Manny Barragan rushes for the Southern Oregon University football team against Carroll College

More photos today from Saturday’s win over the Carroll College Fighting Saints…

Clay Sierra hauls in the football.

This was called a touchdown. At the time I thought Jared Hunt's knee went down when the ball was at the one, but this photo shows his knees still in the air. I still think he went down before the ball crossed the goal line though.

Plays are called from the sidelines via images on the big sign and four other football players making hand signals and other gestures.

By the way, I met another photographer, George McKay, earlier in the day at the Ashland Monster Dash. He was also taking pictures at the football game and runs a blog similar to this one. Check out his Life in Ashland blog.

Posted on October 29th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: clay sierra, football, gannon schroder, manny barragan, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on SOU Raiders football

The Southern Oregon University Raiders football team played great during the second quarter yesterday. This bomb from Austin Dodge to Patrick Donahue got things going. They didn’t dominate in any other quarter, but they did enough during this single quarter to allow for a victory in the end.

Posted on October 28th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU upsets Carroll in a 52-49 win

Tonight the Grizzlies play their final home game of the season against Eagle Point High School. Hopefully, it is a little more exciting than last time’s blow out.

Click here for a different angle during the day of the Ashland High School Football Field.

Posted on October 26th, 2012 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland high school, football, night photography, nikon d7000, panorama, photoshop photomerge, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Ashland High School football under the lights panorama

Saturday afternoon at Raider Stadium in Ashland will feature a big game. SOU is coming off three consecutive victories in which they scored 60+ points–something which has never been done before in college football in Oregon. Not even the Oregon Ducks can make such a claim.

Southern Oregon University’s opponent will be a formidable one however. The Carroll College Saints are ranked in the top 10 and have won the NAIA National Championship for football 6 times (all in the past 10 years!). This should be a good game.

Posted on October 24th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, austin dodge, football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Southern Oregon University, sports. Comments Off on Game of the week this Saturday in Ashland

I went to my first high school football game in 27 years this past Friday night. The lighting was horrific–not just for photography, but it was not easy to see the field, period.

The game between Ashland High School and Marshfield High School was a blowout with Ashland winning 61-14. Pictured above is one of the many touchdowns on the night for the Grizzlies.

Posted on October 17th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, sports. Comments Off on Ashland High School Football

The Southern Oregon University Raiders had a big victory at home yesterday.

Final score: 45-7.

Posted on September 23rd, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on SOU Raiders fly past Dickinson State

This Saturday (September 22), the Raiders will have a conference matchup with Dickinson State at 1 p.m. at Raider Stadium. Saturday’s game will be the first at Raider Stadium. Today’s photo, of Manny Barragan about to apply a stiff arm, is from their first “home” game which took place on September 1 in Medford against Montana Western.

Posted on September 19th, 2012 under people. Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Southern Oregon University, sports. Comments Off on SOU’s first Raider Stadium football game of the season

School doesn’t start at SOU for almost a month, but today is the first football game of the 2012 season. Game time is 1 p.m., and the game will be played in Medford (Spiegelberg Stadium) against Montana-Western.

Posted on September 1st, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, Southern Oregon University, sports. Comments Off on SOU Football 2012 kicks off today

Ellie has started conditioning for AHS volleyball next school year. The workouts are early morning. While waiting for her to come out I wandered over to the nearby football field as the sun was just coming up. I couldn’t fit everything into the photo even with my ultra-wide angle lens so this is a photomerge of two wide-angle photos.

Go Grizzlies!

Posted on June 4th, 2012 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland high school, football, grizzly peak, panorama, sunrise, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Ashland High School football field