Colton ~ Varsity (Senior Year) 2023-2024

It's Colton's (#5) senior year! Once again, he'll be starting Varsity for the West Jordan Jaguars.  Game highlights will be uploaded to the BlackhamBall YouTube - check that out HERE. Follow the BlackhamBall Instagram for #mycoltonclips and new photos. BlackhamBall has a Facebook page as well. Stats can be seen on the DeseretNews and MaxPreps websites.

Here's the schedule ... check the WJ Youtube for live streams of home games. I'll try to see if away games offer a live stream and will post on FB if I find them. While I plan on attending all the games in person, I really appreciate the live streams, so family&friends can peek in on games too. I'll update these game with links to the game highlights. 

HOME - (Friday, November 17) Intro to the team ... WJ Black & Blue game

HOME (Tuesday, November 21) WJ vs Davis
AWAY (Thursday, November 30) WJ vs ArborView/NV at Corner Canyon (4:40)

AWAY (Saturday, December 2) WJ vs Layton Christian at Corner Canyon (12:20)

HOME (Tuesday, December 5) WJ vs Mountain Ridge

AWAY (Friday, December 8) WJ at Bingham

HOME (Tuesday, December 12) WJ vs Alta

HOME (Friday, December 15) WJ vs Skyridge

AWAY (Tuesday, December 19) WJ at CopperHills

AWAY (Thursday, December 28) WJ at Riverton

AWAY (Friday, December 29) WJ vs Syracuse at Riverton (1:45)

AWAY (Friday, December 30) WJ vs Snow Canyon at Riverton (1:30)

***  (Region Begins)

HOME (Wednesday, January 3) WJ vs Cyprus

HOME (Friday, January 5) WJ vs Juan Diego

AWAY (Tuesday, January 9) WJ at Hunter

HOME (Friday, January 12) WJ vs Granger

AWAY (Tuesday, January 16) WJ at Kearns

HOME (Friday, January 19) WJ vs Taylorsville

AWAY (Friday, January 26) WJ at Cyprus

AWAY (Tuesday, January 30) WJ at Juan Diego

HOME (Friday, February 2) WJ vs Hunter

AWAY (Tuesday, February 6) WJ at Granger

HOME (Friday, February 9) WJ vs Kearns

AWAY (Tuesday, February 13) WJ at Taylorsville

State Playoffs

HOME (Tuesday, February 20) WJ vs Hunter

AWAY (Wednesday, February 21) WJ @ Orem

Here's a peek at the highlights of the highlights ...

Colton Collages - Senior Season

Getting good pictures of basketball games is a challenge! The action, the low light, the distance ... I'm always busy behind a video camera for live highlights anyway. I can't even express the joy I felt when I found out that a professional photographer had been contracted to cover a majority of the games (Nicci Dean Photography). Because of this, we have priceless pictures from Colton's senior season. 

The season opener was an intro to the team, with the boys divided up and playing against each other. Sophomore girls faced JV girls in the 1st quarter, Sophomore boys challenged the JV boys in the second. Girls again, Varsity (pulling a couple up to get 10 players) for the 3rd, then (who I was excited to see) the Boys Varsity. Black and Blue.  This game was played on Friday, November 17, 2023.

 

Pictures from the first game  (WJ vs Davis) 11/21/2023

Game #4 (West Jordan vs Mountain Ridge)  Tuesday, December 8, 2023

Game #8 (WJ vs CHHS) Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Game #9 (WJ vs Riverton) December 28, 2023

Game #15/Region Game #4 (WJ vs Granger) Friday, January 12, 2024

Game #17/Region Game #6 (WJ vs Taylorsville) Friday, January 19, 2024

Game #18/Region Game #7 (WJ vs Cyprus) Friday, January 26, 2024

Game #20/Region Game #9 (WJ vs Hunter) Friday, February 2, 2024

Game #21/Region Game #10 (WJ vs Granger) Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Game #22/Region Game #11 (WJ vs Kearns) Friday, February 9, 2024

This was also the Senior Night celebration, and the game that guaranteed the Region win.

While I captured almost all the games on video, and the highlights are fun to watch, there's something special about photos. I'm so grateful for these pictures! There were occasionally other professional photographs at the games, and there were some pictures available for a price (MaxPrepsPictures). I bought a couple, but didn't feel like I needed to grab as many as I had all these ones already. 

Nicci Dean Photography also covered the team photos/pictures for the program ...

Check out Cal's collages from his senior/Varsity year.

Colton ~ Senior Night

 In every high school player's life ... there's a senior night. It's usually the last home game on the region schedule. For Colton, it was February 9, 2024. While everyone had hit games throughout the season, we hadn't had EVERYONE at a single game ... except for senior night. It was great to have all the family out to support Colton. 

Parents had been asked to create a posterboard showcasing the student athlete.  Prepping the pictures, reliving all the games and teams ... it was a walk down memory lane for sure! It was fun to see all the different pictures of the boys through the years.  You can see Colton's board HERE, and I'll make another post with all the boy's boards.

While the start of the season had been a little rough, as 2023 changed to 2024, and Region play began ... the boys couldn't have asked for a better way to remember their senior year. Undefeated in region, a fact that was cinched on senior night (even with one game left to play). It was quite the celebration!

There was the traditional walk with the parents and a little write up of the boy's plans. 

The cutting of the net - Undefeated. Region champs! 

Colton set a new assists record at the school. 

Leis. Photos. Smiles. Celebration. 

Go Jags!

West Jordan Jags Seniors - 2024

Each family of a senior was given a tri-fold board to showcase their  player.

I'm the queen of photo collages, to that's the route I took.

It was fun to take a walk down memory lane!

You can see a closer look on the family blog.

Colton's Senior Showcase.

Also, check out more pictures from Senior Night/Region Champs ♥

Here's a look at the posters for the other players ...