Ashland High School field (AKA Walter A. Phillips Field) condition (January 2016)
The final fundraising efforts to obtain a new multi-purpose turf field for Ashland High School are underway. The new field will be used year round for football, soccer, and PE classes. The current field is largely unusable most of the year. I was out there yesterday (when this photo was taken), and even though it hadn’t rained in over 24 hours, much of the field was swamp like.
There are two ways you can help.
1. Northwest Pizza is donating 10 percent of all sales beginning today to the Ashland School District’s turf field campaign. The other days are 2/10/16, 3/9/16, 4/6/16, 5/11/16, and 6/8/16.
2. Click here for more information or to donate.
January 27th, 2016 | Tags: ashland high school, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750 | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on AHS Turf Field Campaign!
Coach Howard surveys his troops before the 2015 SOU football spring game
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Game is on April 29. Golf is on April 30.
Details here. Photos from last year’s golf here.
January 26th, 2016 | Tags: Coach Craig Howard, football, grizzly peak, Raider Athletics | Category: people | Comments Off on 2016 spring football game and Raider Red Zone Golf Shootout
Ashley Claussen
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Ashley Claussen was named the Cascade Conference “Player of the Week” for her performance this past weekend. Joel Spear received honorable mention.
Joel Spear
January 25th, 2016 | Tags: Ashley Claussen, basketball, joel spear, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Players of the Week
January 25th, 2016 | Tags: fog, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D750 | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments Off on Foggy morning
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There was a good-sized crowd last night at Ashland High School for the Raiders’ victories. Come on out this afternoon for today’s twin bill.
The games are exciting to watch for very different reasons. The 17-1 women dominate their opponents, and the 9-2 in-conference-play men find a way to win at the last moment. The men could just as easily be 5-6 as they’ve pulled off a win in four or five games that could have gone either way.
January 24th, 2016 | Tags: basketball, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Doubleheader Sunday
Zoe Jakes of Beats Antique @ Historic Ashland Armory (1/24/2012)
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… this happened in Ashland. Were you there?
January 24th, 2016 | Tags: beats antique, concert photography, Historic Ashland Armory, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4 | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on 4 years ago today …
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January 23rd, 2016 | Tags: basketball, Raider Athletics | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Gameday!
Lenticular cloud over Grizzly Peak
January 22nd, 2016 | Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D750, skywatch, snow, winter | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments Off on Grizzly Peak abducted by aliens
Daniel Breaux and Grant Torgerson
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January 21st, 2016 | Tags: football, Grant Torgerson, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on National Hug Day
Tiani Bradford
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SOU’s basketball teams have now played each team in the Cascade Conference once. They will play them all again before the regular season is over.
Despite Saturday’s loss to Eastern Oregon University, the 16-1 women’s team is in a good position. They will face second place EOU and third place OIT at home in the second half. Massey has them as an 81-100% favorite in each of their remaining, regular-season games. Massey has them at #8, while the coaches have the Lady Raiders at #11. If they can win their final 10 games, and win the conference tournament (which will be in Ashland if they continue winning), they should have no problem getting back into the coaches’ top 8. A final ranking between four and eight means a #2 seeding in the national tournament. A #1 seeding (by virtue of a final ranking in the coaches’ poll between one and four) is unlikely after the loss to EOU.
Kenny Meyer
The men will need a better second half to win the conference, and it won’t be easy. They are currently in second place, but they must face Northwest Christian, Corban, and Warner Pacific on the road in the second half. At least they get Oregon Tech at home. Still, it will be difficult to make it through the conference with fewer than 4 or 5 losses.
Both teams will be at home (Ashland High School) this coming Saturday and Sunday.
January 20th, 2016 | Tags: basketball, kenny meyer, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, tiani bradford | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Second half of conference play
