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First swim: Holiday outduels Northwood
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Holiday
Swim
Club
knocked off defending all-
city champion Northwood to
open the season.
Swimming at home on
Thursday, June 28, Holiday
outscored Northwood 263-
247.
Holiday swept the 8-and-
under and 11-12 year old
medley relays. Holiday also
won the girls and boys 8-and-
under freestyle relays as well as
the 15-18 girls free relay.
Individually, Kyra Nor-
strom led the Holiday girls,
winning the 11-12 medley,
butterfl y and backstroke.
Claire Hicks placed fi rst in
the girls 8-and-under free and
breaststroke. Ella Gerig had
the fastest times in the girls
9-10 free and breaststroke.
Other 8-and-under girls
winners were Holiday swim-
mers Kaiya Turner in the IM,
Olivia Anderson in the fl y and
Avelyn Sparks in the back-
stroke.
Erika Robinett took fi rst in
the 11-12 breaststroke. Jaelynn
Love touched the wall fi rst in
the 13-14 fl y and Kassy Win-
ters won the 15-18 fl y.
Tessa Talento placed fi rst in
the 15-18 backstroke.
Haley Vanderweed swam
the fastest time in the 13-14
IM.
Please see SWIM, Page B4
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
LEFT: Northwood swimmer Molly Eisele, who won the 11-12 girls freestyle, swims butterfl y on Thursday, June 28 at Holiday.
ABOVE: Holiday swimmers Jaelynn Love, Kyra Norstrom and Emery Love cheer on a teammate during the meet.
Volcanoes sweep Eugene
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
The Volcanoes put on a
show of hitting, pitching, and
fi elding June 28 to whip their
Eugene visitors 7-3.
Completing a three-game
sweep of the Emeralds to
reach a 10-4 record, Salem-
Keizer prepared for a fi ve-
game series in Vancouver.
Three of the Volcano runs
came in the fi rst inning. Kyle
McPherson hit a one-out
infi eld single, and David Vil-
lar followed with a two-run
home run over the center
fi eld wall. After another out,
Robinson Medrano was hit by
a pitch for the fi fth time this
season and scored on a dou-
ble to right center by Wander
Franco.
Keaton Winn pitched the
fi rst two innings for the Vol-
canoes, allowing no runs and
striking out three. However, in
a move manager Hector Borg
explained after the game, he
brought in Greg Jacknewitz
to pitch the third inning. With
two out in the top of the third,
Luis Vasquez hit his fi rst hom-
er of the year, clearing the left
fi eld fence.
Jacknewitz retired the next
batter and stayed in the game
through the seventh inning,
allowing one more run, which
was unearned.
Salem-Keizer added three
runs in the fourth. Kevin Ri-
vera led off with an infi eld
single and continued to sec-
ond base on a throwing er-
ror by third baseman Ramsey
Romano.
Mikey Edie moved him to
third with a sacrifi ce bunt. Jose
Layer singled on a grounder
to center, driving Rivera in.
McPherson hit his fi rst homer
of the season, to right fi eld,
and the Volcanoes were ahead
7-1.
In the Eugene sixth,
Vasquez walked and moved to
third on a double to center by
Nelson Velasquez. An error by
Layer in center fi eld enabled
Vasquez to score. Velasquez
then stole third base on a call
that brought protests from
the stands and argument from
Borg. Two were out by then,
and Jacknewitz struck out the
next batter.
The last Emerald run came
in the eighth. Matt Frisbee re-
lieved Jacknewitz to start the
inning and walked Fernando
Kelli. In an attempt to pick
Frisbee off, the throw went
wild, and Frisbee went to sec-
ond.
Please see SWEEP, Page B2
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Volcanoes third baseman Trevor Adams is hitting .361 with eight doubles, a triple and home run through 15 games.
Old Man left plunking for steelhead
by G.I. Wilson
The rod tip whips wildly
as the aluminum bell clangs
to the ground. The Old Man
struggles out of his lawn chair,
shuffl es to his rod, jerks it out
of the sandspike and sets the
hook. A chrome-bright, win-
ter steelhead, blasts out the
water.
“The Old Man’s got an-
other one on,” a nearby angler
yells. “Somebody cut his line,”
he adds with a laugh.
Others come running with
the net, and offer the obliga-
tory advice, common in these
situations.
“Keep his head up.” “Watch
out for the snag.”
Plunking for steelhead has
worked once again for the
Old Man. He has fi shed this
river 45 years.
Plunking is a social affair of
sorts. Hours of downtime. It is
a lay-back way to fi sh. Toss out
lure/bait, anchor it in place
with a heavy sinker, place rod
in sandspike, attach a bell to
the rod and wait for a bite.
Bells are a key piece in the sys-
tem. Some guys can hear a bell
at 50 yards and know whose
bell it is.
Small groups form to visit.
Sometimes a campfi re will be
built.
Many of the same guys
come together every year,
driven by a passion for a spe-
cial fi sh. “Riverside friend-
ships” have developed over
the years. Telephone networks
share current fi shing informa-
tion.
Some have been riverside
friends for 30-50 years. They
know each other’s work his-
tory, family status, hunting and
fi shing backgrounds.
Most are on a fi rst name
basis. It’s usually fi rst names.
In cases where two or more
names are the same, something
like adding where the person
is from: Silverton Ron, Salem
Ron, or it could be based on
physical stature: Tall Bill. Short
Bill, Skinny Tom.
The Old Man has the du-
bious distinction as oldest of
the regulars. One-by-one he
has seen the “old guard” fade
away. In 2017, he saw the last
one pass.
It isn’t the same anymore.
It was always fun to relive
the old days with those who
shared them with you. Stories
of; numbers of fi sh, numbers
of anglers, changes in the river,
and the unforgettable charac-
ters that fi shed the river.
Somehow, stories seem so
much more believable when
several guys get together and
share those experiences.
After four decades of drift-
fi shing, age--and medical
challenges–have relegated the
Old Man to plunking.
When he was a young man,
wading up and down rivers, he
and his buddies would make
remarks about “those old guys
plunking, sitting on their butts
and not catching steelhead.”
Now, fi fty years later, as he
puts it, “I is one.”
Being recognized as the
oldest on the river has some
perks at times. Younger an-
glers watch out for him, help-
ing untangle lines when ar-
thritic hands have trouble.
Please see WILSON, Page B2