SOU football @ Ashland High School with Happy Camp Fire smoke drifting in during second half

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Today’s photo is from the game two weeks ago with Carroll College. During the third quarter large amounts of smoke from California blew into Ashland, and by the end of the game the blue sky was completely gone.

Today’s game against College of Idaho is again at Ashland High School. The new turf at Raider Stadium is more or less done and will be used, not today but, next Thursday for the first time for soccer. The Southern Oregon University football team will play their next home game there.

Arrive early if you want to sit in the shade. The forecasted temperature at kickoff is 90 degrees, and the forecast for the end of the game is 96 degrees.

Posted on September 20th, 2014 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland high school, football, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, smoke, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on GameDay

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What? Football
Where? Ashland High School (Phillips Field)
When? 9/20/14 @ 1 p.m. (get there early if you want a seat in the shade–temperatures may be in the 90s by the end of the game)
Who? Southern Oregon University Raiders (3-0) vs. College of Idaho Yotes (2-0)
Why? SOU can continue their march up the top-10 rankings with another victory.

Posted on September 18th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: blakelyn birks, Daniel Breaux, football, Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on 48 hours to go

SOU volleyball – Motade Atanda

The Southern Oregon University volleyball team moved up a notch to #15 in the new national rankings released today. Eastern Oregon is #11. College of Idaho is #28. Eastern will be in Ashland next Friday night and College of Idaho will be here the following night (9/27/14).

Posted on September 16th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: melvin mason, motade atanda, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Moving on up

SOU football play calling

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The Southern Oregon University football team was ranked #22 going into the season. After blowing out Menlo College on the road, defeating #2 Carroll College, and finishing off #26 Eastern Oregon in the first three weeks of the season they jumped to #9 in the new NAIA poll released today.

The Raiders will be playing at Phillips Field (Ashland High School) this Saturday (9/20/14) against undefeated College of Idaho. The game starts at 1 p.m., but you will want to arrive before noon to get a seat in the shaded grandstand. The weather forecast predicts temperatures in the 90s.

After this Saturday, future football games will be played at Raider Stadium with the new turf.

Posted on September 15th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders move up to #9 in latest poll

SOU volleyball – Nikki Keller

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SOU senior Nikki Keller received Cascade Conference honorable mention for her volleyball defensive efforts even though the Raiders only had one contest last week. She was in on 9 blocks in the Southern Oregon University victory over OIT.

The Raiders will travel to Portland this week to take on Warner Pacific and Concordia on Friday and Saturday nights.

Posted on September 15th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: nikki keller, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Nikki Keller receives honorable mention

SOU football victory celebration

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Details here.

Posted on September 13th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: colin davis, football, Grant Torgerson, mason alfaro, melvin mason, Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU beats EOU 35-31

SOU football – Aldrick Rosas

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Posted on September 13th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders and Mountaineers tied at 21 at halftime

Southern Oregon University football vs Eastern Oregon University
Mylz Blake puts the hit on Dominique Blackman. Laurence Calcagno, Daniel Breaux, Trevor Kuyper

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You can watch the game on video or via free stats here. I’ll provide half time and post game updates with new photos from last week’s game later today.

Today’s photo is from last year’s matchup in Ashland. Eastern will be in Ashland on 11/15/14 this year.

Posted on September 13th, 2014 under people. Tags: football, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU football vs. Eastern today

SOU volleyball – Brookelynn Cole #10, Emma Gasman #11, and Motade Atanda #3

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Hot starts to the 2014 campaign by Cole, Gasman, and Atanda have propelled the Raiders to an 8-2 record and into the national rankings for the first time this year.

Eastern Oregon is ahead of them in the rankings at #14, and they will be playing in Ashland on 9/26. Tomorrow night (9/10), Oregon Tech will be playing in Ashland. Come on out for a 7 p.m. start.

Posted on September 9th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Emma Gasman, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on SOU Volleyball ranked #16