April 2017 – Scotty Anderson Photography

2017-04-18 – Cougar County Nadirs IM Softball

This evening the Cougar Country Nadirs played in the first round of the post-season single-elim tournament. The Nadirs are ranked #6 playing against the #7 Scared Hitless.

The Nadirs hit the ball well enough to score seven runs. But two were all the was needed to knocked off their first round opponent.

The Cougar Country Nadirs are now onto the second round playing against the Sig Ep Raiders.

Tonight’s game featured:
Danny Jones
TJ Byrne
Brant Johnson
Eric Blackburn
Marc Cussatt
Garrett D’Angelo
Drew Nordi
Kelly Stewart
Johnny Murphy
Kelly Smith

Eric Blackburn gets a couple practice swings in.
Eric Blackburn gets a couple practice swings in.

Johnny Murphy does some pre-game warm-ups.
Johnny Murphy does some pre-game warm-ups.

Danny Jones (Field General Jones the 2nd) is working on the line-up for the game.
Danny Jones (Field General Jones the 2nd) is working on the line-up for the game.

TJ Byrne doing some warm-up throwing.
TJ Byrne doing some warm-up throwing.

Danny Jones doing some pre-game warm-ups.
Danny Jones doing some pre-game warm-ups.

Johnny Murphy doing some warm-up throwing.
Johnny Murphy doing some warm-up throwing.

Drew Nordi doing some warm-up throwing.
Drew Nordi doing some warm-up throwing.

Marc Cussatt pitching.
Marc Cussatt pitching.

Drew Nordi catches the ball thrown to him at first base for the out.
Drew Nordi catches the ball thrown to him at first base for the out.

Kelly Stewart is always smiling and laughing.
Kelly Stewart is always smiling and laughing.

Danny Jones in his swing.
Danny Jones in his swing.

A member of Scared Hitless catches a flyball at the warning track.
A member of Scared Hitless catches a flyball at the warning track.

Kelly Stewart at the plate.
Kelly Stewart at the plate.

Johnny Murphy in full swing.
Johnny Murphy in full swing.

Kelly Stewart turning two.
Kelly Stewart turning two.

Kelly Smith at the plate.
Kelly Smith at the plate.

Garrett D'Angelo has his game face on.
Garrett D'Angelo has his game face on.

A member of the team Scared Hitless catches a long flyball hit by Danny Jones.
A member of the team Scared Hitless catches a long flyball hit by Danny Jones.

Brant Johnson catches a fly ball into the outfield.
Brant Johnson catches a fly ball into the outfield.

Kelly Stewart catching a pop up.
Kelly Stewart catching a pop up.

2017-04-16 – Cougar County Nadirs IM Softball

This evening the Cougar Country Nadirs played in the final regular season softball game of the Spring 2017 IM softball season. Coming into the final regulars game the Nadirs were 2-0-1 playing against the CM Homies.

The game features a lot of flyballs and a low score until late into the game. Finally the Nadirs had a 2 run lead going into the bottom of the sixth and last inning. Unfortunately the CM Homies hit a walk-off single to score the game’s tying and go-ahead run.

The Cougar Country Nadirs ended the regular season with 2-1-1 going into the end of the season single-elim bracket.

Tonight’s game featured:
Danny Jones
TJ Byrne
Brant Johnson
Eric Blackburn
Daniel Tiengo
Marc Cussatt
Garrett D’Angelo
Drew Nordi
Dusty Olson
Nick Jones

and Austin (Oz) Bartleson with Marty Rogstad for the CM Homies.

Brant in pre-game warmups.
Brant in pre-game warmups.

Daniel in pre-game warmups.
Daniel in pre-game warmups.

Dusty in pre-game warmups.
Dusty in pre-game warmups.

TJ in pre-game warmups.
TJ in pre-game warmups.

Nick in pre-game warmups.
Nick in pre-game warmups.

Danny in pre-game warmups.
Danny in pre-game warmups.

A member from the Construction Management team fires a ball to first.
A member from the Construction Management team fires a ball to first.

Drew making a force out at first.
Drew making a force out at first.

Garrett making a catch.
Garrett making a catch.

Dusty charging a ball.
Dusty charging a ball.

Daniel throwing the ball in from the outfield.
Daniel throwing the ball in from the outfield.

Danny making a play on the ball.
Danny making a play on the ball.

Marty catching a flyball in right field.
Marty catching a flyball in right field.

Dusty hitting the ball.
Dusty hitting the ball.

Marc throwing to second.
Marc throwing to second.

Brant catching a ball after running too hard to get to it.
Brant catching a ball after running too hard to get to it.

Marc on his way to third on an inside-the-park-homerun.
Marc on his way to third on an inside-the-park-homerun.

Garrett throws a ball in from the outfield.
Garrett throws a ball in from the outfield.

TJ rounds first on his way to second on a well hit ball.
TJ rounds first on his way to second on a well hit ball.

Brant prepares to throw a ball in from the outfield.
Brant prepares to throw a ball in from the outfield.

Danny catches a pop-up.
Danny catches a pop-up.

Marc fires a ball off to first base.
Marc fires a ball off to first base.

Marty in full extension on his swing.
Marty in full extension on his swing.

Nick catches the ball as Marty slides into second.
Nick catches the ball as Marty slides into second.

TJ get ready to fire the ball to first.
TJ get ready to fire the ball to first.

Photoshoot with Deputy Stevens

On Saturday afternoon I had a chance to ride along with Deputy Stevens from the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office.

We went to the WSU campus to do a couple photos of him with some of the campus in the background. We didn’t make it there until the sun was really setting. This causes some troubles with the backlighting and the lack of lighting for the foreground. I ended up shooting from a different angle so we didn’t get the campus as the backdrop as wanted.

I shot all the photos with my Canon 70D with a EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II.