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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.