North Johnson, the new president of the Northwest League, speaks at the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Winter Banquet on Friday, Jan. 31 (KEIZERTIMES/ Lyndon A. Zaitz). North Johnson has been involved with Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for more than 42 years and has been a general manager…
Jando Gonzalez puts up a shot in traffic in McNary’s 68-66 loss to West Salem on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Gonzalez was in double-figures with 11 points (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary boys hoops team defeated West Salem in a 64-63 thriller the last time these two…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…