My two page photo spread in the Corsair on the Santa Monica College Corsairs winning back-to-back American Pacific Conference titles.
Posts Tagged ‘Corsairs’
Santa Monica College at Home Against Compton
Posted 07 Sep 2011 — by Michael Yanow
Category Corsairs, Football, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Southern California, Sports, Sports Photography
Category Corsairs, Football, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Southern California, Sports, Sports Photography
The Santa Monica Corsairs opened their 2011 Football schedule home against the Compton Tartars on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011. Highlights from the game include SMC’s rushing offense and the defense holding the Tartars scoreless and only 2 total yards of offense. SMC won 24 – 0.
Santa Monica College travels to East LA College for a matchup on Saturday, September 10th at 6pm.
Corsairs captains Karl Buchanan, Alexandru Ceachir, Bilal Muhammad and Hushun Smith of the Santa Monica College Corsairs.
Santa Monica running back Alonzo Frederick.
Defensive lineman Victor Morales stuffs the running play of Compton.
For more photos from the game visit my flickr page.
Citrus @ SMC Women’s Basketball
Posted 08 Feb 2011 — by Michael Yanow
Category Basketball, Corsairs, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports, Sports Photography
Category Basketball, Corsairs, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports, Sports Photography
The Lady Corsairs defeated Citrus College 65-61 in thrilling fashion Saturday, February 5th. Good overall effort from the Lady Corsairs there next game is Wednesday, February 9th against West LA College.
The Lady Corsairs put their hands in the middle as part of their pre-game ritual.
Dominique Magee drives the hoop in Saturday night contest against Citrus.
Hayley Henderson drives through the lane for two points in Saturday’s 65-61 victory.
Tashawn Mcghee pulls up for a jump shot over the out stretched arm of the defense.
Santa Monica College vs Glendale Community College 11.6.10
Posted 08 Nov 2010 — by Michael Yanow
Category Flower, Glendale Community College, Los Angeles, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Category Flower, Glendale Community College, Los Angeles, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Santa Monica trailing by 7 -14 going into the 3rd quarter turned this around with a punt return Deshawn Stewart. Santa Monica scored two more touchdowns to take a 28 to 14 lead. The 28 points were enough to hold off a winless Glendale team, 28 to 21.
The game had so many pentalies the referees had to ice their arms after throwing their flags so many times. One player from each side got ejected from the game including starting quarterback James Cammack for SMC. SMC had to bring in their third string quarterback, linebacker Jonathan McNeal to manage the rest of the game late in the second half.
To see more pictures visit my flickr page.
DeShawn Stewart breaks loose for a 40 yard punt return to tie the game at 14-14.
Jerm Shamburger of Glendale reaches up and intercepts a pass by quarterback James Cammack.
SMC defense lands down the wood and jars the ball loose for incomplete pass.
Antonio Bray runs into the endzone for Glendale's third touchdown on the evening but fall short of their first victory of the season.
Santa Monica College vs LA Valley College Football
Posted 05 Nov 2010 — by Michael Yanow
Category Corsairs, Football, LA Valley College, Los Angeles, Monarches, Photography, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography, Western League
Category Corsairs, Football, LA Valley College, Los Angeles, Monarches, Photography, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography, Western League
The Santa Monica College Corsairs lined up against LA Valley College Monarches on Saturday, October 30th. The Corsairs scored the first points of the game in the second minute of the second quarter with a touchdown down pass. The extra point was blocked by the Monarches. LA Valley scored the next 14 points and took a 14 to 6 into halftime. SMC scored the first points of the second half with a safety late into the third quarter. SMC grabbed all the momentum in the game after the safety. SMC could not covert on their next possession and punted the ball back to the Monarches. The Monarches one their second play from scrimmage threw a 80 yard touchdown pass and put the game out of reach for SMC. LA Valley wins 24 to 11.
To see more pictures visit my flickr page.
Jonathan McNeal of Santa Monica comes across the defense line and tackles Germi Morrison of LA Valley in the end zone for a safety.
Kenneth Boggs gets around the corner and keep the drive going to help run out the clock against SMC. The Monarches rushed 44 times for 154 yards for the game.
John Hilliger goes up for the pass but falls incomplete.
Santa Monica College vs Los Angeles Southwest 10/16/10
Posted 17 Oct 2010 — by Michael Yanow
Category Football, Los Angeles, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Category Football, Los Angeles, Photography, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Santa Monica College lost a heart filled battle against a spirited LA Southwest Cougars team. The game was close throughout the first three and half quarters before the Cougars pulled away from SMC. Here are photos from the game.
To see more pictures visit my flickr page.
Santa Monica College vs Santa Barbara City College
Posted 10 Oct 2010 — by Michael Yanow
Category Football, Photography, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Category Football, Photography, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Monica, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Santa Monica College vs Santa Barbara City College at Corsairs Field from Saturday, October 9th 2010. Santa Barbara took the victory 35 to 28 but it was not easy. The heart filled battle saw SMC down by 14 points late in the fourth quarter but rallied to score with a little over a minute left in the game but could not recover the onside kick.
To see more pictures visit my flickr page.
Reggie Mitchell with a touchdown catch in the 3rd quarter.
Reggie Mitchell celebrating his touchdown catch in the 3rd quarter.
Sam Shipley led the state of CA in tackles. He left the game in the first quarter with an injury but did return in the 4th quarter.
SMC Women’s Soccer vs Bakersfield
Posted 05 Oct 2010 — by Michael Yanow
Category Photography, Santa Monica College, Soccer, Sports Photography
Category Photography, Santa Monica College, Soccer, Sports Photography
Santa Monica’s women’s soccer team took on Bakersfield College on October 1st at Corsair Field. The match was closely played in the first half with Santa Monica having a slight edge after Brianna Edwards put the ball in the net off a pass from the left side. In the 46th minute SMC answered again with their second goal. Minutes later SMC scored their third goal. Bakerfield pushed all 10 players up the field for the rest of the game but were unable to score against SMC’s defense and stellar goaltending. The final score was 3-0 for SMC.
To see more pictures visit my flickr page.
Backup Goalie Lauren Rae Reichardt makes a save late in the second half
Goalie Alisa Sheldon punches the ball out of the box.
Santa Monica Corsairs Football part 2
Posted 15 Sep 2010 — by Michael Yanow
Category Football, Photography, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Category Football, Photography, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
More high action pictures from last Saturday’s SMC football game.
Santa Monica Corsairs Football
Posted 12 Sep 2010 — by Michael Yanow
Category Football, Photography, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
Category Football, Photography, Santa Monica College, Sports Photography
My friend Salvo’s cousin is the head football coach at Santa Monica College, where I also happen to attend photo classes. With Salvo’s help I was granted a field pass for their game on Saturday against East LA College. I have shot high school football, but never a junior college game, so I was looking forward to the opportunity to photography football at a higher level. Furthermore, this was my first time using the Canon 7D for football. The 7D is a beast and so worth it, as I am extremely happy with the results. It’s light years better than the Canon 20D I previously used to shoot sports with.
This game was close throughout. The first score did not occur until the 3rd quarter when SMC connected deep into East LA’s territory. East LA answered with a field goal of their own on the next drive. With under two minutes remaining in the game and looking like the game was headed to overtime; SMC stopped East LA from converting a first down to run out the clock. Fourth and long from their own three yard East LA was in a must punt situation. Number 49 for SMC came up big and blocked the punt and SMC recovered on their three yard line. This set up a last second field goal attempt with two seconds left on the clock. The several hundred fans erupted when the winning kick went through the uprights.
A slow game got real intense with a dramatic finish.
The photos below are from the block punt and the winning field goal.
#49 coming through with the blocked punt to set up the winning field goal for SMC
The start of the celebration after the field goal went through the uprights
The agony of defeat
