NIAA 4A State Basketball Semifinals… more action… Reno High, Reed High, Hug High, Green Valley High

Here are some more images from last night’s NIAA State 4A Semifinals….

Tonight, the Reno Ladies face off against the Reed Ladies for the State Championship… they faced each other a week ago with Reed taking the Northern Region Title… who knows what tonight will bring, should be a great basketball game!!

The Bishop Gorman fellas face the Hug High fellas… this will be a very interesting match-up.  Hug nearly let the semifinal slip through their hands last night against Green Valley… a missed three pointer at essentially the buzzer last night by Green Valley secured Hug’s entry into the State Championship… but a lot of energy was expended getting to the two point win… Gorman had their starters out for most of the 4th quarter (and they played three hours earlier…) so tonight it going to be interesting… Hug is smaller and quick, Gorman… well, they’re big fellas AND quick… should be a treat for Northern Nevada fans at the games tonight!!

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Douglas High Boys Basketball… off to the State Tournament Thursday @ UNR!

The Douglas Boys Basketball team faced a very good Hug High team tonight, they pulled close, even tying the game at one point but in the end it just wasn’t quite enough… Both teams will play Thursday at Lawlor Arena on the UNR Campus in the State Semifinal games… Douglas will play Bishop Gorman (Vegas) at 4:40 PM and Hug will play Green Valley (Vegas) at 8:00 PM.  The State 4A Championship will be Friday night @ 8:00 PM.  The 1A, 2A and 3A State Championships are also at Lawlor during this upcoming weekend…

Here are some shots from the night…

This one goes in my “… clearly the refs don’t get all the calls “right”…”  This was called an offensive foul agains Douglas (note the hand in the upper left corner…  I don’t recall that being “legal” 🙂   )

… and some action shots from the night… Good luck on Thursday Fellas!!

Douglas High Boys Basketball, First Round of Playoffs…

The Douglas Boys hosted McQueen tonight… they came away with a convincing 62-42 win.  Coach Thacker made full use of his entire squad swapping out the entire line up towards the end of the game with 5 fresh new players…  Douglas heads to Spanish Springs on Friday to meet Reed in the Regional Semifinal.

Here are a few shot from tonight… check out the season’s action at the Douglas High Athletics link on the side.

I was messing around before the game… and it appeared to be during dunk practice… I just got lucky I guess… they were all dunking… so here’s just one… many more at the link for DHS Athletics… 🙂

The atmosphere in the Douglas Gym is always great!  Their band is top notch, always playing great basketball game music, the students are always amped up and having fun… it’s just a fun place to be during games, it’s the type of environment that you would wish for as a player!  Something to be proud of DHS!!

… and of course, some game action!  🙂

Carson High Girls Basketball… First round of Playoffs…

The Carson High Girls took away a first round win tonight in the NIAA Regional Basketball Tournament… They head to a neutral location (Spanish Springs) on Thursday for their next game against Reed High @ 5:00 PM.

Good Luck Ladies!!  Check out the rest of the images from the whole season at the link on the side for Carson High Athletics…

Here’s a few from the night…

CLEARLY the refs don’t see everything… 🙂

The first half was… well, I’ll call it strange… Carson looked about three steps slower than typical… it almost seemed like they were trying to get through the first have without exerting too much energy… the second half was a different story altogether… full court press, offensive execution, the baskets fell, the three pointers fell… and they came away with a win!!

Last home game, last senior to run out for introductions… Remember these times ladies!!  Best of luck in the Tournament!!

NIAA Regional Championship Wrestling… Finals!!

A VERY big Congratulations to all of the wrestlers today… and to the host Carson Senators for their Zone Championship.  The North will be well represented in Vegas next week when the group of Northern Region 4A Wrestlers heads down to the State Tournament at Cox Arena.  Here are just a few shots from today… See more at the link on the side or click HERE (just FYI… there are 13 pages of images… so look at the header to be sure you’ve reached the end…)

This shot ended the competition!  This fella looked up and smiled as he was pinning his opponent!!  I love it!!

Nico from Carson… dedicated his run for a State Championship to his friends Stephen and Keegan who lost their lives a little less than a year ago in a scuba accident… his pin in the Championship helped secure the Team Zone Championship for Carson.

… and coach McCarthy accepting the Zone Championship from the NIAA… A good day for Coach McCarthy… League Championship, Check… Zone Championship, Check… His son winning a Zone Championship, Check!!

NIAA Regional Championship Wrestling tonight… and all day tomorrow!!

The Northern Region 4A Championships are this weekend at Carson High.  Carson High is in command of the Team points lead after the first day… The evening ended tonight with Colby Brown taking his match by pin to a roar of the Carson Team and Crowd… all eyes were on him!

Stop by the Carson Gym on Saturday for the rest of the meet.  It’s very exciting to watch!!

Here are a few photos from tonight… check out the rest at the link on the side….