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Volcanoes seek host families
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Alicia Self, right, with her son Shane, daughter Ashlynn and daughter’s friend Sabrina Arce, are hosting three Salem-Keizer Volca-
noe baseball players this summer, Wander Franco, left, Mikey Edie and Jesus Tona.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Alicia Self has been a Volca-
noes fan since the team came
to Salem-Keizer.
But this season she decided
to take her fandom to another
level by hosting players in her
home.
“We wanted to do it last
year and we just didn’t have
quite enough time to get the
house ready,” said Self, who
has hosted exchange students
and foster kids in the past.
“We’re fairly local to the Vol-
canoes Stadium, about three
minutes behind it, so loca-
tion was good for us. We had
the room and we thought it
would be kind of fun.”
Self started with one player
before adding a second and
then third.
“It’s been amazing,” she
said. “We are very blessed to
have three players that are
amazing young men in our
house. We have lucked out.
They do their own dishes.
They clean up after them-
selves. They cook food and
share with the whole family.
They are really good guys.”
All three players, Jesus Tona
(Venezuela), Wander Franco
(Dominican Republic) and
Mikey Edie (Venezuela), are
from Spanish-speaking coun-
tries.
“They can all three under-
stand us pretty well,” Self said.
“I took four years of Spanish
in high school and a lot of it
comes back, at least the most
important stuff, the primary
communication part.”
Having the baseball players
in her home has been a real
treat for Self ’s 10-year-old son
Shane, who plays for Keizer
Little League.
“He absolutely loves it be-
cause they can all game to-
gether, Nerf wars,” Self said.
“He’s really enjoying it. These
are like his heroes.”
Anyone interested in host-
ing a Volcanoes player can
contact host family coordi-
nator Judy Fromherz at 503-
569-3304.
Host families receive two
season tickets and must have
a spare bedroom and provide
transportation to the stadium
for players.
The Volcanoes eat lunch
and dinner at the stadium on
game days.
Vandals bound for Junior Olympics
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
The NW Vandals captured a
state softball championship on
their way to the Junior Olym-
pics.
Playing in Medford, the
Vandals defeated Bat Company
8-3 on July 8 to win the 14U
title.
The Vandals had lost 2-1 to
Bat Company earlier in the
day. But since the Vandals were
previously undefeated in the
double elimination tourna-
ment, they got another shot at
bringing home the champion-
ship.
“I think we came out a little
fl at in the fi rst game and their
pitcher was throwing really
well,” said Vandals second base-
man Abbi Covalt, a sophomore
at McNary High School. “She
had a good fastball and she was
getting us out on change ups.
They switched pitchers in the
second game and I think we
were just a little bit angry in
the second one from losing.
We wanted to come out with
a different fi re and leave no
doubt that we wanted it more.”
The Vandals scored three
runs in the fi rst inning and
three more in the second to
jump out to a 6-1 lead.
Please see VANDALS, Page B1
Submitted
The NW Vandals defeated Bat Company 8-3 on July 8 in Medford to win the 14A softball state championship.
Holiday edges Cambridge
to win third straight meet
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Two points.
That is all that decided
Holiday’s swim meet at Cam-
bridge on Thursday, July 12
with the Keizer neighbor-
hood pool coming out on
top, 261-259.
On one of the hottest days
of the year, Holiday’s girls led
the team to victory, winning
seven relays (8-and-under,
9-10, 11-12 and 15-18 free-
style; and 8-and-under, 9-10
and 11-12 medley) to out-
score Cambridge 146-106.
Individually, Kassy Winters
and Kyra Norstrom each won
three events.
Winters took fi rst in the
15-18 IM, free and butterfl y.
Norstrom won the 11-12
IM, free and fl y.
Maggie Gerig and Claire
Hicks swam the fastest times
in the 8-and-under fl y and
breaststroke, respectively.
Emery Love won the 11-
12 backstroke and Erika
Robinett placed fi rst in the
11-12 breaststroke.
Tessa Talento and Emma
Privratsky swam the fastest
times in the 15-18 backstroke
and breaststroke, respectively.
Holiday’s boys won fi ve re-
lays—the 11-12 free and the
8-and-under, 9-10, 11-12 and
15-18 medley.
Jack McCarty took fi rst
in the 15-18 breaststroke and
butterfl y.
Holiday won three 8-and-
under events—Jacob Cas-
tronova in the breaststroke,
Ozzy Arnold in the butterfl y
and Michael Hudgins in the
IM.
Vinny Arnold took fi rst in
the 9-10 freestyle and Josh
Oliver won the 11-12 breast-
stroke.
Carter Hollis swam the
fastest time in the 13-14 fl y.
Tony Gonzalez won the
15-18 backstroke.
Jacob Prater
Holiday swimmer Olivia Anderson dives into the pool at a meet this summer.