Jack Singler and Matt Retzlaff (both seniors) celebrate their first TD together since high school
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Details here. Don’t miss the Coach Howard interview video about the importance of keeping the fan interest level high. đŸ˜‰
After the game Coach Howard told the Raiders it’s time to “run the table”. Eight more wins in a row is not out of the question, but it won’t be easy. Massey gives the Raiders just an 8% chance of running the table in the regular season. Next week appears to be easier than previously imagined with Carroll College losing to Montana Northern today. However, the Raiders still need to clean some things up if they want to make it back to Daytona. Although they almost lost this game to Montana Western, they also could have won it by 20 or so points had they not given the ball up, or been penalized, in a few key situations.
New Massey Ratings will come out on Sunday. New coaches’ poll will come out on Monday. The Raiders will likely move up to #9 in the NAIA Coaches’ Poll with #9 Saint Xavier, #10 Eastern Oregon University, and #11 Kansas Wesleyan all losing today.
September 17th, 2016 | Tags: football, jack singler, Matt Retzlaff, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Beginning to run the table
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Mostly sunny with a high in the 80s and the Raiders first win of the season.
Massey gives Southern Oregon a 70% chance of victory. The spread is a touchdown. If the Raiders have a positive or neutral turnover differential (something they haven’t come close to so far in 2016) then I predict a win by 17 points.
September 17th, 2016 | Tags: football, julius rucker, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Today’s forecast
Ahmon Afenegus had two assists in just the first five minutes
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Carlos Magana and Dakota Scott both had hat tricks in this morning’s win over Walla Walla.
September 16th, 2016 | Tags: Ahmon Afenegus, NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography | Category: people | Comments Off on 3-1 SOU Men’s Soccer win 11-0
After my first attempt ended in failure, I made it to Muir Creek Falls yesterday. No wonder there aren’t any photos or discussions of this place on the internet; the “easy” Muir Creek Trail is awful in its current condition. Parts of Muir Creek Trail are overgrown, parts have trees (many trees!) blocking the trail, and I completely lost the trail a few times.
After finally reaching the falls I decided not to go back the way I came. Instead I crossed the falls, via a fallen tree, to the other side. There is a house and barn on the other side. I became a bit freaked out, in part by an unrealized fear of some guy coming out of the house in the middle of nowhere and in part by the wild cows on the property. Instead of crossing through the property to get to road NF-2734 I opted to tough it out through the forest. Big mistake. I ran into more cows in the forest. Cows in the forest are scary. They never charged me, but they cursed me with their eyes, and I headed in the opposite direction. The forest terrain was very steep. I took a nasty fall at one point, did more bushwhacking than I would have liked, and ended up with blood trickling down hands, arms, and a leg.
I’m done visiting Muir Creek, but should you be so inclined, I have a few recommendations:
1) If taking Muir Creek Trail, be sure to have long pants on. Also, be sure you have the local map downloaded into your phone beforehand for offline use. GPS works out there, but there is no internet. Put the trail into your phone so you can find it when it disappears. Also, waterproof boots are a good idea as I ended up walking through 2-5″ of water several times.
2) Don’t try to get to Muir Creek from the east. The terrain is awful.
3) A possible easy route is via Road NF-2734. You’ll have to walk through the aforementioned property. I have no idea how often someone stays there or if they are friendly.
September 16th, 2016 | Tags: hike, muir creek, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, water, waterfall | Category: nature, outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Muir Creek Falls
Brit Floyd @ Britt Festival (June 2015)
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Just a little throwback Thursday today to perhaps my favorite show of the 2015 Britt season. Speaking of cover bands at Britt, tomorrow is Get the Led Out (The American Led Zeppelin) and there are still tickets remaining.
Unlike the original Led Zeppelin (which never sounded very good live IMHO), I think this 6+ piece will be able to more closely replicate the incredibleness of Led Zeppelin’s studio albums than a 4-piece band.
Tom Ashbrook
Ian Cattell
Bobby Harrison
September 15th, 2016 | Tags: brit floyd, britt festivals, concert photography, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750 | Category: outside of ashland, people | Comments Off on Brit Floyd @ Britt Festival
Dylan Alexander (342) finished 4th at Western Oregon’s Ash Creek Invitational, helping the Raiders to a 1st place finish overall
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Details here.
September 14th, 2016 | Tags: dylan alexander, Raider Athletics, sports photography, track and field | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on SOU men @ #3 in latest 2016 Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Poll
Megan Smith
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Southern Oregon will be in Portland this weekend before opening their CCC games next weekend in Ashland. The 3-2 Raiders will play Corban at 3 on 9/23 and Northwest Christian at 4 on 9/24. Both games will be at Raider Stadium. The Opening Welcome for new SOU students and their families will take place at Raider Stadium following the Friday game. Hopefully some of those students and family members will come early to watch the action.
September 14th, 2016 | Tags: megan smith, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on SOU women’s soccer wraps up pre-conference play this weekend
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This Saturday’s game is a nominee for “NAIA Game of the Week”. Click on the image below and then like it on FB to vote.
Click on this image and then “like” to have the Raiders home opener be the NAIA game of the week.
September 13th, 2016 | Tags: football, julius rucker, michael chisley jr, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on “Game of the Week” finalist
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After several road games to start the season, AHS will open their home season tonight at the North Mountain Gym against Eagle Point around 7 p.m.
September 13th, 2016 | Tags: ashland high school, volleyball | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Home volleyball for Ashland High School
UC Davis vs. SOU Student Body President Colin Davis
Today the NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll came out. Eastern Oregon University deservedly moved up from #26 to #10 after beating previously #2 SOU at home and #22 Montana Western on the road to start the season. The coaches have only 3 Frontier Conference teams in the top 20 while the more objective Massey Ratings has 7 Frontier Conference teams in the top 13. Frontier Conference teams are “only” 2-2 against non-conference opponents. However, the losses were both against NCAA DI teams! EOU is the only undefeated team from the Frontier Conference. SOU will get another crack at EOU, this time in Ashland, on October 15.
As I predicted yesterday, the coaches have some teams ahead of the Raiders like Doane (at #5) and Kansas Wesleyan (at #11) who wouldn’t finish in the top half of the Frontier Conference. One example of how the coaches aren’t paying attention is they have Montana Western and Dickinson State tied in the standings even though Montana Western just beat Dickinson State by 16 points at a neutral field.
September 12th, 2016 | Tags: colin davis, football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: people | Comments Off on Davis vs. Davis
