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PAGE A8, KEIZERTIMES, JULY 8, 2016 FREEDOM TO SAVE FREEDOM FROM INTEREST FREEDOM TO CHOOSE $1,000 SMART BONUS CASH PLUS 0% FOR 72 MONTHS * Keizer ON SELECT CMAX, EDGE, ESCAPE, FOCUS, & FUSION GAS www.skylineforddirect.com 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463 - 4853 *Must fi nance through Ford Credit, Tier 0-1 on approval of credit. 37 SMART BONUS VEHICLES 2016 FUSION IN STOCK INCLUDING 14 2016 F-150S KEIZERTIMES.COM Giants’ top pick joins Volcanoes By TIM HAYS Of the Keizertimes Bryan Reynolds has fi nally arrived in Salem-Keizer. The 2016 second round pick by the San Francisco Gi- ants joined the Volcanoes last Thursday in Hillsboro. His home debut was Monday against the Vancouver Cana- dians. A native of Brentwood, Tenn., Reynolds has grown up around baseball his whole life. “Growing up I was playing with all my best friends,” he said. “We traveled all around Tennessee, and a few other states to play. It was really good to create a foundation for baseball, and I found some lasting relationships. That was probably the best time in base- ball I’ve had so far.” As a four-year letter win- ner in high school, Reyn- olds didn’t have to move too far from home. He attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, though not before a minor setback. “My senior year I had shoulder surgery, and it only allowed me to play half of my last season in high school,” Reynolds said. “That could’ve been the reason I wasn’t heav- ily recruited.” It didn’t seem to faze him all that much. In his fi rst ever game at Vanderbilt, Reynolds began his career with a pinch hit single, creating what was the fi rst of many special moments for him. During his freshman cam- paign, Reynolds led Vander- bilt’s 2014 National Champi- onship team in batting average (.338) and slugging (.480). He was named to the Freshman All-American Team by Base- ball America. As a junior, Reynolds hit .330 with 32 extra-base hits and 57 RBIs in 62 games in 2016. He was selected to the All-SEC Second Team and fi nished second in the confer- ence with 13 home runs and 49 walks. “I think college is impor- tant for a lot of people,” Reyn- olds said. “It’s the time that I got better as a baseball player, because I was able to get more opportunities. Though, you also get to grow up as a per- son. You aren’t going to be with your family every night, Please see PICK, Page 9 KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Outfi elder Bryan Reynolds, the Giants’ fi rst pick in the 2016 draft, was assigned to Salem-Keizer on Thursday, June 30. KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Left: Northview Terrace swimmer Michael Halliday dives into the pool Thursday, June 30 in the fi rst meet of the year. Right: Kat Kosiewicz, who won the 11-12-year-old individual medley, swims the butterfl y. Northview easily defeated Cambridge 224-25 to open the season. Keizer swimmers learning to fly By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes The summer swim season began Thursday, June 30 with two Keizer teams going head-to-head as defend- ing league champion, Northwood, outscored Holiday 367-236. Northwood’s boys, who accumu- lated 186 points, won 20 events. Jake Wyer won fi ve events—15- 18-year-old butterfl y, breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle relay and medley relay with teammates Jabez Rhoades, Miller Baumann and Lucas Garvey. Baumann won the individual medley and Rhoades the freestyle. Carter Hawley touched the wall fi rst in three swims—the 9-10 free- style, medley relay with Roman Pack, Caleb Skipper and Grant Schaffer, and the free relay with Schaffer, Tate Woodward and Elijah Clendening. In the 8-and-under division, Ben Diede also won three events— free, back and breaststroke. Hudson Hughes took fi rst in the butterfl y. Jackson Alt won the 11-12 indi- vidual medley and butterfl y and also swam on the winning medley relay team with Pierce Walker, Connor Roop and Carson Biondi. Roop and Biondi swam on the fi rst place free relay as well with Olen Cogar and Zach Harrington. Jacob Paton and Riley Mahoney won the 11-12 back and breaststroke, respectively. Swimming for the Northwood girls, who recorded 186 points and won 20 events, Alyssa Garvey touched the wall fi rst in three indi- vidual events—13-14 breaststroke, butterfl y and free. Avery Buss also received three fi rst place ribbons after winning the 9-10 IM and swimming on the 9-10 med- ley relay with Bentley Pack, Rosella Cogar and Ainsleigh Pack, and the free relay with Cogar, Molly Eisele and Jasmine Miller. Individually, Eisele also won the free. Kaitlyn Roop placed fi rst in the 9-10 backstroke and Indy Gauthier won the butterfl y. Meili Skipper placed fi rst in the 8-and-under free and butterfl y. She was also on the winning free relay team with Alexi Pack, Madi Ma- honey and Katie Alger. Paris Boyd won the 11-12 breast- stroke and butterfl y and swam on the top free relay team with Brook Junk- er, Ashely Hawley and Kailey Wilcke. Wilcke also won the backstroke and was on the winning medley relay with Hawley, Ellie Auvinen and Eli- ana Dean. Individually, Dean also fi n- ished fi rst in the freestyle. Emily Alger won the 15-18 free- style. Mady Alt, Bella Walker, Ma- dyson Trammell and Kennedy Buss took fi rst in the 13-14 medley relay. Holiday’s boys recorded 104 points and won 15 events. Kian Gonzales placed fi rst in the 13-14 fl y, back and free. He also swam on the winning free relay with Jackson Colyer, Carter Hollis and Tony Gonzales. Individually, Tony won the IM and breaststroke. Kameron Splonski placed fi rst in the 9-10 IM, back and breaststroke. He also broke two Holiday Swim Club records, fi nishing the IM in 1:04.96 and the breaststroke in 35.09. Noah Williams won the 6-and- under butterfl y. Vinny Arnold placed fi rst in the 7-8 fl y and Carter Hollis won the 11-12 free. Please see SWIM, Page 9 All-Stars win District 7 title By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Keizer Little League All- Stars left no doubt who the best major softball team is in District 7, dominating East Lane 16-2 and 14-4 Saturday, June 25. The squad is made up of the best 10-11-12-year-old girls from the four teams that played in the regular season. They practiced two weeks be- fore the district tournament. In Game 1, Keizer jumped out to a 4-1 lead after two innings but really broke the game open in the third in- ning when East Lane changed pitchers, scoring 10 runs. “We had a couple of bunts that were for hits and then we capitalized on fi elding errors,” Keizer manager Buck Pearce said. “The pitcher that they brought in the inning, the girls were able to hit the ball off of her and put the ball in play and able to beat out the throws. They [East Lane] made some errors in fi elding. That was just a good inning for us.” Madeline Ward started in the pitcher’s circle for Keizer and allowed just two runs over three innings. Cadence Pearce got the fi nal three outs and didn’t give up a run. Both games only went four innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Highlighted by a standup RBI double to the left fi eld fence by Katelyn Weber, Keiz- er hit the ball even better in Please see DISTRICT, Page 9 Submitted Keizer Little League’s 10-11-12-year-old All-Stars defeated East Lane 16-2 and 14-4 Saturday, June 25 in Keizer to win the District 7 championship.
