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PAGE2A10,2KEIZERTIMES,2JUNE223,22017 GRADUATE TO A NEW SET OF WHEELS The Ford College Student Purchase Program provides eligible college students and recent graduates with bonus cash, plus great rates through Ford Credit when they purchase or lease a new Ford vehicle. Now for a limited time on select Ford cars, the current offer of $500 BONUS CASH WILL BE INCREASED TO $750 on Ford Focus, Fiesta, Escape and Fusion only. Keizer 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463- 4853 www.skylineforddirect.com *This2offel2is2available2flom2June220,220172to2July25,22017 KEIZERTIMES.COM Legion team calls Keizer home By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes The Crushers Post 58, an American Legion baseball team in Stayton, have moved to Keizer. Led by former Stayton High School coach Drew Heard, the team is a collection of the best players from Mc- Nary, McKay, Silverton, Regis, Kennedy and Stayton. “I chose not to coach in high school this year because I wanted to focus on the Le- gion program and I wanted to move us out of Stayton be- cause it didn’t make any sense for us to be out there,” Heard said. “The majority of our team is coming from Salem. To have kids driving all the way out there every single day for a ‘home game’ or practice was just kind of silly.” Heard also wanted to pick the right kind of players. “I wanted to scout and I wanted to get really good character kids and I think we did that,” Heard said. “I really feel good about our club. I feel good about the direction that we’re going and I feel really good about representing the community.” Eight of the 18 Crushers played for the McNary var- sity team last season—2017 graduates Josiah Gilbert, Jonah Geist, Joshua Benson, Riley Hays, Brendan Frizelle and KEIZERTIMES/Delek2Wiley LEFT:2Tylel2Covalt,2a2lising2juniol2at2McNaly,2slides2in2safe2at2thild2base2duling2an2Amelican2Legion2baseball2game2in2Keizel.2RIGHT:2Riley2Hays,2a220172McNaly2 gladuate,2hits2a2ball2to2left2fi2eld.2 Daniel Johnson as well as ris- ing senior Carl Rumbaugh and junior Tyler Covalt. The Crushers, who have more than 30 games sched- uled between June 12 and July 19, play their home contests on McNary’s Vic Backlund Field. Keizer plays in the six-team Area 3 with squads from Sa- lem, Dallas, Albany, Corvallis and Newport. After the regular season, the top four teams will play another area in a best of three super regional with the win- ners advancing to the double elimination state tournament in Klamath Falls at the end of July. The Crushers opened the season 4-3 after falling at Cor- vallis 7-0 on Monday, June 19. Keizer split with the Gerd- ing Builders on Sunday. Af- ter losing the fi rst game 6-3, the Crushers won the second game 2-1 in 12 innings. Geist scored the winning run on an error. Gilbert got the start on the mound and allowed just six hits and one unearned run over eight innings. He struck out 11 and walked two. “The difference in Josiah from a year ago is almost in- describable,” Heard said. “His mentality is entirely different. He’s mechanically 10 times better. He’s just do- ing a great job and he deserves all the credit in the world for all of the work that he’s put in.” Hays earned the win, al- lowing just two hits over four shutout innings. Keizer swept N.W. Stars Academy 8-3 and 8-5 on Sat- urday. Geist was 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs while Covalt was 2-for-3 and scored a run in the fi rst game. Brycen Schumacher was 1-for-2 with a double and two runs in the second game. The Crushers are taking a break from league play to host a tournament June 22-25 that includes a team from Perth, Australia. Pool play games are sched- uled for 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The championship game will be played on Sun- day at Willamette University. “We had a lot of meet- ings before the season that we wanted to change the men- tality of the program and to change the way the program has done things in years past,” Heard said. “These kids have bought in and they are working incred- ibly hard and I’m just really proud of them and I think that we have great potential. as a team and as a program. I feel really, really great about how we’re going to represent the community.” Harvey signs with Linn-Benton By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes When Adam Harvey played one of his best basket- ball games at McNary High School, he had no idea some- one was sitting in the stands who could make his dreams come true. Harvey had led the Celtics with 16 points, two rebounds, two assists, three blocks and three steals in a 70-62 win at West Albany when Linn- Benton Community College head coach Everett Hartman walked into the locker room. “I didn’t know until after he walked in,” Harvey said. “I just happened to have a good KEIZERTIMES/Delek2Wiley McNaly2 20172 gladuate2 Adam2 Halvey2 will2 play2 basketball2 at2 game when he was there. He Linn-Benton2Community2College.2 said he was willing to offer a scholarship.” After considering all op- tions, Harvey, who played with the Keizer Youth Bas- ketball Association beginning in the fi fth grade, signed with the Roadrunners in May. “I’m really excited,” Har- vey said. “I can’t wait to go play and showcase my skills and show everyone what I can do. I’ve been wanting to play college basketball since the beginning of high school.” Harvey, a two-year starter at McNary, averaged 10.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, two as- sists and 1.5 steals during his senior season. He was voted to the All- Greater Valley Conference Second Team. Harvey said McNary helped prepare him to be- come a student athlete in col- lege. “They really got me going with study habits and getting ready for college,” Harvey said. “That helped out a lot in order to keep my grades up to play basketball and not fall behind and make sure to pri- oritize.” On the court, Harvey learned how to read defenses and when to shoot or pass. Linn-Benton plays a simi- lar style of basketball as Mc- Nary. “From what I’ve seen, I’ve watched a couple of games and they like to run and shoot,” Harvey said. “That’s their main stuff, get up the court as fast as you can, get in the lane, if not, hit the easy pass and make the 3.” Harvey’s favorite memo- ries came in the summer at the University of Oregon Team Camp. “We just had the whole team up there and we stayed up there for a couple of days,” Harvey said. “My favorite part is probably the water bal- loon fi ght. Those were great times.” Harvey plans to major in engineering and after two years at Linn-Benton transfer to Oregon State. “Hopefully I can walk on there or they can pick me up,” he said. Volcanoes lose opening night, start season 1-5 By HERB SWETT Of the Keizertimes A six-run eighth inning for Tri-City erased a seven-inning Salem-Keizer lead Thursday, June 15 in a home opener that ended with a 10-4 loss to the Dust Devils. Stetson Woods, the Volca- noes’ starting pitcher, threw six shutout innings, striking out fi ve and allowing only three hits and one walk, but the three pitchers who fol- lowed him had a rough time. The fi rst hit of the game was a one-out triple to right fi eld by Kevin Rivera in the fi rst inning, but Emmanuel Ramirez, the Dust Devils’ starter, retired the next two batters. In the Salem-Keizer sec- ond, Robinson Medrano led off with a double to right center and went to third base on Manuel Geraldo’s sacrifi ce bunt. Juan Rodriguez scored Medrano with a single to center for the fi rst run of the game. It was a 1-0 game until the bottom of the sixth when, with one out, Dylan Man- waring was hit by a pitch and scored on a double to center by Ryan Kirby. Kirby then scored on a wild pitch. Medrano grounded out, and Geraldo singled to left. Austin Smith then replaced Ramirez on the mound. Juan Rodri- guez singled to left, and the bases were loaded. Smith re- tired the next batter, and the inning ended with the Volca- noes ahead 3-0. Logan Webb relieved Woods to start the seventh. The fi rst batter he faced, Boomer White, struck out but reached fi rst base on a third- strike wild pitch. Bryant Ara- gon singled to right, sending White to third. After Webb struck out the next batter, Jus- tin Lopez scored White with a sacrifi ce fl y to center. Man- waring, the Volcanoes’ catcher, picked Lopez off fi rst with a throw to Kirby. The inning ended with the score 3-1. Byron Murray led off the Salem-Keizer seventh with KEIZERTIMES/Delek2Wiley LEFT:2Wally2Lantz,2ploject2managel2fol2Volcanoes2Stadium,2thlew2out2the2celemonial2fi2lst2pitch2as2Salem-Keizel2opened2the2 season2Thulsday,2June215.2Kevin2Rivela2had2the2fi2lst2hit2of2the2game2on2a2tliple2to2light2fi2eld.2 a double down the left line and went to third on a sacri- fi ce bunt by Malique Ziegler. Smith, however, retired the next two batters. Luis Pino pitched the eighth for the Volcanoes. Af- ter retiring Luis Almanazar, he gave up a home run over the left fi eld fence to Luis Asun- cion. Tre Carter singled to left, Steve Bean hit a broken- bat single to right, and White doubled Carter home with Bean going to third. Please2see2OPENER,2Page211