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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
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“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.
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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.
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Northwood Swim Club won its third consecutive All-City Championship Saturday, July 30, topping fi ve others teams from Keizer
and Salem.