2014-2015 NBA D-League, Reno Bighorns vs. Grand Rapids Drive, November 16, 2014

Tonight the Reno Bighorns ran to their first league win of the season with “the system” in place… they play very fast, move the ball quick, and move up the court, well, fast!  Brady Heslip has gone off in their two games and hit 21 threes so far!  TWENTY ONE threes in two games!

Get out to a game and watch these potential future NBA stars!

#weloveourbighorns #instaimage #jmjimage #renobighorns #sacramentokings #NBAD-League #NBAFutureStars

NIAA Northern Region Football First Round Playoffs, Carson vs. McQueen

Well… what can I say?  Carson showed up to play and went about their business tonight…  The fellas were talking on the sidelines about how many quarters it’s been since the starting defense has been scored on… Carson Varsity football has only given up 13 points in the last four games, all in the 4th quarter of games where they had a 42 point lead before they gave up the points with the first team defense on the sidelines.

Carson will host Reno and Reed will host Hug (who previously beat Reed…) next week in the Regional Semifinal games.

Here are a few photos from the evening.

Joe Nelson on the first drive, looking for his receivers downfield.

141114_4313 Asa Carter on his way to the end zone.141114_4317 McQueen didn’t get many long plays past the Carson Defense… this early pass play was probably their longest single yardage play of the game.  Carson closed it up after this one.141114_4320 I just like the dynamics of the driving legs in this one!141114_4335Colby Brown driving for every last inch!
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NIAA Northern Regional Championships, Soccer, Volleyball

November 8, 2014 will be a day remembered for the Douglas High Girls Athletics program! The photos will speak for themselves… Two Regional Champions crowned just hours apart, Girls Soccer and Volleyball… and plenty of smiles to go around!!  Congrats ladies!!  Good luck at State!

Douglas High Athletics Photos

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One more for Douglas!! down in Vegas… State Champion… Lindsay Adams took her second State Cross Country Championship!  Congrats!  Sorry for the year old photo… don’t have a newer one…1D1_2694

And last, but not least, the North Valleys Boys Soccer team won the NIAA Northern Region Championship today defeating Galena 2-0.  Here’s one shot from that game with my remote goal cam… kinda fun!

North Valleys Boys Soccer Photo Gallery

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A note to a very special friend…

Kyme… THANK YOU.  Enjoy tonight… I’m sorry I cannot be there.  I know the journey is not over but the road’s been fun, I feel very lucky to have been able to try to capture some of it for you, Eddie, Austin and of course Grandma.  You’ve been very good to me and my family and I will forever be grateful.
Screen Shot 2014-11-07 at 9.24.27 AMMr. Colby Brown, Carson Pop Warner, Jr. Pee Wee, 2008

Mr. Colby Brown, Carson High School, Varsity, 2014

 

NIAA Regional Girls Soccer… Douglas vs. Spanish Springs @ Carson High

It’s been a busy busy week (more in a few days, the week isn’t over yet…)… but I got to catch the NIAA Regional Girls Soccer match on Thursday night at Carson High between the Spanish Springs High Cougars and the Douglas High Tigers…  The Douglas girls started quick, as in 19 seconds into the game they fired their first shot on goal…  Douglas walked a way with a 4-1 win and ended with most of their starters resting on the bench.  Douglas will play Galena who went into penalty kicks (so they played the equivalent of an extra half of play… then kicks…) against Bishop Manogue.  The Regional Championship will be at Damonte Ranch High School at Noon on Saturday, November 8, 2014.

Here are a few shots from the night…

Sometimes you make mistakes… but sometimes it comes pretty cool… well in a photo geeky kinda way I guess! 🙂

141106_3887 141106_3918 I liked the “drive” of the players here… I can feel them moving… 🙂141106_3937I’ve been shooting McKenna for quite a few years and there’s no doubt she’s a goal scorer, look at the focus on watching the ball… need to show all the youth players this… watching the ball as you strike through it… you hit it well, you’ll have plenty of time to celebrate it going in the goal… just as it did here!

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NIAA Soccer… Carson Vs. Douglas at Carson High

Just a few quick photos from some recent games… the galleries for Carson High Soccer and Douglas High Soccer are up to date… Also checkout our YouTube channel… just posted some clips from the Carson Douglas Boys Soccer game from Wednesday night… here’s an example…

 

Photos from the girls game…141028_3638 Of course it was going to be a battle… it’s Carson Douglas! 🙂141028_3654 141028_3688 141028_3662141028_3703141028_3690At the final whistle… the nail in the coffin… Douglas 2 Carson 0… now onto the playoffs for both teams.  Douglas will play at home and Carson will travel, both games Tuesday night.
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2014 NIAA Northern Region Football, Carson vs. Galena @ Galena High

What can I say?  Carson ROLLED Galena tonight!  34-0… second shutout in as many weeks.  Carson made some big plays, stopped Galena when they needed to and rolled to an easy victory.

Here are some images from the night… instead of a 1, 2 punch how about a 10, 11 punch… Ian Schulz and Nolan Shine “flying” after the Galena Quarterback…

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Love these shots where you can see the eyes and the intensity of where he’s looking!  Colby bowled himself a few more touchdowns tonight!141024_3257

I can remember two Galena plays the whole night, it also helps that they were both deep pass plays and I got both on “film”… 🙂  I’m not a football expert but that hand in the face looks like pretty good coverage to me… to come down with that one was tough.141024_3317

What in the heck is going on here… not trying to pick on you Connor… but where’d the ball go and what’s up with that leg… don’t know if that hurts to look at or what!?!?!?141024_3363

OK, some of you may have noticed that I had some dorky looking thing on my forehead… well, I tried something tonight and it’s too late or I’d start messing with it… but I’m hoping to have a Point of View (POV) time lapse of “a night shooting football”… not sure if it will come out but I had a GoPro strapped to my head tonight so it might give you a glimpse of what I’m looking at and shooting… more details to follow if it turns out to be something worthwhile. 🙂  Might even have some cool video from it… will have to take a look later… Thanks for taking a photo of me DJ!!IMG_2686

2014 NIAA Northern Region Football, Carson vs. Manogue @ Carson High

It’s always said that you want to pick a team for homecoming that you feel you can win, to make the night “better”… I don’t think that anyone at the stadium tonight would have predicted a 42-0 thrashing!

One thing was certain tonight, Carson was not going to loose.  The opening kickoff was nearly run back for a touchdown… I believe it was less that a minute into the game and Carson already had a touchdown and a successful extra point….  Then they sent out a defense that may have well been from Mars because it rendered the Manogue passing game completely useless… the Manogue QB was 1 for 11 in the first half…  This one’s going to be a tale of coaching in my book.  Coach Roman dug into his magic bag of goodies and stunned Manogue tonight… and the fellas executed.  Game over, NEXT! 🙂

Here are some images from the night.  Blowout games are tough to photograph… OK, here’s Carson scoring… next, oh, and here’s Carson scoring… next… OH, OH, and HERE’S Carson scorning… again… yawn… 😉  ANYWAY…

Wait, wait, WAIT!  I mentioned it was homecoming!  Congrats to the King, Fred Christensen and Queen, Abbey Dudley!

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And the entire 2014 Homecoming Court!  Congrats to all of you!

141017_1682I took a chance tonight and went down to the end zone… and Colby Brown ran right at me… Thanks Coach! 🙂141017_1622Joe Nelson back for a pass…141017_1640Ikela Lewis recording a sack…141017_1995 Brady Rivera in flight… wish I could see that face… oh well…141017_2020

It sounds like we’ve not heard the last of this young man… Freshman QB Connor Noland at Manogue.  He did show poise tonight… in my opinion, he was just the victim of Coach Roman’s wicked smart coaching. 🙂

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