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Fernando Pujadas narrowly misses an out at home plate in the Volcanoes’ game with Boise
Wednesday, July 15.
Errors cost Volcanoes
several games
By HERB SWETT
For the Keizertimes
Salem-Keizer has had an inconsistent record
lately, hitting well and usually pitching well but
giving away runs with holes in infi eld gloves.
July 15: Volcanoes 5, Boise 4
Ronnie Jebavy’s walk-off home run gave
Salem-Keizer its sixth win in a row to start the
home series with the Hawks.
Boise scored fi rst with two runs in the second
inning, but the Volcanoes tied the score in the
bottom of the second and added a run each in
the third and the fi fth. After Boise tied the score
with two in the eighth, Jebavy led off the bottom
of the ninth with his homer.
The Volcanoes had another home run, also
leading off an inning, by Chris Shaw in the fi fth.
Boise had one homer, a two-run shot by Carlos
Herrera in the eighth.
Logan Webb was Salem-Keizer’s starting
pitcher, giving up two runs, both unearned, in
his fi ve innings. Cory Taylor was the winning
pitcher, with Christian Quintin the loser in relief.
July 16: Boise 11, Volcanoes 8
Four errors cost the Volcanoes their second
win of the series.
Of the Hawks’ 11 runs, only six were earned.
Boise outhit Salem-Keizer 14-11, but the
Volcanoes made their hits count enough to win
were it not for those errors.
Each club scored four times in the fi rst inning,
but Boise added two runs each in the second,
third and fourth and one in the fi fth before the
Volcano offense came back with a run in the fi fth
and three in the sixth.
There was only one home run, by the Hawks’
Hamlet Marte in the fi fth. CJ Hinojosa’s three
hits and Chris Shaw’s three runs batted in led the
Volcanoes.
Dylan Thompson was the winning pitcher in
relief, with Taylor Black getting a save. Starter
Nolan Riggs took the loss.
July 17: Boise 9, Volcanoes 5
The Volcanoes’ error problem continued and
was a factor in the Hawks’ taking the rubber
game of the series.
Boise scored the fi rst run of the game in the
second inning. Salem-Keizer tied the score in the
bottom of the second with a solo home run by
Jose Vizcaino Jr. The Volcanoes added a run in
each of the next two innings for a 3-1 lead. The
Hawks tied the score in the fi fth.
It was still tied, this time at 5-5, after nine
innings. In the Boise 10th, a hit batter, a force
attempt that involved an error, three singles, a
stolen base and walk resulted in four runs. The
Volcanoes got only one man on base, on a walk,
in the 10th.
Each club had 12 hits, but Salem-Keizer made
three errors to one for Boise. Vizcaino was the
Volcanoes’ offensive leader, with a single and a
steal in addition to his home run. The Hawks had
three homers, two by Scott Burcham and one by
Kevin Padlo.
Cristian Quintin was the winning pitcher and
EJ Encinosa the loser.
July 19: Tri-City 5, Volcanoes 4
Three errors and wild pitching evened the
fi rst two of the fi ve-game series in Pasco.
After Tri-City scored one run each in the
third and fourth innings, Salem-Keizer tied the
score in the fi fth and went ahead by two runs in
the seventh. In the bottom of the ninth, things
fell apart.
Nick Vilter went from the batter’s box to
second base on an error by Miguel Gomez at
third. Kodie Tidwell singled Vilter home and
went to second as pitcher Caleb Smith balked.
Local bowler to State
Games of America
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A Keizer teen with an al-
ready long list of accomplish-
ments in bowling will be seek-
ing another notch in his belt
at the State Games of America
next weekend.
On Saturday, July 25, Nick
Blythe is holding a car wash
at Town & Country Lanes in
Keizer to help pay to the trip.
Car wash hours are 11 a.m. to
3 p.m.
Blythe qualifi ed for the State
Games of America in the Or-
egon State Games almost two
years ago and is fi nally getting
the chance to go.
“It’s always kind of been
there in the back of my mind.
It’s exciting to get to go and
compete against the best in the
country,”said Blythe, 16.
Blythe won the silver med-
al two years ago and recently
took the bronze medal in the
State Games of Oregon, which
qualifi es him to compete at the
national event in another two
years.
A teammate of Blythe’s
on the McNary High School
bowling team, Scott Bridger,
brought back the gold medal at
the national event the last time
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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer teen Alyx Crager’s
signing to play basketball with
Lewis & Clark College is a
testament to her perseverance.
“I was really into basketball
in the beginning of my high
school career and then we had
a couple of new coaches that
made it harder to continue
than it otherwise might have
been, but fi nding such a good
coach at Lewis & Clark, at
such a good school, has really
made it worth it,” said Crager.
Crager’s new coach, Asha
Jordan, is also new to the
school, but she’s equally ex-
cited to have Crager as a part
of her incoming roster.
“Alyx’s name came across
my desk one day and, after
doing some initial research, I
knew I needed to at least see
fi lm on her. After watching
the fi lm, there was no doubt
that I needed to get out and
see her live. That decision to
go see her live was one of the
best decisions I made this past
year,” Jordan said.
Crager is a Salem Academy
alumna with a more-then-il-
lustrious high school career in
the rearview. As both a junior
and senior she was named
Player of the Year in the 3A
PacWest Conference. As a se-
nior, she averaged 20.5 points,
three assists, 2.5 rebounds and
2.6 steals per game. In the
classroom, she fi nished with a
3.82 GPA.
Lewis & Clark’s women’s
basketball team endured a
rough-and-tumble season last
winter, but experience com-
bined with fresh blood has
Crager excited for the imme-
diate future of the team.
“What stuck out to me was
that Coach Asha really con-
nected as a friend rather than
a coach. I thought she had
good plans for her team and
for me,” Crager said. “They
were a young team last year
and didn’t have a whole lot of
experience. We’re hoping that
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Keizer teen and Salem Academy alumna Alyx Crager is headed
to Lewis & Clark College to play basketball.
this year we have a chance of
starting the program off big.”
Jordan said priority No. 1
is helping the new faces make
the transition to college and
college basketball, but that
Crager has all the tools in her
toolbox to make the big im-
pact she’s hoping for.
“Alyx has good size,
strength and she’s aggressive,
so it will be exciting to watch
her harness those qualities
against bigger, smarter de-
fenders and playing at a much
quicker pace,” Jordan said.
“The things that I love about
her go beyond the numbers.
She’s a fi erce competitor who
undoubtedly loves the game.
She loves learning and getting
better at her craft, but she’s
also a great teammate. She
led a very young team with
a new coach this past year to
the state fi nals and that leader-
ship certainly impressed me.”
Crager laid much of the
credit for her prowess on the
court at the feet of her father,
Rick, who has coached her
through basketball and softball
since she was young.
“I would be absolutely no-
where without my dad and
he has helped me persevere
through a ton of different
things. He’s been my coach
on and off the court,” Crager
said.
Crager plans to study psy-
chology at Lewis & Clark
with the goal of becoming a
social worker.
Statebound
Nick Blythe
it was held.
Blythe’s road to this point in
his budding career began with
his fi rst 300 game at the age of
13. He’s bowled four more since
then, but only two were during
sanctioned league play. His goal
is to join the Pro Bowlers As-
sociation tour.
To that end, he’s been taking
part in a PBA amateur league at
Firebird Lanes every Wednesday.
“Basically, they oil the lanes
in different patterns every week
and you have to bowl a 300
game and have at least a 200 av-
erage before you qualify for the
PBA.,” he said.
Blythe’s average in that
league is already 160 and his
high game is in the 230s.
The KYSA 12U Junior Federal baseball
team was crowned JBO Valley League Dis-
trict Champions during a tournament July
18 and 19.
As the third seed for the regular season,
the Keizer Celts dropped game one to Leb-
anon, but regrouped to win four straight
elimination games against Central, Leba-
non and the fi nal two against the fi rst-seed
West Albany Bulldogs to win the title.
Strong pitching, solid defense and hot
bats help the team bring home the title.
During the tournament home runs by Ian
Martin, Mekhi China and Erik Sorenson
kickstarted a team offense that scored 34
runs in the fi nal two games.
The Keizer Celts are now one of eight
teams with berths in the JBO State Cham-
pionships July 23-26 in Sherwood.
Back Row: Ethan Martin, Griffen Hub-
bard, Brady Jackson, Erik Sorenson,
Hayden Kaiser, Mekhi China. Front Row:
Nico Pardo, Dante Olivo, Ian Martin,
Quinn Bach, Zane Aicher.