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Some more game action for Whittell High Varsity Softball… the wind kicked up the dirt once so bad the plate umpire had to call time just to be able to see… Whittell handled Hug in 5 innings with a ten run game.

Sliding into home… SAAAAAAFFE!  (eye’s on the prize all the way in!)

The bats were working today…

What looked like a for sure hit was foiled by the second baseman’s extra effort… a great play!

The pitcher… again… both feet off the ground! I can just stare at her feet, not something you see too often…

It’s been a long long time objective in any home and away series, regardless of which sport… that you want to win the one at YOUR house and hope for a tie at “their” house… (sorry, the “tie” comes from my soccer days…)… well no one mentioned this “objective” to the Carson High or Damonte Ranch High Varsity Baseball teams this past home and away series.  They split the series, Carson winning @ Damonte and Damonte winning today @ Carson.  That’s backwards fellas….

Today was not really a very pretty game for Carson… I’ve seen a fair amount of baseball, I’ll never proclaim to know much of anything about the game having never played even 1/3 of an inning in my entire life… but Damonte played an interesting game today… it all keyed on getting on base with little bunts and pushing hard for base advancements… ehhh, you learn something new every day… and it makes the game a lot of fun for me, I get to learn new things every time I go out to the park!

Here’s some action from the day…  check out the rest in the gallery under Carson High Athletics.

Start it off with how it finished… Drew closing out the game on the mound…

Brock throwing for the double play…

Dion laying down a sacrifice bunt…

Here’s my “… I don’t know anything about baseball…” disclaimer… I just like the photos because the ball and the bat are about to get together for a meeting… … going back to my not knowing anything about anything with playing the game… and I once had a Little League coach explain that some of the best hitters aren’t watching the ball hit the bat… and I REALLY don’t understand how people CAN hit the ball without watching the ball hit it… (I remember what not watching the ball when I kicked it resulted in playing soccer… I was lucky if I didn’t hurt myself…) but…

Austin making contact…

And TJ late in the game for a hit…

Mother Nature is finally being kind… maybe a bit too kind, what an amazing day of weather!!

Out at Lampe Park today for Whittell vs. Dayton Softball… Double header… I’ve never shot on field 4 before, the first game was great, there was a bit of an issue in the first couple of photos in the gallery (www.instaimage.com/whs) due to a shadow from a light stand… but otherwise it was OK.  The second game the shadows became very long and started to creep up on the players… not so nice… so I shot a few and left it for another day.

Here are two shots from the day… I’ve never seen this in any of my photos before… the pitcher is completely in the air, check out her feet!

After Mother Nature made a mess for us last week… she’s produced two of the most beautiful days for baseball that we’ve had in awhile… I think it was almost 80 degrees today!

Douglas hosted McQueen today and was able to ten run them in the 5th inning, 12-2… Here are some shots from the game… you can see the rest by clicking Douglas High Athletics in the menu to the right…

They’re continuing their winning ways… not always pretty… but a win none the less yesterday at McNutt Field.  Here’s some action from the game.

The team is on the road today, tomorrow and Saturday and return home on Tuesday, April 5th for what will be their third game this season vs. Damonte Ranch, a team that beat them in the opening game of the season in the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament at Reno High…  A make up game today @ McQueen and @ North Valleys Thursday.

Rory getting a little action in the dirt…

Nick leading off the first out of a double play…

Dion contributing late in the game with a hit…

Carson High hosted Wooster today at McNutt Field… if you’ve lived in Northern Nevada for any amount of time you know baseball season is when we get our worst weather… today with the wind and rain, Mother Nature did not disappoint!!  Carson won the game and started league play with one in the win column!  Just two photos tonight, see the rest in the gallery to the right under Carson High Athletics.  The Senators are at Wooster on Thursday and then return home on Saturday vs. Spanish Springs… weather pending of course….  Hope to see you out at the park.

Colby going… over the right field fence…

And Brock getting back to first…

I’m working on a project for the Carson High Baseball team so I got a jump today on some action up at the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament at Reno High.  During the tournament they went 4-1… seems like a good start to the season which kicks off on Tuesday at home against Wooster at McNutt Field at 3:45 pm.

I’m excited about the team this year, there is a different atmosphere in the dugout this year, it’s exciting!

I hope to see you out at some games!

Carter here to start the first game today against Lowry from Winnemucca…

Brock with the tag from a throw from Rory behind the plate…

Colby getting it done with the bat…

Zak in to finish the first game…

TJ, (a freshman)… I’m hoping for good things from this kid… keep and eye on him, he’s already contributing…

Adam started the second game and went 6 innings…

Rory behind the plate… I still have some cobwebs, shooting basketball is just not the same… but my timing will get better… (check out the blurred ball going into the glove…)

… and that timing should get better with bat on ball shots too!

Charlie in to close the 7th inning of the second game… against Reno High…

Here’s a view of what our new Pano Poster looks like using Basketball instead of Hockey like the example on the collage info page has… looks pretty cool!