By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School equestrian team is heading to the district competition this weekend at the Oregon State Fairgrounds and hoping to make enough of a show to qualify for the state competition in May. “We’re all excited for team penning and getting a few cows into the [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes When a game goes bad, it’s easy for players to lose their cool, but that hasn’t been the case for the McNary High School varsity softball team. As an example, McNary’s Kinsey McNaught offers up last week’s contest with Sprague High School, April 10, and the reaction on [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes It’s been rare in recent years for the words undefeated and McNary High School tennis to appear in the same sentence, but as the Lady Celts headed into a match with Sprague High School Tuesday, April 16, that was precisely the situation. “It’s been good for them because [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School varsity track and field teams made the best of bad weather last weekend at the Sandy High School Invitational Track and Field meet. The boys took third place by half a point and the girls took fifth place for a combined finish of third [...]

The Lady Celt varsity softball team got shut out of the its Central Valley Conference opening game as it struggled to produce offense in the 2-0 loss. The Saxons drove in two runs in the third inning to take the win and pitcher Katie Donovan retired 10 batters to stay ahead of the McNary team [...]

The McNary High School varsity baseball team is 0-2 after two Central Valley Conference games. Quiet bats proved the undoing of the team as it lost to South Salem High School Monday, April 8, and West Salem High School Tuesday, April 9. Both games ended in 5-1 wins for the other team. The Saxons took [...]

  By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Things started out good and kept getting better for the McNary High School varsity softball team at Central Oregon Spring Break Tournament last week. The girls went undefeated to take the tournament title. “Some of the non-conference games where we faced the really good pitchers helped us [...]

  By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School varsity baseball didn’t emerge from last week’s Volcanoes Spring Break Tournament unscathed, but when they were good, they were very, very good. The Celtics went 2-2 for the four-day tournament. The team took wins over Woodburn and Summit high schools. “Our defense was [...]

  By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes In the early minutes of the Celtic All Stars’ championship match with the Eloys in the final round of the intramural basketball season last week, the basketball team’s ability to repeat as the league champions might have been in question. Five minutes into the game, however, the [...]

  By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School varsity track and field teams overwhelmed the Sprague High School Olympians in an icebreaker meet last week. The boys took down the Olys 81-61 while the girls took a 81-54 victory. “We have about two athletes in every event coming back from last [...]