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A new era Championship coach takes over MHS volleyball program By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Bruce Myers, the new head coach of the McNary volleyball team, is excited to wear blue. Myers grew up in Eugene, six blocks from the Univer- sity of Oregon campus, but for the past 21 years—19 at Roseburg, followed by two at Sprague, he had to suit up in orange and black—Beaver colors. But the new color scheme isn’t all that attracted Myers to MHS. “It’s a 6A school and they have good tradition and I re- ally like the philosophy of the school,” Myers said. “Keizer is their own community and you really feel the commu- nity support and the kids be- lieving in the community.” After graduating from Southern Oregon Univer- sity in 1978, Myers taught at Douglas High School in Winston for 31 years and was the head volleyball coach for eight years. Myers’ teams fi nished in the top 8 in the state three times, including fi fth in 1984. Taking over at Roseburg in 1994, Myers then won nine conference champion- ships and placed in the top 8 in the state nine times, in- cluding state runner-up his fi nal season in 2012. He was named National Federation of High Schools State Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2012. “McNary High School is excited to have a quality coach for our volleyball pro- gram,” Athletic Director Ron Richards said. “Coach Myers has a wealth of experience, experience in big games on a big stage. McNary has a tradi- tion of strong volleyball and coach Myers can help us to maintain that tradition and keep it growing.” Myers moved to Salem two years ago to be closer to his three grandchildren. His son Travis is the new head boys basketball coach at West Salem. Myers said the key to his coaching success is talent. “Pure and simple,” he said. “I had extremely talented kids that were highly competitive.” Myers will bring knowl- edge, experience and, most importantly, a love for the By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes The son of a former college basketball player, Harry Cavell, had a ball in his hands since he was old enough to walk. And now the McNary se- nior has decided to follow in his father’s footsteps by com- mitting to Seattle Pacifi c Uni- versity. “It’s always been a goal,” Cavell said. “Obviously when you’re little, you want to play in the NBA. But I always wanted to play college bas- ketball since I was little and I made it my goal once I got se- rious about playing basketball that I would play college and it ended up working out.” Cavell visited Whitman College, George Fox and even had a couple of open gym ses- sions at the University of Or- egon, where he had the op- portunity to walk-on, before sending the new head coach at Seattle Pacifi c, Grant Leep, an email about a month ago. Cavell’s sister, Madi, played volleyball at Seattle Pacifi c and still lives in the area. “She loved it. She had a good experience,” Cavell said. “I didn’t think I had a seri- ous opportunity to play right away [at UO]. I wasn’t the most excited about that but that would have been a cool opportunity, too.” Cavell visited the Seattle Pacifi c campus and commit- ted to the Falcons less than a week later. Please see CAVELL, Page 9 MHS kicks off spring football game to McNary. “The girls will learn that I just absolutely love the game and I love coaching and I love being around the kids,” My- ers said. “I want to see them grow and become better vol- leyball players, better students, better citizens.” His style of volleyball de- pends on the roster. Myers has won with tall and short girls. “I had teams where I didn’t have a player under 6-feet in the front row and then there’s teams like my 1984 team at Douglas, our tallest player was 5-7 and we fi nished fi fth in the state,” Myers said. “You adjust to what you have.” While at Roseburg, My- ers noted he coached against McNary in the 2001 state playoffs and he coached on an all-star team with former Lady Celts coach Dan Bor- resen. To prepare for the fall season, McNary began hav- ing open gyms last week and will scrimmage Greater Valley Conference rival South Sa- lem Monday. The Lady Celts will also scrimmage Sprague and Dal- las later this month. By TIM HAYS Of the Keizertimes On Monday, May 30 the McNary High School foot- ball program hit the fi eld for the fi rst time this spring. It was an exciting fi ve-day camp of mostly fundamentals, and it provided a basis for where second-year Head Coach Jeff Auvinen wants to begin. “These kids are fi red up, and they are excited,” Auvin- en said. “We’re trying to put in some new things offensively, and some new things defen- sively. Obviously with a young football team you want to work on some fundamentals.” And a young team they are. The Celtics graduated 22 players from their roster last season, with 12 players starting on either offense or defense. There are many roles to fi ll in this upcoming season, and the spring will help the coaches get a good idea of who might fi ll those roles. “The senior class is rising up and taking over the lead- ership positions and responsi- bilities,” Auvinen said. “We are going to try and emphasize a good work ethic and more re- sponsibility because I think it will bring us together as a unit. We need to get stronger, get more physical, and we need to buy in to the team concept.” With new roles, comes new concepts. Second year Offensive Coordinator, Brad Emmert, feels like his new scheme this year will be more consistent. “Last year we were more physical,” Emmert said. “We had big guys like Jason Sperle and Hayden Sader up front. This year we have more speed which will allow us to spread the ball a little bit more and make plays in space. I think we will be best when we get the ball in space.” The quarterback competi- tion will also be fi erce because there is not a quarterback on the roster with varsity experi- ence. Please see FOOTBALL, Page 9 Keizer girl keeps pushing after state track meet By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Leilani Salang, a Keizer res- ident and three-sport athlete at Blanchet Catholic School in Salem, set three national powerlifting records in March. In May, she won three events at the PacWest Confer- ence Track and Field Champi- onships, placed second in an- other and was named the top Girls Field Event Athlete in the conference. She then went to the State Championships in Eugene and reached the po- dium in all four of her events. No one could blame Salang if she wanted to take a break this summer before entering her senior year. But that’s just not in her nature. “I enjoy it and want to be the best athlete I can be and help my school,” said Salang, who was back at it in the USA Track and Field West Coast Invite Saturday and Sunday at Linfi eld College. Salang is working with Su- per Thrower Track Club and coach Scott Skipper in Or- egon City, whose alumni in- clude University of Oregon athletes Greg Skipper and John Nizich. She plans to compete in at least four more USATF meets this summer, all leading up to the Junior Olympics July 25- 31 in Sacramento, Calif. Salang will also play volley- ball this summer for Blanchet, where she’s a co-captain, as well as basketball. She wants to make time for a powerlifting event in Eu- gene in July. And Salang also has a job as a food server at Emerald Pointe. “I can’t keep up,” Salang’s mother Gina said. “We just try to give her food.” Salang, a workout warrior, set national records at the U.S. Powerlifting Association Southern Oregon Iron Clas- sic in Grants Pass. She bench pressed 155 pounds, squatted 265 and deadlifted 315. And she set the marks raw, which means no wrist or knee wraps or anything else to as- sist her. Salang has also broken many Blanchet weight lifting records, which were set by one of her role models—Shei- la Limas De La Cruz, a senior at Blanchet when Salang was a freshman and now throws at Western Oregon University. Salang credits De La Cruz with showing her how to spin in both the discus and shot put instead of just standing and throwing. De La Cruz’s instruction has paid off. Salang won the PacWest Conference cham- pionship in both the discus and shot put, and fi nished sec- ond in the javeline, an event she just picked up midway through her junior season. At state, she placed third in 3A in the discus, her favorite event, fi nishing only behind Oregon State commit Lindsay McShane and La Pine stand- out Jordynn Slater. Salang threw a season best 34.07.25 in the shot put to take fi fth in the state and launched the javelin nearly 20-feet farther than she ever had to fi nish fi fth, despite be- ing seeded 12 th . “I wasn’t practicing jav that much. It was just kind of my third event,” Salang said. “My PR came from going to state and seeing the girls there and Submitted Leilani Salang, a junior at Blanchet Catholic School, reached the podium in all four of her events at the state track and fi eld championships in Eugene. their form and trying to do what they were doing, kind of on the spot, the way they were rotating their hips and stuff like that.” Salang also runs. Competing with two fresh- men and a sophomore, the Blanchet 4x100 relay team set a school record earlier in the season, won the PacWest Conference and then fi nished sixth in the state in 52.10. And the scouts have no- ticed. Salang toured Western Oregon this spring and has received letters from nearly a dozen other schools. Salang has wanted to com- pete in college ever since she fi rst threw the shot put in sixth grade. It’s just part of what drives her.
