Tournament Time

Play-off season for high school basketball in Utah just wrapped up. Last week I spent a couple days shooting the quarterfinals of the 5A and 4A tournament at Weber State University in Ogden for the Standard-Examiner. I'm not sure how much of it is chance, but the best photos from each day usually came within one quarter of one game. My personal favorites were in the Layton vs Bingham and Bountiful vs Spanish Fork games. A few highlights are below.

Jarriesse Blackmon leads Layton High School in a cheer before their game against Bingham during the State 5A Basketball Tournament at Weber State University on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015.
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Bountiful High School's Zac Seljaas shoots over the outstretched arms of Spanish Fork's Parker Bowman during the quarterfinals of the 4A state tournament at Weber State University on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.
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Layton High School's Julian Blackmon leaps for the basket at Bingham high School players watch during the State 5A Basketball Tournament at Weber State University on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015.
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Kearns High School's Kiko Faamaulsili, left, embraces Bushman Ebet following their 51-48 victory over Logan High School in the quarterfinals of the 4A state tournament at Weber State University on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.
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Basketball is Here

High School basketball season just started in Utah. Photographing these games can be a gamble depending on how the gym lights are, but I had some fun at my first game of the season this week between Roy High School and Weber High School. Weber won the game 65-50. Here are a couple highlights. You can see more shots from the game from the Standard-Examiner.

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Tournament Basketball

As the final games of the college basketball season wrap-up, I've gone through and pulled a few of the tournament photos that I shot over the last month for the Standard-Examiner. These photos are from the first day of the NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City and from the College Insider Tournament in Ogden. Full galleries can be found at the link below each photo.

Weber State University vs Oral Roberts University

Harvard vs University of New Mexico

University of Arizona vs Belmont

University of Arizona vs Belmont

 

Gonzaga vs Southern University

Basketball off the Court



 While prepping for the upcoming NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City, I was going through some photos from the last tournament I shot here: the Utah High School Championship. Manyof the on-court photos ran in the paper and online, but here are some of the off-court moments as well.