After several successful seasons as a high school coach and college assistant, Landon Boucher will be the next head coach at Westmont College (Submitted). After his playing days came to an end, Landon Boucher didn’t know what his future in basketball was going to look like. The former Keizer resident[Read More…]

Hunter Bishop gets a secondary lead for the Volcanoes in a game from last season. Bishop is one of the top prospects in the San Francisco Giants system (File). For the first time since 1996, there will not be any Volcanoes baseball this summer. On Tuesday, June 30, Minor League[Read More…]

Pierce Walker runs to daylight in a McNary Youth Football eighth grade game from last season. McNary Youth Football has been involved with the “Let Them Play” campaign for the last few weeks (File). Over the last three-and-a-half months, virtually all sports have been put on hold due to the[Read More…]

Kendyl Jennings scored six goals in a 13-9 victory over West Albany last season. Jennings will be continuing her lacrosse career at Willamette University (File).   Kendyl Jennings didn’t grow up loving lacrosse.  In fact, when she first started at McNary as a freshman, she was a basketball and softball[Read More…]

Kwan Atkins (10) greets Beicker Mendoza at home plate in a Volcanoes victory from last summer (File). Under normal circumstances, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes would have been starting their season this week.  But as the coronavirus continues its prevalence across the country, baseball remains on hold. On Friday, June 12, the[Read More…]

McNary shortstop Taylor Ebbs gets ready to throw out a runner at first base in a game from last season (File). Taylor Ebbs has gotten accustomed to receiving accolades for her outstanding softball play — she was the Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year last season as a sophomore.[Read More…]

Regann Donahue looks to attack the West Albany defense in a McNary girls lacrosse game from last spring. Donahue was the recipient of the first Chris Holt Scholarship on behalf of McNary Youth Baseball (File). Regann Donahue has taken great pride in being a student-athlete at McNary High. She has[Read More…]

Josh Grossman rounds the bag after a base hit in a McNary Youth Baseball game last season (File). They held out for as long as possible, but last week, both McNary Youth Baseball (MYB) and Keizer Little League (KLL) made the decision to cancel their respective programs for the summer[Read More…]

Julie Dieker takes on a defender in a McNary soccer game last fall. Last month, the OSAA, in conjunction with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), released guidance to all member schools on a summer reopening plan that could potentially take place in some areas of the state within the next[Read More…]

After receiving first-team all-league recognition in his senior season, Luis Lopez will be heading to Corban College to continue his career (File). Soccer has always been a big part of Luis Lopez’s life — he has been playing since he was four years old. Now, Lopez will get an opportunity[Read More…]