Celts show their mettle
against Titans, Grizzlies
FEBRUARY 20, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
bowling scores
Mixed Nuts Men’s high
games: Ross Day, 223. Men’s
high series: Bob Dunn, 612.
Women’s high game: Krystal
Hall, 212. Women’s high se-
ries: Krystal Hall, 606.
Ladies’ Fun Doubles
Women’s high game: Linda
Weigel, 184. Women’s high
series: Linda Weigel, 471.
Monday
Nite
Trio
Men’s high game: Brian Ka-
plan, 280. Men’s high series:
Brian Kaplan, 714. Women’s
high game: Bonnie Cox, 234.
Women’s high series: Bonnie
Cox, 693.
Queen Pins Women’s
high game: Karen Putnam,
211. Women’s high series:
Chris Secco, 547.
Tuesday Seniors Men’s
high game: Bill Griffi th, 235.
Men’s high series: Bill Griffi th,
651. Women’s high game: Pam
Petermen, 188. Women’s high
series: Pam Petermen, 494.
Men’s
Continental
Men’s high game: Ron Poole,
268. Men’s high series: Rob
Sevjkovsky, 719.
SEEDS,
continued from Page A10
This week all the small lifestyle
things like managing weight
and getting sleep will matter.”
In their fi nal dual meet
matches Thursday, Feb. 12, the
Celtics beat Sprague 39-30
and Forest Grove 55-17.
Match winners against
Forest Grove were: Ebbs, the
younger one, decision 4-2;
Sean Burrows, pin in 3:09;
Carlos Vincent, major decision
18-8; Ryan Edsall, pin in fi ve
seconds; Gage Mance, pin in
1:17; Taran Purkey, pin in 59
seconds; Venegas, pin in 1:56;
and Kyle Bonn, pin in 5:11.
Versus the Olys, match
winners were: Joey Kibbey,
pin in 4:52; Riley Repp, deci-
sion 6-0; Ebbs, decision 6-4; J.
Phelps, decision 5-0; Vincent,
decision 16-11; Purkey, pin in
1:17; and Venegas, pin in 1:51.
Twilighters Men’s high
game: Jonathan Curiel, 246.
Men’s high series: Ryan Mott,
636. Women’s high game: Jody
Luther, 200. Women’s high se-
ries: Stephanie Mott, 556.
Statehouse Men’s high
game: Tom Hammerschmith,
284. Men’s high series: Tom
Hammerschmith, 765. Wom-
en’s high game: Nancy Sharp,
235. Women’s high series: Dee
Dee Shirley, 588.
Bowl Crazy Men’s high
game: Ace VanCuren, 255.
Men’s high series: Ace Van-
Curen, 698. Women’s high
game: Bonnie Cox, 290.
Women’s high series: Bonnie
Cox, 745.
Seniors in Action Men’s
high game: Larry Meek, 257.
Men’s high series: Al Lightner,
705. Women’s high game: Vir-
ginia Wasson, 237. Women’s
high series: Mary Barrera,
481.
Thursday Seniors Men’s
high game: Al Lightner, 224.
Men’s high series: Bob Wil-
liams, 600. Women’s high
game: Erma Hoffman, 180.
Women’s high series: Mary
Barrera, 481.
Sportsbar
Challenge
Men’s high game: Steve
LeWright, 253. Men’s high
series: Jonathan Curiel, 637.
Women’s high game: Joanne
Heilinger, 186. Women’s high
series: Joanne Heilinger, 506.
Jr. Majors Boy’s high
game: Nick Blythe, 300. Boy’s
high series: Nick Blythe, 730.
Girl’s high game: Sierra Mo
Hurtado, 208. Girl’s high se-
ries: Sierra Mo Hurtado, 551.
Bantam Preps
Boy’s
high game: Auron Davidson,
144. Boy’s high series: Auron
Davidson, 379. Girl’s high
game: Rinoa Davidson, 144.
Girl’s high series: Rinoa Da-
vidson, 446.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A 62-28 win over McMin-
nville High School Friday,
Feb. 13, was a display of just
how much the McNary High
School girls varsity basket-
ball team has grown in recent
weeks.
When the two teams met
a little more than three weeks
ago, the Grizzlies gave the
Celts a run for their money
that ended in a 47-30 fi nal
score. This time around, after
the opening minutes, the Lady
Celts clamped down defen-
sively to create long runs leav-
ing McMinnville in the dust.
“It shows in the games that
everyone has been playing
at a higher level,” said Madi
Hingston, a McNary junior.
“We’ve been working hard on
our game plans in practice and
knowing who the shooters are
and getting to them.”
McNary’s Kaelie Flores
kept McNary afl oat, scoring a
tying basket and the go-head
one in the third minute of
the game. A three-pointer by
Madi Hingston, her fi rst of
four for the night, stretched
the McNary lead to four and
the Grizzles only threatened
once more.
Hingston has strung to-
gether several outstanding
nights on offense in recent
weeks. She said the change
was a result of personal and
collective efforts.
“I realized that I needed to
start being more aggressive,
but it also has a lot to do with
PETERSON: Senior still
looking at college options
(Continued from Page A10)
As a junior, Peterson was a
fi rst team all-league selection,
an honor he wasn’t planning
to gun for until his senior
year.
“My goal was just to start
and be a good player for our
team, but I exceeded my own
expectations and everyone
else’s,” he said.
While Peterson has risen
to the forefront of his team,
he’s also aware that it’s tak-
en progress from everyone
on the roster to reach the
heights it has in the Greater
Valley Conference. The Celts’
record is 13-1 in league.
“We have all these other
weapons and when some-
one is on fi re, we start feed-
ing them the ball. On any
night, it could be anybody’s
big game,” Peterson said. “It’s
nice to be relied upon, and I
want to be the guy with the
ball at the end of the game.
It’s a lot of pressure, but I en-
joy it.”
He’s getting looks from
several Division II schools
and is planning to visit a cou-
ple of them during spring
break. With a 3.98 grade
point average, it’s likely he’ll
have a couple of choices. In
addition to being able to play,
he’s looking for a school with
a good engineering program
– either chemical or bioengi-
neering. Science has been his
favorite subject for a while.
Peterson’s accolades on
the court are getting him
most of the attention, but he’s
equally reliable off the court.
When longtime friend Pay-
ton Williams was diagnosed
with cancer last summer, Pe-
terson fi lled Williams’s room
with about 100 balloons he’d
blown up himself.
“I got a little light-headed
and I was tired after, but it was
life-altering. When someone
gets a diagnosis like that, you
realize how quickly life can
change,” Peterson said. While
basketball has drawn much of
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McNary’s Emma Jones dishes the ball to a teammate in the game against McMinnville. The Celics
won 62-28.
team and everyone pushing
each other,” she said.
Midway through the fi rst
quarter, McMinnville went up
8-7, but then the Lady Celts
went on an 18-point unan-
swered run that spanned the
fi rst and second periods. By
the halftime buzzer, McNary
was up 36-11.
The Celtic dominance
continued the rest of the
game, and the team emptied
its bench with three minutes
left to play en route to the 62-
28 fi nal score.
Hingston led the team with
16 points and six assists. Flores
and Sydney Hunter had 13
points apiece; Kailey Doutt
put up six; Jaylene Mon-
tano had fi ve; Paige Downer
drained a trey less than 30 sec-
onds after hitting the court;
Jasmine Ernest, Emma Jones
and Lauren Hudgins had two
points each.
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, the
Celtics doled out a 59-36 loss
to West Salem High School.
The Titans jumped out to a
5-1 start, but McNary took
the lead 13-7 by the end of
the fi rst frame.
The Titans only managed
to outscore the Celts in the
third period, but McNary al-
ready had a runaway lead.
“With both teams and we
knew we had to come out
strong,” Hingston said.
Hingston led all scoring
with 15 points; Hunter had
13; Vanessa Hayes put in 12;
Kailey Doutt had seven; Flores
and Ernest had four each; and
Montano and Hudgins each
drained one from the paint.
his time since November, he
and Williams remain in con-
stant contact via text messag-
ing.
His reliability is what
makes Peterson a leader on
the court, Kirch said.
“I think he’s come to real-
ize that the responsibilities of
being a great player continue
off the court. It includes in
class, in the hallways and in
the community. I know that
our youth kids idolize him,”
Kirch said. “Tregg is also a
funny kid, compassionate
towards others and loves the
color purple ... we are work-
ing on his fashion sense.”
Wherever he ends up next
year, Peterson will take with
him more than just his tal-
ent on the court. He will
take the lessons the game has
taught him.
“Basketball isn’t just about
competing, it teaches leader-
ship, accountability and a lot
of other lessons. When you
fail you have to get up and
keep going. You learn the
lessons that will stick with
you the rest of your life,” he
said.
Tregg Peterson drives to the hoop in transition during a game
earlier this season..
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