The elimination of Class A Short-Season baseball in Salem-Keizer became official on Wednesday, Dec. 9 as Major League Baseball (MLB) and its 30 MLB teams announced a significant realignment of baseball’s Minor League system, contracting from 160 teams to 120 teams across the country. The partnership between the San Francisco[Read More…]

Kate Ronning, who played a big role of McNary’s 2019 Mountain Valley Conference Championship team, committed to play at Western Oregon University earlier this month (File). Even though she missed her junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McNary third baseman Kate Ronning has proved throughout her career that she could[Read More…]

McNary’s Jack Baez keeps the ball away from a defender in a game from last season. Boys soccer is scheduled to start March 1 (File). The COVID-19 pandemic has once again forced the Oregon Schools Activities Association (OSAA) to rearrange their athletics schedule for the 2020-21 season.  The OSAA executive[Read More…]

Francisco Liriano has won 112 games over his 14-year Major League career, which is the most ever for a former Volcano pitcher (Getty Images). Francisco Liriano is #7 on the Keizertimes list of the top Volcanoes players of all time. The left-handed pitcher from the Dominican Republic has racked up[Read More…]

Joe Panik has played for three teams over his seven-year big league career. He was also one of the key members of the San Francisco Giants squad that won the World Series in 2014 (Dave Zalubowski/Associated Press). At #8 on the Keizertimes list of the greatest Volcanoes players of all[Read More…]

Kevin Correia played for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies over his 13-year MLB career (Brad Rempel/USA Today Sports). At #9 on the Keizertimes list of the top 20 Volcanoes players of all time is Kevin Correia, a right-handed pitcher from San Diego, CA. who[Read More…]

Adam Duvall shouts in celebration after hitting the go-ahead two-run single in game three of the 2019 National League Division Series (Bill Greenblatt/United Press International). At #10 on the Keizertimes list of the top 20 Volcanoes players of all time is Atlanta Braves outfielder/first baseman Adam Duvall. Duvall has played[Read More…]

McNary point guard Leah Doutt will be forgoing a chance to play her senior year with the Celtics and instead will be enrolling early at Southern Virginia University. She plans to join the school’s women’s basketball team next month (File). After a successful three-year stint with the McNary girls’ basketball[Read More…]

Ryan Vogelsong played in the MLB for 12 seasons and won two World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants (AP Photo/ Keith Srakonic). Ryan Vogelsong is #11 on the Keizertimes list of the 20 greatest Volcanoes players of all time. He was an All-Star in 2011 and won two World[Read More…]

Whiteaker running back Marquis Jackson breaks away from defenders to pick up a first down in a middle school football game from last season (File). Even though there haven’t been any contests since March due to COVID-19, many high school athletes in Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) have been participating in[Read More…]