For McNary High boys basketball coach Ryan Kirch, their youth basketball camps are more than a great fundraiser. They also are a way of building bonds between children as young as 8 years old and the McNary basketball program, hopefully creating fans and future Celts. Current McNary players are helping coach fundamentals to youngsters in [...]

BY BARB SMITH HENKE For the Keizertimes How many of us know any sports enthusiasts who are 90 years old and still playing?  Well, in the game of tennis, playing at 90 is still possible and Marge Bowder is here to prove that point. Bowder and the Keizer Tennis Association have one goal in mind [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes If anyone wonders why Whiteaker Middle School coach Scott Coburn was named the middle school coach of the year last month, they need look no further than the man’s track record. As a volleyball coach for 24 years – spanning 31 teams – he has a .772 winning [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The Whiteaker Middle School track and field team had high hopes headed into the All-City Middle School meet last month, but few expected them to perform as well as the did. When all was said and done, the team took first in combined scoring. “It was the kids [...]

The KYSA Celts 1 won their second championship in a month last weekend in Sherwood. The team of seventh and eighth graders played a Sellwood team first and won 11-2, then beat West Linn 13-4. A 7-2 victory over a Sublimity team launched the KYSA kids into the championship match with an undefeated Cascade team and emerged with an 8-3 win. Travis Holt [...]

The McNary High School boys basketball program is hosting summer camps for grades three through eight in June. Camps will run June 18-21. Students in grades three-five will meet from 9 a.m. to noon and those in grade six-eight will meet from 1-4 p.m. Cost is $45 and includes a camp T-shirt. Camps will focus [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Thirteen-year-old Nick Blythe of Keizer rolled a 300 game in the Junior-Major youth league at Town & Country Lanes Saturday, March 17. A month earlier, the phenom rolled a 296 in practice, but his highest game in league competition until last week was a 279. Nick has been bowling [...]

Keizer native Noah Fischer, 7, travelled to southern Oregon last weekend to compete in a growing movement in tennis. He came home a second-place finisher. The Hoffman Challenger Event utilized the 10-and-Under format, which changes the game slightly to make it easier and more fun for kids to get into tennis. Noah competed in the [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Anyone thinking of challenging Keizerite Cole Mallette to a sword duel might want to think twice. Chances are Mallette is better. Earlier this month, Mallette qualified for the Junior Olympics in fencing with high-placed finishes in the Junior Olympic Qualifying tournament hosted by Northwest Fencing Center. “I didn’t [...]

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