MAY 22, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
Sports booster
banquet May 30
Submitted
The 14U Celts from left to right: Coach Keith Flores, Coach Rod Comstock, Jose Uribe, Ethan Patterson, Daniel Mood, Andrew
Brown, Devin Hand, Riley Flores, Manager Jason Flores, Rennick Jeffries, Joel Knight, Preston Rutter, Cameron Zerbe and Layton
Thurlow.
14U Celts win Banks Invite
The Keizer Celts 14U
Nationals team won the
Banks Invitational Baseball
Tournament on Mother’s
Day, May 10.
The team was undefeated
during the two-day tourna-
ment with an 8-7 win over
Gaston, a 13-4 win over
Banks, an 11-3 win in a re-
match against Gaston, and
a 14-12 win over Lake Os-
wego in the championship
game.
At the plate the Celts
were led by Andrew Brown
and Rennick Jeffries with six
hits each. Joel Knight, Devin
Hand and Riley Flores had
fi ve hits each. Jeffries paced
the team with seven RBIs.
Jose Uribe put fi ve runs
across the dish while Flores
and Hand had four RBIs
apiece. For the tournament,
the team batted a solid .404,
stole a staggering 55 bases,
and outscored their oppo-
nents 46-26.
Keizer’s pitchers struggled
with a small strike zone all
weekend, but still held the
opposition to a stingy 22
hits over four games. Layton
Thurlow led on the mound
with 14 strikeouts over eight
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innings pitched. Cameron
Zerbe, Knight, and Jeffries
also made solid contributions
on the bump.
Coach Jason Flores said
the team succeeded by play-
ing smart, fundamental base-
ball throughout the tourna-
ment.
“We kept the other teams
from getting big innings by
fi elding smartly and mak-
ing some big plays when
we needed to. Other than
a practice game a couple of
weeks ago, these were our
fi rst real games this season
and I’m really proud of the
way the boys pulled togeth-
er,” Flores said. “Every player
contributed in many ways
making it a true team effort.
It was a great way to start our
season off and to show ev-
eryone what Keizer baseball
is about.”
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expanded conference, which
went from six teams to nine
teams, it wasn’t a bad haul for
McNary.
“I’d like to take more kids
to state, but I didn’t know
what to expect at the begin-
ning of the season. I think the
kids we are taking to state are
in a good position to do well
there because of the confi -
dence they have coming out
on top in a larger league,”
Gauntz said.
McNary High School’s
Athletic Booster Club will
hold its fourth annual dinner
and auction on Saturday, May
30, at the McNary Restaurant
& Golf Course.
This year, the club will
also be having a golf and foot
golf, described as a combina-
tion of soccer and golf, tour-
nament before the evening’s
events. The last three athletic
benefi ts raised enough to
renovate the athletic training
room, which serves to reha-
bilitate injured athletes and
help prevent future injuries,
purchase needed equipment
for teams and create a fund
to help support athletes with
monetary needs and would
not otherwise be able to afford
to participate.
This time around, the
boosters are raising money
in hope of supplying OSAA-
sanctioned and club teams
with needed equipment.
“I’m confi dent that we’re
going to be able to come up
with the rest of the funds
needed for the turf fi eld, so
this time we are looking ahead
to the next needs,” said Dani-
elle Bethel, the new president
of the boosters. Bethel is tak-
ing the reins from Rhonda
Brattain.
One of the projects being
bandied about for the some
of the funds are new dug-
outs for the softball fi eld, but
Bethel said she wasn’t certain
how soon it would get off the
ground.
“The big thing is you don’t
have to have a student attend-
ing McNary to get involved.
My son is a seventh grader at
Whiteaker Middle School and
this group is about forming
the relationships and fi nding
ways to get involved,” Bethel
said.
Auction items include:
a week in Cabo San Lucas;
weekends in Hood Canal and
Lincoln City; a hotel and spa
package at the Allison Inn;
Disneyland tickets; Beavers
and Ducks tickets; Seattle
Mariners tickets; a Big Town
Hero party package; gift cer-
tifi cates to local restaurants;
daytrips to waterparks; and an
assortment or plants and trees
donated by local nurseries.
Tee time for both the golf
and foot golf tournaments is
noon, the dinner and auctions
begin at 4:30 p.m.
To donate an item for the
auction, contact Rhonda
Brattain at 503-510-8813,
or mail item ATTN: Athletic
Boosters, to 595 Chemawa
Rd N Keizer, OR 97303.
Cost is $100 for 18 holes
of golf and includes a ticket to
the benefi t. Foot golf is $20.
Banquet tickets are $35 each.
Registration and ticket orders
can be completed online at
mcnaryabc.com.
The McNary High School
boys basketball program is
hosting summer camps for
boys in June.
The camps are planned
for Monday, June 15, through
Thursday, June 18. Incoming
third through fi fth graders
will meet from 9 a.m. to noon
and incoming sixth through
eighth graders will meet from
1 to 4 p.m.
Camps will focus on de-
veloping fundamentals like
footwork, shooting technique,
passing and catching, dribbling
and rebounding. Cost is $55
and includes a T-shirt. Send
registration forms and pay-
ment (checks payable to Mc-
Nary Boy’s Basketball Club)
to: McNary High School, c/o
Boys Basketball, 595 Che-
mawa Road N., Keizer, OR
97303.
For more information con-
tact Ryan Kirch at 541-908-
1609 or rkirch@hotmail.com
Boys hoop camp
begins June 15