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2015 NIAA Baseball and Softball Seasons are here!!

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.

2015 NIAA Northern Region Division 1 Championships

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!

2015 NIAA Northern Region Division 1 Rivalry Basketball, Carson vs. Douglas

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.

2014 NIAA Division 1 State Championship Football, Gorman vs. Reed

On Saturday, December 9th I had the pleasure of shooting the NIAA State Championship football game for the Las Vegas Sun… here are the photos I shot for the paper… Here’s their article Las Vegas Sun

2014 NIAA Northern Region Championship Football, Carson vs. Reed

The 2014 NIAA Northern Regional Division 1 Championship was played today at Bishop Manogue High School. The Reed Raiders came away the winner of the game by three 28-25 after a back and forth battle between these two divisional powerhouse teams….

There will be plenty of words from the RGJ, the Nevada Appeal and the Sparks Tribune… so I’m going to go a completely different route with my post today…. No question I’m disappointed for the Carson fellas… I’ve been covering these young fellas since I first started in this area back in 2007… and as hard as this loss is today, I know there are a lot of lessons that will stick with these fellas for years to come because of this team. I know I’ll be seeing a lot of you in other sports this year but I wish all you graduating seniors the very best of luck with your future. You made a town proud!

There are 1,101 photos in the Carson High Varsity Football gallery for this year. It’s been quite a season fellas… we started this back on August 30th down in California. Thanks for the memories this year boys!

On to the photos from today… as I mentioned I’m going to take a completely different direction today… as I’m sure you could see there were A LOT of photographers on the field today… A LOT… one simple reason… that big bright thing in the sky… the sun. This was the first game this season that many of us have had the opportunity to shoot in daylight. It’s not quite like a ground hog but also not far off… 🙂 So because of that we all come out in packs… and I’m going to take this in even a more specific direction… the eyes… As I was going through all my images today I noticed that I have a lot of shots of the players eyes today, not close up per say but you can see the intensity, you can see the direction… you can see the communication the eyes give… so take a look and “see”… 🙂

#instaimage #carsonhigh #canon1DX #NIAA #ReedHigh #football

2014 NIAA Northern Region Semifinal Football, Carson vs. Reno

I mentioned to someone today that I’m seeing a fire in the belly of these boys that I’ve not seen during my previous six years shooting Carson High Football…

Carson has given up 19 points in FIVE games, all of which were first team offense (opponents) against second team defense… 7 against Douglas, 6 against McQueen and 6 against Reno tonight… October 17th was the last points the first team defense gave up points… against Manogue… They’re on a roll to say the least!

I felt before the game that tonight would be another lopsided score… a lot of nervous parents around, wondering if it would be a close game… NOPE! Carson got off to a fast start and coasted to the Regional Championship next weekend against Reed.

Here are some photos from the night.

Carson's Asa Carter with the ball... not too sure much of that hand stuff going on is quite legal... — Carson’s Asa Carter with the ball… not too sure much of that hand stuff going on is quite legal…

Carson's Asa Carter headed to the end zone. — Carson’s Asa Carter headed to the end zone.

Here, let me help your head into the floor... YIKES! — Here, let me help your head into the floor… YIKES!

More Flying Bodies, Carson's Colby Brown — More Flying Bodies, Carson’s Colby Brown

Hey Ref, that would have been a GREAT shot! Dilyn Rooker with the catch… Really it’s there, just behind…

Eddie got the ball off, bodies still flying!

Almost a sack by Carson's Brady Rivera — Almost a sack by Carson’s Brady Rivera

When you can't catch it, just make sure he can't either! Carson's Corey Reid. — When you can’t catch it, just make sure he can’t either! Carson’s Corey Reid.

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.

Asa Carter on his way to the end zone. 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. I just like the dynamics of the driving legs in this one!Colby 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

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…

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

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.
Mr. 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! 🙂

I liked the “drive” of the players here… I can feel them moving… 🙂I’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!

Looking forward to the Regional Championship on Saturday!