Academic Excellence… Douglas High Boys Basketball!!

The Douglas High Boys Basketball team was awarded the NIAA Academic State Championship tonight for having the highest average GPA.  Well done fellas!!  I know you didn’t take the “glory” trophy and talking about being academic champions isn’t “sick”… blah blah blah… You’ve proven yourselves on the court, you’ve proven yourselves in the classroom… amazing job fellas!!  We’re all cheering for you!

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!!

Click on the images to see them larger…

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!!