McNary High School is a public high school located in Keizer, Oregon

Keizer, Oregon

Keizer is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, along the 45th parallel. It was named for Thomas Dove and John Brooks Keizer, two pioneers who arrived in the Wagon Train of 1843, and later filed donation land claims. The population was 36,278 at the 2010 census...

, United States. It is named for Charles L. McNary

Charles L. McNary

Charles Linza McNary was a United States Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the Senate from 1917 to 1944, and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944. In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked...

, a U.S. Senator who was from the Keizer area.

Academics

Statewide standardized testing in Oregon has exposed a need for improvement in McNary's Mathematics

Mathematics

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 department. With the first year of implementation of the "Group Math" in 2005, McNary ranked in the 26th percentile in the state. McNary's English

English studies

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 department continues to show improvement: 53rd percentile in reading, 64th percentile in writing (2006). Both the Math and English departments have made efforts in implementing support classes and labs to assist struggling students in meeting academic benchmarks. The Oregon Department of Education

Oregon Department of Education

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 school report cards for 2006-2007 gave McNary High School its first "strong" rating- an honor shared by only one other high school in the district.

In 2008, 83% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma

High school diploma

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. Of 444 students, 368 graduated, 47 dropped out, and 29 are still in high school.

Athletics

McNary's athletic teams are nicknamed the Celtics or Celts. For a time the girls teams used the nickname "Lady Celts" but have since dropped the gender-centric term. All teams, whether boys or girls, use the same nickname. Throughout the history of the athletic department McNary has competed in the highest OSAA class.

Football

McNary's success on the gridiron came under the direction of legendary coach Tom Smythe. McNary's 51 points in the 1997 championship game was, at that time, the highest single-game record for a 4A title game, besting the 47 points scored by The Dalles in 1947. The 99 points tallied by both McNary and Beaverton in that 1997 championship game shattered the previous record of 59, established in Marshfield

Marshfield High School (Coos Bay, Oregon)

Marshfield High School is a public high school in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. Coos Bay is located on the southern Oregon coast. The campus consists of four major buildings, including a Intermediate building which opened in 2000 that serves as a building for people who are behind in their...

's 40-19 win over Medford

North Medford High School

North Medford High School is a public high school in Medford, Oregon, United States. It is part of Medford School District, and its mascot is the Black Tornado. It is the only school in America with the Black Tornado as a mascot.- History :...

 in 1956, and remains the highest aggregate score for a championship game at any level in Oregon.

• 1997 4A Champion (defeated Beaverton
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  Beaverton High School, is a public high school located in Beaverton, Oregon. Opened in 1902, it is the oldest high school in Beaverton.-History:...
  
   51-48)
• 2001 4A Champion (defeated Sheldon 35-10)

Boys Basketball

• 1968 A-1 Champion (defeated Lake Oswego
  Lake Oswego High School
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   44-42)

Baseball

Baseball is arguably McNary's most successful athletic program, appearing in six state championship games and winning three state championships. Head coaches Vic Backlund (1989) and Craig Nicholas (2009) have each garnered state coach of the year honors.

• 1983 AAA Runner-up (lost to Klamath Union 4-5)
• 1984 AAA Runner-up (lost to Medford
  North Medford High School
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   3-6)
• 1989 AAA Champion (defeated Wilson
  Woodrow Wilson High School (Portland, Oregon)
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   3-2)
• 1992 4A Champion (defeated Pendleton 7-4)
• 1999 4A Runner-up (lost to Lakeridge
  Lakeridge High School
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   3-6)
• 2009 6A Champion (defeated Roseburg
  Roseburg High School
  Roseburg High School is a public high school in Roseburg, Oregon, United States.-Campus:The campus is roughly and contains 7 main buildings as well as a track and an artificial turf football field. Completed in 1926 the "Heritage Building," once referred to as the "Main Building" is the oldest on...
  
   5-1)

Cheerleading

• 2001 4A co-ed Runner-up
• 2005 co-ed Champion (since 2003, all co-ed teams compete for one championship regardless of school size)

Girls Golf

• 2005 4A Runner-up
  • Jerilyn White - 1996 Individual co-Champion
  • Rebecca Kim - 2004 & 2005 Individual Champion

Softball

• 1990 3A co-Champion (tied with Milwaukie
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   1-1. Game called after 7 innings due to rain)
• 1991 4A Runner-up (lost to Churchill 0-7)

Boys & Girls Swimming

No team has won a championship but three swimmers have won Individual Championships.

• Seth Pepper - 1989, 100 yd butterfly
• Jake Palmer - 1997, 50 yd freestyle
• Amber Boucher - 2006, 50 yd freestyle

Boys & Girls Track and Field

The Celtics have recorded a total of six Individual Championships, three of which came in the high jump (1969, 1970, 2004).

• Mike Fleer - 1969 & 1970, high jump
• Leonard Panther - 1971, long jump
• Phillip Alexander - 2003, 200m & 400m dash
• Monica Groves - 2004, high jump

Wrestling

Although the Celtics have had limited success as a team the wrestling program has produced a number of individual champions, none more notable than Howard Harris

Howard Harris (wrestler)

Howard Harris is a former All-American wrestler at Oregon State University who won the 1980 NCAA wrestling heavyweight championship and was named the outstanding wrestler of the tournament.-High School:...

, 1980 NCAA heavyweight champion at Oregon State University

Oregon State Beavers

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. The bulk of McNary's success came under the leadership of legendary head coach Jerry Lane, first ever wrestling coach at McNary and 1996 inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

• 1975 AAA Champion
• 1976 AAA Runner-up

Ten wrestlers have accounted for eleven Individual Championships.

• Ron Boucher - 1972, 130 lbs
• Sam Hewitt - 1974, 136 lbs
• Stace Stone - 1975, 115 lbs
• Howard Harris
  Howard Harris (wrestler)
  Howard Harris is a former All-American wrestler at Oregon State University who won the 1980 NCAA wrestling heavyweight championship and was named the outstanding wrestler of the tournament.-High School:...
  
  - 1976, 191 lbs
• Loren Quest - 1983, 157 lbs
• Dan Brinlee - 1992, 178 lbs
• Rudy Ramirez - 1993, 130 lbs
• Sean Santana - 2002, 135 lbs & 2003, 140 lbs
• Levi Martinez - 2010, 112 lbs
• Wes Heredia - 2011, 215 lbs

Publications

McNary has two major forms of media: the Celtic Student Network (CSN), the school's video announcements, and The Piper, McNary's school newspaper. CSN is a student-run news segment produced by the Media Productions Workshop class, and is aired schoolwide on the school's TV network.