Category: Carson High Athletics

Here’s my 2011 Carson High Boy’s Soccer Slideshow from tonight’s gathering…

Another great season fellas!! Congrats to all the award winners!

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Carson took away a win tonight… they had a sizable lead at the half, 31-0 and ended up with a win 44-17… and a few “upsets” across the league… I think most people would have picked McQueen to beat Manogue… didn’t happen, well done Manogue… as well I think Reno was “expected” to beat Douglas… didn’t happen, well done Douglas!!!

Next week will be Carson hosting Manogue and Reed hosting Douglas.  Should be some great football for the second round of Northern Region 4A NIAA Football!

Here are some shot from tonights game.  See the rest at the link on the side for Carson High Athletics.  See you next week at the game!

I tried to give the fellas in the trenches some time tonight…

And of course, the usual suspects!  🙂

 

Besides it being VERY cold… I’m not quite sure how the night could have gone better tonight.  Both the JV and Varsity walked away with wins, giving BOTH undefeated regular seasons!! Well done fellas!!

The night started early with the JV beating Reno… then the Senior Night introductions with the players and parents… and as you all know, Steven and Keegan would have been seniors this year so the team framed the two boy’s home jerseys and presented them to the parents.  A very tough thing to deal with… for everyone… I’ve never heard it so quiet on the Carson side as when they were presenting these beautifully framed jerseys, the presentation was very much appreciated by the parents.  Still some of the strongest people I’ve run across….

Let me throw in one JV photo before we get onto the Varsity… some more of that nice light I was talking about in yesterday’s post….

And the Varsity…

Carson’s first touchdown… by Chance Q.You know he’s fast when he has Road Runner dust coming up from his shoes! 🙂

And a happy Coach with a few seconds left to play….

A good night!  A great way to end the season! Here are a few shots from the night, you can check out the rest of the Freshmen’s year at the link for Carson High on the side.

Love this shot!  Maybe it’s a photographer thing… 🙂  something different, a player that’s pretty tough to get a good shot of given he’s typically in direct contact most of the “action” moments of a game…

Colby made his mark on this game tonight… a couple touchdowns… some great action runs for me to shoot… Thanks Colby!  🙂

Brady running the ball….

And a close up shot… see the bottom for my comments about shots like this…

Tonight I was very pleased with the shots I got… the “beauty” of shooting the Freshman and JV teams is that for at least the first quarter, longer earlier in the season… but the sunlight is low in the sky and shinning across the field… and if you’re patient, the players will turn into the sun so you get them in a nice warm “glowy” light… makes for some GREAT images…  The image above with Colby, you can see the sun lighting up his face…. that’s great light!

The second thing of note tonight… I’m shooting with a fixed focal length lens… meaning, there’s no “in lens” zoom… the “zoom” is your feet… so you have to make a decision… the guy’s running right at me, what do I do… I can’t get up and run down the field faster than he is with the lens and continue shooting… so… keep shooting and you get SUPER tight shots like the last one posted here….

Now… I don’t know if any of you have noticed any “changes” in my photography this year… well, back in early September I was at a photo conference and picked up some new ideas, some new things to try… I hope it’s been an improvement.  I’m feeling better about my work, I’m hoping that it will equate to additional business… and even potentially some “bigger” things in my future.  Stay tuned!

In a replay of last year’s first round playoff game, one that Carson walked away with a win… Carson took the lead about 15 minutes in and held on to win the game 1-0…  For the Seniors, this was their last game on the home turf… all the rest of their season will be played at Damonte Ranch starting Thursday…  The Northern Region championship is this Saturday (the Girl’s Regional Championship is also that day at Damonte…).  I’m REALLY hoping to see the Carson Boys make the Regional Final on Saturday… I also expect there to be one more Carson Douglas rematch on the Girl’s Bracket… I won’t be at the Regional Semi’s tomorrow and Thursday… but I’ll be at the Regional Finals on Saturday if things go our way!!  🙂

Here are some shots from tonight… a few of the Seniors in action for their last home game… ever….  Good luck to the Carson and Douglas teams!!

First up, Evan… scored a great goal from a crazy angle… reminded me of my only claim to the record books at San Jose State…

Sam working up the left side in Sam’s usual fashion… 🙂

And Zach… took a knock to the mouth in the first half, HUGE fat lip (look close you can see it…)… toughed it out the second half and helped hold down the back.

Just a few photos from tonight… You always want Senior Night to go the way of the Home team… tough night on the court for the Senators….  It’s a life lesson ladies.  Keep the smiles on and good luck next week in the tournament.

This is something I’ve been playing around with…

Tried some different angles tonight…

… just some game action… and seniors none the less….

When you have a website and a blog and you’re a photographer you search for something profound to say or show… tonight, that was also something that I was looking for and with a little help from the coaching staff, completely unknown to them, I found something in my photos that stood out to me… while the score ended 0-0 and some that attended would say that’s the reason they don’t like soccer… it was still an exciting game and I think, as the coaches were quoted saying in the paper, it was important to the players, the seniors.

Now my something profound… this is a special photo fellas.  This is/was the last time all of you will assemble before a soccer game on the field as starters at Carson High, and quite possibly the only time this has happened, eleven seniors starting together….  When I looked out on the field after following you guys for the last few years I noticed some of you out of your “regular” positions and although you were in different positions you put out the effort to compete.  Take this effort into the next round next week, “bring it” and then “leave it” on the field and good things will happen.  Good luck next week fellas!

Here are a few more from the night…

Whew!  What a busy day!  JV and Varsity Football photos then off to the gym for Carson Douglas Volleyball action…

The Douglas Varsity team came to play tonight! They were working like they wanted that win and they were rewarded, they took three straight, albeit very closely contested, games for the win!  What a fun match to watch, everyone playing hard, really going for it!

Just a few images from the night… I’ll be honest, my Douglas stuff… ehhh not so good… I had some troubles with their solid black in an already dark gym… I’m not particularly happy with them… if you want to see them, email me.