Dakota Bowl Tailgating (9/14/13)

This evening I was tasked with covering the tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl game featuring Sioux Falls Washington versus Sioux Falls O'Gorman.

There was a lot of team colors and high schoolers being high schoolers.

It was the pretty usual stuff; face painting, playing catch, and hanging out, but then there was some stuff I wasn't expecting at a high school football tailgate party; people playing video games, ping pong, and at one point I saw a pull-out couch with the bed out.

It was a pretty big event.

Anyways, here are some of my favorite frames from the assignment. More photos can be seen here. 

Nickey Zirpel, 16, gets her face painted by Meg Wolstenholm, 17, during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Charlie Hueners, 7, sprays blue hair dye into 7-year-old Sully Schlimgen's hair during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Andrew Sammons, 18, sports a freshly done blue glitter mustache during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Katie McLaughlin, 18, gets a glitter gold star put on her face by Isabelle Loudenslager, 16, left, and Mary Billion, 17, during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Keaton Davis, 15, and Andrew Sammons, 18, have a push-up contest during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Charlie Hueners, 7, catches a ball while playing monkey-in-the-middle with Leo Hueners, 9, during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Sam Siganos, a Washington fan, and Logan Harmelink, an O'Gorman fan, walk toward the entrance to Howard Wood Field during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Jack Hunter, 18, left, and Austin Serck, 17, play ping pong during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Seth Benson, 14, hands Josh Freese, 15, a Washington High School T-shirt during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

From left, Jacob Fleck, 17, looks on while Mason Koch, 16, Matt Billion, 16, and Will Michels, 17, play Super Smash Brothers during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

From left, Sydney VanDenHemel, 8, Brayden Carlson, 6, and Chris VanDenHemel eat pizza during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)

Brian Kuyper, 16, jumps to catch a ball while throwing a ball around with his friends during a tailgate party before the Dakota Bowl at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader)