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Posted on August 2nd, 2020 under only in ashland, people. Tags: alex stork, dustin fretwell, dylan young, football, President Roy Saigo, Raider Athletics, Ryan Retzlaff. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Dustin Fretwell!

2014 SOU football awards brunch – Coach Howard, Drew Gibson, Austin Dodge, Dustin Fretwell, Daniel Breaux, Heston Altenbach

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At this past Saturday’s 2014 SOU Football Awards Banquet, Coach Howard named these five graduating/graduated seniors as permanent captains of the SOU football program.

In other news, the first teaser for this upcoming documentary was shown…

Posted on February 17th, 2015 under only in ashland. Tags: austin dodge, Daniel Breaux, dustin fretwell, football, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, video. Comments Off on SOU football news

SOU football – Tevin Lake taken down by Dustin Fretwell after Alex Stork bounced him to the outside

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Tevin Lake is #5 all time on the NAIA Career Rushing Yards Leaderboard. He passed #6 Dusty McGrorty of SOU in 2014. McGrorty gained his 5,414 yards on almost 200 fewer carries though. Lake was a finalist for the 2014 NAIA Player of the Year Award, an award won by Austin Dodge.

Posted on February 12th, 2015 under people. Tags: dustin fretwell, football, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Throwback Thursday

All-American Daniel Breaux has graduated

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The SOU football team will be losing many of their seniors from the championship team for next season.

Dustin Fretwell has used up his eligibility and will be graduating with a degree in business

However, the national championship should help with recruiting top student athletes in future years.

Austin Dodge will of course be gone, but Melvin Mason (over 1,000 yards and 17 TDs in 2014) will be a junior in 2015.

In addition, all three of the running backs have at least two years remaining.

Sean Tow averaged 5.6 yards per carry in 2014 and will be a junior in 2015.

Keegan Lawrence averaged over 7 yards per carry and will be a sophomore in 2015.

Julius Rucker will be a junior in 2015.

#92 David Weider will be a senior, #26 Daniel Abernethy will be a sophomore, and #42 Isaiah Carter will also be a sophomore in 2015.
#10 Tevin Lake on Marian rushed for over 5,400 yards in his career, but the Raiders allowed only 68 of those yards on 18 carries.

Jaylenn Hart had 57 tackles this year and 3 interceptions against Marian. He will be a senior in 2015.

The future looks bright. More photos of next year’s returning players coming…

Posted on December 26th, 2014 under people. Tags: Daniel Breaux, dustin fretwell, football, julius rucker, keegan lawrence, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sean tow, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Past and future stars of the Raiders

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The play of the day, and ESPN’s SportsCenter agreed, was the Julius Rucker return of an interception for a touchdown on Marian’s first possession. The play set the tone for the rest of the game.

The pick 6 would not have happened without the assistance of Dustin Fretwell, pictured above. I actually took the above photo of Dustin a split second before the ball was snapped on this very play.

After Fretwell’s tip, Rucker came down with the ball, dodged, weaved, and broke tackles before hitting the open field.

Julius Rucker Sr. could not have been happier

If you are in the Rogue Valley, don’t forget about today’s parade.

Posted on December 21st, 2014 under people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, dustin fretwell, football, julius rucker, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Pick 6 sequence

Austin Dodge, Dustin Fretwell, and Sean McShane as SOU wins the National Championship

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The parade is Sunday (12/21/14) beginning at noon.

The team will go from the ice rink in Lithia Park to near Safeway. Bring your red umbrella.

Posted on December 20th, 2014 under only in ashland. Tags: austin dodge, dustin fretwell, football, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, parade, Raider Athletics, sean mcshane, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on National Championship Parade