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SOU vs Marian (part 4)
SOU Raiders vs Marian Knights sand sculpture
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Tomorrow the Raiders and Knights will meet for the fourth time. The first three were National Championship affairs. While this one isn’t for a National Championship, it will still be a little sweeter game to win than one against a random opponent. And the winner may get a shot at a National Championship, but it will take several more wins after one on Monday to get that far. Game time is 11 a.m. PDT. More details here.
Records fall at CCC Championships
Zac Hannan and Julius Shellmire were half of the Raiders record-breaking team in the 4×100
Details here.
Deja Vu – SOU vs Marian
2016 SOU Softball Team
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Strangely, Southern Oregon has to travel to Kentucky while Dickinson State (North Dakota) goes to Redding, just a couple hours from Ashland. SOU and Dickinson are only five spots from each other in the rankings so it doesn’t make much sense. Details here.
Softball awards
Kayleen Smith – 1st Team
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The 10-team Cascade Conference announced the conference awards for softball this morning. The Conference Champion Raiders earned a large chunk of them. Details here.
Jessica Pistole – Coach of the Year
Kelsey Randall – Gold Glove and 1st Team
Victoria Mackey – 2nd Team
Alexa Gonzalez – Gold Glove
Tyler Burke – Honorable Mention
Sydney White – 1st Team
One year ago…
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Raiders survive day two
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After a near miss on day one, Southern Oregon went 2-0 on day two to earn a Sunday game.
The Raiders beat Corban, with an offensive explosion (16-5), for the first time this year. The other four SOU-Corban games weren’t nearly as important as this one so their timing was good.
If SOU can get by Great Falls Sunday morning (11 a.m. start), they will earn a trip to Regionals. They will then need to beat Eastern Oregon twice to win the tournament. It seems a bit unfair that the Raiders will have to win five games to win the tournament while EOU will only need to win four (and Eastern didn’t have to play Oregon Tech–a team they didn’t beat all season), especially since SOU won the conference and was the #1 seed, but, unfortunately, that’s the nature of things.
Alexa Gonzalez
Aaliyah Oliver
2016 SOU softball team
Abigail Lund
Amelia Hensler
Out at home …
Kelsey Randall tagged out at home after OIT catcher blocked direct access to the plate
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… or was she safe?
SOU beat Oregon Tech this morning in extra innings to continue their season. They play again at 4:30 today (5/7/16).
The call above could have been the difference in the game though. The umpire ruled the runner was out without considering the obstruction rule. Here it is:
9.4.1 Obstruction is the intentional or unintentional act of a defensive team member that hinders or impedes the progress of a runner who is legally running bases, unless the fielder is in possession of the ball, in the act of fielding a batted ball, or in the act of catching a thrown ball.
Notes:
1. The defensive player must be in the process of catching the ball and not merely positioning, waiting for a throw to arrive.
So did the defensive player position and/or wait for a throw to arrive while obstructing home plate? You be the judge:
Oregon Tech catcher blocking (obstructing) home plate without the ball
Another odd thing about this play is (in the series of seven photos showing the entire sequence that I have) the umpire began calling the runner out (with his fist) long before the tag was made. The top photo is the last in the sequence, and it’s the first showing a tag. The umpire was opening his clenched fist in this photo. He had an “out fist” in the three photos prior to this one before the tag.
CCC Softball Tournament in Ashland
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The 3-day double-elimination tournament begins today and runs until Sunday. SOU plays at 2 today. Even though SOU is the #1 seed, they will be playing one of the two teams they had the most trouble with–Eastern Oregon or Corban. They’d much rather play Carroll, Great Falls, or even OIT in the first round, but that’s not how things worked out. The Raiders need to win at least twice to make Regionals.