Haleigh Wagman – 2015 class 4A volleyball all-state selection

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Ellie Case – 2015 class 5A volleyball all-state selection

Posted on November 17th, 2015 under people. Tags: ashland high school, ellie, haleigh wagman, mOcean VC, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on All-state high school volleyball players from Southern Oregon

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Posted on November 17th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, keegan lawrence, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Playoff Saturday

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Southern Oregon will host a first round match this weekend in the 2015 NAIA volleyball tournament. Their opponent will be La Sierra from Riverside, California.

Basketball and wrestling have already seen their last events in Riehm Arena in McNeal Pavilion. This Saturday’s contest will be the last event ever in McNeal. The building is coming down to make way for a new facility which will be ready in 2017.

Today’s photo comes not from Riehm Arena but from the gym at Eastern Oregon University.

Posted on November 16th, 2015 under people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Raider volleyball advances to postseason

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Congratulations to Emma Gasman, Corynn Kopra, Lauren McGowne, and Tyana Andrews. Full team listing here.

Lauren McGowne

Posted on November 15th, 2015 under people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on 2015 CCC Volleyball All-Conference

Lauren McGowne

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Assuming the car functions properly and the weather gods play nice, I will be shooting my first, ever away volleyball game for the SOU Raiders tonight in La Grande, Oregon. I’ve never been to La Grande before, but the combination of SOU volleyball tonight, Raider football tomorrow, and nothing else going on this weekend has compelled me to take a road trip.

The winner of tonight’s semifinal match will likely play Eastern Oregon University tomorrow night for the 2015 Cascade Collegiate Conference Volleyball Tournament Championship.

Posted on November 13th, 2015 under people. Tags: Lauren McGowne, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Volleyball tonight (but not in Ashland)

Corynn Kopra

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Corynn Kopra and Ray Schireman were named CCC Players of the Week. Lauren McGowne received another honorable mention.

Details here.

Posted on November 9th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: corynn kopra, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Players of the Week

Ellie Case putting down one of her 46 kills during the 2015 OSAA 5A Volleyball State Championship at Liberty High School in Hillsboro, Oregon

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First Team
Claire Hoffman, 10, Marist Catholic
Kalina Rivera, 12, La Salle Prep
Haley Smith, 10, Summit
Lauren Christie, 10, Lebanon
Tatiana Ensz, 11, Bend
Anna Houser, 12, Marist Catholic

Second Team
Ellie Case, 12, Ashland
Emmerson Smith, 11, La Salle Prep
Kaci Cox, 10, Bend
Rachel Berger, 12, La Salle Prep
Isabella Rainaldi, 12, Summit
Sophie Griese, 11, La Salle Prep

Posted on November 8th, 2015 under people. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, ashland high school, ellie, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on 2015 OSAA 5A Volleyball State Championships All‐Tournament Teams

2015 Ashland High School volleyball seniors Liv Rooney, Ellie Case, and Payton Onesti

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Yesterday’s results were the best for the Grizzlies since the 2009 team took 3rd in Oregon. Ashland was the victim of the toughest matchup schedule of any team at the tournament. OSAA doesn’t adjust the brackets round by round, even after the first round (in which almost an entire week passes), so that the lowest seeded team plays the top seed, etc. Therefore, Ashland had to face the #2 seed and the #1 seed in their only two losses of the tournament. On the other hand, La Salle Prep (who won the same number of matches as Ashland during the year), came in second in the tournament by beating the #13 and #9 seeded teams before losing to #3-seeded Summit in the finals.

I know traditions are hard to break, but why not have each of the top teams play each of the other top teams over the two days? Seems much more fair to determine the final placements than the current system. All the teams are there sitting around waiting to play anyway.

Posted on November 8th, 2015 under only in ashland. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, ashland high school, ellie, Nikon D750, volleyball. Comments Off on Ashland High School volleyball takes 6th in state

2015 Ashland High School Volleyball Team

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Today is day one of the two-day, double elimination championship in Hillsboro, Oregon. You can see the match times and results here.

#7 Ashland squares off against #2 Lebanon first. That doesn’t hardly seem fair given that #13 Churchill gets to go against #5, but that’s OSAA logic for you. For Ashland to win it all, they will likely have to beat the #2, #3, and #1 teams consecutively.

Posted on November 6th, 2015 under people. Tags: ashland high school, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on 2015 OSAA 5A Volleyball State Championship