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SOU’s Bubba Owens about to hit the mat courtesy of Menlo College’s Justin Harrison. Bubba did win this heavyweight match in a rather dominating manner.
The Southern Oregon University wrestling team will be hosting MSU-Northern tomorrow night beginning at 7 p.m. in Ashland.
Today’s photos are from an SOU victory a couple weeks ago against Menlo College.
Reed Tennyson appears to be dancing off with Joel Veloni stuck in a rather awkward position
With two matches going at the same time, instead of a buzzer when time expired, one of the SOU volleyball players would tap the referee on the back when the clock ticked down to zero.
Between the wrestling singlet and the numerous crotch grabs, many of my photos aren’t very presentable. This last picture isn’t quite so obscene, but it is a strange one.
Bob Riehm Arena in wrestling tournament configuration
I was expecting lighting like the last time I attended a wrestling meet at SOU. I thought a wide angle shot might be pretty cool looking, with the single light over the center of the mat. However, with this many matches (10 a.m. until 8 p.m. non stop) they had two mats out and most of the lights on, not as dramatic, but I took a wide angle shot anyway.
Derek Rottenberg of SOU has Kody Reed by the leg
With one leg bound high in the air and the other coming off the mat courtesy of Derek’s left foot, Reed was not in a great position at this point. Rottenberg went on to win the match.
Derek Rottenberg of SOU and Kody Reed of Montana State University Northern (MSU-N) grapple
This past Saturday, Southern Oregon University hosted the NAIA West Region Qualifying Tournament for wrestling. I’ll have a few more photos from the event over the next week.
SOU came out on top to win the West Championship and will be sending a dozen wrestlers (the maximum allowed from a single school) to the NAIA National Championships next weekend.
SOU's Tyler Thomas squares off against Greg Alvarez of Menlo College
I’m a big fan of Sumo Wrestling. I have attended live matches about a half dozen times while in Japan, and I watch Youtube videos of every tournament as the tournaments progress (every other month in Japan). However, I’ve never watched “regular” wrestling–not on TV, not live–until this past weekend.
This past weekend I watched my first ever non-sumo wrestling at SOU. The #2 ranked Raiders easily rolled over their opponents from Menlo College.
Wrestling is a horrible sport for photography. There is one light in the center of the mat, and the rest of the arena is darkness. I took a few hundred photos, but ended up deleting about 90% of them.