SEPTEMBER 18, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
LOSS: ‘We went up there
with a lot of confi dence’
(Continued from Page A8)
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
The McNary offensive line makes a hole for quarterback Trent Van Cleave to dive through in the
Westview game Friday, Sept. 11.
Celts host Bulldogs in home debut
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The fi rst varsity football
contest on McNary High
School’s new turf fi eld will
feature two teams hungry for
different things.
The Celtics square off with
the West Albany High School
Bulldogs Friday, Sept. 18 at
McNary. The Bulldogs are still
on the hunt for their fi rst win
of the season while McNary is
looking to exorcise the ghosts
of the teams’ last encounter.
“Some of these same kids
were players on that team and
it should sit in their gut a little
bit. West Albany isn’t off to a
good start and they are going
to be hungry for a taste,” said
Jeff Auvinen, head coach of
the Celtics.
When the Celts and Bull-
dogs met in 2014, McNary
led 20-0 going into halftime.
West Albany erased that lead
in the second half and forced
an overtime that ended in a
28-27 McNary loss.
“We know they’re go-
ing to be a running team
and we want to go out there
and make our mark. It’s a big
game for us to prove to the
whole Greater Valley Confer-
ence what we’re all about,”
said Celtic quarterback Trent
Van Cleave. “We have to make
the plays and not shy away
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As Auvinen said, the Bull-
dogs are off to a slow start
with losses to Sprague (27-
14) and North Salem (14-2)
high schools. The team fi n-
ished third in the GVC last
year.
“They’ve always been
tough, but we have the per-
sonnel to beat them. I just
want to see everybody hus-
tling around and focusing on
what we’re supposed to do,”
said Bobby Botta, a Celtic se-
nior.
McNary has a split record
after two games. The Celtics
beat North Salem 34-21 in
their fi rst week and lost to
Westview High School 36-14
last week.
Celt junior Brodie Neps-
tad said the team is going to
be fully prepared to go the
distance should the situation
arise.
“We’re going to go full
effort for four quarters, and
overtime if needed,” he said.
Westview
answered
with
another
touchdown on its next possession and went up
14-8.
The Keizer team’s next drive fi zzled and
the Westview took nearly four minutes off
the clock on its return drive. It ended in a
touchdown – despite a valiant effort by Josiah
Gilbert to break up the scoring pass – and a
21-8 lead.
With about four minutes left in the half,
McNary caught a lucky break when the
defense forced a punt and the snap was blown.
The Celtics took over possession on the
Westview 9-yard line and Van Cleave ran for
a touchdown on a fourth-and-long attempt. A
two-point conversion failed. The teams went
to halftime with Westview leading 21-14.
“I think we went up there with a lot of
confi dence, but we didn’t have it once we were
on the fi eld,” said Van Cleave. “It came down to
them making the plays we didn’t.”
On the Celts’ second possession of the
second half, the team made it all the way to
the Westview 11-yard-line before coming up
empty.
The Wildcats were all the way back to
McNary’s 30-yard line and making their
third shot at a fi rst down when Kolby Barker
notched a sack, forcing a fourth-and-long
situation. The Beaverton team went to punt
the ball and McNary was hit with a roughing
the kicker call that reset the chains and set up
Westview for another touchdown fi ve plays
later. The Wildcats led 28-14.
Just after the turn of the fourth quarter,
McNary was poised to close the gap when a
Van Cleave pass was intercepted in the end
zone and turned the tide again in favor of
Westview.
Westview scored on the drive and notched
a safety near the end of the game for the 36-
14 fi nal.
“They’re a pretty good team and we didn’t
play very well. Even with that, we were in it for
a long time,” Auvinen said. “They were more
aggressive to the ball on offense and defense
and we didn’t tackle very well. It was a wake-
up call for the fundamentals we need to shore
up.”
Boys soccer still undefeated
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
With less than two minutes
to go in a varsity soccer game
versus Canby High School,
McNary High School senior
Paulo Reyes put away the
winning shot for a 3-2 win.
The goal kept McNary’s
unblemished record intact.
Earlier this week, McNary
was 4-0 and ranked sixth in
the state.
Canby’s team had stymied
McNary in the fi rst half, but
senior Jose Daniel Cabal-
lero said the Celtics’ hearts
weren’t yet in the game.
“The fi rst half we weren’t
really playing, but we just
picked it up. What made the
difference was when one
of the captains encouraged
us to stop messing around,”
Caballero said.
Caballero was the fi rst to
score for the Celtics in the
second half and the game
picked up from there,
said Reyes.
“We started
playing
our
game,
but
once again it
came down
to
break-
ing that tie,”
Reyes said.
It was the
second win of the
week for the Keizer
team. On Tuesday, Sept.
8, McNary defeated Central
High School 2-1 In that
contest, McNary was solidly
in control for much of the
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“We missed a couple that
we should have gotten (in the
Canby game),” Reyes said.
Despite that challenge,
Caballero thought other
skills were serving the team
well.
“When we touch the ball
around it looks like we’re
playing at a high level and
it creates the spaces for us
to score. We just need to be
more awake when the games
start,” he said.
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