Sean Tow averaged over 7 yards a carry in Saturday’s win over the Yotes

Details about yesterday’s Raider win can be found here.

USF fell apart in the second half of yesterday’s game with Marian. That caused them to drop a couple of places in Massey Ratings. The NAIA coaches will likely do something similar, paving the way for Marian and Baker to receive home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Neither Marian or Baker have an even halfway decent opponent on their remaining schedules. SOU will still be #9 in Monday’s coaches poll. USF will likely drop to #5.

Posted on October 2nd, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Jason Shelley, jose sanchez, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sean tow. Comments Off on SOU up to #2 in latest Massey Ratings

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football #NAIAFootball @Matt_Retzlaff

As mentioned previously, the Raiders can win out and still not crack the top four in the final NAIA rankings. That created a possible scenario where the Raiders would travel to #1 Marian for a quarterfinal or semifinal playoff game. However, if USF can pull off an upset today, Marian could drop a few spots in the rankings, and teams like USF and Baker can end the regular season undefeated in the #1 and #2 spots. Such a fate could cause another Marian vs. SOU championship in Daytona.

You can watch the end of the Marian vs USF game here.

Posted on October 1st, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, jose sanchez, Matt Retzlaff, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Marian down 7 at the half

New SOU football locker room

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

Posted on October 1st, 2016 under only in ashland, places. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Gameday!

(R-L) Ashlyn Flynn, Ariana Sattler, and Nila Lukens

Kim Nava and Emily Lamb

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Welcome to installment #28 in “The Whole Picture” in which I present the uncropped, higher-resolution version of photos that SOURaiders.com have published. For prior editions click here. For higher resolution click on the photo before saving. As always, photos are best viewed on a big screen rather than a tiny phone screen.

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 Ashland Daily Photo, 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 recent 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
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wrestling
track and field

Tanner Trosin

Nila Lukens

Posted on September 30th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ariana sattler, ashlyn flynn, Emily Lamb, football, kim nava, nila lukens, Raider Athletics, sports photography, tanner trosin, the whole picture, track and field, volleyball. Comments Off on The Whole Picture (28)

Raider Stadium

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @SOUAshland

A new 2010 Men’s XC National Champions banner has gone up in Raider Stadium. The 2014 Football National Champions banner has been up for a few weeks. Both teams are in contention for 2016 national championships as well.

Posted on September 30th, 2016 under only in ashland, places. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, campus, football, grizzly peak, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Another great day to be a Raider!

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @tristvedt_10 @RaiderVB

Go Raiders!

Posted on September 30th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Emma Gasman, football, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Taylor Ristvedt, tylor king, volleyball. Comments Off on This Week in Ashland

Ben Bachman

@SOU_Football @SOURaiders @Ben_Bachman23 @tristvedt_10

Details here and here.

Taylor Ristvedt

Posted on September 28th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ben bachman, football, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Taylor Ristvedt, volleyball. Comments Off on Yotes in Ashland this Friday and Saturday

Gonzalo Garcia

@G11Gonzo @SOURaiders

This didn’t come out as good as I wanted, but one of these days I will capture a bicycle kick in all of its glory.

SOU’s soccer teams are on the road this weekend. They will return to playing in Ashland on October 7.

Posted on September 28th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Gonzalo Garcia, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography. Comments Off on Bicycle kick

Marcus Montano

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football #NAIAFootball

In one of the more boring and predictable polls in recent history, the NAIA football coaches left things largely unchanged from last week.

Once again, they stupidly dropped a team for losing to a higher-ranked team on the road. This time Morningside dropped from #2 to #6 for their defeat to perhaps the best NCAA DIII football program. Morningside didn’t deserve to be #2 anyway, but the voting coaches are still lame.

Don’t expect much movement next week either. #1 plays #2 with the probable loser (#2 Saint Francis) likely ending up as something like #5 since the coaches like to penalize teams for playing good teams.

Posted on September 26th, 2016 under people. Tags: football, Marcus Montano, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on number 9, number 9…