6-photo photomerge of the Ed Moshofsky Sports Center before day two of the 2016 Oregon Matt Hartner Memorial Classic (January, Eugene)

We just got back from three days of volleyball. The Rogue Valley Volleyball Club 18U team came in 38th place out of 108 teams. They finished with a 6-2 record, losing both of their games in three sets. In other words, they beat everyone they faced at least once. Given the original rankings, Rogue Valley couldn’t have finished higher than 29th place, even if they won all their games, so I guess you could say they came in 9th place.

Posted on January 18th, 2016 under outside of ashland. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, eugene, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, volleyball. Comments Off on The Mo Center

Three days of continuous volleyball begins now in Eugene at the Oregon Matt Hartner Memorial Classic. Ellie’s 18U Rogue Valley Volleyball Club team should be pretty good.

Posted on January 16th, 2016 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: ellie, volleyball. Comments Off on Volleyball weekend

Paulla Pinheiro with the dig in 2014

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @paulla_op

Volleyball begins again in the Rogue Valley this Saturday. Ashland High School is hosting a jamboree on 1/9/16. The first real tournament for the Rogue Valley Volleyball Club (RVVCB) will be in Eugene from 1/16-1/18.

Posted on January 7th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: paulla pinheiro, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on TBT

David Weider

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @RaiderVB @RinnieThePoooh

Welcome to installment #21 in “The Whole Picture” in which I present the uncropped, higher resolution versions of photos that SOURaiders.com has published. For prior editions click here. For higher resolution click on the photo before saving. As always, these are best viewed on a big screen rather than a cell phone.

Joel Spear

Corynn Kopra

Teran Togia

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 this blog, 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 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
soccer
wrestling
track and field

Posted on December 31st, 2015 under people. Tags: basketball, corynn kopra, football, joel spear, Raider Athletics, sports photography, the whole picture, volleyball. Comments: 2

Emma Gasman and Lauren McGowne

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @emmagassy @LMcGowne

Emma Gasman received honorable mention and Lauren McGowne landed on the third team when the NAIA announced the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball All-America Teams this morning.

Posted on December 8th, 2015 under people. Tags: Emma Gasman, Lauren McGowne, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on All Americans

Tyana Andrews

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @emmagassy @tyana_dawn

Congratulations to Tyana Andrews and Emma Gasman for being named 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athletes. In order to be a recipient of the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete award, the athlete must be a junior or above with at least a 3.5 GPA. Tyana and Emma were key contributors to SOU’s team this year, a team which finished the season with their most wins in 11 years. Details here.

Emma Gasman

Posted on December 4th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Emma Gasman, Raider Athletics, sports photography, tyana andrews, volleyball. Comments Off on 2015 Volleyball Scholar-Athletes

2015 SOU Volleyball Team

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB

With tonight’s victory of Midland over Coastal Georgia (and SOU’s 3-1 loss to Vanguard), the Raider’s season will come to an end tomorrow with a consolation match against Coastal Georgia. At this point, Southern Oregon will be playing Thursday for a crack at the top 20 in the final rankings. They won’t be able to play in the 12-team final bracket play that begins on Friday.

The Raiders didn’t go down without a fight. SOU won two against Midland yesterday (and nearly won the match) and dominated Vanguard in a set today, but they came up just short of a shot at cracking the top 12.

With only two seniors on the current team, they will be back next year.

Posted on December 2nd, 2015 under people. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, courtney macklin, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, volleyball. Comments Off on 2015 SOU Volleyball

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @emmagassy

Details here.

Posted on December 1st, 2015 under people. Tags: Emma Gasman, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Gameday

Courtney Macklin

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB

After last night’s win, the last ever in Riehm Arena after 58 years of use, the #19 Raiders were placed in Pool F for the 2015 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Final Site Pool Play. They need to finish in the top two of their pool to advance. The other teams in Pool F are:
#6 Vanguard (Calif.)
#7 Midland (Neb.)
#22 Coastal Georgia

Matches begin December 1 in Sioux City, Iowa.

Posted on November 22nd, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: courtney macklin, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on 2015 NAIA volleyball pool play