The McNary football team celebrates with the Mountain Valley Conference Championship trophy after beating South Salem 35-15 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Most coaches would be pretty distraught with a 0-5 start. But even after the McNary football team dropped their fifth straight contest against South Medford on Friday, Oct. 4, head coach[Read More…]

McNary senior Noah Schnell sends a corner kick into the box in the Celtics 6-2 win over Mountain View (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). It may have been senior night, but it was a junior that stole the show for the McNary boys soccer team in their regular season finale.  McNary forward Eli[Read More…]

McNary’s Erik Barker dodges a pair of West Salem defenders. The senior quarterback threw for 249 yards and the game-winning touchdown, helping the Celtics move to 3-0 in Mountain Valley Conference play (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). In what was arguably the most important situation of the season, senior quarterback Erik Barker made[Read More…]

Claggett Creek receiver Davien Cabrera looks for more yardage after making a first down grab (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The Whiteaker varsity football squad put together an impressive effort in the second half to get back into the game, but in the end, the Wolverines were no match for the explosive offense[Read More…]

McNary middle blocker Chloe Diede (9) taps the ball past a McKay player at the net. The Celtics won the match in straight sets (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). McNary’s volleyball team has gone through their ups and downs throughout the year, but it appears that they have found their groove at just[Read More…]

Tom Smythe (middle) stands with McNary athletic director Scott Gragg (left) and principal Erik Jespersen after being entered into McNary’s athletic Hall of Fame (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). For the second time this year, McNary High School inducted new members into their prestigious athletic Hall of Fame, led by one of the[Read More…]

McNary forward Julie Dieker (6) keeps the ball in play up the sideline (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The game might have ended in a tie, but to the McNary girls’ soccer team, it felt more like a loss.  Despite leading for the most of the contest, the Celtics gave up a goal[Read More…]

McNary running back Nico Sandoval runs past the Bend defense for a 52-yard score to give the Celtics their first lead of the game in the third quarter (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary football team has been no stranger to halftime deficits. The Celtics have trailed after two quarters in six[Read More…]

A capella groups from numerous schools perform at last year’s Xperience Music Festival (Submitted). The Salem-Keizer area is known for having exceptional music programs.  For the last 33 years, students from the Salem-Keizer School District have been awarded more championships at the OSAA State Music Championships than all other 6A[Read More…]

McNary setter Alexis Eldridge serves for the Celtics in the third set against Sprague (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). There were times throughout the match when the McNary volleyball squad proved that they could hang with seventh-ranked Sprague. But in the end, the Olympians proved to be too much for the Celtics, as[Read More…]