Ashland High School football
Matt Hedges

Opening kickoff is set for 7 p.m. tonight (11/8/13) against Pendleton. The Grizzlies have a perfect 9-0 record but were shortchanged in the seeding. Despite finishing #3 in the polls, AHS will go into the 2013 OSAA 5A State Football Championships as the #5 seed. (Ashland beat Springfield in the game featured in today’s photos, and Springfield went in with two losses as the #3 seed.)

The seeding makes a big difference. Assuming the top seeds win, Ashland will have to defeat Pendleton, the #4 seed, and the #1 seed in order to advance to the championship game. The #2 and #3 seeds don’t face anyone higher than the #6 seed before facing each other in the semifinals. Obtaining the #5 seed instead of the #4 or #3 seed also means this is likely the last game at home for the Grizzlies.

AHS football
Shashi Penn

Quarterback Danial White passes while running back Mason Dow prevents pressure

Ashland High School football

Posted on November 8th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, sports photography. Comments Off on Undefeated Ashland High School hosts first round state playoff game tonight

SOU Raiders

Game time is 1 p.m. on 11/9/13 @ Raider Stadium.

Posted on November 7th, 2013 under only in ashland. Tags: football, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Last home game of the year for the SOU Football Team is Saturday

SOU Women’s Soccer
Sydney Paulsen

Sydney Paulsen scored the only goal SOU would need in their shutout victory (2-0) over Eastern Oregon this afternoon. Next up is Concordia on the road. SOU lost to Concordia at home (2-1) last month.

Posted on November 6th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon D600, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU wins round one of the CCC Women’s Soccer playoffs

SOU Men’s Basketball player Tim Weber

The Southern Oregon University Men’s Basketball Team this year is good. Really good. They may even win the national championship. They head on the road for their next five games before returning to Ashland after Thanksgiving. Today’s photo is from their victory this past Monday night (11/4/13 vs. Simpson).

Posted on November 6th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU Men’s Basketball 2013-2014

SOU Women’s Soccer

The Cascade Collegiate Conference Women’s Soccer Championship begins at 2 p.m. on Wednesday (11/6/13) in Ashland. The SOU Raiders will go up against the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers in the first round playoff game.

Posted on November 5th, 2013 under only in ashland. Tags: grizzly peak, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, soccer. Comments Off on Southern Oregon University Women’s Soccer Team hosts opening round of CCC Championship

SOU Women’s Basketball
Carly Meister

Sophomore Carly Meister was named the Cascade Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for her performances on Friday and Saturday (both victories for the Raiders). The SOU women won’t play again in Ashland until November 29 (against Oregon Tech), but if you want to watch some live basketball in Ashland, come down and watch the men play tonight at 7:30.

Posted on November 4th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Carly Meister named CCC player of the week

Autumn on the SOU campus

Soon things won’t look so great. By the end of November only the evergreen trees will be something other than brown and dreary. These last few moments of the fall season are to be cherished.

The buildings in the background of today’s photo of the Southern Oregon University campus are the Computer Sciences buildings (Computing Services and the Main Computer Lab).

Posted on November 4th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: autumn, campus, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon University, sun star. Comments Off on Another back to school day

Vineyards with Mt. Ashland in the background

You wouldn’t know it from all of the vineyards that have sprung up in California and Oregon over the past decade, but we are supposedly in the middle of a wine shortage that will only become worse in the future.

Today’s photo is from June of 2011.

Posted on November 3rd, 2013 under only in ashland. Tags: mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Ashland’s vineyards

SOU Women’s Basketball
Demi Sahlinger

The Southern Oregon University Women’s Basketball Team began their season yesterday with a rare day game in Ashland. They defeated California Maritime 99-80. They play again tonight in an even rarer late night game. Tip off is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. (after the Women’s Volleyball game).

Posted on November 2nd, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU Women’s Basketball begins 2013-2014 season