Sports

Meithof transferring to out-of-state school

Nate Meithof (23) will be transferring from McNary to Coranado High School in Henderson, NV. in order to gain more interest from college coaches (File). It is still unknown whether the McNary boys’ basketball team will be able to have a season this year, but if they do, they will[Read More…]

MYB eighth graders get one last chance to shine

Jacob Sanchez drives the ball down the first base line (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Despite their final youth season being lost due to COVID-19, McNary Youth Baseball (MYB) wanted to provide one last memorable experience for their players. The MYB outgoing eighth graders got the chance to play a pickup game under[Read More…]

Volcanoes hosting cancer awareness game

Volcanoes Stadium The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes have been honoring local cancer survivors, and those who have lost their lives to the disease, at the ballpark for nearly two decades. Even though it will look different than years past, the organization is keeping that tradition alive this fall. In collaboration with the[Read More…]

MYF offering flag football in the fall

McNary Youth Football plans to provide a flag football season this fall for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade (Submitted). After the OSAA elected to move their fall sports season to March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tualatin Valley Youth Football League (TYFL) made the decision earlier this month[Read More…]

Salazar accepted to Barcelona Soccer Academy

Alex Salazar moves the ball upfield at McNary’s Blue Day event last year. Salazar will be leaving McNary to go the Barcelona Soccer Academy in Arizona (File). Coming in to the 2020-21 school year, it appeared that Alex Salazar would be the main star on the McNary boys’ soccer team.[Read More…]

OSAA puts the fall sports season on hold

McNary’s Luke Ellis competes in a cross country race at Bush Park in a meet from last season (File). During a “normal” year, student-athletes across the state would be preparing to gear up for the fall sports season. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) to[Read More…]

McNary seniors get final sendoff on the diamond

FROM RIGHT TO LEFT: Jamison Martin, Alex Tavera, Danny Okada, Ethan Patterson and Alex Simpson got to play one final time in their Celtics uniform in the senior day tournament at Volcanoes Stadium (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Even though they didn’t get their final year of prep baseball, five McNary seniors got[Read More…]

OSAA adopts new 2020-21 school activities calendar

OSAA The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) shifted its traditional Fall sports season contests to begin in March under a new 2020-21 school activities calendar approved by the association’s Executive Board on Wednesday. The Board also voted to waive current out-of-season coaching policies to allow for student participation during the Fall[Read More…]

Offense carries Celts in victory over Woodburn

J.T. Vachter delivers to the plate for the Celtics on Wednesday, July 29 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings) The McNary Youth Baseball 12U squad exploded for four runs in the first inning and six runs in the fifth on their way to a 14-6 victory over Woodburn on Wednesday, July 29. While they[Read More…]

MYB squad ties with Cherry City in scrimmage

Landon Gerig threw three scoreless innings for the Celtics against Cherry City (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). It may have only been a scrimmage, but the game was played with the intensity of a state tournament contest. The McNary Youth Baseball (MYB) Senior American squad played to an 8-8 tie with the Cherry[Read More…]