FEBRUARY 8, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
Volcanoes announce
newest executive hires
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary’s Abigail Hawley (21) attacks the teeth of the defense in the Celtics 53-41 loss to South
Salem on Thursday, Jan. 31.
McNary’s seven-game
win streak comes to a
halt against South Salem
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
In a showdown between the
top two teams in the Mountain
Valley Conference, a slow start
to the second half ended up
dooming the McNary girls
basketball team in the end.
South Salem outscored
McNary 20-9 in the third
period and went onto defeat
the Celtics by a score of 53-41
on Thursday, Jan. 31.
It was the fi rst MVC loss of
the season for McNary.
“(South Salem) had a
great third quarter and just
a great overall second half,”
McNary head coach Elizabeth
Doran said. “We never really
recovered.”
Leah Doutt led McNary
with 21 points on 8-of-13
shooting from the fi eld and
Abigail Hawley added 11
points in the loss.
After falling behind 5-0, the
Celtics responded with a quick
6-0 run to take their fi rst lead
thanks a layup from Hawley
and a fl oater from Doutt.
South Salem came back to
take a 10-6 lead with under a
minute left in the period, but
Doutt ended the McNary
drought with a old fashioned
three-point play to trim the
Celtics defi cit to one at the
end of the quarter.
Three-pointers
from
Hawley
and
Mackenzie
Proctor allowed McNary to go
on an 8-2 run to take 17-12
lead with less than two minutes
left in the half. The Saxons,
however, were able to tie the
game at 17-all at the break.
Both
teams
struggled
mightily to get much going
on offense in the fi rst half. But
whatever was keeping South
Salem from putting the ball
in the hoop in the fi rst 16
minutes of play had dissipated
by the time the third quarter
started.
The Saxons began the
period on a 12-2 run and
went on top 29-19 with 4:06
remaining in the quarter.
McNary briefl y stopped the
bleeding after fi ve quick points
from Doutt, but South Salem
responded by going by scoring
eight of the next 10 points and
took a 37-26 advantage into
the fi nal period.
“We gave them too many
second-chance opportunities
on the boards. I think that is
what really killed us,” Hawley
said.
McNary also had a hard
time handling the aggressive
defensive pressure of South
Salem — the Celtics turned
the ball over 14 times on the
night.
“They started to pressure
us more and trap us in the
half-court and we just didn’t
handle it well in the second
half,” Doutt said. “When we
were turning the ball over, it
was defi nitely giving them
momentum.”
However,
the
Celtics
weren’t willing to throw in the
towel quite yet.
In the fi rst 90 seconds of
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
have announced the hiring of
Eric Fisk as their new director
of sales and Vicky Swearingin
as director of ticketing. These
announcements come on the
heels of the early January hire
of Mitche Graf as president of
business operations.
“As we forge into a new era
here at Volcanoes baseball, we
are excited to have the talents
of Eric and Vicky on our
management team. They both
have served in other capacities
within the organization and
we will benefi t greatly from
their experience and passion
for the fan experience.” said
team President Mitche Graf.
Fisk comes to the Salem-
Keizer Volcanoes with over 30
years experience in baseball as
a coach, professional umpire
and game-day promotions
manager for the team. Fisk also
spent three years as the Event
Coordinator for Linn-Benton
Community College.
“We are excited to have
Eric join our team and play
an integral role in making
Volcanoes Stadium the place to
be on game night. He brings
with him a wealth of baseball
knowledge and is focused on
Fisk
Swearingin
making the fan experience the
best it can be” says Graf.
Fisk lives with his fi ancée
Emily along with their children
Bowen, Mia and Kristin.
Vicky Swearingin has
worked for the team since last
season in the ticket offi ce, but
her new role will allow her to
utilize her customer service
background in new ways.
Swearingin previously held
positions in banking with Key
Bank at Keizer Station and
Wells Fargo.
“I am excited about my new
career with the Volcanoes and
am looking forward to getting
the privilege of getting to
know all of our fans and season
ticket holders on a personal
level,” says Swearingin.
Swearingin lives in Keizer
with her husband, David, and
their two children.
Graf added “Vicky has a
special relationship with our
fans and we are excited to be
able to share her expertise with
Volcano Nation.”
Fisk and Swearingin have
begun their full-time positions
with the Volcanoes and can be
reached by calling 503-390-
2225.
McNary set to introduce
new Hall of Fame class
The McNary High School
Athletic Hall of Fame will he
holding a ceremony on Friday,
March 15 at the Keizer Civic
Center to honor former great
athletes that made signifi cant
contributions to the winning
tradition of the athletics
program at McNary.
The spring inductees will
include: Lisa Blush, Mike
Doherty, Shawn Kintner and
the 2009 state champion
baseball team.
There will be a social
hour at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will
begin at 6:30 p.m. and the
presentation will begin at 7
p.m.
Prices are $60 for an
individual, $100 for a couples
and $400 for a table of eight.
Event sponsorships are
available for $1,000 and comes
with honoree ticket sales,
program and event recognition
as well as a reserved table for
eight.
If you have any questions,
please
contact
McNary
athletic director Scott Gragg
at: gragg_scott@salkeiz.k12.
or.us.
Sole Sisters coming to Keizer
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Sole Sisters, a Wilsonville-
based
training group for
women who want to run 10K
and half marathons, is planning
a chapter in Keizer and Salem.
The fi rst training is scheduled
for Saturday, Feb. 9, at 7:45 a.m.
in front of Marshall’s at Keizer
Station. The training, which is
free, is open to all fi tness levels—
runners and walkers alike.
Jules Moody founded Sole
Sisters in 2008 and it has grown
to include over 1,000 women in
10 cities. The free training will
continue through May with
progressive routes starting at 3
miles long and working up to
11 miles.
The Keizer-Salem chapter
of Sole Sisters will be led by
Krisstine Jacobsen and Melissa
Jones-Clark Gomez.
“We are about inclusion
and connection,” said Krisstine
Jacobsen. “No formal training
is required, just show up, meet
new people and have fun taking
care of yourself.” Half distances
are also available for 10K
runners, she added.
To learn more visit sole
sisters.us.
WRESTLING,
“They were all kind of tough
matches and each one had its
own ups and downs, but I just
remembered everything my
coaches taught me and just kept
working hard,” Parra said.
Parra won his fi rst match via
12-6 decision against Bend’s
Jonovan King. In the following
bout, Parra pinned Mason
Burke from Mountain View
with just a minute remaining in
the third round.
Parra faced a much bigger
challenge in his fi nal match
against Aiden Johnson from
Summit, but the McNary junior
outlasted his opponent down
the stretch and came away with
the 7-5 decision.
“I felt like I didn’t wrestle
great in that match, but I just
kept moving and kept being
persistent throughout,” Parra
said. “In the end, I caught him
in a move and just rode it out
for the rest of the match.”
Grady
Burrows
(113
lbs.) also fi nished the night
undefeated for the Celtics.
Burrows earned a second round
pin against Isaiah Todd from
Bend in his fi rst match, then
forced a 25-second fall in his
second bout against Ben Caba
from Summit.
Ryan Bamford (170 lbs.)
won a 3-2 decision and
Matthew Mehlhoff (152 lbs.)
earned a fi rst-round fall to
round out the Celtics victories
against Bend.
Garrett Wampler (182 lbs.)
was the only wrestler other than
Parra to pick up a win against
Mountain View — the other
12 points came from a pair
of forfeits — as Wampler put
Ronan Fletcher on his back less
than a minute into the match.
After consecutive defeats
to begin the night, the Celtics
came back with a resilient
victory against Summit in their
fi nal dual.
“Summit had some tough
kids that gave us a good
challenge, but we wrestled really
well in that dual,” Ebbs said.
Sabella Alfaro (10) looks to score after faking out a South
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the fourth quarter, McNary
came away with a trio of
steals and turned it into eight
consecutive points, cutting the
lead to three.
“We had some success
with our press for a couple
possessions there and we were
able to get back in it,” Doran
said.
But in the end, McNary
couldn’t get a defensive stop
when they desperately needed
one and South Salem got their
lead back up to double-fi gures
moments later.
Despite the loss, McNary is
still tied for fi rst place in the
MVC standings and looks to
bounce back tonight as they
travel to Bend tonight to take
on the Lava Bears at 5 p.m.
continued from Page A14
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McNary’s Giovanni Cervantes (left) gains the upper hand in the
145-pound bout against Bend’s Grant Harpole.
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