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Go Ducks!
As you might imagine, the whole state of Oregon seems to have it’s eyes focused squarely on Glendale, Arizona, today, as the University of Oregon Ducks play tonight in the BCS “championship” football game. I’m not a particular fan of the Ducks (or the OSU Beavers, for that matter). Nevertheless, and notwithstanding the significant points [...]
New turf field for Roosevelt
Last Friday, Nov. 5, North Portland’s Roosevelt High School dedicated their new artificial turf field with much fanfare. The game balls were delivered by a helicopter (which landed next to the field to avoid sucking the little rubber pellets of Nike Grindâ„¢ into the engine). Bands played. Dignitaries spoke. Coins were ceremoniously flipped. And the [...]
Rams beat Wildcats 24-21
About two weeks ago I photographed Central Catholic’s game against Westview. In theory, it was a home game for the Rams, but because their normal field (PGE Park) is being renovated to accommodate Major League Soccer, they are playing at Hillsboro Stadium this year. That venue is much closer to Westview than Central Catholic, so [...]
Colt Lyerla takes the field
Oregon has two highly-touted football players at the high school level this year: Central Catholic’s Brennan Scarlett and Hillsboro’s Colt Lyerla. I haven’t seen Scarlett play yet, but I was able to photograph Lyerla last weekend as the defending 5A state champions took on Sheldon, the defending Class 6A champions. (Both teams are competing at [...]
McMinnville takes the field, gets trounced by Barlow
For the McMinnville Grizzlies, the highlight of Friday night’s season opener was just taking the field against Barlow two weeks after a mysterious ailment struck more than half of the team during training camp. There was little to rejoice in after that point as the Grizzlies were outmatched by the home side in nearly every [...]
Playoff football
Last Saturday I got to shoot the class 4A (mid-size high schools) football semifinal game between the Phoenix Pirates (on I-5 in southern Oregon) and Baker Bulldogs (I-84, eastern Oregon). Thankfully, the game was at Liberty High School in Hillsboro—much closer to my house. Baker was ranked 7th in the state at the end of [...]
OSAA football playoffs
I covered the 6A quarterfinal match between no. 2 Jesuit and no. 4 Grant last Friday in what should have been the game of the night. As it turns out, the game was as lopsided as the other big-school quarterfinals, with Jesuit winning 33-0. I put some game photos up on the Trillium website, but [...]
Les Schwab Bowl: North 32, South 14
Josh Garlington, a recent graduate of Century High School, attempts to catch a touchdown pass for the North squad June 20 in the first quarter of the Les Scwhab Bowl at Hillsboro Stadium. Danny Urness (no. 3) of Thurston broke up the play. A few images from last week’s Les Schwab Bowl, played in Hillsboro [...]
Lake Oswego beats Jesuit, 32-28
Micah Hatfield (no. 3) of Lake Oswego juggles the ball in the end zone in the third quarter of the 6A semifinal against Jesuit Nov. 28 at PGE Park in Portland. Hatfield made the catch to put the Lakers up 26-21. Last Friday night, the top four 6A teams in the state squared off at [...]
6A football semifinal: Jesuit vs. Lake Oswego
Jesuit senior Anthony Blake carries the ball upfield for the Crusaders Nov. 28 in the 6A semifinal against Lake Oswego. Blake was the leading rusher for Jesuit, picking up 234 yards on the ground. The Jesuit/Lake Oswego semifinal was definitely the game of the week, with either team favored to win the state championship next [...]
Shooting wide
Tyler Green of Hermiston (no. 3, right) heads for the outside as Glencoe’s Kyle Hogan (no. 24) looks to cut him off Nov. 21 in the fourth quarter of the 5A quarterfinals at Hare Field in Hillsboro. Glencoe scored a touchdown in the final minute to win 30-27. Whether you’re talking about soccer or hockey, [...]
Back at the Kiggins Bowl
South Kitsap’s Ryan Williams heads for the end zone Nov. 7 in the fourth quarter of the Wolves’ game against Skyview. His two fourth-quarter touchdowns weren’t enough, though, as the Wolves were knocked out of the playoffs with a 23-21 loss to the Storm at the Kiggins Bowl in Vancouver, Wash. [left] South Kitsap’s Isaiah [...]
More football pics
As promised, here are a few more pictures from last Friday’s football action at the Kiggins Bowl. Hudson’s Bay won 24-6 to recapture the Peace Pipe trophy. It was also the Homecoming game for the Eagles. Above, l-r: Mychal Harrington hauls in a pass which he ran inside the 5-yard line for a gain of [...]
Friday night lights
Hudson’s Bay High School beat Fort Vancouver 24-6 on Halloween night at the Kiggins Bowl in Vancouver. I’ll post more photos here when I get a chance, but you can see some now on The Columbian’s website … click here. The Kiggins Bowl is a beautiful facility, at least from the photographer’s perspective. The light [...]
Football pics
Here are some additional pictures from Friday night’s football game between Mark Morris and Hockinson. You can see more of my photos here. Hockinson jumped out to a 27-0 lead in the third quarter in front of a homecoming crowd, but Mark Morris stormed back with three unanswered touchdowns (each with two-point conversions). There wasn’t [...]
Busy busy busy
I’ve been very busy the last part of this week, and I’ll post some of that work in the near future. I’m off to shoot another graduation this morning, but before I go I thought I’d give you another look out of the window. The weather has been fantastic for the past five or six [...]
Fall means football
Southridge runningback Kirk Werhane carries Sam Novak on his shirttail Oct. 10 in the first quarter of the Skyhawks’ 42-7 win at Sunset. I haven’t seen any stats for the game yet, but Werhane was responsible for a lot of yards.Fall means football, and all of the necessary stars finally lined up last Friday for [...]
OSAA Football playoffs: Grant 27, Central Catholic 24
Grant kicker Gabe Miller howls on the sideline after making a 33-yard field goal to win the game as time expired, 27-24, over Central Catholic Nov. 23 at PGE Park in Portland. With the win, Grant advances to the 6A semifinals against Sheldon. Friday night’s 6A quarterfinal between Grant and Central Catholic was probably the [...]
(9)Southridge upsets (2)Jesuit in overtime, 28-27
Junior running back Kirk Werhane runs into the end zone to score for the Skyhawks in overtime Nov. 2 as ninth-ranked Southridge upset no.-2 Jesuit 28-27 in the final game of the regular season. The Skyhawks won when Jesuit missed a convert attempt in the extra period.Friday night’s Jesuit-Southridge game proved a thrilling finish to [...]
David Douglas 41, Sandy 13
Michael Waters (no. 25, right) takes advantage of Petr Novozhennikov’s block to move past Eric Anderson (no. 75) Thursday night in the Scots’ game against Sandy. After a scoreless first quarter, David Douglas dominated en route to a 41-13 win. A slippery field caused by intermittent light rain couldn’t stop David Douglas’ running game last [...]
Barlow 52, Sandy 18
Barlow’s Malcolm Johnson breaks away from the defense Sept. 21 in the Bruins’ 52-18 win over Sandy. Johnson racked up 379 yards rushing to set a new school record. Barlow running back Malcolm Johnson put on quite a show last Friday in Sandy. The junior ran the ball 29 times for 379 yards and scored [...]
Grant 58, Newberg 0
Grant’s Paul McCoy braces for Taylor Burrows’ tackle in the second quarter of the Generals’ 58-0 victory over the Newberg. McCoy scored the opening touchdown on a 67-yard pass from Andre Broadous on the Generals’ first snap of the game. After last week’s narrow, sloppy victory over Beaverton, Grant got back on track Sept. 14 [...]
Grant 27, Beaverton 20
Grant running back Karl Acker (no. 20) gets by Beaverton’s Ryan Walker Sept. 7 on his way to the end zone in the first quarter of the Generals’ 27-20 win over the Beavers. Acker’s 35-yard run came less than five minutes into the game. Grant’s home field doesn’t have any lights, and that’s a good [...]
Football season—week 0
Tylin Lutz (left) brings down Newberg’s Ryan Wilson in the Pioneers’ 37-18 win Aug. 31 in Sandy. The OSAA football season opened last week with “week 0,” a pre-season round of non-conference matchups. The Sandy Pioneers, who finished 2-7 last year, hosted the Newberg Tigers (1-9 in 2006). I knew that the first quarter would [...]