McNary guard Leah Doutt drives past her defender in the Celtics 54-37 victory over Summit on Friday, Feb. 7. Doutt had a game-high of 20 points in the win (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). After the McNary girls hoops team lost to Summit by the double-digits in their last matchup, the Celtics were[Read More…]

Bekah Grimmer rises up to shoot a jumper over a Sprague defender in McNary’s 40-27 win on Thursday, Jan. 30 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). After losing their first four games in Mountain Valley Conference play, the McNary girls basketball team was desperate for a victory.  Fortunately for the Celtics, starting point guard[Read More…]

McNary’s Gilbert Parra won a 5-4 decision in the 138-pound bout, but South Salem won the dual meet 41-30 on Wednesday, Jan. 29 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). McNary went back and forth with South Salem for the majority of the night, but eventually, the Celtics wrestling squad fell to the Saxons 41-30[Read More…]

McNary wing Tyler Copeland looks to score in traffic in the Celts 56-49 win over Sprague (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary boys basketball team had a shaky start to the second half. But they made up for it in the final eight minutes. Trailing 39-34 heading into the final period, the[Read More…]

Kyle Hooper won the 100-yard butterfly in McNary’s dual meet with McKay (KEIZERTIMES/Lauren Murphy). In the last dual meet of his McNary career, Kyle Hooper made in a memorable one. The Celtics senior won two individual events (100-yard butterfly and 100-breaststroke) and also helped his team win a pair of[Read More…]

McNary’s Grady Burrows (blue singlet) pins his opponent in the 126-pound match to help the Celtics beat West Salem 39-32 in a dual meet on Thursday, Jan. 23 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary wrestling team won their second straight Mountain Valley Conference dual on Thursday, Jan. 23, defeating West Salem by[Read More…]

McNary Youth Football could be affected beyond the 2020 season if the Salem-Keizer School District decides to adopt the Ad-Hoc Football Committee’s mission statement as a conditional use for district facilities (Submitted). The future of youth football in Keizer isn’t in jeopardy, but there is a chance that it could[Read More…]

McNary’s Gilbert Parra (left) won three matches for the Celtics at the Oregon Classic on Jan. 17-18 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). At one of the biggest tournaments in the state, the McNary wrestling team made their way into the championship bracket at the Oregon Classic in Redmond on Jan.17-18, picking up dual[Read More…]

McNary point guard Jando Gonzalez breaks away from the West Salem defense in transition for an easy lay-up. The Celtics erased a 17-point second half deficit to defeat the Titans 64-63 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Similar to every team the McNary boys basketball team has faced this year, West Salem had a[Read More…]

McNary forward Annie-Leigh Besa goes up for a shot after receiving the ball in the post. Besa led the Celtics with 14 points, but McNary still fell to West Salem 61-45 on Friday, Jan. 17 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary girls basketball squad nearly played even with West Salem in the[Read More…]