Johnnie Workman

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Matt_Retzlaff @johnnieworkz @serenarob11 @t_luebbert

I once heard a sports photographer say “no eyes, no ball, no shot”, meaning you have a throw-away photo if you don’t include the ball and the athlete’s eyes in the photo. While that isn’t always the case, it frequently is. Chopping feet off isn’t always as big a deal, but I still try to avoid it in many cases. To that end, today’s photos have recently been published on souraiders.com with missing balls or feet so I present them here in their original entirety.

Matt Retzlaff

Serena Robertson

Tyler Luebbert

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 September 30th, 2015 under people. Tags: football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, the whole picture. Comments Off on Whole Picture (16)

Ashland High School field

@TheRealJGuts

Ashland High School grad, Jeremy Guthrie, donated over $600,000 toward a new field for his alma mater. However, enough funds have yet to be raised to get started. You can help! Click here for details.

Posted on September 30th, 2015 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland high school, football, grizzly peak, sports photography. Comments Off on AHS Turf Field Campaign

Joseph Lealofi and Julius Rucker Jr.

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Jrucker10

SOU football jumped two spots in the 2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll released today, up from the #4 position. The Raiders continue to be ranked #1 in the Massey Ratings. All of the Frontier Conference teams have a bye this weekend.

Posted on September 28th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, julius rucker, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on The new #2

Kamerun Smith

@Kammi_LongxLegz @SOURaiders @SOU_Football

SOU football came up with a big win yesterday, outscoring Montana State-Northern by 73 points with mostly the second and third string players. That one wasn’t very difficult to predict, but let’s see what else happened…

I said Morningside would lose. They did.
I said all Frontier Conference teams would enter October with at least one loss. That happened too.

What’s next?

SOU football (3-1) has a bye this coming weekend. The following weekend will be a challenging road game at Montana-Western. compughterratings.com favors the Raiders by 5. Massey Ratings also predicts a Raider victory, by only 4 points though.

Although #1 Morningside lost, and will likely fall a few spots in the NAIA football coaches’ poll, Massey increased their computer ranking by two spots for barely losing to one of the best D3 teams. #3 Baker lost and will fall below SOU in tomorrow’s poll. Look for SOU to be in the #2 or #3 spot.

Posted on September 27th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Predictions keep coming true

@SOU_Football

Posted on September 23rd, 2015 under only in ashland. Tags: football, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Football in Ashland this Saturday

(L-R) Melvin Mason, Keegan Lawrence, Tanner Trosin, JJ Latu, and Zach Davis

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Sectionchamp2 @k_law21 @CCSaints

The Raiders dropped into a 4th place tie in the NAIA football coaches’ poll released today. Who plays who (or where) doesn’t seem to be taken into consideration. Beat College of Idaho on the road? Doesn’t matter. That’s why the coaches’ poll looks nothing like the computer rankings which have five Frontier Conference football teams in the top eight positions.

The new #1 (according to the coaches), Morningside, will likely lose to a D3 opponent this weekend so look for the Raiders to move up next week regardless of how many more points than Montana State Northern they score.

The game of the week this weekend will be Carroll at Montana Western. The coaches have dubbed it #6 at #16, but Massey more correctly puts it at #2 at #3. Should be a good game.

Posted on September 21st, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon, tanner trosin. Comments Off on Still at #4

Tanner Trosin with the touchdown

@TannerTrosin @SOURaiders @SOU_Football

Earlier this week I talked about how computer rankings are better than a coaches’ poll for NAIA football (as I’ve done previously). I also mentioned how the computer picked SOU to beat the College of Idaho, 48-32, today. Did they? Well, they came pretty darn close. SOU won, 42-27. Massey Ratings predicted a 45-32 SOU victory, again very close to the actual result. What does the computer say about next week? SOU should win by 40 points over Montana State-Northern next Saturday (at home in Ashland) according to compughterratings.com and by 32 according to Massey Ratings.

What else happened today in NAIA football, and what will Monday’s poll look like?

Eastern Oregon beat previously undefeated Montana Tech (as I sort of, and the computer, predicted).

#1 Marian lost. This means Morningside will move up to #1 in the coaches’ poll, thanks in large part to their weak schedule and their location in the country (near the voting coaches). Massey Ratings doesn’t believe Morningside is a top five team (and predicts they will lose to their DIII opponent next week).

Lindsey Wilson will move up to #2. With a schedule not much stronger than Morningside, Massey also doesn’t consider them to be a top five team.

SOU will move up to #3. Massey Ratings will continue to have SOU at #1 after today’s results are factored in.

Posted on September 19th, 2015 under people. Tags: football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on How did the computer do?

http://www.compughterratings.com/CFB/simulations

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

…or so says the simulator linked above.

JJ Latu with a 15-yard run for the Raiders against Eastern Oregon

Posted on September 16th, 2015 under only in ashland. Tags: football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Raiders to beat Yotes by 16…

Thomas Giddens has been great in SOU’s first two games, but the Raiders need to use him less.

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @giddentn

Yesterday I linked to NAIA rankings based on a computer formula. There are various formulas out there. Massey‘s formula has SOU at #1 even after the loss to Carroll. Even more interesting is that Massey says that five of the top six NAIA football teams are in the Frontier Conference.

Posted on September 15th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon, thomas giddens. Comments Off on Massey Ratings