Myla Norvell serves for the Siskiyou Volleyball Club in the Ashland Middle School Large Gym

The Siskiyou Volleyball Club 16/17&Under Team coached by Alan Young won the 11-team Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Tournament held at Ashland Middle School yesterday despite losing more games than they won on the day. In the most unlikeliest of methods, they lost nearly all of their pool play games in the morning. In the afternoon they won two of three from their first two opponents (one who was undefeated to that point, Impact Volleyball Club from Medford I think). They then won two straight from Eclipse Volleyball Club in the Championship Game, another team who hadn’t lost and who had beaten Siskiyou two straight earlier in the day.

I think their overall record on the day was 7-8 in individual games, but they won the afternoon matches that counted the most.

Posted on January 21st, 2014 under people. Tags: ashland middle school, myla norvell, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, siskiyou volleyball club, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Tournament Champions

Ball knocked away…

…and the battle begins…

…Gida recovers it and dishes to Carly Meister from the floor…

SOU Women’s Basketball Allison Gida

…and she scores.

Posted on January 19th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU Women’s Basketball – Allison Gida assist sequence

The Siskiyou VC Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tournament happens tomorrow at Ashland Middle School.

Posted on January 19th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, ashland middle school, ellie, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Siskiyou Volleyball Club – MLK Tournament

SOU Men’s Basketball vs OIT
David Sturner dunk before sold out crowd

Both the souraiders.com site and CCC site have published a cropped version of this photo. I want you to have the whole picture, complete with the rim, ball, Sturner’s hands, feet, etc.

I have over 800 photos from tonight’s big games. How many do you want to see?

You can view the photo of the crowd’s reaction to this dunk by following my Facebook page.

Posted on January 19th, 2014 under only in ashland, people, photography. Tags: basketball, david sturner, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 4)

SOU Men’s Basketball
Kyle Tedder

The unranked SOU Women’s Team takes on #20 Oregon Tech in Ashland at 5:30 p.m. (1/18/14)

The #7 Men’s Team follows at 7:30 as Oregon Tech’s Danny Miles (SOU class of 1967) goes for career win number 999.

Posted on January 17th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, kyle tedder, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments: 1

SOU wrestling
Trevor Hancock vs. Simpson’s AJ Valles

Matches against Embry-Riddle (Arizona) begin at 7 p.m (1/16/14). Trevor Hancock defeated Eric Harder last week, ending Harder’s 12-match winning streak.

Posted on January 15th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, wrestling. Comments Off on Raider wrestling in Ashland tomorrow night

SOU Men’s Basketball
Jacob Kaler

With last weekend’s loss to Northwest, the Southern Oregon University Men’s Basketball Team dropped from #6 to #7 in the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. Hopefully the downward trend will be reversed beginning with Saturday night’s game against OIT. The game is in Ashland and will sell out so buy your tickets early.

Posted on January 14th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU Men’s Basketball slips one notch to #7 in the national rankings

SOU Women’s Basketball
Allison Gida

Gida, a senior from Ashland, had a career-high 15 rebounds on Friday against Evergreen and a career-high with 26 points on Saturday against Northwest. She helped SOU to a road sweep without point guard Ashley Claussen and has now recorded a double-double in three of her last four games played.

Posted on January 13th, 2014 under only in ashland. Tags: basketball, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Allison Gida named Women’s Basketball Player of the Week

SOU Men’s Basketball
Tim Weber had a career-high 20 points for the Raiders

All but 1 of the 10 men’s basketball teams in the Cascade Conference have non-losing records at home. The Raiders almost lost to that team on Friday night. However, they pulled out a victory against Evergreen in that road contest.

The results weren’t as favorable against Northwest as they squeaked past the Raiders on Saturday night to go 8-0 at home.

The Raiders will be at home for their next three games so hopefully they can put together a winning streak.

Posted on January 12th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Northwest remains unbeaten at home