2012 Athlete Portraits

It's been over a year since I have blogged but while I have some time to organize my photos I thought I would throw a few up here from the year of 2012.  I will start with some of my favorite portraits of athletes moving onto the next level...college.

Amanda Roosa from Allegany- Limestone, moving on to play softball for Wesleyan College

Casey McClaren, pitcher from McQuaid, moving on to Cazenovia College

Kayla Brahm, point guard from Churchville-Chili, going to Wilkes University

Leah Saavedra, softball player from Wayne, heading to Cortland State

Markell Collins from Brockport, moving on to Edinboro University

Winter 2010-2011

Once again, I am way behind on blogs and need to do a few condensed blogs to catch up to the new season approaching. Here are some of my favorites from the winter college and high school season. You can see the rest of the SUNY Brockport photos HERE. The rest of the high school sports photos can be found HERE.

Gates-Chili Field Hockey

On October 21st, I shot a game between Gates-Chili and Penfield at the Spartans home field. I was there to get some shots to make some senior posters for the coach, but I also got to photograph a great moment for the Spartans team. I was able to capture a goal celebration for the Gates team. Most would say big deal, but if you know about the fairly new varsity field hockey team then you would understand. Goals do not come very often for the Spartans so this was great to catch, next year I am hopeing to catch a celebration for a win. Penfield did end up winning this one. Click here for the rest of the pics...

(Jasleen Dhaliwal #7 and a Penfield player battle for control of the ball in the rain)

(Keirstin Briggs #19 slaps the ball upfield after a foul)

(Claire Barnwell #4 celebrates and runs towards her teammates after scoring on a penalty shot)

(Claire Barnwell #4 celebrates with a teammate after scoring on a penalty shot)

2010 Herb Fitch All-Star Games

I was at Victor H.S. on Saturday, July 10th for both the boys and girls senior games. The girls started at 4pm and boys later at 6pm. There was a decent crowd that grew as the game went along. I was surprised at the lack of media to only a select few representatives. Both games had a very relaxed atmosphere as both the players and coaches seemed to be having a great time. The white team for the girls won 19-17. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The boys white team beat the blue team 15-12. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I tried something new and brought along the video camera in which I had the camera on a mini-tripod while I took photos. Here are both videos....

Girls State Softball

I covered a day of girls state softball games in Waterloo this year on June 12th for MaxPreps. I decided that I would post each game I covered even if they do not include a section V team.

The first game I covered included a section V team and was between Hoosick Falls (Sect. 2) v. Gananda (Sect. 5). Hoosick Falls started the scoring with two runs after some errors by Gananda. Gananda chipped in a run later but so did Hoosick Falls. Gananda looked like they were getting back in it only down a run (3-2) in the bottom of the sixth. They had a chance to tie but a runner was thrown out at home to end any threat and seal the victory for Hoosick Falls. They would advance to play Rhinebeck (Sect. 9) in the finals. Click here for the rest of the photos...

The second game that I shot during the early hour was between the Livingston Manor Wildcats and the Germantown Lady Clippers of Class D. There was four fields used during the first few time blocks so I had to shoot two games going on at the same time while another MaxPreps photog shot the other two. I only was able to shoot the last few innings of this game but the Livingston Manor pitcher (Marissa Diescher) was throwing a no-hitter. There were a few errors by the Wildcats that had produced a run for Germantown. The end score was 4-1 and Livingston Manor moved on to the finals with a no-hitter. I also read later that Marissa has committed to Penn State. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The next group of games that I photographed started with a Class AA Semifinal between CNS and North Rockland. I had never seen a team with as many lefty hitters as CNS (7 lefties) in a lineup. Not only were they mostly lefty but all seemed to run and slap hit to get on. The strategy didn't seem to work through six innings as they were down 1-0 but in the bottom of the seventh with 2 outs CNS strung 5 straight hits together to walk off to the finals. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I was only able to shoot the first couple of innings between Pearl River and Floral Park, since there was a final I needed to cover playing at the same time. The game was a pitching duel which is funny to say since most teams have unbelievable pitchers when they get to this point. Pearl River ended up winning 2-0 and moving on to the Class A final against Pittsford Mendon. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Olean looked very strong in this game and put away Dobbs Ferry with a 5-0 win. I did not see the first few innings but the last couple were quick as Olean's pitcher was dominant throwing a one hitter. Olean moved on to the finals to play Chenango Valley. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The next game I covered was great. I was able to see the last few innings of the game before Livingston Manor ended a 1-1 tie with a base hit in the seventh. The Wildcats (Sect. 9) scored the run in the seventh inning to edge the Bolivar-Richburg Wolverines 2-1 and win the Class D Championship. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Last game of the day and once again, great pitching by both teams. Bay Shore was able to break through and score a few runs as CNS was held scoreless. CNS could only scrounge up two hits against Bay Shore's pitcher Liz Weber. Weber's outstanding pitching led Bay Shore to a 4-0 victory and the Class AA Championship. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Girls Lax Continued...

I was able to fit in the first half of a girls lacrosse game on Thursday, May 6th. The girls of Arcadia/Olympia took on the Spartans at Gates. The game started as the sun was going down casting a nice orange glow on the field and players. The Lightning won by the score of 16-13. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I shot another first half of Gates-Chili girls lacrosse and this time they were up against the Monarchs from Mercy on May 10th. Mercy played very good to start and went up big with a bunch of goals in the first half. The Monarchs ended up winning 17-10. Click here for the rest of the pics...

First of the spring sectional games was on Saturday May 22nd at Gates-Chili as they took on the Thunder. The game was close as both teams seemed to be pretty even. Gates broke a tie score late and held onto the ball for the last minute to advance in the brackets with a 12-11 score. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The first of two Class A semifinal games played at Brighton on May 28th was between the Patriots and Royal Comets. This game was back and forth as each team matched the other with goals. The game was determined on a penalty shot by Penfield with :02 seconds left. Penfield scored to go up 8-7 and the RH coach was not happy. He was given a red card and the Patriots moved onto the finals. Click here for the rest of the pics...

This was the second semifinal game of the night at Brighton. The first was close, but this game was closer going three overtimes before Pittsford scored in sudden death(victory). Both teams fought hard and both scored a goal in the second OT as Pittsford won 11-10. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Girls Softball

I plan on updating my blog with all the games that I was busy with during the spring. The summer is a slowdown period for photography and hopefully it will give me time to catch up on a lot of things.

I did not get a chance to shoot too much softball this year. Here are some of the galleries from Section V. I will have another blog later with a bunch of galleries from states. The first softball game of the year for me was Gates-Chili v. Eastridge. The Spartans and Lancers played at Gates-Chili on May 4th. It was a good game but I did not stay the entire game as I had to get home. Eastridge ended up beating Gates in the end. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The next game was also at GCand put them up against Greece Athena. Greece Athena showed their power against Gates-Chili on that Friday beating them 9-1. The Trojans were led by Nina Korn who went 3 for 4 with 2 home runs. This girl has a great swing with some serious power. Click here for the rest of the pics...

The third Gates game was between Gates and Olympia. The classic Spartans v. Spartans matchup was on a Wednesday at Gates-Chili. Olympia's pitching stifled the Gates-Chili girls and Olympia brought out the bats as they won 16-2. Click here for the rest of the pics...

I was able to get in an early round sectional game that did not involve Gates-Chili. Wayne travelled to Thornell Park to take on Pittsford Mendon on a Thursday night. Danielle Grage threw a no hitter against the Eagles. While the pitching was great for Mendon, they also put together some rallies to win 10-0. Click here for the rest of the pics...

Spring Girls Lacrosse

After a quick portrait session for NSR on Wednesday March 31st, I drove over to McAvoy Park where the Canandaigua Braves were playing the Webster Thomas Titans in girls lacrosse. It was good to see some of the impressive girl college recruits in the area. The Braves ended up beating the Titans 17-8 but both teams showed talent on offense and defense. Click here for the rest of the photos...

After the Gates-Thomas boys game on April 3rd, I drove to Eastridge to see the girls lacrosse team take on Aquinas. I also wanted to see the new stadium. It looks like the new turf field is going to be really nice. Parts of the stadium are still under construction, they were using a small scoreboard instead of the new one. The baseball and softball fields also are not complete yet...the facilities do look top notch so far. The game was close and Aquinas ended up scoring twice to break a tie at the end to win 11-9. Click here for the rest of the pics...

After the RH v. HFL baseball game on Saturday April 10th, I photographed the girls lacrosse game between RH and Fairport. The sun was shining and both teams were playing well as Fairport had a run early. RH answered with a litle run of their own but couldn't keep up with Fairport as the Red Raiders won 14-11. Click here for the rest of the pics...