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…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

McNary’s Tyshin Nguyen swims the butterfly leg of the 200-yard individual medley (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary swim team wasn’t at full strength, and it showed on the scoreboard on Thursday, Dec. 19 as the Celtic girls fell to West Salem 115-54 while the boys team…

McNary guard Grace Carr looks to find an open teammate after picking up her dribble. Carr had seven points in the Celtics 43-30 win over Madison on Tuesday, Dec. 17 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings) The return of Leah Doutt did not disappoint for the McNary girls basketball…

Aldo Villavazo (royal blue singlet) prepares to get a pin over Corvallis wrestler Lucas Darby in a 285-pound bout (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary wrestling squad took home victories in both of their dual meets on Tuesday, Dec. 10 in a tournament at Cascade High School.…