
Southern Oregon University football – Matt Retzlaff
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Matt_Retzlaff
Actually, we will be there in about 24 hours, but who’s counting? The game is in five days.
Before you go, don’t forget to do this:

2014 NAIA National Championship Football Game on ESPNU (Daytona Beach, Florida)
December 14th, 2014 | Tags: football, Matt Retzlaff, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon | Category: people | Comments Off on 5 days to Daytona

SOU men’s basketball – Tim Weber
@SOURaiders @TimWeber14
The cropped picture and story can be found here.
December 14th, 2014 | Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, basketball, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, the whole picture, tim weber | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 9)

SOU women’s basketball – Bree Park
@SOURaiders @SOU_WBB @Breezyyy_13
The cropped picture and story can be found here.
December 13th, 2014 | Tags: basketball, bree park, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, the whole picture | Category: people | Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 8)

Southern Oregon University football
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @TamronUSA
Fun fact #3: Win, lose, or draw in Daytona, no NAIA team will finish the 2014 football season with more wins than the Raiders. 12 wins is not only a record for the Raiders, it is also more wins than any team in the NAIA has achieved this year. Let’s make it lucky number 13 for good measure.
P.S. Today’s photo, and these photos, were taken with the Tamron 150-600mm lens–a lens mostly marketed to, and used by, wildlife photographers. I found it to work rather well on the “wild life” found on a football field.
December 13th, 2014 | Tags: football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon | Category: people, photography | Comments Off on 6 days to Daytona
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football
Fun fact #2: When all is said and done, SOU will have played 15 football games this year–50% more games than many teams. Most NAIA teams play 10 or 11 games in a season.
December 12th, 2014 | Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, panorama, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, sports photography | Category: outside of ashland, photography | Comments Off on 7 days to Daytona

Heston Altenbach and Laurence Calcagno celebrate Altenbach’s defensive touchdown
caused by Calcagno’s tipped pass while Alex Stork and Joseph Lealofi join the party
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @JP_Daytona
Fun fact: No football team in the NAIA will finish the 2014 season with fewer than two losses. However, if SOU defeats Marian next week in the National Championship Game, they will be the only team to have a non-losing record against each and every one of their opponents. Southern Oregon University was 2-1 against Carroll College and 1-1 against Eastern Oregon University.
December 11th, 2014 | Tags: football, Heston Altenbach, JOSEPH LEALOFI, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon | Category: people | Comments Off on 8 days to Daytona

Floater and 100 Watt Mind @ Howiee’s on Front Street (Medford, Oregon 12/12/14)
@Floater_Music @RobertWynia @howieesonfront @100WATTMIND
Two of my favorites this Friday night–Floater and 100 Watt Mind.
December 10th, 2014 | Tags: 100 Watt Mind, floater, howiee's on front street | Category: outside of ashland | Comments Off on Floater and 100 Watt Mind

2014 SOU football team, families, friends, and fans in Medford airport on way to Chicago last week
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @racetodaytona
A similar scene to today’s photo will happen not in 9 days but in a mere 5 days. If you’d like to help the team get to Daytona, or if you’d like to ride on the flight with them, see this article for details.
December 10th, 2014 | Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, football, medford, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics | Category: outside of ashland, people | Comments (1)

2014 SOU football team and Coach Howard
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @racetodaytona
December is a time for advent calendars. My “Christmas” is coming early this year. So with just 10 days to go until the NAIA National Championship Game in Daytona Beach, Florida it’s time to start the countdown.
I’ll post a photo a day from last week’s semifinal win in Chicago until the big day. Enjoy!
December 9th, 2014 | Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Raider Athletics, Ryan Retzlaff, Southern Oregon University, sports photography | Category: people | Comments Off on Countdown to Daytona

SOU volleyball – Tyana Andrews (2014 NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athlete)

SOU volleyball – Brookelynn Cole (2014 NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athlete)

SOU volleyball – Motade Atanda (2014 NAIA Volleyball All-American Honorable Mention)
December 9th, 2014 | Tags: brookelyn cole, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, tyana andrews, volleyball | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Volleyball awards