David Weider

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @RaiderVB @RinnieThePoooh

Welcome to installment #21 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.

Joel Spear

Corynn Kopra

Teran Togia

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 December 31st, 2015 under people. Tags: basketball, corynn kopra, football, joel spear, Raider Athletics, sports photography, the whole picture, volleyball. Comments: 2

Erin Houston

@SOURaiders @souwbb @ErinnnNicoleee

Warner Pacific proved that they have teams to be reckoned with via their sweep of Oregon Tech last night in Klamath Falls. Both of the Owls’ teams are tough, especially at home, but WPC earned Ws against them. Tonight it’s the Raiders’ turn. In a very unusual situation, all four teams are undefeated in conference play at 5-0. Only the winners of each game will enter 2016 in first place.

Game times are 5:30 and 7:30 at Ashland High School.

Clay Sierra

Posted on December 31st, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon AF‑S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Huge games tonight

@SOURaiders @souwbb @Tay_Nuttall_

SOU men’s and women’s basketball starts up again tomorrow. They’ve been off for more than a week which is unusual. The games are Wednesday (12/30/15 vs. Multnomah) and Thursday (12/31/15 vs. Warner Pacific) at Ashland High School with the women tipping off at 5:30 each evening followed by the men at about 7:30. The New Year’s Eve games will be a battle for first place in the conference for both the men and the women. Both SOU teams currently sit in a tie for first place with also undefeated Warner Pacific.

Taylor Nuttall

Posted on December 29th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, taylor nuttall. Comments Off on Basketball resumes in Ashland

Jordan West

@SOURaiders @souwbb

Details here.

Ashley Claussen

Posted on December 21st, 2015 under people. Tags: basketball, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Players of the Week

Majerle Reeves

@SOURaiders @souwbb

Details here.

Posted on December 21st, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Majerle Reeves, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Team of the Week

Ben DeSaulnier

Details on the men’s and women’s rankings for SOU can be found here.

I take back my comments from last week about how computer rankings and the coaches’ poll are fairly close. This week they aren’t close at all. Carroll College doesn’t seem to be keeping a history of the computer rankings, but while last week’s were similar, this week’s are not. Sagarin has Corban at #6, Northwest Christian at #7, and SOU at #8. This may seem odd given that SOU just beat Corban and Northwest Christian, but it actually makes sense given how close the games were and the fact that the Raiders were at home.

The coaches have SOU at #10 and Corban and NCU not even in the top 25.

Posted on December 9th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Ben DeSaulnier, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on New NAIA Men’s Basketball Rankings

Joel Spear scored a combined 50 points in SOU’s wins

@SOURaiders @joelspear

The Cascade Collegiate Conference announced today that the Southern Oregon University men’s basketball team has been named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for November 30 – December 6.

Details of the victories can be found here and here.

SOU’s next home game (at Ashland High School–a much better venue for photography than old McNeal I might add) will be on 12/30/15.

Posted on December 7th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, basketball, joel spear, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments: 1

Joel Spear

@SOURaiders @joelspear

I previously mentioned how Carroll College was going to begin feeding computer rankings to NAIA voting coaches (for men’s basketball) in order to improve the coaches’ poll. That process has begun. You can see the results by comparing the Sagarin Ratings with the latest coaches’ poll.

Unlike the football rankings (in which the coaches will frequently put teams in the top 20–and even the top 10–that Massey Ratings doesn’t have in their top 40), these are fairly close. I’m not sure how much of it has to do with Carroll’s efforts. SOU is ranked #13 by the coaches and #11 by Sagarin.

Posted on December 1st, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, joel spear, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on NAIA Men’s Basketball Rankings

Jordan West

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @souwbb @ADurand25 @RunForMylz

Joseph Lealofi and Mylz Blake celebrate a sack

Clay Sierra

Gary Melvin

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.
football
basketball
softball
volleyball
soccer
wrestling
track and field

Posted on November 29th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: autumn durand, basketball, football, gary melvin, jordan west, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, the whole picture. Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 20)