What a night for High School Football in Northern Nevada… particularly the games at Carson High and Douglas High… After three weeks of “league play”, what most in the North State had predicted and seen through the the first four weeks of “cross league” play has been thrown out the window…
I’ve been anticipating this Carson/Galena game all year. After last year’s thrashing Carson took at Galena (on senior night…) and knowing this would be Senior night for the Senators, I knew it would be a good matchup at Carson High. I hadn’t seen Galena play yet this year but when I saw the score last week of the Galena/Manogue game last Saturday I instantly got very excited about this game… and WOW, it did not disappoint!
As I was looking over the photos to choose for this post something became very clear to me, this was a battle, and a battle EVERYWHERE on the field. Clearly with an ending score of 27-26 you can tell that there’s a lot more to the story and I would encourage you to get the newspapers and if possible get the game film and watch it… I can’t really add much… so enjoy the photos. 🙂
The Senators take the field… Congrats Seniors, tonight was your night!
An early attempt by Galena… but incomplete (looks good in the photo…)
For me, the game didn’t really get interesting until the second half, which is pretty typical for me at a Carson High game… there’s a magical power in the Carson High locker room during halftime… that magic is the Carson High Coaching Staff….
This play stood out to me at the time… what seems like a simple point after attempt struck me… those Senators are pretty close… it would prove profound later in the game!
Joey Thurman attempting a punt return…
Nevin Elliot “bulldozing” for yards…
The Carson High Secondary taking the battle to the air…
Galena Quarterback Brock Raggio looking for a receiver…
Galena Running Back Ben Barnard looking for extra yards…
Brock Raggio passing for second half yards…
Joey Thurman gaining yards…
The battle continued…
A Galena catch deep in Carson’s end… not a particularly good photo but I tried… and I actually got the catch… had the “big” lens up to my eye so I swung it around and tried to “catch” the action…
Touchdown Galena!
… and the following onside kick, recovered by Ben Barnard.
The anticipation of the last real play of the game… (Carson took a knee to end it with 16 seconds to go…)
The Jubilation after Galena’s failed field goal attempt…
I think these guys were happy… 🙂
Remember my mention about the Carson coaching staff above… … the message from Coach Roman, enjoy the night boys, practice tomorrow 8:30 AM… We have work to do for Thursday’s game…
Indeed enjoy the night fellas… Your last regular season home game was a great one!