The Bakersfield Jam came into Reno with the best record in the NBA D-League and left one game further in the lead… The Jam beat the Reno Bighorns 127-118
The Northern Nevada NIAA High School Baseball and Softball seasons are here!! Much more to follow but here are some shots from some of the opening games of the season at Carson High.
Bailey Allen getting the bats going for the Carson Senators.
University of Nevada, Reno bound Kaleb Foster… it’s funny listening to the opposite teams talk about Kaleb… no one dares run on him. 🙂 I love his glance here to keep his eye on things.
Josiah Pongasi taking care of business at shortstop.
Turner Gustafson in the late afternoon sun throws to first.
A new face behind the dish for the Carson Senators, Brandon Allen.
The Reno Bighorns ran away with this one 147-111!
Images from the night… The Bighorns worked their way to this fantastic win 158-152!
The Blues visited again this month… Reno seems to be struggling with the loss of the three NBA 10 Day Contract players, David Stockton to the Kings, Quincy Miller to the Pistons and Jordan Hamilton to the Clippers.
The Blues were on tonight and the Bighorns were not, the Blues shot 52% vs. the Bighorns 32%… Here are my images from the night.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (The NIAA…) held the Northern Nevada Regional Championships at Carson High this week…
On the girls side, both League Champions faced off tonight, Reno vs. Bishop Manogue. Reno didn’t seem to be able to match up well with Manogue’s pace and press and fell behind early and Manogue never looked back and cruised to a Regional Championship!
Congratulation Girls! Good Luck in Vegas next week!
This is how Manogue dealt with Mallory McGwire… shoot over her before she can approach for the block… I’d guess Mallory holds some shot block record if someone was keeping track, she’s a wicked shot block force in the middle!
LOVE the crowd! What a great atmosphere tonight!
The boys game tipped off 45 minutes later than scheduled… multiple factors… First was the TV crew… the whole world revolves around TV you know… 🙂 The second and probably larger factor… there were so many people inside that they had to start turning people away that were waiting in line outside… the place was PACKED!!
The two teams that tied for first in the Sierra League were back on the floor tonight, Carson got the 1st place nod due to the tie break but Galena came in with something to prove and very quickly showed that. Galena’s outside shooting game early in the first quarter was probably the nail in the coffin for Carson. Galena jumped out to and early lead and Carson tried to claw back but the deficit was too great and couldn’t manage. Galena will be headed to Vegas next week for the State Championships.
Congratulations and good luck in Vegas boys!
Shots like these helped Galena to the Championship! Look at the crowd!! Truly Awesome!
I’m not sure there’s a better venue for big rivalry basketball games than the Carson High Gym. The atmosphere is always amazing when the stands are full, the student sections are cheering and having goes at each other, it’s a great place to be! If you are a pure basketball fan, last night’s boys varsity game left a lot to be desired (combined 33% shooting for both teams massive turnovers… not a night for the stats…) but the overall atmosphere and the excitement was still worth the price of admission. Carson pulled out the victory with a push in the second half that Douglas could not counter and Carson ran minutes off the clock passing the ball around to close out the game 37-29 (yes, that score is real…)
In the girls game the Douglas girls coasted to an easy victory 59-36.
All four teams will be going onto the playoffs, on Tuesday, Carson Boys will host North Valleys, Douglas Boys will travel to Spanish Springs. Wednesday the Douglas girls will host North Valleys and Carson will travel to Reno. First round playoff games are at 7:00 PM at the higher seed school. Region semifinals and championships will return to Carson High on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Here’s the link to the NIAA site for playoff info… NIAA Site
Here are some images from the night! You can ALWAYS count on a physical match up when these two teams hit the “playing field”… 🙂
We’ll likely see this same matchup come soccer season in the fall… 
It seems like yesterday that Michelle (Carson) was running up and down this court as a freshman, now she’s heading out the doors! Thanks for being such a good sport all the years Michelle! You are ALWAYS good for a fun facial expression! It’s been fun, I was telling your dad the other day, there aren’t very many multi-sport ladies left at Carson High. I wish you the best of luck!
Melissa was the spark in Carson’s game… just not enough to overcome Douglas…
I’ve been covering Connor for years… I make the same comments every year, it’s amazing to see them “grown up” and moving on… Connor’s always played with a lot of heart, tonight was no different! Best of luck to you Connor!
THIS is rivalry basketball… on the floor battling for the ball!
I was playing around with an angle viewfinder. It’s a periscope kinda idea, allows you to put the camera lower than it would normally be at your eye level and you look down through… Gotta love the packed house and hard play at a Carson Douglas game!
Kyle Steel shooting from outside, gotta love that packed house in the background!
Cameron Price made his mark on this game inside during the second half.
Tough loss for the Bighorns tonight 139-137 to the Bakersfield Jam. The Jam are in first place in the West right now so the win would have helped the Bighorns in the standings a wee touch…
The game went down to some last second heroics of Bakersfield’s Archie Goodwin, he finished with 35 points on the night so he certainly made his mark on the game, right down to the last three seconds and the game winning bucket.
Here are the images…
I had to miss the game on Tuesday, 103.5 degree fever… never had that before, it’s awful, AWFUL! Hope you all stay healthy this season!!
The Blues tried to throw off the Bighorns tonight by shooting the other direction during warm ups… and I’ll say, it’s worked in the past but I think it just pissed off the Bighorns tonight because they walked away with a 124-95 win. Here are some images from the night!
Back to back nights… The Bighorns rebounded tonight with a big win over 2nd place Santa Cruz… 157-132… but the bigger news… The Bighorns broke the NBA D-League record for the number of three point shots made in a single game!!! The record is now 31! WOW!! #weloveourbighorns
They’re back on the court Thursday, February 5th, Saturday, Feb 7th and Sunday, February 8th before they go back on the road for next week.
