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Thanks for all the suggestions and help. I can tell my photography skills and knowledge are much lower than many of the posters in this thread....but I'm learning. Went to my sons junior varsity game tonight just to see what I could do with the 28-135 "kit" lens. My pictures were taken from the stands near the 50 yard line.

Kickoff was overcast at 6:05 PM. I used the "TV" shutter priority mode. The first picture was taken in the first quarter but I don't remember the settings. The second picture was taken in the 4th quarter about 8pm or so(stadium as dark as it gets). I set the ISO to 6400 and my shutter speed was 1/160(I think).

The good news is my son is just a freshman, so I have a little more time to get things figured out! My son's team won tonight, so that makes it even better. The other added benefit is this...my son is the center and I have been able to go back through the photos and verify if he was firing off the line and staying low.