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Yes they DID!  This was a highly anticipated game… Reed took it to Carson last season in the Regional Championship… I think the then Juniors, now Seniors, had something to say about that tonight.  I cannot say it was the “prettiest” game I’ve ever seen, but it was the perfect exclamation to Carson’s Homecoming Week!  Well done fellas! The team I know that can show up, showed up and played literally until the last second of the game!

For those that were not there, 0:01 left on the clock… Carson’s QB Shafer throws a pass over the middle to “just returning to play tonight” Matt Nolan… and… well… I’ll let the photo speak for itself… (if you doubt if he made it in before the ball was knocked loose, check the photo gallery for the rest of the play…I just included “the ball crossing the plane of the goal line…” 🙂 )

But let me rewind… back to the beginning… The American Anthem…I had this plan… I’d stand on the opposite 50 yard line and shoot back at the Carson side, get the nice sky, the light stands so we see it’s night… blah blah blah… I get to the field early, go over check it out, point the camera to try to get the shot all set… erh, ah wait a minute… the north light poles are on the 25 yard line… but the south light poles are on the 15 yard line… well that won’t work!  Foiled!  So… as the captains were out in the center I figured out a new plan… having shot the color guard before I could shoot back at the stands, scrap the symmetry thing and… well… and I even got the wind to whip the flag a bit for me.

Just one more “action” shot tonight… the return of last year’s starting QB Matt Nolan added some dimension to the Senator’s offense tonight, welcome back Matt!

At halftime we crowned a Homecoming Queen and King! (check the gallery for all my Homecoming Court shots… it will be on the 2012 Football page…)

… and although these were at halftime… I feel it’s an appropriate way to end my posting for the night!  Congrats Senators!!  This is one to remember!

OK… five games, two locations AT Carson High (thankfully…) three inside, two outside… 3:45 to whenever the 5th game gets over…  So what was it?

3:45 Freshman Volleyball

4:30 Freshman Football

4:45ish JV Volleyball

6:00 Varsity Volleyball

6:30 JV Football…

Yikes!  I’m happy to say I got a pretty decent selection of each of the games!  I’m BEAT… but I got a lot of shots tonight!

Check it out on the site, here are a few from the night…

It’s always fun to see the volleyball girls!  Never know what you might get!  🙂… and they play too!Volleyball is one of my most challenging sports to shoot… I’m still working on getting a good location and angles that I like… but then there’s that pesky net to deal with.  The camera LOVES to focus on that darn thing… GREAT contrast on the black, so it grabs it every time… there are a lot of tricks I’ve tried… a lot of tonight I was manually focusing… I mess around with different approaches each time, manual focus was my friend tonight.

Then out to football… well, it was more like a revolving door… but…

The JV Senators beat Reed tonight 50-14… Carson is facing a tough game tomorrow for Homecoming… See you out at the field! 7:00 kickoff.  Halftime King and Queen selections announced… check back after the game for your “Royals”.  🙂

Finally got a chance to get out to a Carson High Soccer game tonight!  The mess of the scheduling because of officials looks to be the demise of Saturday games for the league… which is an unfortunate thing for me… C’est la Vie!  🙂

Just a few photos, I’m back at CHS tomorrow substitute teaching again so gotta get some sleep…

Carson and Damonte Varsity tied 1-1… and while the home team didn’t come away with a win, it was an enjoyable game to watch.  There was quite a lot of excitement, some good opportunities created… some great saves by the Damonte goal keeper… (he saved a penalty kick…)… and I know, for you non-soccer fans 1-1 for a final score screams boring… but… guess you have to be a soccer fan! 🙂

Speaking of the keeper from Damonte… shot this one of him just playing around tonight… I’ll call it “lonely”… 

Carson’s back displaying some leaps!

Here’s some of the hard work shown tonight… Michael Samii holding down the midfield for Carson.

… and the Carson equalizer to make the game 1-1…

WOW!  What and ending!  99 Yards for a game winning touchdown!  What a night for the Senators!  Well done fellas! 13-10 final score.

Here are some photos from the night… check out the rest in the gallery for Carson High Athletics.  See you back out on the football field in a few weeks… Soccer and volleyball up next!

I’ll start with the “passionate” crowd…

Joey running in the first touchdown…… some love for the defense…
… and can’t forget the offense…… the game winning dive!and celebration… Great job Casey!

I’ve been waiting for this night for weeks!  This is the most excited about football season starting that I’ve ever been…!  The day started out well… ran the dog, my buddy wanted to go for a motorcycle ride over Geiger Grade and back the new freeway… burgers and fries for lunch in Reno… then off to a football game!  What a day!!

I’m not the best to comment on the game itself… Carson won 50-26 vs. the visiting Hug Hawks (love the matte green helmets that Hug’s wearing, see the photos below…)… time will tell this season how strong either team is, no one ever really gives Hug much of a chance in much other than basketball… so we’ll see…

BUT… I can show you some photos that I’m VERY excited about from tonights game!  As always, you can find them in the Carson High Athletics Gallery under current events or in our Photo Galleries page… and there will be more after each home game!

See you back out at the fields next week!

Kick it off with this one…. a little “effect” on the photo…Joey Thurman opened the game up with a long run deep into Hug’s end of the field… very nearly a touch down… see below, he also ended the game with a TD run… got him running to me and away tonight… 🙂A little love for the Defense… the end of a sack on the Hug QB…This speaks for itself I guess… 😉 Nice catch Logan! (check out the rubber flying in the series in the gallery when he tries to stay inbounds…!)Carson QB Garrett Schafer rolling out for a pass…
Part of why I’ve been so excited about this season starting is because I’m anxious to get to work trying some new things… THIS photo is one of them… this is full frame, no crop with a full frame sensor camera with a 400mm 2.8/f lens… always trying to improve… fun stuff when you set out to try to accomplish something and it works out!  Thanks Colby for being a good subject tonight!This is another example… been looking at some online training classes… I’m subjecting myself to another portfolio review in 10 days at a photo convention in Vegas… these two are going in with me for the grillin’…. 🙂

… and we end the night with Joey running off into the sunset… well… 🙂  you get the idea…