And the tournament goes on! Now the Junior division will play all this week at Governor’s Fields 1 and 6. Night 1 (day 11 of the total tournament) kicked off with Carson playing Reno American and Reno National playing Centennial. Reno American and Centennial both picked up first round wins and will play again Tuesday night against North Tahoe and Truckee respectively…
Here’s the Photo of the Day for Day 11 of the tournament and Day 1 of the Juniors… Was he safe or out? 🙂
Congratulations to the 11 year old Reno National team and the 12 year old Washoe Team on your Nevada District 1 Little League Championships!!!
Two very good games! And this was the first year in all 9 of my years of doing these tournaments that I got to shoot the 12 year old championship game without the consolation championship also being played… 🙂
Here’s the 11’s Reno National Team! Congrats Fellas!
And the 12’s Washoe Team! Congrats Fellas!!
And I can’t resist this shot… I’ve gone with two “jube” photos already and am going to end the first leg of the tournament with one last one… This is the same pitcher that I had for photo of the day earlier for his intensity… and face…
The celebrations are priceless! I love this shot!
Congratulations to the Reno American 9-10 All Stars on their Nevada District 1 Championship!! They beat a very good Reno National team to become District Champions!!
The 10-11 year old game will go to the “if” game tomorrow night at 5:30 PM, Reno National won tonight giving Centennial their first loss of the tournament.
The 11-12 year old game will be played tomorrow night at 8:00 PM. Should be some great baseball!
Semifinals complete for the 10’s and 11’s… tomorrow’s Championship Night for the 10’s and 11’s… get your rest tonight fellas, the competition is fierce! There have been some great baseball games out at Governor’s Field for the Nevada District 1 Little League All Star Tournament! Come on out and see the 10’s and 11’s championships tomorrow, 5:30 and 8:00 (the 12’s play Friday at 8:00 PM)
The Photo of the Day… it’s almost become a tradition, a Washoe Shortstop throwing to first after tagging second… here’s the 2015 version… love the tongue… 🙂
The competition is getting tougher and tougher with each day! There are only a few days left in the Nevada District 1 Little League All Star Tournament!!
Tonight I have to go back to a “jube” photo… THIS bunt lead, through one major error on the field… to the bottom photo… a bunt “home run”… yes indeed, pure jubilation!
Day six is in the books… the competition is escalating with each round… tonight I saw something I’ve never seen on the little league fields (this is our ninth year doing Little League All Star Tournaments in Northern Nevada… so I’ve seen a few games along the way…)
This shortstop backhands the ball, which I’ve seen countless times… but without hesitation he swings his left arm (with ball in glove) back toward second base and lets it fly back to the second baseman who was in position to record the out… very impressive young man… and with no effort whatsoever! 🙂 It doesn’t show as well in stills but I have the entire series if you want to take a look in the RALL gallery… Here is the backhand and the ball on it’s way to the second baseman.
We’re all feeling time flying ever faster it seems on a daily basis… I cannot believe that we’re now through day five of the Nevada District 1 Little League All Star Tournament! Just four more days to go for the 10’s and 11’s and five for the 12’s (the Juniors start July 6th).
I’m going with the intensity award for the day… I get to see this a lot in my photos, the faces athletes make… I always tease them when they have a great expression, “… if you don’t want it to show in the photos, don’t make that face!” 🙂 So the rest of you fellas, don’t tease because of the facial expressions, you might be next! 🙂
The Photo of the Day!!
The toughest day is in the books! 13 games spread across four time slots… the weekend is always the toughest of the tournament! Today saw a strange but welcome mix of weather, some clouds and a touch of rain visited today and cooled things down a bit… well at least for the ambient temperature… there were a couple of games today that were quite intense! Some close battles for sure!
Photographers call it “jube”, short for jubilation… this takes the Photo of the Day honors for the long day… that’s pure excitement right there! 🙂
Some nights it’s tough to pick a photo of the day… tonight, I was witness to something unforgettable… 🙂 and I was lucky enough to be able to capture it “in action”…
This isn’t just a regular “ball on bat” photo, this is a grand slam to put Reno National up 12-10 over Carson City after being down 2-10… Reno National would go on to win the game 14-10… what a game, what a memory! 🙂
Day two of the Nevada District 1 Little League All Star Tournament is now behind us! The 12 year olds started today and there were some very close battles, some going down to the 6th inning….
Here’s the link to the gallery of photos…
Photo of the Day goes to Ashton… not too hard to see why… 🙂
