Coach Alex Carlson and Demi (Sahlinger) Cowger

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Posted on August 10th, 2023 under only in ashland, people. Tags: alex carlson, basketball, demi sahlinger, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Demi Cowger!

Ben DeSaulnier

@SOURaiders @SOUWrestling @souwbb

First-year head coach Alex Carlson has guided the women’s basketball team to its best-ever season

Joel Spear’s 3 pointer with 40 seconds left was the difference in SOU’s quarterfinal win

Welcome to installment #24 in “The Whole Picture” in which I present the uncropped, higher resolution versions of photos that SOURaiders.com has published. For prior editions click here. For higher resolution click on the photo before saving. As always, these are best viewed on a big screen rather than a cell phone.

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, please 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.
football
basketball
softball
volleyball
soccer
wrestling
track and field

Posted on March 31st, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: alejandra rodriguez, alex carlson, basketball, Ben DeSaulnier, joel spear, Raider Athletics, the whole picture, tyler cowger, wrestling. Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 24)

@SOURaiders @souwbb

The final edition of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll comes out today. Previously #5 SOU’s standing will determine their seeding in the National Championship Tournament. According to Massey, the Raiders are #3. Whether they end up #2, #3, or #4 in the coaches’ poll won’t matter as all of those positions will receive a #1 seed. Marian was just behind the Raiders in the last poll, but they, like the teams ranked #2, #3, and #4, were unable to defend their conference titles in their conference tournaments. Therefore, they won’t be slipping by the Raiders as Southern Oregon moves up in the rankings. Only SOU and Morningside (of the teams in the top six) were able to win their conference tourneys. The Raiders are the only team with only one loss. Morningside is the only team with two losses. According to Massey, Morningside had a more difficult schedule.

The SOU men will also be in the national tourney. They will likely be a #4 or #5 seed. Last year they went in with an even lower seeding and made it to the Elite Eight.

Kenny Meyer

Posted on March 2nd, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: alex carlson, basketball, kenny meyer, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Final rankings before National Tournament

Ashley Claussen

@courtney_setzer @SOURaiders @souwbb @ADurand25 @CarlyMeister34

The Raiders won the Cascade Conference Tournament last night to go along with their regular season conference championship. Today the awards were announced, and, not surprisingly, Southern Oregon dominated them as well. Ashley Claussen won Player of the Year, Toria Bradford is the Defensive Player of the Year, Courtney Setzer is Freshman Player of the Year, and Alex Carlson is Coach of the Year. Autumn Durand and Carly Meister made the All-Conference Team (and could have each been Player of the Year as well were it not for Ashley). More details here.

Autumn Durand

Toria Bradford

Carly Meister

Alex Carlson

Courtney Setzer

Posted on March 1st, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: alex carlson, Ashley Claussen, autumn durand, basketball, Carly Meister, Courtney Setzer, Raider Athletics, sports photography, toria bradford. Comments Off on SOU wins conference tourney and the bulk of the awards

Danny Miles shakes hands with his former player and current SOU women’s basketball coach Alex Carlson before his final game in Ashland

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Beginning with the 2016-17 season, the Cascade Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Trophy will be renamed the Danny Miles Trophy. More details here.

Danny Miles was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and baseball at Southern Oregon State College in the 1960s.

Posted on February 18th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: alex carlson, basketball, danny miles, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on Danny Miles Trophy