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Aloha added two runs in
top of the fifth, but the game
ended after five innings with
the Celts firmly in control.
“It was good to finally
start hitting the ball. I think
we were worried after only
getting one hit in the first
game of the season,” Fri-
zelle said. “I think we can
still work harder at the plate
though because we’re still
getting a lot of third strikes
looking.”
McNary rallied for an
8-6 win over Summit High
School Thursday, March 24.
After three-and-half innings,
the Storm led 6-2 and the
Celtics went to work. After
Summit’s pitcher loaded the
bases on walks to start the in-
ning, Gordon hit a double to
score two runs. A successful
bunt and steal by Frizelle put
him on second while scoring
Daniel Johnson and moving
Gordon to third. A sacrifice
fly by Benson scored Gordon
and Frizelle moved to third.
Frizelle and Aguilar scored
on a single by T. Gilbert.
In the game with South
Eugene Friday, March 25,
McNary strung together
four hits for two runs while
working on two outs to take
a 2-0 lead in the top of the
first. The Axemen quickly
erased it with three runs in
the bottom of the frame. In
the top of the second inning,
Gordon scored on a single by
T. Gilbert to knot the game
3-3.
South went up 4-3 in the
fifth, but the Celts tied it up
again in the sixth. McNary
ended the game with a dou-
ble play.
In the final game of the
tournament, McNary made
the most of errors and walks
for an eight-run sixth inning
to take a 9-4 victory over
Southridge High School Sat-
urday, March 26.
The teams went into the
sixth inning tied 1-1. Agui-
lar, Ismay and T. Gilbert
scored on fielding errors to
kick things off. J. Gilbert,
Van Cleave and Collin Wen-
tworth scored on walks. Fri-
zelle and Aguilar scored on a
double by T. Gilbert.
On the whole Keeker
was happy with the offensive
output of the team.
“We had a lot of balls put
in play and a lot more consis-
tency up and down the line
up as far as having quality at
bats. That’s going to make us
a better team, knowing we
can count on everyone 1
through 9,” Keeker said.
While he cautioned the
team not to pull a muscle
patting themselves on the
back, he was hoping for con-
tinued quality outings this
week. McNary had games
slated with Grant, Oregon
City and Newberg high
schools. It all leads up to the
team’s Greater Valley Confer-
ence opener at North Salem
Tuesday, April 5. They’ll face
West Salem High School at
home Wednesday, April 6.
“As a team, we just need
to keep working together
and putting in a lot of hustle,
and go out and get a lot of
hits, make good runs and play
tough defense,” Alger said.
Stars, venues
sought for
Salem’s Make
Music Day
A new event is seeking to
fill the streets of Salem with
music on the longest day of
the year, June 21.
“Make Music Day is a fun
and engaging way of bringing
together our local commu-
nity,” said event co-organizer
Carlee Wright. “It will high-
light the uniqueness of Salem
from its venues to its music as
it encourages community to-
getherness.”
Make Music Day Salem is
looking for performers and
venues to participate in the
inaugural event. Organiz-
ers are hoping to include all
genres of music from alterna-
tive to bluegrass and classical
to zydeco.
Performers and potential
venues are encouraged to visit
www.makemusicsalem.org
and sign up for the match-
making service. Registration
is free.