Carson High Freshman Basketball… Because of the fire last week Carson vs. Galena was postponed til today… The JV and Varsity were @ Galena… so I dropped by CHS to get some photos of the Freshman…
Here are a few of my favorites from the night…
Towards the end of the game… Carson was still working hard to make a save!
Douglas High hosted Spanish Springs tonight… all I can say for the ending of the boys varsity game is WOW!!! WOW!!!! 1.5 seconds left in OT Douglas tips in a bucket for a two point lead, the clock wasn’t stopped so the refs talked and put 1.5 seconds back on the clock… Spanish Springs inbounds right in front of me… up to half… Hail Mary… SWISH!!! Buzzer beater 3 point to win it… Shock… that’s about all that I can say for the Douglas crowd… these two teams will see each other again for sure later in the playoffs… what a game!!
Don’t know how many 3′s this fella hit tonight… they kept leaving him alone out there and he kept hitting them… brought Douglas right back into the game in the second half…
Battle of the big guys tonight… Spanish Springs has some big fellas inside… Hunter’s body “control” at the end got the best of them though…
I’ve told several people, for last school year… so the 2010-2011 year… Hunter was my favorite athlete to photograph… the reason is simple… this kid WANTS TO WIN!! The fire in the belly, the desire to beat the other team, the passion for the game… I LOVE that stuff… and I don’t see enough of it… but this guy, this team, I love watching!!
One shot from the Girls game earlier in the night… I just liked the shot… 
Coach Ackerman, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family….
The Carson Girls rolled over Damonte Ranch Saturday night… you can see an early score in one of the shots below (in the background)…
A busy week coming up… Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday… Carson Douglas on Friday at Carson. Get out and support your team!!
CHS Baseball Poker Night is Saturday!! Hope to see you there! This is the slideshow I’ll have playing.
Four days, 40 games, 56.5 hours on the ice… THAT’S a weekend! Straight to the “shots”… (you can find the rest of the images at the link under current events or under Leagues & Events)
Here’s a little gallery first… click to make them bigger.
And I want to make mention of four particular people at the tournament… the first is a young fella… he plays AND he refs… here he is in action… in both uniforms! Well done Travis!!
And the other three fellas… are coaches.
A very special three fellas in my book. They coached three of the four Oakland Bears teams… yes, the three coaches coached three teams! They were not only a blast to be around… but if my kids were to ever play hockey, I would want these three guys to be their coaches. I see a lot of games (a lot of different sports…), I see a lot of coaches… these three are a special class act, and I told them so. AMAZING with the kids… as a parent, I’m still analyzing how they interacted with the kids, very positive, very supportive… they didn’t baby the players, they came down on them hard when they needed, but they followed it with “… I know you’re better than that, now get back out there and show me what I know you are capable of…”. After I see and hear this on the bench and then watch the kids respond on the ice… it puts my faith back into sports, that it’s not all about the prima donna pretty boys and the selfishness we see in some people…. It’s for reasons like this that I have the best job, to spend my days with people like this! I hope our paths cross again fellas, I very much enjoyed being out there with you guys coaching! And because I know you don’t hear it often… thank you for what you do, I think you’re doing an amazing job. I know these young folks you’re working with will also someday look back and know they were involved with some special coaches… and hopefully they’ll pass it on! Kudos to you fellas!!