Posts by: Michael
Well we’ve already reached the half way point in the spring high school season – it’s kind of hard to believe! I did a quick count and in only five weeks we’ve put up 70 galleries covering 60 teams with 5,000 photos by 12 different photographers plus 13 articles by McNutty, our in-house commentator on everything [...]
Continue Reading →We have a winner for the first weekly SOUND LACROSSE / WASHINGTON PREP LACROSSE photo contest:
Now, go to the Week Two gallery and vote for best photo of Week 2! The team or player in the top photo will receive an 11 x 14, professionally mounted photo as a prize.
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4:00p (Exh) Henderson at Sunset Islander Middle School
4:00p (NL) Palo Verde at Skyline Mercer Island HS
6:00p (Exh) Timberline at Jesuit Islander Middle School
6:00p (Exh) Guilderland at Lincoln Mercer Island HS
8:00p (NL) Lakeridge at Bellevue Islander Middle School
8:00p (NL) [...]
We’ve just started a photo contest hosted by Washington High School Lacrosse, the Washington chapter of USL. Go to their site each week between Monday and Saturday to vote on the best photos of the week. The player or team in the winning photo will receive a framed photo from Sound Lacrosse. Check it [...]
Continue Reading →Top photos from Week 1 are now up in a special gallery here. You can also see them in the slide-show on our front page. Check them out!
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I try not to speak in superlatives, but through trial and error I believe I’ve found the best “night sports” lens, at least for someone with my budget. It’s the Nikon 300mm f/4. Here’s why:
It’s affordable It’s a prime, so it’s super crisp It’s not heavy (even though it’s glass) It’s got a relatively [...]
Continue Reading →Photos from the Cavalier Invitational are here, including Bellevue JV @ North County, Skyline JV @ Mount SI, Overlake vs Lake Washington JV, Wenatchee @ Whatcom and Skyline JV @ Roosevelt.
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Rain didn’t stop Tahoma, Highline and Vashon from getting a little pre-season scrimmaging in.
Here’s the full gallery: http://soundlacrosse.smugmug.com/2012/310-Tahoma-Highline-Vashon/21874112_HjGFVD#
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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. – Cody Bernstein connected on the go-ahead goal with 3:23 remaining in the game as Lake Washington hung on to down Bainbridge 11-10 to open the 2012 Washington state boys high school lacrosse season at Bainbridge Stadium. “My kids played really hard and they understood their roles,” said Lake Washington Dejon Hush, [...]
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SEATTLE – Prep lacrosse gets underway for the 34th season in Washington state this weekend with boys state finalist Bainbridge Island taking on Lake Washington on Friday and rival Mercer Island, the 2011 state champion, on Saturday.
The Spartans, which have won six straight season openers dating to 2006 including a 15-8 win over the Kangs [...]
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SEATTLE –The Washington State Chapter of US Lacrosse today announced the 2012 schedules for boys and girls high school lacrosse for its 34th season in Washington state.
The spring season for school teams throughout western Washington and the Spokane, Wenatchee, Tri Cities and Yakima areas in eastern Washington gets underway on March 9 and concludes [...]
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Was that fast, or what? Two more weeks, then we’re into the playoffs and summer will be here. Yikes. Okay here’s my take on the playoffs. Not that I know anything about these teams, other than shooting them
Feel free to weigh in.
First Round:
Mercer, Bellevue, Bainbridge, and [...]
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Must be spring – the colors are out, sunsets are back, and the rain no longer pelts sideways for 48 hours non-stop. Oh, and Lax is in full swing. Actually, there are only a few weeks left.
Curtis at Bainbridge game gallery here.
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I couldn’t resist this photo from yesterday’s Issy – MI game. What was actually happening, was the ball was rolling out of bounds. The Issy player thought it was off MI, and the MI player thought it was off Issy. It doesn’t really matter who was right – it was a great [...]
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Dogs love lacrosse. They like chasing the ball, and they like smelling where the cleats have been. Or something. Not sure what this pooch is checking out.
Game gallery of Curtis at Stadium.
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Lacrosse is known as the fastest sport on two feet, because a transition from one end of the field to the other can take less than three seconds, and a shot on goal can rip at over 100 mph. One way of ‘capturing’ the speed of the sport is by actually slowing [...]
Continue Reading →One of the traditions of lacrosse on Bainbridge is the barbecue tent. It’s always there, for boys and for girls lax games, smoke billowing. Visiting teams appreciate it because there’s often nowhere to get a bite to eat on the ferry ride home, unless you want to stop off at Micky D’s. [...]
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