JUNE 15, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PACE B1
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Volcanoes open season Friday
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of-
fi cials and players met Satur-
day, June 9 in Salem in prepa-
ration for the 2018 season,
which starts Friday, June 15.
Saturday’s gathering at the
Comfort Suites on Haw-
thorne Street was for paper-
work, introduction of a new
manager and coach and other
club offi cials, and a discussion
of policies by Jerry Howard,
senior marketing executive.
The new manager is Hec-
tor Borg, a former Volcanoes
infi eld instructor who last
year led the Arizona League
Giants to the AZL Champi-
onship Series. The new pitch-
ing coach is Dwight Bernard,
who held that position for the
AAA Sacramento River Cats
from 2014 through 2017. Jake
Fox, who was a utility player
with four years in the major
leagues, with the Chicago
Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and
Oakland Athletics, is the new
hitting coach. The fundamen-
tals coach, Mark Hallberg,
coached in the Cape Cod
League for four years.
Also new is the training
staff. Charlene Wichman, the
athletic trainer, was the trainer
for the AZL Giants last year.
Joe Palazzolo, the strength and
conditioning coach, is new to
VOLCANOES
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FRIDAY, JUNE 15
vs. TRI-CITY Dust Devils
6:35 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
vs. TRI-CITY Dust Devils
6:35 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 17
vs. TRI-CITY Dust Devils
5:05 p.m.
MONDAY, JUNE 18
vs. TRI-CITY Dust Devils
6:35 p.m.
TUESDAY, JUNE 19
vs. TRI-CITY Dust Devils
6:35 p.m.
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the San Francisco Giants or-
ganization.
Jolbert Cabrera, who man-
aged the Volcanoes last year,
is now managing the class A
Augusta Green Jackets. Matt
Yourkin, who was pitching
Stetson Woods, back with the Volcanoes this season, throws in the bullpen at practice on Monday, June 11 while new pitching
coach Dwight Bernard talks to pitchers on his staff.
coach, now has that position
with the advanced A San Jose
Giants. Ricky Ward, last year’s
hitting coach, is no longer in
the Giants organization.
Among the Volcanoes staff-
ers at the meeting was Judy
Fromherz, host family coor-
dinator, who said a few more
host homes were needed for
this year’s Volcanoes.
Eleven of last year’s Volca-
noes are returning. They are
pitchers Stetson Woods, Greg
Jacknewitz, Alejandro de la
Rosa, and Sidney Duprey;
catchers Chris Corbett and
Will Albertson, catcher-in-
fi elder Dylan Manwaring; in-
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Ebbs joins wrestling powerhouse
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Brayden Ebbs was just 5
years old when he fell in love.
It only took 8 seconds.
“I had been wrestling a lot. I
had gotten better in the wres-
tling room. I just hadn’t com-
peted at all,” said Ebbs, who
started wrestling at the Celtic
Mat Club camp when he was
4. “And I remember my very
fi rst match lasted 8 seconds to-
tal because the kid just tried to
shoot in on me and I just put
him straight to his back and
pinned him. And that was my
very fi rst memory of wrestling
and ever since then I just fell in
love with the sport.”
Not long after, Ebbs knew
he wanted to wrestle in col-
lege.
“That was always one of
my big dreams because I love
the sport of wrestling and I
love the community and the
friendships you make within
it,” Ebbs said. “Ever since I was
little I always told my dad that
I wanted to wrestle in college
and he defi nitely helped me
get there.”
Ebbs signed with Grand
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LEFT: Brayden Ebbs, with his dad, head wrestling coach at McNary High School, holds
up his national letter of intent to wrestle at Crand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.
ABOVE: Ebbs wrestles in the district fi nals in February.
View University, winner of
seven straight NAIA National
Championships, on Wednesday,
June 6.
“Grand View is an amaz-
ing school,” Ebbs said. “I went
down on my visit and I abso-
lutely loved it, great communi-
ty, great school and their wres-
tling program is phenomenal.
It’s a great group of guys that I
got to know and they’re all su-
per close, which is a big thing
that I look at. I don’t want to
be part of a team where ev-
erybody is kind of doing their
own thing. At Grand View
they’re all great friends and like
brothers to each other.”
Ebbs got in touch with
Grand View, located in Des
Moines, Iowa, through another
former McNary wrestler—
Devin Reynolds.
Reynolds, who placed third
at 149 pounds at the national
championships, will be a senior
at Grand View next year.
“With him going there it
defi nitely helped out a lot be-
cause the thing with Grand
View is they don’t normally
recruit outside of Iowa,” Ebbs
said.
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Keizer Soccer Club
wins boys U14 title
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer Soccer Club Bolton
came from behind to win its
second straight Boys U14 Sil-
ver Mid Valley Soccer League
championship.
Trailing No. 1 seed Dallas
on Sunday, June 10 at White-
aker Middle School, Bolton
scored two goals in the second
half to win 3-2.
Solomon Moore, who had
Keizer’s fi rst goal of the game,
also netted the tying goal.
Ben Sheets then scored the
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Keizer Soccer Club Bolton won its second consecutive boys U14 Silver championship on Sunday, June 10 at Whiteaker Middle
School with a 3-2 win versus Dallas.