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
The Bishop Gorman boys football team had their hands full with Reed for the first half of play but held Reed to no points in the second half and cruised to a sixth straight Nevada State Championship today. The final score, 70-28.
Here are some images from the game.
Check out the articles about the game at the Las Vegas Sun
Read the New York Times Article
The Reno Bighorn guard Brady Heslip is making his mark this year on the NBA D-League with his performances from beyond the three point line! He’s also been very elusive for the media… capturing him with the video camera is one thing… getting still images of him has been another… The team is back in town Friday, December 12th so I’m hoping to get something, nothing that a little “study” can’t tell you! 🙂 Stay tuned!
I was quite pleased to have one of my media day photos published in the New York Times! You can see the online article at the link above.
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”… 🙂
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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.
Tonight the Reno Bighorns ran to their first league win of the season with “the system” in place… they play very fast, move the ball quick, and move up the court, well, fast! Brady Heslip has gone off in their two games and hit 21 threes so far! TWENTY ONE threes in two games!
Get out to a game and watch these potential future NBA stars!
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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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Little League Coach Dave Belisle is being talked about for Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year! Watch this to see why!
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!
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
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