PAGE 18, MCNARY FALL SPORTS PREVIEW, SEPTEMBER 2015
Boys soccer hunting for 2nd GVC title
SCHEDULE
Sept. 8 vs. Central, 6:30 p.m.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Sept. 10 at Canby, 7:30 p.m.
Of the Keizertimes
Sept. 15 vs. Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
McNary High School’s boys varsity soc-
Sept. 18 vs Jesuit-Portland, 3:30 p.m.
cer team is still riding high after capturing
Sept. 25 at North Salem, 4 p.m.
the fi rst ever Greater Valley Conference
title in 2014, but with the title reign comes
Oct. 2 vs. West Salem, 4 p.m.
a mixed bag of motivation and pressure.
Oct. 6 at McKay, 7 p.m.
“There is more pressure. It’s a respon-
Oct. 8 vs. McMinville, 4 p.m.
sibility and a big weight, but we’ve got a
bunch of new underclassmen who are very
Oct. 13 vs. Forest Grove, 7 p.m.
good,” said Gustavo Villalvazo, a McNary
Oct. 16 vs West Salem, 4 p.m.
junior.
Oct. 20 at South Salem, 7 p.m.
Even Miguel Camarena, Celtic head
Oct. 23 vs. Sprague, 4 p.m.
coach, felt there was a lot of potential after
early practices.
“They look better than I expected. Tech-
nically, they are really good. They can keep
ditions that have strong skills,” Camarena
possession of the ball and they are really fast
said. “They feel the expectation on them
on the attack,” he said.
now. When we put a team on the fi eld in
To be sure, it will not be easy to live up
the 4-H program this summer, 90 percent
to the excitement that surrounded the team
of the varsity team took part. They took it
last year.
really seriously.”
McNary had something of a miracle
Leadership in the ranks
run in 2014. After tying
was on display even in early
and beating some of the
practices, he added. Vil-
tougher teams in the state
lalvazo and senior Paulo
in early, non-league games,
Reyes are taking on key
the Celts went on to fi nish
roles as returners.
6-1-1 in league and 8-1-
Reyes said he could
4 overall. The highlight of
the season was a game with
— Miguel Camarena already feel the pressure
building as one of the
South Salem High School
team’s key strikers.
that saw McNary come
“I can feel people look-
from behind to win 5-4 on
ing to me to score goals and I am excited to
a penalty kick with 1:45 left in the game.
lead them to victory,” Reyes said.
The team’s season ended in the fi rst round
He will likely handle the attack along-
of the state playoffs, but the Celtics lost only
side fellow senior Jose Daniel Caballero.
two starters to graduation, meaning much
Villalvazo, a midfi elder, said Reyes didn’t
of the team is back and ready to run even
have much to worry about.
further this year.
“The offense is looking perfect. We had
Buoyed by the recent success, the team
good defense last year and we’re still work-
had 60 athletes try out in August.
ing and bringing it back up,” Villalvazo said.
“I’m excited because the team is young,
really young, and we have some new ad-
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“They feel the
expectation on
them now.”
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Freshman goalkeeper Sebastian Lopez makes a save during a scrimmage match.
BOYS SOCCER
ROSTER
Sebastian Lopez - 0
Hunter Miller - 00
Michael Reyes - 1
Giorgio Corrieri - 2
Francisco Rios - 4
Jonathan Carranza - 5
Miguel Bravo - 6
Jorge Garcia - 7
Paulo Reyes - 8
Jose Caballero - 9
Bryan Keo - 10
Parker Dean - 11
Jose Vazquez - 12
Luis Martinez - 14
Luis Audelo - 15
Ramon Duenas - 16
Jesus Alex Pineda - 17
Gustavo Villalvazo - 18
Israel Guzman - 19
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