On Tuesday night in front of a packed-in Lithia Motors Pavilion crowd, the SOU Raiders women’s basketball team stamped their historic run through the circuit by defeating No. 25 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), 56-49, in the title game of the CCC Championships for the third time in four seasons. At 31-0, they’ll be the first team in CCC history to enter the NAIA National Tournament with an unbeaten record.
The NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship’s first and second rounds are returning to Lithia Motors Pavilion. SOU, like last season, was among 12 hosts named Thursday by the national office.
The resurgent Southern Oregon men’s wrestling team, for the first time since 2018, is back on top of the Cascade Conference. With 10 automatic qualifiers pushed through to the NAIA Championships, the Raiders are set up to reestablish themselves on the national stage, too.
The Southern Oregon women’s basketball team became the first in Cascade Conference history to finish the regular season undefeated after an 87-65 victory over Multnomah on Saturday at Lithia Motors Pavilion.
If the first-ever three-way tie for the regular-season volleyball title left things feeling unsettled, Southern Oregon provided some resounding closure for everyone in the Cascade Conference Championships. After sweeping one co-champion in the tournament semifinals, the No. 7-ranked Raiders swept another in Saturday’s title match.
How’s your Monday going? Southern Oregon University football team players’ week got off to a good start. When they came in early Monday morning, each player found in their cubby a new pair of black Nike cleats, donated by Heisman Trophy-winner and quarterback for the Washington Commanders Marcus Mariota.
Madonna (Mich.) knocked Southern Oregon out of the NAIA World Series with a 4-3 win on Saturday afternoon, deciding the game with a pair of fifth-inning runs at South Commons Softball Complex in Columbus, Georgia.
The Raiders got to the NAIA Softball World Series as a No. 2 seed in the Opening Round for the first time since their initial run in 2017, cutting down top-seeded Marian (Ind.) for the second day in a row Thursday by a score of 9-2.
SOU softball: Katie Machado ensured a single small-ball run that launched SOU’s team towards a successful start; the Raiders are potentially two wins away from a return trip to the NAIA World Series
The Raider softball team, ranked No. 17 and fresh off an appearance in the Cascade Conference Tournament championship, is Indianapolis-bound to make its eighth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Championships Opening Round. Their first game is Monday, playing against Middle Georgia State.
As of Nov. 3, Ashland Community Food Bank has a new director at the reins. Catie Mahoney will serve in the role with guidance from outgoing director Amey Broeker, who will officially retire on Dec. 31 after serving in the food bank role since 2022.
The Ashland City Council will review a proposal from a potential provider to oversee its extreme weather shelter during its regular business meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival has added a second screening showcasing Indigenous filmmakers on Sunday, Nov. 23.
Three and a half years into the war with Russia, Ashland violinist and longtime music teacher Faina Podolnaya is still finding ways to help Ukrainian refugees.
Herbert Rothschild: As the number of ads in The New Yorker has shrunk, it seems as if the wealth of its readership has concentrated, just as one might concentrate the flavor of a sauce by reducing it on the stovetop.
Local artist MaryAnn Shank will share the thoughts behind her newest novel “Sor Juana, My Beloved” at Bloomsbury Books Jan. 26. Shank is a finalist of The Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Book of the Year 2025 award, awarded by the International Latino Book Association.
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