SOU Women’s Basketball “huddles”

The Raiders hit the road (Olympia, Washington) for a game tonight at Evergreen State College.

January 10th, 2014 | Tags: basketball, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Huddles

SOU Wrestling
Tyler Cowger vs. Simpson’s Marco Fratantoni

The Southern Oregon University Wrestling Team will head to Forest Grove (just outside Portland) for tonight’s meet. Freshman Tyler Cowger, wrestling in the 149-pound weight class and pictured above in his victory in Ashland against Simpson University, is second on the team in wins this year with 11 so far.

January 10th, 2014 | Tags: Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, tyler cowger, wrestling | Category: people | Comments Off on Raiders travel north to face Pacific University in tonight’s wrestling dual

Kyle Tedder, Dex Daum, Kristen Schoenherr, Autumn Durand

Hopefully they fare better than they did at home last weekend when each team went 1-1.

January 9th, 2014 | Tags: autumn durand, basketball, dex daum, Kristen Schoenherr, kyle tedder, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University | Category: people | Comments Off on SOU’s basketball teams hit the road this weekend

January 9th, 2014 | Tags: Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, wildlife | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments Off on Squirrel!

Moreton Bay Fig Tree
Old Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery

Santa Barbara has the largest fig tree in the USA, but this isn’t it. The one pictured here is still a massive presence on the cemetery grounds of the Santa Barbara Mission.

January 8th, 2014 | Tags: california, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, Santa Barbara, trees | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Ficus macrophylla

The Raiders were upset twice in the past few weeks to drop from #2 to #6 in the national rankings. Despite those two losses, they are just a game out of first place in the Cascade Conference with 12 games remaining.

January 7th, 2014 | Tags: basketball, david sturner, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on SOU Men’s Basketball Team falls to #6 in the rankings

January 7th, 2014 | Tags: deer, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, wildlife | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments (2)

Sammich (Ashland, Oregon)
pastrami on baguette w/ russian dressing, swiss cheese, and slaw

I’m not a big rye guy so I have had my pastrami sandwiches at Sammich on a baguette instead. Good stuff.

January 6th, 2014 | Tags: food, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, sammich | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Sammich (part 5)

SOU Women’s Basketball
Bree Park with the between-the-legs dribble

This post is another in the continuing saga of restoring photos posted on souraiders.com to their more complete selves.

SOU Men’s Basketball
Jeff Bush

SOU Women’s Basketball
Carly Meister

January 5th, 2014 | Tags: basketball, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 3)