by Yusra Husain ’22

A collage of the sports, student section, and pep rally photos from the Sherwood 2021-2022 school year Photo by Maddie Trigone ’22

After a year and a half of virtual learning, senior Maddie Tringone decided to whip out her digital camera and capture the essence of senior year. As an athlete, Tringone is no stranger to the pleasure of having nice pictures taken while playing your favorite sport. Thus, when Sherwood returned to in-person learning, she took the initiative to capture the action of sports teams and the school-spirited student section. Tringone posts all of her photos on the popular Instagram account @madsflickdump.

Tringone originally created this account in March of 2021 because she wanted a smaller space to post pictures she didn’t necessarily want publicized on her personal account. Initially, she began taking pictures and videos of her friends, family, and fun places. Now, with over 350 followers, @madsflickdump has blossomed into a page that Sherwood students look forward to seeing on their feed the morning after a big game.

During the fall season, Tringone attended and photographed a variety of soccer, volleyball, field hockey, basketball, cheer, and pom events as well the energetic student section at football games. She has also captured other school events such as pep rallies and homecoming. Originally, Tringone felt a little insecure about pulling out her camera around all the students and staff at these occasions. However, she  quickly realized that most students would “probably be excited to have some of the best parts of high school captured.” So far, Tringone’s favorite team to photograph has been volleyball because many of her best friends are on the team, but she truly enjoys taking photos of all the sports at Sherwood.

Making sure content gets posted to Instagram is definitely a tedious process for Tringone as attending all these events takes up a substantial amount of her free time. “I definitely feel the need to attend as many sporting events as I can because I know both the athletes and students really enjoy it when I take photos of them,” said Tringone.

After a typical night at Caruso Memorial Field or Warren G. Crutchfield Gymnasium, Tringone returns home and spends over an hour looking through all the pictures, downloading them onto her phone, and posting them on @madsflickdump. “Keeping up with the account definitely isn’t as easy as when I first started because now I feel like people are waiting for me to post pictures after a big event or game,” explained Tringone. Despite the time commitment, taking pictures is something that brings Tringone joy, especially when fellow students are excited to be featured.

Tringone has always loved taking photos and videos as a child and plans to major in Cinematography and Film Production in college. In the future, her dream job is to be a director or producer for films and television shows. Creating @madsflickdump has built an avenue for Tringone to express her love of photography and film by sharing her photos with fellow students and friends.

Tringone is glad she created the account because in years, “everyone will look back on all the photos and feel like their high school experience was documented