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NAIA football poll predictions
Matt Retzlaff making the tackle for the #2 Raiders
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Matt_Retzlaff
The entire Frontier Conference had a bye yesterday, but that doesn’t mean things won’t change in tomorrow’s coaches’ poll.
#3 Faulkner lost, at home, to an unranked team. That will drop them down a ways. The coaches will likely put them near the bottom of the top 10 even though Massey Ratings has them at #14, not far from the #9 they had them at before the loss.
#1 Lindsey Wilson won, not surprisingly, to another winless team. Lindsey Wilson’s opponents now have a combined record of… 1-19. That’s not a typo. The one win of one of the teams they beat came against an 0-5 team. In other words, it’s not mathematically possible for them to have had an easier schedule so far. Lindsey Wilson will likely lose, at least once and probably twice, over the next four weeks as they finally begin to play decent teams.
#4 Morningside could tie or pass idle Southern Oregon as they beat the #14 team on the road. Massey Ratings has Morningside at #4, but the coaches love the Great Plains Conference. Don’t be surprised to see them at #2 on Monday.
Meanwhile the Raiders will be traveling to Montana Western this weekend. Massey has this as #1 @ #3.
Early fall
Ashland had a great sky yesterday. The autumn colors are just beginning. No snow on Mt. Ashland yet, and the forecast shows 80s for the next couple weeks so no snow on Mount A in the near future.
11th Annual Brews & Boogie
Danielle Kelly Soul Project
Tonight (10/3/15) is the annual event at ScienceWorks featuring food, beer, and several local musicians. For this year’s event those acts include Jive Coulis, Frankie Hernandez & the Old Soul Parade, Danielle Kelly Soul Project, and DJ G_Rad from the Granite Taphouse. Tickets are $20, and things will be happening from 7 p.m. to midnight.
Match of the week
Watch it here.
Even with last night’s setback, SOU can still win the conference. They need a win tonight though.
Soccer weekend
@SOURaiders @SOUWomensSoccer
2015 Ashland Monster Dash is coming
Ashland Monster Dash in Lithia Park
Register before October 12 for the best rate. The race is on Saturday, October 31 this year.
SOU soccer
Makena Totushek
@SOURaiders @SOUWomensSoccer @kenatotu
This weekend’s forecast is for good weather and lots of soccer on SOU’s field. Come watch. Details here.
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Johnnie Workman
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Matt_Retzlaff @johnnieworkz @serenarob11 @t_luebbert
I once heard a sports photographer say “no eyes, no ball, no shot”, meaning you have a throw-away photo if you don’t include the ball and the athlete’s eyes in the photo. While that isn’t always the case, it frequently is. Chopping feet off isn’t always as big a deal, but I still try to avoid it in many cases. To that end, today’s photos have recently been published on souraiders.com with missing balls or feet so I present them here in their original entirety.
Matt Retzlaff
Serena Robertson
Tyler Luebbert
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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AHS Turf Field Campaign
Ashland High School field
@TheRealJGuts
Ashland High School grad, Jeremy Guthrie, donated over $600,000 toward a new field for his alma mater. However, enough funds have yet to be raised to get started. You can help! Click here for details.