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PAGE A10, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 12, 2016 KEIZERTIMES.COM Reynolds hits 4th home run in loss KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary High School had a ribbon cutting for its new gymnasium fl oor Monday morning. Cutting the ribbon is Athletic Director Ron Richards. Home court makeover McNary presents new gym fl oor By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Looking over the new gym fl oor, McNary High School principal Erik Jespersen, girls basketball coach Derick Handley and student athlete Sydney Hunter all noticed the same thing—the “Keizer, OR” print at the corner of each end. “I love the fact that they put Keizer in the corner be- cause McNary is one of the few schools in the state that is embraced by its community like we are here,” Handley said. “The gym is just gorgeous. It looks wonderful. It’s some- thing we can all take pride in.” “That kind of gives it a little more McNary feel,” said Hunter, who plays both vol- leyball and basketball at MHS. “Before, it looked like an or- dinary fl oor but now it looks like ours.” In the project, both levels of the gymnasium were painted, including the wrestling room, along with refi nishing the 15-year-old fl oor to include a McNary “M” at center court with ‘McNary” and “Celtics” at each baseline. Work began as soon as school let out on June 15. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place Monday. While the cost was ex- pected to be between $25,000 and $32,000, MHS athletic director Ron Richards said the fi nal expense will exceed $40,000. MHS’ Athletic Booster Club provided $20,000. “It’s much overdue, a much needed project,” ABC vice president Scott Kiser said. Like the turf fi eld the sum- mer before, Kiser noted the new fl oor will be a benefi t to the entire school and commu- nity. “So many groups use this gym,” he said. “It was one of those projects where we’re not KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley “Keizer, OR” is printed at each end of McNary High School’s gym fl oor. focusing on just one sport and our goal is to not just focus on one sport per project. Like our turf, lacrosse, soccer, football, in here you’re going to have wrestling, volleyball, basket- ball, plus all their assemblies and everything they’re going to do. These are projects that we are doing that affect a large population of the school and our community. Our commu- nity is already using our turf out there. Our community will be using our basketball court for tournaments, KYBA, that type of stuff. Everything that we do, it’s an investment in the community and our school.” McNary’s volleyball pro- gram held it’s middle school and high school camps in the gym Monday through Thurs- day. ABC is now working on installing new dugouts for the varsity softball fi elds. ABC president Danielle Bethell said the old dugouts have been torn down and new ones should be completed in a couple months. By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes Two home runs and two triples were not enough for the Volcanoes to avoid a 13-6 pounding from Spokane Aug. 5 in the second game of a home series. Salem-Keizer had a 1-0 lead after four innings, but the Indians’ bats were hot enough for two runs in the fi fth, three each in the sixth and seventh, and fi ve in the ninth. Three Volcano errors also helped the visitors. In the Volcano third, the crowd of 3,342 saw Ryan Howard bunted a one-out single and went to second base on a throwing error by Sal Mendez, Spokane’s start- ing pitcher. Manuel Geraldo smashed a double down the right fi eld foul line, driving in Howard. Mendez lasted six innings and became the winning pitcher with a 3-3 record and six strikeouts for the game. Garrett Williams started for Salem-Keizer and was relieved after three innings by Rayan Hernandez. Brallan Perez led off with a walk, and Leody Taveras reached fi rst base on an er- ror by third baseman Geraldo. Charles LeBlanc was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Seth Spivey hit into a double play with Perez scoring. Luis Ter- rero singled to center fi eld, driving in Taveras. Kendry Melo replaced Hernandez on the mound to start the sixth. Steven Lohr reached fi rst base on Geraldo’s second error. Alex Kowalczyk hit an infi eld single, Todd Mc- Donald singled to right, and the bases were loaded again. Melo walked Perez to force Lohr home. Kowalczyk scored as Taveras grounded out. No- lan Riggs came in to pitch, and Seth Spivey hit a sacrifi ce fl y to center, scoring McDon- ald. Bryan Reynolds led off the Volcano sixth with his fourth home run of the season, clear- ing the center fi eld wall. Please see LOSS, Page 11 Northwood wins All-City meet By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes The All-City trophy will remain at Northwood Swim Club for another year. The Dolphins bested fi ve other teams July 30 to win their third consecutive cham- pionship. “It was kind of nerve-rack- ing at the beginning because we had some kids missing but our relays were pretty strong and we had some kids step up,” Northwood coach Allan McLeod said. “It was fun to watch.” Northwood won 13 of 20 relays to outscore second place Madrona 516-415. Holiday fi nished third with 248 points and Northview took fourth with 184 points. Leading Northwood’s boys, Eric Olsen had the fastest times in the 11-12-year-old freestyle and breaststroke. He also swam on the winning free relay team with Easton Hughes, Jackson Alt and Zan- der Rhoades as well as the fi rst place medley relay with Alt, Rhoades and Zachary Har- rington. Individually, Rhoades also won the 11-12 butterfl y. Jeffrey Olsen touched the wall fi rst in the 8-and-under individual medley. Davis Olsen and Pierce Walker won the 9-10 breast and IM, respectively. They also swam on the fastest medley relay team with Hudson Hughes and Carter Hawley as well as the winning free relay with Hawley and Caleb Skipper. Jake Wyer and Parker Dean won the 15-18 free and breast, respectively. They also swam on two winning relays—free with Grant Biondi and Lucas Garvey; and medley with Gar- vey and Brock Wyer. Please see SWIM, Page 11 Submitted Northwood Swim Club won its third consecutive All-City Championship Saturday, July 30, topping fi ve others teams from Keizer and Salem.