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PAGE A12, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 26, 2016 KEIZERTIMES.COM Hunter commits to to U. of San Diego KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Incoming McNary senior Sydney Hunter dribbles the ball up the court at an AAU tournament played earlier this summer in Oregon City. Blue Day 2016 By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Sydney Hunter only need- ed to hear from one school to make her college decision. The incoming McNary se- nior has verbally committed to play basketball at University of San Diego. Hunter, who is still receiv- ing calls and text messages from other colleges, didn’t plan to commit so early in the process. “Maybe it was the beaches. I don’t know. But I loved it,” she said. Hunter has been in contact with the coaches at San Diego since the eighth grade. “I’ve known their coaches for a lot longer than any of the other coaches that have talked to me,” she said. “I went on my offi cial visit and I got to meet the whole team and B I just think I fi t in super well. I loved it. That was a big part of it.” San Diego plays in the West Coast Conference with the likes of Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s and Santa Clara. The Lady To- reros fi nished 25-8 last season, which was the second most wins in program history, and lost to Michigan in the Sweet 16 round of the Women’s Na- tional Invitation Tournament. Hunter isn’t completely sure what she wants to do aca- demically but noted San Di- ego has a top-notch counsel- ing program. “You have to be so smart to go there so it’s going to be a challenge and I’m so excited for it,” she said. Hunter was also busy this summer playing basketball. Competing for Oregon Elite, Hunter traveled to the Western Canadian Champi- onships in Vancouver, B.C., the Nike National Invitational in Chicago, the Nike Tourna- ment of Champions in Atlanta and the Cal Storm Finale in Irvine, Calif. “We had a really good sea- son,” Hunter said. “I think we went 34-8. We played a lot of games and a lot of those girls I’ve played with since eighth grade so it was super fun to end AAU with all of them. It’s also kind of sad. All July we’re gone. You don’t really have a summer but it’s fun. You get to be with a lot of your close friends.” Hunter will now turn her attention to volleyball before beginning her fi nal basketball season at McNary, where she was a 2015-16 Greater Valley Conference First Team selec- tion. C A D McNary High School had its fi fth annual Blue Day Saturday, Aug. 20 with the football, soccer, volleyball and lacrosse programs all holding scrimmages. A: McNary sophomore Anita Lao kicks the ball past freshman Caitlyn Kiefi uk-Yates. B: MHS sophomore Kylee Daulton was in goal for the girls lacrosse team. C: Senior quarterback Tyler Ellertson rushed for a touchdown in McNary’s varsity football scrimmage. D: Kara Thomas tips the ball over the net as Zoie Warner attempts a block. KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley For sale: the love of my boating world My fi rst boat was a WWII rubber survival raft. It was built to hold eight men. It was comfortable for two. We salvaged the raft on a fl oat trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. Robert Kennedy and his entourage had set out to fl oat the river, at near fl ood stage, against all warnings. The trip was aborted in less than two miles after all boats capsized. They hiked back out with only the clothes on their backs. A few weeks later, our group, staff from a Boy Scout camp, made the fl oat, and sal- vage what is left of the gear. My share of “the spoils” was Big Yellow. I brought the raft to Oregon in 1967. Assorted patches give it that camou- fl age look. My young son and I had fun fl oating rivers and fi shing for salmon in tidewa- by G.I. Wilson ter of the Salmon River. (This was before the hatchery on the Salmon. There were very few boats on the river.) We needed more boat and power. I bought a 12-foot alu- minum car topper for $100. It looked like it had been dropped off a cliff or two. Lots of dings and gashes, but it fl oated, with a minimum of leaks. Year end sale on boat mo- tors, I come home with a shiny new 6 horsepower Evenrude motor for $199. Now we can fi sh lakes, troll tidewater for salmon and go crabbing. Next comes a driftboat. A couple of trips with a friend fl oating the Santiam and Nes- tucca Rivers and I had to have a driftboat. There is no boat- ing experience quite like the peace and solitude of fl oating a river and being in control with oars. Driftboats are expensive. A friend and I decided to buy one together. We found one that had lost the owner over the side, and gone down a few rapids of the Clackamas River without him. Some rather no- ticeable dents gave testimony to the trip. It had been the “fi rst, and last attempts” at rowing, for the owner. The boat didn’t leak, and the dings,”gave it character.” Please see WILSON, Page 13 Submitted Keizer resident G.I. Wilson fi shes from his last remaining boat, a Fishcraft drfi tboat that Wilson calls “the love of my boating world.”