By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes For this year’s four winners of the Celtic Pride Award, presented to those students who compete in three sports every year of their high school careers, the path to attaining that goal wasn’t always easy, but they all share one thing in common: they’d do it all [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School varsity softball team’s season ended in a 4-3 nailbiter loss in the quarterfinals with No. 1 seed Lincoln High School Friday, May 24. The Celts’ early lead crumbled in a three-run fourth inning for the Cardinals and the game ended before McNary could fully [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes McNary High School junior Daniel Brattain took third place in the 110 meter hurdles and narrowed the gap between his best time in the 300 hurdles and a new school record at the OSAA State Championships May 24 and 25. “In the 110 prelims, I came out and [...]

McNary High School’s Athletic Booster Club is hosting its second annual dinner and auction Saturday, June 1, at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E. Tickets to the event are still available and can be purchased at www.mcnaryabc.com. Cost is $35 each, $65 for a pair, or tables for eight at $240. The evening begins [...]

Seven individuals, two relay teams are district champs

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes If there was a pivotal moment in the McNary High School varsity softball team’s game with Reynolds High School Monday, May 20, it was surely Kinsey McNaught’s step up to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning. With one out, the score tied at 1-1, Madison [...]

The McNary High School varsity lacrosse team lost its first playoff game to Glencoe High School Friday, May 17, 15-2. “The boys started the game strong only down 4-1 going into the second quarter, but Glencoe’s depth and experience got the better of us,” said Ryan Bowlby, McNary head coach. The loss ousted the Celts from [...]

  By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School varsity softball team is headed to the state playoff tournament after blanking Lake Oswego High School 14-0 Tuesday, May 14. The Lady Celts started off the play-in game strong with catcher Kiana Villareal kicking off the Celtic scoring with a two-run homer in [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School girls varsity track and field team capped an undefeated run through the Central Valley Conference with a 81-60 win over Sprague High School Wednesday, May 8. The win puts the Lady Celts in the driver’s seat headed into the CVC district preliminaries Wednesday past [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes A sense of urgency carried the McNary High School varsity baseball team to a strong finish in Central Valley Conference games, but it didn’t see the team through a play-in opportunity that could have launched the team into the state playoffs. The Celtics faced Sunset High School in [...]