88-Year-Old Photographer Returns to Colorado Football Sidelines After Injury
An 88-year-old photographer from Ordway, Colorado, Henry Ashida, has returned to the sidelines to photograph local high school football games after recovering from a severe injury he sustained during a game a year ago.
Colorado Springs Pueblo, CO, October 28, 2026 —
Henry Ashida, an 88-year-old photographer from Ordway, Colorado, has returned to the sidelines to photograph local high school football games after recovering from a severe injury he sustained during a game a year ago.
Ashida’s return follows a year in which he was recovering from the injury. The available information does not specify what the injury was, how it occurred beyond that it happened during a game, or what his recovery involved. It also does not identify the school or schools whose games he is photographing.
The account describes Ashida as having resumed his sideline photography, but does not provide a date for his return or details about how many games he has attended since then. No information was provided about the photographs he has taken, how long he has been photographing football, or whether he plans to continue covering games.
Ashida’s story links a return to a familiar activity with recovery from a serious setback. However, details about his personal experience and the circumstances of the injury have not been provided, so the extent of the impact on his photography cannot be established from the available account.
For now, the reported development is that Ashida is back on the sidelines photographing local high school football in Ordway after recovering from an injury sustained during a game a year earlier. Further details about the injury, his recovery and the games he is covering were not included in the information provided.
Story summarized from the original created by O’Dell Isaac on gazette.com, see more information here.
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