Underclassmen pull out all the stops in final dual meet

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School boys varsity basketball team continued its struggle through a tough season with two losses last week. The boys fell to North Salem High School 63-50 and Sprague High School 62-49. While the team has yet to break a losing skid since the beginning of [...]

Celt wrestler sets high goals for himself, others

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes With the district meet a scant week away, the McNary High School varsity swimming teams are taking it easier in practices in hope of claiming some surprise finishes. “By having people that come in second and third and even fourth, we can shut the other teams out and [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School boys basketball had one of its most stellar performances of the season last week, but the Celts still came up short in a 64-61 loss to West Salem High School Tuesday, Jan. 22. The 17-2, eighth-ranked Titans took a slight early lead in the [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes From the start, McNary High School’s girls varsity basketball team knew it was going to be a tough week. With games against the top two teams in the Central Valley Conference in the span of four days, the girls were facing a tall order and both ended in [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes  The McNary High School girls varsity basketball teams added two dominating wins to their Central Valley Conference record last week. A pair of 19-point quarters for the Celtics got them off to a roaring start in a game with Sprague High School Tuesday, Jan. 15. By halftime, McNary [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The Oregon City High School varsity wrestling team has long been a thorn in the side of the McNary High School Celtics, but a dual meet between the two schools at the Oregon Classic last weekend proved to be a defining moment for McNary. The Celts won 45-27. [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes For those who attended the varsity basketball game between McNary and Sprague high schools Tuesday, Jan. 15, the most memorable part of the game was the four minutes before the half when, quite literally, nothing happened. With Sprague on an offensive run and the Celtics down by seven [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School girls varsity basketball team picked up its first win of the league play in a 66-36 victory over the North Salem Vikings Friday, Jan. 11. “We mainly worked on man-to-man defense and that went well. Because of that we got to run through quite [...]