/329588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}