
Presley Lambert
@SOURaiders @SOUWomensSoccer @laurenaldana @presleylambert
Congratulations to Lauren Aldana, Prelsey Lambert, Kylie Moltzen, Megan Smith, and Allyson Ward for earning 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Soccer Scholar-Athlete status. In order to be a recipient of the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete award, the athlete must be a junior or above with at least a 3.5 GPA.

Kylie Moltzen

Allyson Ward

Megan Smith

Lauren Aldana
December 4th, 2015 | Tags: kylie moltzen, lauren aldana, megan smith, presley lambert, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography | Category: people | Comments Off on 2015 Soccer Scholar-Athletes

Tyana Andrews
@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @emmagassy @tyana_dawn
Congratulations to Tyana Andrews and Emma Gasman for being named 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athletes. In order to be a recipient of the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete award, the athlete must be a junior or above with at least a 3.5 GPA. Tyana and Emma were key contributors to SOU’s team this year, a team which finished the season with their most wins in 11 years. Details here.

Emma Gasman
December 4th, 2015 | Tags: Emma Gasman, Raider Athletics, sports photography, tyana andrews, volleyball | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on 2015 Volleyball Scholar-Athletes

Alejandro Sandoval and Chris Vasquez
@SOUWrestling @SOURaiders @al3jandro4
Details here.
December 3rd, 2015 | Tags: Raider Athletics, sports photography, wrestling | Category: people | Comments Off on Wrestling tonight

2015 SOU Volleyball Team
@SOURaiders @RaiderVB
With tonight’s victory of Midland over Coastal Georgia (and SOU’s 3-1 loss to Vanguard), the Raider’s season will come to an end tomorrow with a consolation match against Coastal Georgia. At this point, Southern Oregon will be playing Thursday for a crack at the top 20 in the final rankings. They won’t be able to play in the 12-team final bracket play that begins on Friday.
The Raiders didn’t go down without a fight. SOU won two against Midland yesterday (and nearly won the match) and dominated Vanguard in a set today, but they came up just short of a shot at cracking the top 12.
With only two seniors on the current team, they will be back next year.
December 2nd, 2015 | Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, courtney macklin, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, volleyball | Category: people | Comments Off on 2015 SOU Volleyball

MO! MO! MO!
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football #RaceToDaytona #NAIAFootball #RoadToDaytona
Details here.
Currently it’s 16 degrees in Sioux City with the wind chill factor, and it’s the afternoon. Saturday’s forecast is for the 30s. Hopefully, that wind chill goes away in the next few days. In any event, I’ll be thinking about today’s image to try and keep warm.
December 2nd, 2015 | Tags: football, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on I want MO!
December 1st, 2015 | Tags: pink flamingos lawn ornaments | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Tis the season

Joel Spear
@SOURaiders @joelspear
I previously mentioned how Carroll College was going to begin feeding computer rankings to NAIA voting coaches (for men’s basketball) in order to improve the coaches’ poll. That process has begun. You can see the results by comparing the Sagarin Ratings with the latest coaches’ poll.
Unlike the football rankings (in which the coaches will frequently put teams in the top 20–and even the top 10–that Massey Ratings doesn’t have in their top 40), these are fairly close. I’m not sure how much of it has to do with Carroll’s efforts. SOU is ranked #13 by the coaches and #11 by Sagarin.
December 1st, 2015 | Tags: basketball, joel spear, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on NAIA Men’s Basketball Rankings

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @emmagassy
Details here.
December 1st, 2015 | Tags: Emma Gasman, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball | Category: people | Comments Off on Gameday

Jesse Needles eyes the end zone on his way to a TD against KWU
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football #RaceToDaytona #NAIAFootball #RoadToDaytona
As mentioned yesterday, Massey went a perfect 4-0 in forecasting the quarterfinal results. I don’t understand how or why, but Massey is predicting a rematch of last year’s national championship game (even though Massey has Marian ranked lower and St. Francis is at home). Note that St. Francis already beat Marian (on the road no less) earlier this season.

November 29th, 2015 | Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: people | Comments Off on Massey predicts 2015 NAIA FCS semis

Jordan West
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @souwbb @ADurand25 @RunForMylz

Joseph Lealofi and Mylz Blake celebrate a sack

Clay Sierra


Gary Melvin
Some of you may have found your way here through the link on souraiders.com. I have had several people email me asking questions about buying prints or about finding all of my photos for a certain sport.
The photos I post here are a small fraction of the photos I actually have. If you would like to print any of the photos on this blog, you are welcome to do so at no charge. Be sure to click on the photo to get to the higher resolution size which will print with more quality. If you want to use them on the web (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), you are welcome to do so if you link back to traveljapanblog.com/ashland in the description of the photo. If you are using the photo in a newspaper or magazine, credit “Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo”.
If you would like me to search through all of my photos and send you photos of the particular athlete you are looking for I charge a reasonable fee for the time it takes me to find all of those photos and to process them for you. I do not normally sell prints. I email you the high quality electronic files in .jpg format, and you can do the printing and framing yourself through a local or online service. My email is on this page or you can comment (leave a reply) to a blog entry to communicate.
To find all of my photos for a particular sport, use the following links. Click on “Older Entries” near the bottom-left of each page to view more photos.
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November 29th, 2015 | Tags: autumn durand, basketball, football, gary melvin, jordan west, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, the whole picture | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 20)