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Olys’ depth proves
too much for Celtics
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary High School
girls varsity swimming team
had a narrow miss in its meet
with Sprague High School
Thursday, Jan. 15.
The Lady Celts posted
relatively few winners in the
88-82 loss, but spread out
enough talent in second and
third placings to keep things
close against a tough Oly
team.
Freshman Marissa Kuch
continued her dominance
in the girls sprints. She took
fi rst in the 50 free with a time
of 25.53 and the 100 free in
56.83. Fellow freshman Sara
Eckert won the 500 free
for the team with a time of
5:56.06. Junior Kiana Briones
won the 100 breaststroke in
1:21.52.
On the other hand, the
girls junior varsity team fared
quite well as far as race wins.
Ella Wells won the 100 free in
1:12.65; Chloe Lelack won
the 100 butterfl y in 1:26.29
and the 100 individual med-
ley in 1:27.73; and senior
Korie Chapin won the 100
breast in 1:47.63;
The boys varsity team had
a tough go of it with Sprague.
The Olys won the boys’ side
of the meet 110-58.
The boys’ 58 points came
from placing in a number
of races rather than outright
wins. Jared Kelson, Tanner
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McNary’s Mathew Ismay tries to get a shot off around a pair of tall West Salem defenders in the
game Tuesday, Jan. 13.
Titans give Celts biggest
scare yet on hardwood
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary High School
boys varsity basketball team
didn’t get much time to adjust
to having a mark on its back.
Celtic players and coaches
knew that competing with
West Salem High School
Tuesday, Jan. 13, was going to
be a tall order. Man-for-man,
the Titans are one of the tall-
est teams in the Greater Val-
ley Conference and they used
it to great effect against the
Celtics. McNary won 50-44,
but trailed the Titans from the
second minute to the 27th
minute.
“When you play a big team
like that rebounds are tougher
and the shots are contested a
lot more,” said Tregg Peterson,
a McNary senior.
Celt junior Trent Van
Cleave put McNary on the
board fi rst with a point from
the free throw line, but it was
the last lead McNary would
enjoy until the fourth quarter.
West kept their defenders
bunched up under the net
creating pressure for the Celt-
ics when handling the ball and
bad looks on the shots Mc-
Nary players managed to get
off. When the Celtics man-
aged to grab a rebound around
6-foot-11 Titan Christian
Russell, West destroyed their
press.
The Titans ended the fi rst
frame with a 10-point lead.
The second period didn’t
get much better for McNary.
The Keizer team edged its
way back into the fray cutting
West’s lead to four points on a
bucket and free throw by Pe-
terson, but the teams went to
the half 26-20. Only a buzz-
er-beater by Trent Van Cleave
closed the gap that much.
“We had struggles with
their height. I actually think
we could have had a bet-
ter game plan going into the
game, but that’s not to take
anything away from West Sa-
lem as a team,” said Ryan
Kirch, McNary head coach.
The Celts still trailed by
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Celt Marcos Goodman cruises through the water in his leg of
the medley relay in a meet earlier this season.
Hughes, Evan Alger, Parker
Dean, and Marcus Bracamon-
te all notched several points
for their team.
In junior varsity races,
freshman Matthew Albright
won the 50 free in 29.00, and
sophomore Alexey Sharabin
won the 100 backstroke in
1:29.14.
Mat Men struggle at Classic
The McNary High School
varsity wrestling team attend-
ed the Oregon Classic where
Celt Alvarro Venegas took
down one of the state’s top-
ranked wrestlers.
Venegas threw down with
Roseburg High School’s Will
Reddekopp at the Redmond-
based tournament and came
up with a 3-2 win. Venegas was
one of only two Celts to es-
cape with outright wins in the
dual meet, teammate Brayden
Ebbs beat Roseburg’s Isaiah
Hernandez in an 8-5 deci-
sion. Junior Joey Kibbey also
notched a win after his oppo-
nent left the mat with an in-
jury. McNary lost the contest
49-18.
Overall, McNary took
something of a beating at the
six-team tournament. In fi ve
dual meets, the Celts only
bestedClackamas High School.
Aside from Clackamas, the
Celts got closest to a win in a
dual meet vs. Glencoe High
School. Glencoe edged Mc-
Nary by a single point, 36-35.
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McNary’s Jonathon Phelps hoists a McKay opponent before
taking him down in a match two weeks ago.
Lady Celts handle Titans,
pick apart Royal Scots
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McNary’s Emma Jones heads back to open court in the game with McKay High School Friday,
Jan. 16. The Celtics won by a dominating 61-8 fi nal score.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
When the McNary and West Salem girls
varsity basketball teams clash, it’s typically a big
deal, but Head Coach Derick Handley had a
few butterfl ies headed into the game Tuesday,
Jan. 13.
“We have had some early struggles this sea-
son against talented teams, and I knew that we
matched up very closely with West Salem. Our
coaches weren’t sure how we’d handle a diffi -
cult team in a diffi cult environment (at West),”
Handley said.
Had it not been for junior Kaelie Flores,
Handley might have had more cause for hand-
wringing. Flores poured in 24 points going 12
for 12 from the fi eld en route to a 64-53 win.
“We were struggling a bit with shots ear-
ly, but she kept us in it until her teammates
warmed up,” Handley said.
The Celtics outscored the Titans 15-11 in
the fi rst frame, but the teams went into half-
time with only three points separating them.
Defense played a major part in the third period.
“Vanessa Hayes and Lauren Hudgins played
outstanding defense against Paige Whipple,
who is probably their biggest threat, which al-
lowed us to be aggressive on defending their
guards,” Handley said. McNary held West to
just eight points in the third period while scor-
ing 15.
In the fi nal quarter, both teams were shoot-
ing out the lights. McNary put in 24 points to
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