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Volcanoes offense explodes against Tri-City
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Salem-Keizer catcher Brandon Martorano fl exes with Kwan Atkins after hitting a solo home run in the Volcanoes 11-2 victory over
Tri-City on Monday, July 29.
BY HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
An 11-2 victory opened
the Volcanoes’ home series
with the Tri-City Dust Dev-
ils on Monday, July 29.
After Salem-Keizer scored
a run in the fi rst inning and
one in the second, the visit-
ing Dust Devils tied the score
in the top of the fourth. But
Salem-Keizer scored seven
runs in the fi fth inning to
break the game wide open.
The fi rst run of the game
came on a solo home run by
Alex Canario over the right
fi eld fence. In the second in-
ning, Beicker Mendoza was
hit by a pitch from Connor
Lehman and Jeff Houghtby
followed with a double to
right. A throwing error by
right fi elder Matthew Acosta
allowed Mendoza to score.
In the Tri-City fourth,
starting pitcher Conner
Nurse walked Jonny Hom-
za and Carlos Luis homered
over the right fi eld wall to tie
the score.
The Volcanoes added a
run in the bottom of the
fourth. Jason Reynolds had
just taken over the mound,
and Brandon Martorano led
off with a homer to right
fi eld.
Nurse went 4.2 innings
before Jordan Scott replaced
him and retired the fi nal bat-
ter of the top of the fi fth.
Hunter Bishop started the
fi fth-inning rally with an in-
fi eld single. He stole second
base and a wild pitch moved
him to second. Canario
walked and Franklin Labour
was hit by a pitch to load the
bases. Tyler Fitzgerald dou-
bled to left, driving in Bish-
op and Canario and moving
Labour to third base. After
striking out Martorano on a
3-2 pitch, Reynolds walked
Kwan Adkins and Labour
scored on a passed ball.
Felix Minjares came in to
pitch. Mendoza singled to
right center, scoring Fitzger-
ald. Houghtby homered to
right center, driving in Ad-
kins and Mendoza.
In the Volcano eighth,
Houghtby hit a one-out
infi eld single. He moved to
second as Carter Aldrete
walked, and the runners ad-
vanced on a wild pitch by
Jake Sims.
Houghtby went 3-for-
4, driving in three runs and
scoring two.
Scott won his fi rst game
against no losses. Reynolds
was the losing pitcher at 1-3.
“The guys made good
swing decisions and hit the
pitches,” Volcano manager
Mark Hallberg said.
The attendance was 1,606.
Wednesday, July 24:
Hillsboro 4, Volcanoes 1
Salem-Keizer had a 1-0
lead halfway through this
second game of a road series
until Hillsboro scored twice
in the bottom of the fi fth in-
ning.
The Hops held the Volca-
noes to six hits and had nine
themselves, including Kris-
tian Robinson’s ninth home
run of the season, a solo shot
in the seventh.
The Volcanoes’ one run
came in the third inning,
when a single by Yorlis Ro-
driguez sent Harrison Freed
home.
Deyni Olivero was the
winning pitcher in relief
with a 5-1 record. Bryan
Menendez had his seventh
save. Conner Nurse, who
started for the Volcanoes,
lost his fi rst game against no
wins.
Thursday,
July
25:
Volcanoes 2, Hillsboro 0
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Money down the drain
The Army Corps of Engingeers plans to
spend up to half a billion dollars to build a
water-mixing tower and fi sh enhancement
project at Detroit Dam. Is it a
waste of tax money?
How much is $500,000,000?
It’s a number us average mor-
tals have a hard time getting a
grip on. If you earned a dollar
a second, it would take nearly
16 years to amass that much
money – at $86,400 a day.
All that money, and it like-
ly won’t solve the prob-
lem of declining salmon
and steelhead runs on
the North Santiam Riv-
er. In fact, it might make
it worse.
Some blame the the dam
for blocking many miles of
spawning grounds. It is, for
sure, one of the problems, but the d a m
is here to stay. We had robust returns of fi sh
for 35 years after the dam was built, so there
must be other reasons for the declining fi sh
runs. Let’s look at those.
The wild fi sh policy was put in place in
1999. Hatchery production, put in place as
mitigation for the dam, has been reduced.
The native fi sh have decreased during this
time.
Predators such as sea lions cormorants and
caspian terns proliferated in record numbers
since protections were put in place. The sea
lions consume up to 40 percent of Columbia
River springers and have almost wiped out
the winter steelhead staging at Willamette
Falls for their journey upstream. Predator
birds kill up to 25 million salmon and steel-
head smolts heading for the ocean.
The rising temperatures of the Willamette
leads to diseases in both adult and returning
fi sh and outgoing smolts. The only dam on
the system capable of releasing cold water to
help cool the Willamette is Detroit Dam. Let
that sink in for a bit.
So what will help the fi sh? We
have no control over the cyclical
ocean conditions that are a big
factor. We need to control the
predators and return them to his-
toric population numbers. We also
need to greatly increase hatchery
production, especially the spring
Chinook. Their carcases after
spawning and dying provide
an invaluable food source for
juvenile salmon and winter
steelhead. Without an abun-
dant salmon run, the ecosystem
breaks down. Man has caused
this and without hatchery miti-
gation, the fi sh will disappear.
Finally, we need to quit argu-
ing about who is going to catch
the last fi sh and pointing fi ngers at each oth-
er. All the fi sh advocates need to join togeth-
er as one voice. That hasn’t happened as yet.
So, what about the expensive mixing tow-
er at Detroit Dam. It needs to be abandoned.
A similar project on the Lower Deschutes at
Round Butte has not worked as promised.
Instead, it has degraded the water quality
below the dam and it appears to be a mad
scientist’s experiment with PGE customers’
money. There have been nothing but nega-
tive effects, thus far, on one of the nation’s
greatest fi sheries.
Let’s hope the Corps fi nds a better way to
spend all that money on the Santiam and use
some common sense for a change. Increase
hatchery productions using state-of-the-art
science and help improve habitat below the
dam.
In return for a change in policy, we’ll have
more fi sh coming up the river instead of tax
dollars being fl ushed down the river.
Submitted
The Holiday swim team celebrates their second straight All-City Meet title.
Holiday takes All-City crown
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
With an overall team
score of 485, the Holiday
swim team ran away with
the All-City championship
for the second straight year
on Saturday, July 27.
The Holiday girls led
the charge, scoring 292 of
the overall points, with Ava
Privratsky and Audrea Gue-
vara winning three events
apiece. Privratsky was vic-
torious in the individual
medley, freestyle and butter-
fl y in the 8-and-under divi-
sion. Guevara, on the other
hand, took home titles in the
breaststroke, free and IM in
the 11-12 division.
Bella Beard also won
multiple events for Holiday,
winning the 15-18 back and
breast events.
Laureli Hicks (6-U free),
Kyra Norstrom (13-14 free),
Emery Lowe (11-12 back),
Eva Folsom (6-U breast) and
Maggie Gerig (8-U breast)
all picked up individual wins
for the Holiday girls.
Holiday girls also won
four out of the 11 relay races,
which made a big difference
on the scoreboard — relay
wins are worth 10 points
while individual victories are
worth seven.
Holiday’s boys team put
up 193 points in the meet,
with Renaldo Guevara
claiming a trio of wins in
the 8-U breast, free and IM.
Nate Reed also took home
three victories in the 6-U di-
vision (free, fl y, breast).
Jack McCarty and Noah
Williams won two events
apiece for Holiday. Williams
took the 9-10 fl y and breast,
while McCarty won the 15-
18 back and breast.
Additionally,
Joshua
Grossman (11-12 fl y) and
Landon Perry (8-U back)
each chipped in with an in-
dividual win apiece.
Northwood took second
in the combined team scores
with 391 points, but actually
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