Volleyball tonight and tomorrow
SOU volleyball – Lauren McGowne
@SOURaiders @RaiderVB
Ashland High School volleyball is also happening tonight at 6 p.m.
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Raiders head to Idaho
SOU football – Dylan Young
@SOU_Football @SOURaiders @DY_Lee11
This weekend the Southern Oregon University football team will be on the road again, taking on the College of Idaho Yotes. Carroll is the only team in the Frontier Conference getting much respect from the coaches doing the NAIA national rankings. The coaches seem to look more at records and the teams’ performances in prior years than strength of schedule in the current year, who a team beat, or where games take place.
College of Idaho doesn’t garner any votes from the coaches, but more accurate and objective rankings like Hensley Ratings say otherwise. There, the Yotes are ranked #15. In addition, College of Idaho is undefeated at home. Still, Hensley Ratings predicts the Raiders will be victorious by a touchdown.
AHS volleyball heads into final, regular-season weekend
Ashland High School volleyball – Olivia Rooney and Myla Norvell
The Grizzlies headed up I-5 to Central Point to take on the first place Crater Comets last night. The place was packed, hot, and loud. Ashland won the first set, but ultimately didn’t come out victorious. Crater had won all 18 of their previous home sets this year so Ashland did do something unprecedented even if they didn’t end up with a W.
Ashland did not fall in the rankings. Assuming they remain at #7 after Friday’s match and Saturday’s tournament, they will have a home play-in game on Tuesday, October 28 against South Albany, currently ranked #25. Assuming Ashland wins that one, they will then have a home game against #10 Marist on November 1. If the rankings change, they could end up playing #9 Crescent Valley or #11 Pendleton.
130 years ago
Ashland, Oregon (1884)
Down to #7
SOU football – Dustin Fretwell
@SOU_Football @SOURaiders
With the Raiders loss to Carroll College the NAIA Football Coaches Poll rather unfairly dropped SOU three spots in the rankings. Both Carroll and SOU are undefeated against a similar schedule. (In fact, SOU has one more win than Carroll and no more losses.) SOU beat Carroll by 3 points at home. Carroll beat SOU by 2 points at home. Anyone who has watched both of those games would say that the teams are evenly matched. They would probably win about 50 games each if they played each other 100 times. Yet Carroll is ranked #3 while SOU is ranked #7. Why?
If SOU wins the rest of their games they will get at least one home game in the playoffs. However, if Carroll wins the rest of their games they will get at least two home games in the playoffs. Why?
Hopefully, SOU wins the rest of their games and a few teams ahead of SOU in the current rankings are upset between now and November 15.
The Hollowbodys and Channel 3 @ Johnny B’s
The Hollowbodys
Soothesayers and Expired Logic are also on the bill this Thursday night (10/23/14).
Lithia Motors donates to #SOUCountMeIn
2013 contribution by Lithia Motors and other local car dealerships
@SOUAshland @lithiamotors
Between now and midnight, Lithia Motors will contribute $100 (up to $25,000) to SOU’s Count Me In drive to raise money for student scholarships. For more details and to contribute go here.
Making Fuck @ Club 66 (10/14/14)
Anson Bishof
This great band from Salt Lake City, Utah sound a bit like what would happen if Neurosis and Giant Squid (two of my favorite bands) had a baby. Hopefully it won’t be their last trip through Ashland.
Jessica Bundy
Making Fuck @ Club 66 (Ashland, Oregon) Kory Quist
Ashland High School volleyball
2014 AHS volleyball team celebrates the block
Last night, the Grizzlies played two league games in Eagle Point. However, Eagle Point was not their opponent. They lost to Marist and beat North Eugene. This adds additional intrigue to Tuesday’s match against Crater as an Ashland victory will leave the conference with a three-way tie for first place. Crater has beaten Marist twice, Marist has beaten Ashland twice, and Ashland has beaten Crater. Unfortunately for Ashland, the Crater game is on the road, and Ashland didn’t get a home game all season against Marist.
The following week begins the state tournament. The good news for Ashland is even if they lose to Crater, they will still have at least one home playoff game.