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.

2012 Carson High Volleyball vs. Manogue…

Just a quick post… one image… there are more in the galleries.  🙂

The hand signals just make me laugh… and I can always count on Kammy for a good laugh!  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, just look at the first photo in the varsity gallery!

Check out those pink and black shorts tonight!  Breast Cancer Awareness night at CHS!  Great cause!

2012 Carson High Girls Soccer… vs. Manogue

A fun game tonight!  This game was what great soccer can be… for the most part it was pretty clean, both teams moved the ball around well, they each had chances on goal, there were some exciting times, some dull times… and… there was a goal!  I know, most stick and ball sports people would call it boring… but I very much enjoyed watching tonight.  I thought both teams played quite well.  Thanks Ladies! 🙂

Here are some image from the night…

I think this is my favorite image from the night.  I was very impressed with the sweeper on the Manogue team.  Her “style” brought back some great memories.  She’s tough back there!I can always count on some wide open runs from this gal!  No product endorsement ball shot tonight!  Just her cleats… 🙂You have to love High School… same field… different night!I kept hoping she would take one down the left sideline and slot one in the goal!  Maybe next game!  Love this in the air shot!And last but not least, the Manogue center midfielder… she was a bit of a pest for the Carson defense tonight, she moves the ball well, fun to watch for sure.

2012 South Tahoe Pop Warner Pee Wee vs. Carson

I made the journey up to South Tahoe High School last night for the South Tahoe Pop Warner vs. Carson Pop Warner Pee Wee game… Under the lights at Tahoe’s new football stadium.  I haven’t shot there since they put the lights in… and I have to say, they did a great job with the lights!  The best that I shoot under for outdoor at night!  Glad “newer is better”!

Here are a few shots, check the rest out in the galleries for the leagues either at the side menu or under photo galleries.  Thanks for looking!

Tahoe’s offense is very hard to shoot… I’m not sure what the scheme is called, I called it the wedge… but it’s a lot of deception (me included…) and hard to see where the ball is sometimes… and it’s a lot of running plays.  Makes it tough to get many clear shots of the kids isolated.

Compare these images to the one’s from Douglas the night before… it’s DARK at Douglas… and black on black doesn’t help! 🙂

High School Soccer, Soccer, Volleyball, Football and Soccer coming up this week! A busy one with about 1/2 of the seasons in the record books!  See you out at the field or court!