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PAGE A10, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 RESEVE YOURS NOW AT FORD.COM WHICH IS ON YOUR HORIZON? 3555 River Rd N, Keizer (503) 463- 4853 KEIZERTIMES.COM MYB hosts home run derby to kickoff fall ball McNary Youth Baseball (MYB) hosted their second annual fall ball kickoff — sponsored by Nathan Dunn of Thrivent Fi- nancial — on Wednesday Sept. 2. With two teams at each level, MYB held a home run derby competition with different squads competing against each other. In the seniors division, Team Lane defeated Team Fryman while Team Hubbard beat Team Herring in the juniors division. Team Maskal defeated Team Grossman in the minors division. Along with sponsoring the event, Dunn also raffl ed off a new bat and a bucket of baseballs. B D C E A KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings A: Ben Lane B: Zach Snegirev C. Jack Tavares D. Hayden Toay E: Luke Fletchall Coming next week: Top SK Volcanoes players of all time There have been 112 Salem-Keizer Volcanoes players that have made it to the major leagues. While many of them weren't in the bigs for very long, many former Volcanoes players have experienced resounding success. Starting next week in the Keizertimes, there will be a countdown of the 20 greatest Volcanoes players of all time — based on their Major League careers. The list was created by Keizertimes associate editor Matt Rawlings. The importance of the local newspaper I began to make Ore- By MATT RAWLINGS gon-themed newspaper collag- Of the Keizertimes Reading the newspaper ev- es that featured my childhood ery day was an instrumental heroes, such as, Joey Har- rington, Keenan Howry, Luke part of my childhood. As early as the age of fi ve, I Ridnour and Freddie Jones. While newspapers became was wrestling my dad for the sports section every morning. less and less important to the I wasn’t allowed to stay up late people around me, they al- and watch SportsCenter and ways held signifi cance in my life. Even in high we didn’t have in- school, the fi rst ternet access when I I would do was young, so read- Mind of thing when I woke up in ing the paper was Matt the morning was my main source for read the newspaper. information for one As a high school of my biggest pas- athlete, my heart sions. My grandma lived in St. always swelled whenever I saw Louis during the epic home my name in the paper. I love run chase of 1998 between that I have been able to provide Mark McGwire of the St. Lou- young athletes with that same is Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of feeling as a reporter for the last the Chicago Cubs — a friendly eight years. Even though I was only competition that fascinated the country. She sent me numerous writing for the Chemeketa newspaper clippings from dif- Courier in 2012, seeing by by- ferent publications highlighting line every week was a surreal when McGwire broke Roger experience early on. The feel- Maris’s home record with his ing increased dramatically fi ve 62nd blast of the season just years later when I was working over the left fi eld wall at Busch for Pamplin Media Group as a high school sports editor and Stadium. As a youngster, I started when I saw my byline in the to save old newspapers in my Portland Tribune after covering room that featured my favorite an NBA game. That surreal feeling came moments from Oregon foot- ball and basketball seasons, such back a few months ago, but for as the Ducks run to the Elite 8 a completely different reason. I was heartbroken when I in 2002, and their massive up- set over #3 Michigan at Autzen found out that my former col- Stadium in 2003 — which is leagues at Pamplin were let go still the greatest game I’ve ever due to the coronavirus back in April. Guys that mentored me attended. and helped me along the way were without a job in the blink of an eye. When 2020 began, it was safe to say that local news publications were far from a thriving industry. Now we have been reminded just how fragile local newspapers have become thanks to the spread of COVID-19. What was once a staple of American society has now become a product that many people feel that they can do without. What makes local news- papers like the Keizertimes so unique is that it’s all about Keizer. When I was growing up in Salem, I always viewed Salem as a part of Keizer. I went to Salem-Keizer Public Schools and I rooted for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. To me, Keizer felt like it was just a dif- ferent section of Salem. It wasn’t until I started working in Keizer in Decem- ber of 2018 when I realized how much Keizer is its own entity and how the publication I was working for was sole- ly dedicated on covering the seven square miles of this great town. 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