By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School boys varsity tennis team has lots of new faces this season on the roster and  coaching staff. “It’s been a great turnout” said Aaron Wenning, a senior and captain of the team. “We’ve got like 10 more players and two more coaches.” Wenning won [...]

  By ERC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes After making it to the doubles teams quarterfinals at the district tournament last year, Lady Celts Delaney Engle and Alison McGregor started taking their tennis game more seriously. They started practicing year-round. “We really tried to focus on being more consistent in our technique,” said McGregor. “And [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes If you’ve never taken time to watch the McNary High School varsity softball team play, Celtic Head Coach Kevin Wise suggests starting this season. “We have a ton of speed and we’re going to use that. We’ll be able to hit in every position. We have girls that [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Last year, the McNary High School varsity baseball team had a troubled run through the Central Valley Conference, but turned on the afterburners in the post season to make it into the second round of the state title tournament. This year, the team returns with a boatful of [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Building a press box for the McNary High School baseball team seemed like a relatively easy chore as Randy Jackson sat down to sketch out a basic design at his kitchen table. “We’d had a parent meeting for the team last spring and the press box was on [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes McNary High School senior Grant Gerstner re-injured his back in a semifinals match with Crater High School’s Chase Mackey at the state tournament and it left him with a choice: forfeit his next two matches and place sixth or continue wrestling through the pain and see if he [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School boys junior varsity basketball team’s last game of the season came down to the final seconds and the Celtics were trailing by two points. The team’s opponent, Sprague High School, had taken an early lead in the game and rode it through to halftime. [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes At its lowest point this season, the McNary High School girls junior varsity basketball team wasn’t victim to another team or poor play on their part, but inferior refereeing. “We ended up losing to Beaverton by one point and even the other coach apologized for the officiating. We [...]

On the Wild Side by G.I. Wilson Want to see a stately, powerful, blue-eyed, blonde? Elk that is. Visit Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area, just 100 miles from Keizer. No need to drive 300 miles to LaGrande, or 1,000 miles to Jackson Hole to see herds of elk on their wintering grounds. These are Roosevelt elk, [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The best laid plans often go awry. That was the lesson Celtic players and coaches walked away with in the game between the McNary and South Salem high schools in the second round of the Central Valley Conference tournament Friday, Feb. 15. The Lady Celts took their most [...]