McNary forward Carson Long (right) boxes out Forest Grove’s Ayden Case to get in position for an offensive rebound (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary boys basketball team held the lead for less than four seconds in the second half. Fortunately for the Celtics, it was enough to pull out the victory[Read More…]

McNary’s Mailee Dean swims a leg of the girls 400-yard freestyle relay against Sprague on Thursday, Jan. 9 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary swim team came away with a split in their dual meet with Sprague on Thursday, Jan. 9 as the girls team defeated the Olympians 92-60 while the boys[Read More…]

The Board of Directors at McNary Golf Club recently announced that PGA Professional Chip Sullivan has agreed to join the McNary Golf Club team as the Director of Club Operations. Chip will begin leading the Golf Club on Saturday, Feb. 1. Sullivan is a seasoned PGA professional with 30 years[Read More…]

McNary wrestler Gavin Anderson (blue singlet) fights for position in the 195-pound bout against McKay’s Andy Nguyen (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). In their first action after the holiday break, the McNary wrestling squad won their first Mountain Valley Conference dual meet of the season on Thursday, Jan. 9, defeating McKay 46-29. Despite[Read More…]

McNary’s Damian Hernandez (blue singlet) twists his body into a pretzel in order to get position on Centennial’s Edgar Molina. Hernandez would pin Molina with two seconds left in the third round. (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). On Jan. 3-4, the McNary wrestling team competed at the Don York Invitational along with 20[Read More…]

Riley Flores (11) gets a Canby defender back on his heels with a jab-step and then looks to go the rim in McNary’s 66-60 victory (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). It appeared that all of the momentum had swung in Canby’s favor at the end of regulation.  Canby guard Diego Arredondo nailed a[Read More…]

Kenzie Proctor was in double-figures with 12 points as the Celtics got a 56-52 win over North Medford on Friday, Jan. 3 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). In their last non-conference game before Mountain Valley Conference play, the McNary girls basketball team got clutch performances from multiple sources. The Celtics had four players[Read More…]

There was no shortage of great sports stories in 2019. From multiple league championships to olympic hopefuls, here are the top 10 Keizer sports stories from the past year. McNary claims second straight league title Most coaches would be pretty distraught with a 0-5 start. But even after the McNary[Read More…]

McNary senior Erik Barker signed his letter of intent to continue his education and football career at Montana University in a ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 19. Barker was a three-year starter for the Celtics at quarterback and was named to the Mountain Valley Conference first team. While Barker excelled as[Read More…]

Nate Meithof beats his defender off the dribble. The junior guard had a career-high 31 points on the night, but it wasn’t enough as the Celtics fell to Mountainside 60-58 on Tuesday, Dec. 17 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). For the majority of the contest, the McNary boys basketball looked unfazed by fifth-ranked[Read More…]