Pioneer Mike (AKA Iron Mike) – (Ashland, Oregon downtown plaza, February 2011)

Iron Mike was just over 100 years old when I took today’s photo over 10 years ago.

October 5th, 2021 | Tags: lx3, plaza, snow, winter | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Pioneer Mike

Diamond Lake (October 2019)

October 4th, 2021 | Tags: diamond lake, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750 | Category: nature, outside of ashland | Comments Off on Mt. Bailey from Diamond Lake

Stokes Botelho

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @StokesBotelho

Although SOU is now in Massey’s top 25, two of the Raiders’ next three opponents are sitting in Massey’s top 20. Of course, the spreads are so close that no one is a serious underdog in any of these contests. The Raiders are favored to win just one more game but are never underdogs by more than three. Should be an interesting second half of the season…

October 3rd, 2021 | Tags: football, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, Raider Athletics, stokes botelho | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Massey moves Raiders up to #23

Celebration in the end zone after a Christian Graney touchdown

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As mentioned just a few days ago, anyone can beat anyone in football in the Frontier Conference this year. Three teams with just one loss before today lost today (Eastern Oregon, Montana Western, and College of Idaho) moving the Raiders into a tie for second place in the conference standings.

October 2nd, 2021 | Tags: avery mccuaig, ben graziani, christian graney, football, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, Raider Athletics | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Raiders move into second with big win over ranked Eastern Oregon

Jordan Bell scored the only goal of the game

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The Raider women handed Rocky Mountain their first conference defeat of the season today after the SOU men did the same. They are now traveling to Great Falls to take on Providence tomorrow.

Alan Gaytan’s seventh goal of the season forced OT where the Raiders prevailed

October 1st, 2021 | Tags: alan gaytan, jordan bell, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, Raider Athletics, soccer | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Two big wins for SOU soccer on the road

@j_wafford56 @SOURaiders @SOU_Football

Details here.

October 1st, 2021 | Tags: conner johnson, football, Jonmae Wafford, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, Raider Athletics | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Football tomorrow at 1 p.m.

September 30th, 2021 | Tags: flowers, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Sunlight hitting a sunflower

2021 SOU Football Team

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The Raiders are a 3-point favorite over Eastern Oregon this Saturday in Ashland according to Massey. That was the same spread Massey Ratings gave SOU last week when the Raiders beat the Saints by 1.

Check out the graphic below.

Massey has every game with a 39 to 63% chance of winning–pretty unusual. Usually, there are games that are less than 10% or more than 90% but not so with football games in the Frontier Conference this year. Anyone can beat (or lose to) anyone on any given Saturday this year. Montana Northern almost knocked off Rocky Mountain last week for instance, and stuff like this has happened all over the place in the conference:
– Carroll College beat Montana Tech who beat Rocky Mountain who beat SOU who beat Carroll
– Rocky Mountain beat College of Idaho who beat Eastern Oregon who beat Montana Tech who beat Rocky, etc.

The eventual conference champion will likely be the team that doesn’t lose more than two conference games.

September 28th, 2021 | Tags: football, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, Raider Athletics | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Parity in the Frontier Conference for football

2021 SOU Women’s Soccer Team celebrates a Sarah Mauk goal in win over ranked Oregon Tech

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Liam Kalhagen with the shutout of OIT

Bryce Goggin

Drew Schuler

September 27th, 2021 | Tags: ben graziani, bryce goggin, drew schuler, football, jordan bell, liam kalhagen, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, Raider Athletics, sarah mauk, soccer | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Players and Team of the Week