The Bandera Lady Bulldogs pulled off a big 53-46 win over Boerne tonight in varsity basketball action.
The Bulldog boys fell 50-34 to Boerne.
Full galleries of photos can be found in the Bandera.net Gallery:
Bandera Lady Bulldogs vs. Boerne Lady Greyhounds – Jan. 15, 2010
With some extra shooting time on my hands for the holidays, I grabbed the ol’ HD video cam and show the Bandera Lady Bulldogs vs. Liberty Hill Lady Panthers varsity basketball game on Jan. 2, 2010.
I put together a couple of video cuts, just for fun, which you can watch in this post or in High Def on YouTube:
Vanilla HD Mix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNdBg8byM64
Sparta Remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=affVcc5-nD0&feature=related
There are many ways to present a sports video, from raw footage with game audio to hyperactive music-video style editing (like in the Sparta Remix version) to narrative highlight reels like my favorite, ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 lists. These were purely experimental, since I am obviously a far more experience photographer than videographer, so I’d appreciate any feedback you, dear reader, can provide.
Feel free to leave a comment below, drop me an e-mail to James@team-outlaw.net, hit me up on Twitter @BanderaOutlaw, or call/text me at 830-688-1564.
The Bandera Lady Bulldogs out a big 37-29 win over the Wimberley Lady Texans tonight to pick up a district win. The level of aggression on the court was much higher after the routing Bandera took versus Liberty Hill last week.
The Bandera boys blew past Pearsall 53-37 as well, marking a good night for varsity basketball in Bandera.
You can find a full set of my photos from the games in the Bandera.net Gallery: Lady Bulldogs vs. Wimberley here, and Bulldogs vs. Pearsall here.
Lakehills freelance photographer Ken Lane just posted his series of sports photos from last night’s Bandera Bulldogs vs. Llano Yellowjackets basketball games, freshmen, JV and varsity.
Here’s his commentary on the games:
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I arrived in time to shoot the last half of the freshman game and a bit of the second quarter. Llano struggled to keep up with Bandera’s freshman and when the game ended, Bandera freshman had 40 to Llano’s 17.
The JV game was a stronger rout although the scores were somewhat closer, 60-42. Llano had a couple players throwing elbows, and fortunately it was caught by the refs; Llano paid the piper.
The Varsity game was much closer. The lead swapped back and forth several times with neither side able to draw away by more than four points. Within the last five minutes of the game Llano looked like they were not going to be able to stop Bandera from winning if they didn’t up their game.
Instead they chose to get very physical. Bandera has a hard time stretching their lead as every time they tried for a lay-up under the goal, Llano applied a “lay-on-top” of Bandera. Incredibly, the referee didn’t seem to see a problem with that.
At one point, a Llano player so soundly clobbered Jeffrey Jensen when he was going up for a lay-up that he temporarily came out of the game and apologized to the Bandera coaches. That didn’t keep another Llano player from grabbing a Bandera jersey and trying to physically throw the player in it out of bounds. Yeah, that didn’t go over too well either.
If those events weren’t enough, a scramble for the ball almost came to fisticuffs due to the manner in which the Llano player went after the ball.
Too physical for high school ball and unprofessional if done in the pros.
With 31 seconds left in the varsity game and a score of 38-36 in favor of Bandera, Llano fouled Jensen, who put two points on the board. Llano immediately fouled him again and Jensen put one of two points on the board.
Bandera held Llano to 36 and the game ended 41-36, Bandera.
Great basketball games tonight in Bandera between the Lady Bulldogs and Medina Valley Lady Panthers.
I caught the last half of the freshman game (Bandera won by one or two points, I missed the final score, after a pair of clutch free-throws by Brittanie Palacios) and all of junior varsity (Bandera won big, 45-24) and varsity (MV won 54-45).
I shot tight tonight, so I went ahead and put all the images (93, including black and white selects) into one album, which you can find in the Bandera.net Gallery. You can see some of my favorites below.
Looks like a quiet sports schedule throughout December. I may swing out to Lakehills tomorrow and check out the Martial Arts classes there. Have anything you would like to see covered? Leave a comment below, e-mail me at James@team-outlaw.net, tweet me @BanderaOutlaw, or call/text me at 830-688-1564.
Missed me?
As you can see from the surrounding photos, headway has been made in the “camera situation” at the newspaper.
By hook or by crook, I’m back to making the best photos I’m capable of, my hands untied and camera gear ready to rock after a prolonged hibernation.
You can view all of my photos from yesterday’s Bandera Bulldogs vs. Ingleside Mustangs varsity football playoff game over at the Bulletin’s DotPhoto.com account or in the Bandera.net Photo Gallery (pro tip: Bandera.net is faster, the images are bigger and higher quality and you don’t need a degree in Computer Science just to look at them).
Below are some of my personal picks from the gallery. Let me know what you think: comment below, hit me up on Twitter @BanderaOutlaw, e-mail me at James@team-outlaw.net, or call/text me at 830-688-1564.
My friends, it is so good to be back.
(UPDATE: Check out Spencer Smith’s gallery of photos from the Bandera-Ingleside game at www.Bandera-ABC.com)
You can read snippets of all my latest adventures and news via the Twitter feed on the right side of this page, or by visiting www.twitter.com/banderaoutlaw. Daily doses of community journalism delights from all across Bandera County!
You can check out video of Bandera Bulldogs starting quarterback Cole Hubble’s 105-yard punt return against the Lago Vista Vikings on YouTube courtesy of TexasPreps.net.
In January National Prep Network posted a junior-year highlight reel of Hubble from his 2008 season – to the tune of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” no less! You can see me on the sidelines with camera in hand in at least half the included clips. And of course Mrs. Sandy Jennings jumping and waving with every touchdown.
We need more video of Bulldog, Bobcat and Buffalo sports online!
I’m a week behind, but I just came across the Austin American-Statesman’s coverage of the Bandera-Wimberley football game from Sept. 18.
Great write-up and a set of 10 very nice photos from Statesman intern Jordan Smothermon. He was working the sidelines hard throughout the game to get a set of 10 top-quality shots. I got to chat with him briefly and he said he has been a sports shooter since he first took up professional photography.
Where do you guys get your Bandera, Medina and Utopia sports story and photo fix? In the papers or online? Where? Leave a comment below on this blog post, hit me up on Twitter @banderaoutlaw, e-mail James@team-outlaw.net, or call/text me at 830-688-1564.
I’m really enjoying what Jimmy Monroe, Emily King, and the Bulldog Times staff are putting out with their online edition. Lots of video content and the freshness that student journalism has to offer.
Multimedia is the future of journalism whether or not us ink-stained wretches are happy about it. I’ve always been a tech- and net-friendly guy, so I for one am excited about the new opportunities unfolding for delivering news and storytelling in new and important ways.
I’ve long advised the journalism classes at Bandera and Medina both on camera gear purchases, and have even given presentations to the Bandera class. It’s always great to see how students new to the game of journalism interpret and present their news.
I’m a journalism junkie and just finished watching the entire first season of The Paper on iTunes. If you want to see what high school journalism is like at the largest high school in the country, it’s a great documentary put on by MTV.
Some other favorite TV and movie interpretations of journalism include State of Play with Russel Crowe (which I rented recently over at Video Outlet), The Wire’s final season, and of course the old TV show Lou Grant.
The dead-tree newspapers of Bandera County have anything but multimedia or social media on their minds, so at this point, the Bulldog Times is leading the local path toward Journalism 2.0.
(Bulldog Cheerleader Senior Co-Captain Holly Garwood’s response to reporter Randi Thomas’ question about what the cheer team has learned “after a hard year” is priceless: “Our team has learned what not to do.” Love it!)