Whew! What a long, hard & cold weekend… we spent 60 hours at the South Tahoe Ice Arena from Friday morning to Monday afternoon… Some great games! Got to see my first hockey shootout…
By far my favorite photo of the event… check out more in the gallery of the event.
What more can I say… even when you get a really strong squad, much like the Douglas Boy’s Varsity Team this year… the games between Carson and Douglas don’t disappoint, yesterday’s games were no different! The fans even got into it across the court with taunts…. The stands were kinda full… not as many there to cheer as I hoped for but the atmosphere was good, the crowd was into the games, made it fun!
I don’t typically add color commentary to my sports viewing but… Carson Boy’s Varsity… when you finally made an attempt to rebound it paid off… in the first half your shots went up and at least four of the five of you ran AWAY from the basket…
The Douglas Boy’s Varsity once again was fun to watch… they really WANT to win, they play very hard and the results show… should be a good sign for the playoffs!!
Here’s a few shots from the marathon at Carson High’s Gym Saturday… click on your team to the right to see all the photos of your teams.
A few shots from my second marathon basketball outing on Tuesday… @ Carson High…
Get out to support your team on Saturday, the first Carson/Douglas games are this Saturday @ Carson. Should be a packed house, makes for a great atmosphere! It tips off with JV Girls then JV Boys then Varsity Girls and ends with Varsity Boys. If you love basketball, these are do not miss events!!
See you out there!
Tonight was my first “series” of the new basketball season… Damonte Ranch visited Carson High… the JV Girls started at 3:00… then the JV Boys then the Varsity Girls then the Varsity Boys… there are people complaining about this new format left and right… it’s kind of a nice thing for me, I get to see all the teams on one night… it’s just a LONG night!!
Here are a few from the Varsity Girl’s game… check out more by clicking on the link to the right or click league & events at the top or http://instaimge.com/chs
I really enjoy a lot of what I do… but there’s something about the Douglas High Boy’s Varsity Basketball team that I really love to watch and photograph… their work rate… the hustle, the desire, the will to win… they show it and that makes their games exciting. And the hard work paid off tonight, Faith Christian out of Vegas never could get back to within enough points to even really consider themselves with a chance of winning.
Well done fellas, keep the push on and the results will follow.
Be sure to check out all the images from tonight at the link to the right for Douglas High Athletics or click HERE.
Out at Carson High tonight for the start of Basketball Season!!
Carson is hosting their Capital Classic, they opened with South Tahoe tonight… CHS was able to handle STHS pretty easily in their first game… and just as Coach Barnes stated in the paper this morning, a lot of different looks up top with the ball handling… good for me, I get a wide variety of the fellas playing… bad for opponents….
Good luck with your season fellas.
https://instaimage.com/chs for more photos
Welcome back Dylan Sawyers… four touchdowns, don’t know how many yards… the paper will have all those stats tomorrow… The team was trying different things tonight, mixing what they have done the past few weeks without Dylan and then he’d get the ball and… well… Dylan is Dylan I guess.
Carson will meet Reed next Friday at 7:00 PM. The NIAA website still states the location is to be determined but I can’t image that it won’t be at Carson as they’re the higher ranked team…
I only shot tonight with a Canon 400mm 2.8/f L lens. A bit of a challenge as it’s, like the 300mm 2.8 that I had a few weeks ago, a very different piece of equipment than I currently own… it’s great for getting out and isolating the individual, as I like to do when I shoot. I’m also able to stay out of the team area a lot easier with this length of a lens, gives me a different angle than what I typically have. Fun to play!! Would I be able to justify having one of these lenses?
Another tough game at CHS tonight, Carson kept a lot of pressure on McQueen and shored up the defense, #10 on McQueen, she’s serious bad news for a defense! Carson was able to put two in the net later in the second half to win 5-3 and advance to the next round of the playoffs on Thursday in Reno. Good Luck Ladies!
Here’s my favorite shot from the night… a very graceful stride… on her way to her second goal of the night. As I mentioned in my Facebook post, I wish her arm was a touch lower but the ball and both of her feel in the air… enjoy!
Tough game for sure, Reno came to play, probably the best game I’ve seen this year… you wouldn’t think you were watching a top ranked team vs. a lower ranked team… I know Carson was expecting to win but Reno didn’t lay down for them… I think Carson would have ultimately won… scoring their own goal but a deflected ball ended up in the net in overtime… game over! Win goes to Carson.
The night was just about perfect for the Lady Senator’s last night… The gym was full of smiles, they won the game and they had fun!
Check out the action gallery HERE. Here are a few fun shots from last night. I wish each of you the very best of luck in your future journeys!
Tonight I got more shots that I like! I tried some new things and shot a lot more… shooting more, there’s a grand idea! Enjoy!