Ashland Daily Photo

Raiders win streak ends at 12 victories

Hannah Shimek

@ShimekHannah @SOURaiders @SOU_Softball

The good news is the second game in today’s doubleheader doesn’t count against SOU’s conference record (which now stands at 10-2).

March 25th, 2018 | Tags: hannah shimek, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, softball, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Raiders win streak ends at 12 victories

Two weeks ago at Crater Lake

Crater Lake

Since this photo was taken several feet of snow have fallen.

March 25th, 2018 | Tags: crater lake, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, snow, winter | Category: nature, outside of ashland, photography, places | Comments Off on Two weeks ago at Crater Lake

Grizzlies play two on the road today

@ahs_baseball

You can listen to the games beginning at 1 p.m. here. (The broadcast sounds better on a computer than on a phone.) The next home games are on April 7.

March 24th, 2018 | Tags: ashland high school, baseball, Eli Westrick, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Grizzlies play two on the road today

Keller Williams and Leftover Salmon @ LATA

@LiveAtTheArmory @KellerMusician @LeftoverSalmon

Drew Emmitt

leftover salmon ashland armory Andy Thorn Keller Williams

Keller Williams and Leftover Salmon’s Andy Thorn

Leftover Salmon @ Ashland Armory (3/21/18)

Vince Herman

March 23rd, 2018 | Tags: concert photography, Historic Ashland Armory, keller williams, leftover salmon, Nikon AF‑S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens, Nikon D750 | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Keller Williams and Leftover Salmon @ LATA

Throwback Thursday

Throwback can apply to tumbling too, right? Today’s photo comes from October of 2016 so it’s a throwback in that sense too.

March 22nd, 2018 | Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, SOU cheer dance | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Throwback Thursday

SOU alums to be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

SOU Hall of Fame member John Speasl and AD Matt Sayre

@SOURaiders @SOUWrestling @raidersayre

Details here.

March 21st, 2018 | Tags: SOU Raider Hall of Fame, wrestling | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on SOU alums to be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Y&T @ Rogue Theatre

@YandTRocks @AaronLeighynt @DaveMeniketti

Y&T were huge in the San Francisco Bay Area when I was growing up. The radio stations (KOME, KSJO, KRQR) played songs off of Earthshaker, Black Tiger, and Mean Streak as much as they played Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, or AC/DC. I’m always a little surprised when I talk to people outside of the Bay Area about Y&T who haven’t heard of Y&T or only know Contagious and/or Summertime Girls (two songs I don’t particularly care for and never have heard–except live). I checked out after Mean Streak when they went soft.

Anyway, it’s odd to see them playing relatively small venues, outside the Bay Area, and the fan base knowing the songs I don’t know and not really getting that into the songs I love. That said, the only disappointing thing from my March 17, 2018 evening in Grants Pass was the omission of Midnight in Tokyo from the setlist. I’ve enjoyed over a thousand, real “midnights in Tokyo” and could have used another.