Category: Carson High Athletics

2012 NIAA Boys Soccer Playoffs at Carson High vs. McQueen

You missed a good one if you weren’t in the stands!  And I don’t just mean that because Carson won… it was a good game, period!  Mostly a very tough midfield battle… but two goals and a lot of pressure on the Carson defense in the second half… but in the end Carson came away with a 2-0 win!

I would have to say that McQueen controlled the flow of play a bit better.  They possessed the ball better… however they weren’t moving forward and making any attempts on goal, they were just possessing the ball… you have to make attempts on goal if you want to win… and while Carson was in a bit of a mad scramble much of the game to work to regain possession… they made attempts on goal… and put two away.  Get into that penalty area and make enough serious threats on goal… one’s bound to go in!  Carson was also awarded a penalty kick late in the game, not a questionable call at all, it was completely legit… again, get in the penalty area enough and good things happen…

Carson advances to play Hug at Damonte on Halloween @ 6:00 PM.  Good luck guys, I hope to see you on Saturday in the Regional Championship!

Pre-game… (with some effects…)

This one tells a lot of the night… a tough battle in the middle of the field.

This didn’t result in a scoring opportunity… but they all add up, get in the penalty area enough times… 🙂  But I already said that… I love this game! 🙂… and something not really “game” related… The moon popped up over the hill…

2012 Carson High Football vs. Douglas…

Senior Night, last regular season game, playoffs on the line… what most thought at the start of the season would be the NIAA Northern Division 1 Sierra League game to determine #1 & #2… the game was certainly entertaining!  A good battle for the last playoff spot for the Sierra League… and as always, I’ll leave the story writing to the journalists… 🙂

The Tigers returned to their early season form last night.  VERY tough running by Conner Peterson, that kid is a battering ram.  Michael Nolting had time in the pocket and was able to pick his receivers, Joey at the Record-Courier tweeted at the half that he had completed 10 consecutive passes and to seven different receivers…. Those offensive weapons led them to their early season 50+ point games.

On to the photos…

I tried something new tonight with this shot.  When this lens first came out I knew it had some very interesting possibilities and within a few days this concept popped up in Leading Off in the first few pages of Sports Illustrated (See more details about this at the end of the post… )… I knew I had to try the same thing at the Carson Douglas Football game. 🙂  And here it is!

Before the game Carson had their Senior Night Ceremony… while the were starting the seniors lined up their helmets off the end of the field… I had to grab this photo.… and THIS is the kind of night I was hoping it would be… This photo is of significance to me for a few reasons.  Douglas #33, Cale Kynett is a kid I’ve shown here before (in his Varsity debut)… and I was very pleased to get this photo.  I would have liked it without #48 hanging on him because then I would have had #33, a sophomore vs. #21, a sophomore… but adding #48 (Luke, a senior and a big strong kid…) to the photo just helps show why Cale is a Varsity starter.  I’ve covered Cale every year I’ve been here in Northern Nevada… never… never not seen Cale “bring it” at game time!  This kid loves to compete and I LOVE that! Good stuff Cale!  This is also going to be a shot I have a feeling I’m going to get the next few years… 🙂  Colby and Cale going head to head… already looking forward to next year’s Carson Douglas game! 🙂

Hindsight is always 20-20 and this photo, to me, shows a very confident Tiger team walking onto the field before the game…... and very quickly we had this…… so, “photographically” this photo is missing something, right?  Where’s the ball?  That’s the point.  Logan, #20 stripped the ball from Conner Peterson which set up Carson’s first touchdown early in the first quarter.  The follow on shots in the Carson gallery show the ball bouncing around behind them…

Then Nolting and the Tiger Offense went to work…… and Colby ran for a touchdown…
… and more game action… a tough stop by the Carson Defense…… and Dusty Fisher making a catch late in the 4th to help set up the game winning field goal…

How did they know they’d need this sign? 🙂  They were right!  Here’s the Douglas crowd after the game winning field goal.Good Luck to Douglas next week as they travel to Reed to play in the first round of the playoffs!

To the Seniors of both teams.  Thank you fellas for another fun year. I know I’ll be seeing some of you again on the basketball court and some on the baseball field but I just wanted to wish you all the very best of luck.  When you come out and play hard and compete it makes my job a lot more fun, I thank you for that! Good Luck Fellas!

Here is the shot by Peter Read Miller, Sports Illustrated that I “copied” for mine above… As he states, “A fisheye lens isn’t something you can use every day, but it’s a great creative challenge to come up with ideas for situations when you can use it. In this case the combination of a cool piece of gear, a majestic setting and a cooperative team combined to allow me to make an interesting and more importantly a different picture.”

Peter Read Miller, Sports Illustrated

Coin toss of the Dallas Cowboys during the Cowboys 24-23 preseason win over the Denver Broncos at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 11, 2011.

2012 Carson High Volleyball vs. Wooster… Senior Night…

Just a quick post tonight… it’s a VERY busy week… still three games to go in the next two days… five games tonight, three volleyball and two soccer… I’m not working this being at two places at the same time out very well! 🙂

It was Senior night for the Volleyball and Boys Soccer teams tonight… check out the galleries for the images… I’ve just got two photos for tonight to post… one because it’s how we started the season with these two…… and one just because I like it… 🙂

2012 Carson High Girls Soccer vs. Douglas… Senior Night

Tonight ended the regular season for Carson and Douglas Girls Soccer programs, thus it was senior night at Carson High… The Senior Senators also made a point during the half time ceremony to recognize the Douglas Seniors, I know you all play club together and know each other well but that’s very classy ladies, well done.

The Carson Supporters were out… “Take a picture, take a picture…” 🙂

… and onto the game… 🙂

McKenna is going to be a marked player for the next few years up top for Douglas!It’s been fun seeing these two go at it over the years…

Rivals or not, friends or not, this game started to get a little chippy in the midfield as Douglas started putting the game away…

We should see both teams go pretty deep into the Regional Championships next week… I believe both will host a first round game on Tuesday October 30th at 6:00PM.  Click HERE for the NIAA Bracket.

I wish both teams the very best through the playoffs!  It’s a pleasure covering your games, thank you ladies!

2012 Carson High Soccer vs. Wooster

All the fall sports seasons are wrapping up… only one more week of regular season left… so today was the last day of Saturday “regular schedule” games!  So I got out and tried to take advantage of the sunshine…

The boys varsity game was known to be a battle… there were two red cards in the last meeting… and this one although got a little chippy… it stayed pretty clean… (here comes that proverbial but…)  BUT… there were three red cards and at least one Carson Senior will miss Senior Night on Tuesday (and his last game against rival Douglas…)… but the games must go on!

On to the images!

To give you a little reference… Zach is known to be one of the best defenders in the North State… I would say 99 times out of 100 you would expect to see these rolls reversed… this just shows the intensity of this game! Having played most of my soccer career in the center back position… you just don’t typically see a forward grabbing and fighting with defender like this… 🙂 The boys game ended 2-1 Carson.Francisco avoiding a slide down the far side of the field…… and Christian “flying” through the midfield…The girls played too!  Carson is atop the Sierra League and took an easy win today.

I’ve built up quite a few of these “flying” photos this season… they’re kinda fun!

Be sure to check out more in the Carson High Athletics gallery!Some Girls JV action too!

2012 Carson High Football vs. Bishop Manogue…

Carson hosted Bishop Manogue tonight… what started out as a battle between the 20 yard marks ended with Manogue going ahead 21-14 with about a minute and a half left… Carson drove the distance, passed to the endzone on 4th down… and yellow flag… offensive pass interference… with 30 seconds left on the clock.

I have said it a lot of times here that I don’t understand this game very well, the rules particularly… but this is the second game I’ve seen this year that has been decided by the officials and not by the players on the field.  No question, if there was an infraction it should be called… but…

Overall, it was a good game… tough battles back and forth… in the end it was Manogue… I believe this moves them into second place in the Sierra league behind Galena… Galena clinched the Sierra League championship tonight with a win over Damonte.  Next week’s Carson vs. Douglas game will determine who stays home for the playoffs… winner takes 4th and heads off to either Spanish Springs or Reed… YIKES!

So let’s get to the action!  Got some fun stuff tonight!

Before the game entering the field…When the play comes too close and you’re committed with the long lens, gotta do something!  These are great because you can see right in that face mask!This run by Nevin set up the pass play that was called offensive pass interference…… and I can’t leave out some of the cool shots I got of Bishop Manogue… first a punt return…… and the pass that set up the ending drive…… which connected with the catch… 🙂

2012 Carson High Volleyball… vs. Spanish Springs

The season is winding down, just a few more matches to go… tonight wasn’t such a good result for the Senators…  But there here’s some of the action from the evening! 🙂

Check out more at the Carson High link on the side…

Getting better at these!  One from a senior…

And one from a Freshman (on the varsity team…!)

And like the last soccer posting… I’m adding a JV photo in the mix today… Just liked the action… 🙂

2012 Carson High Soccer vs. Spanish Springs: The Dance

Four games today at Carson High vs. Spanish Springs… I was a tad late to the first game… late night and a lot to do this morning before I got there just before halftime…  I’ll get right into the photos… Varsity boys tied 0-0… a classic midfield battle… not a very exciting game for those that don’t particularly like soccer… but when you get two of the best teams in the North State on the same pitch… Varsity girls went to Carson 2-1 BUT… it was much like the boys, two top teams… a midfield duel for sure.

Normally I only use images from the Varsity games but I have a “theme” to my images tonight… I’m calling it “The Dance”… 🙂

You can dance solo, with the ball…

You can dance with a partner… but don’t forget the ball…You can dance with a partner AROUND the ball…You can grab your partner’s arm (not really quite legal but we’re dancing here…) and lead them round the field…

Or you can test if your partner can guess your next move… (this is one of my very favorite moments in soccer… you are so confident you can beat that guy, what move are you going to take out of your bag of tricks and leave him standing… soccer is all about change of direction and pace, this is a classic moment in the game, the better you are at THIS moment the better you are period.  Fun stuff!)

2012 Galena High Football vs. Carson…

Rough night for the Senators at Galena.  This is the second game of the Grizzlies I’ve seen, they come ready to play and pumped up!  Then, they play hard… tonight was no different, and it was Senior night as well.

I’ve got an early morning and long day tomorrow out at Carson High shooting soccer all day… So here are some photos from the game tonight!

This is one of my favorite for the season so far!I still can’t quite figure out what happened here, it was a normal pass play but the ending looked strange… bodies flying in strange directions… Carson was going from photo left to right at the time… see what I mean?  Kinda strange….Love getting these where you can see into the face mask, see the eyes…Galena had Carson’s number tonight… 42-0 was the final score.