City will cover vandalism

Registration for Keizer Youth Sports Association baseball and softball teams begins Friday, Jan.6. Registration will be available online at www.keizeryouthsports.org and fees may be paid online through Paypal or in-person to avoid a service charge. In-person registration events will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, at Whiteaker Middle School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, [...]

Mat Men The McNary varsity wrestling team started the year with a Top 10 finish out of 32 teams at the Northwest Duals and followed it up with a first place trophy at the Don York Invite. The mat squad took sixth place in the Reser Tournament of Champions and set themselves to become the [...]

By JASON COX Of the Keizertimes A unique arrangement puts parents almost entirely in charge of the city’s baseball fields, and its sustainability remains an open question. In a city famed for its low taxes, the city of Keizer has largely turned over to volunteers the type of tasks that most everywhere else is at [...]

The McNary Mat Club took second place at the Willamina Elementary Duals Saturday, Nov. 19. It was the only chance the team will get to wrestle in a team format this season and its first ever team trophy. In the first round, the Celtics faced Dallas and won 58-46. In the next match-up, they faced [...]

DOA Pro Wresting performed Friday, Oct. 7, at the Keizer Lions Hall as part of a benefit for Hunter Osburn, a local youth afflicted with paraxysmal skew deviation. DOA Pro Wrestling returns to Keizer Lions Hall on Nov. 18. Belltime is at 7:30 p.m. For more photos, visit our photo gallery.

Hunter Bedoya, Danny Okada, Andy Okada, Josiah Henifin, of the Keizer Purps Keizer Little League majors baseball team, completed  a 4-3-6-2 triple play against West Salem – Central Sunday, Oct. 2. The Purps are a Keizer Little League team consisting of players ages 9 – 12.  The team plays in the Little League District 7 [...]

While the outcome wasn’t what was hoped for, the Keizer Knights still finished third in the Pacific Northwest Babe Ruth Regional Tournament that concluded at Volcanoes Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 6. The Knights opened against Idaho and cruised to an 8-0 shutout victory.  Mound Time, from Beaverton, stymied the Knights 12-1 in their second game.  [...]

About 85 athletes turned out for McNary High School’s summer volleyball camp this week. The camps for intermediate and advanced players focused on ball-handling skills, traditional drills and moved into court strategy as the week progressed. Successful camp enrollments are more pivotal now as the programs at McNary face cuts to their budgets for tournament [...]

Five Keizerites recently medalled at the 26th Annual State Games of Oregon: Bob Blackburn, Mike Toll and John Lane returned from the games with first place medals while Cole Mallette and Kathryn Wilk brought home third place medals. The games drew more than 8,000 competitors of all ages in 35 sports with opportunities to compete [...]