Over the last few weeks, life as we know it in this country has been flipped upside down due to the spreading of the coronavirus. Lives have been lost, businesses have been shut down, schools are closed, weddings are canceled, public gatherings are forbidden, toilet…
The McNary football teams celebrates their second straight Mountain Valley Conference title after being South Salem on Nov. 1, 2019. After playing a shortened league schedule the last two seasons, McNary will face every team in the conference starting in 2020 (File). The days of…
Whiteaker volleyball coach Scott Coburn gives instructions to his team during a timeout. Coburn will be retiring after spending the last 27 years at Whiteaker (Submitted). It’s hard to find someone more passionate about his career than Scott Coburn. The 63-year old has been a…
The Salem-Keizer Campesinos (Volcanoes) will take the field for the first time in 2020 with perhaps one of the most unique uniforms in all of baseball. Salem-Keizer’s “Campesinos” moniker pays tribute to the collective contributions of farm workers throughout the region that established Oregon as…
McNary’s Nate Meithof was named the MVC Co-Player of the Year (file). After finishing third in the Mountain Valley Conference standings, the McNary boys basketball team had four players receive all-league recognition. However, it was McNary junior shooting guard Nate Meithof that received the league’s…
McNary outfielder Alexa Cepeda is one of the top senior softball players in the state. But there is a chance that she, and many other McNary seniors, won’t be able to finish their final season of high school sports (File). The entire sports world, including…
Lenn Sakata The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes have their coaching staff set for the 2020 season. Manager – Lenn Sakata Sakata is a native of Hawaii and played college baseball at Gonzaga. He played parts of 11 major league seasons with the Brewers, Orioles, A’s and Yankees…
McNary point guard Leah Doutt averaged over 13 points and 4 assists per game, earning herself first-team all-league honors in the Mountain Valley Conference (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary girls basketball team had four players receive all-Mountain Valley Conference recognition for the 2019-20 season, led by…
Kyler Rodriguez draws contact while going up for a shot (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The West Linn boys basketball team has been one of the strongest athletic programs in the state over the last decade. McNary found that out first-hand. West Linn had their second highest point…