OCTOBER 9, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
Dogs leash Celts on pitch
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
McNary’s Chantz Revis fi nds a gap and heads up fi eld in the
game with McMinnville High School Thursday, Oct. 1.
Freshmen play
well despite loss
In a hard fought battle
Thursday, Oct. 1, McNary’s
freshman football squad came
up on the short end of a 25-
14 score against McMinnville
High School at Flesher Field.
“These kids continue to
play the game hard like they
are supposed to,” said Ted An-
agnos, Celtic head coach. “We
have lost six two-way starters
and we keep battling hard. I’m
real proud of these guys.”
McNary started the scor-
ing in the fi rst quarter with a
three-yard touchdown run by
Boston Smith. Smith added a
two point conversion and the
Celtics led 8-0.
McMinnville
responded
with a 33-yard passing touch-
down and, when Clay Mary
blocked the conversion kick,
the score was 8-6 in favor of
the Keizer team.
In the second quarter, Mc-
Minnville drove to the Mc-
Nary one-yard line, but Celt
Collin Penner recovered a
fumble ending the opportu-
nity.
In what Anagnos tabbed
“the most impressive drive of
the season so far,” the Celtics
drove 99 yards, culminating
with a 33-yard David Allen
touchdown pass to Griffi n
Oliveira for a 14-6 McNary
lead.
After a McMinnville one-
yard touchdown run, the half-
time score had McNary lead-
ing 14-12.
After a scoreless third pe-
riod, the Grizzlies scored on
two fourth quarter touch-
down runs of fi ve and 25
yards. The Grizzlies added a
conversion kick following the
second score for the fi nal tally.
Running back coach Jason
Ebbs complemented Chantz
Revis for his 155 rushing
yards on 30 carries.
“He was our workhorse af-
ter Mary went out with a head
injury in the second quarter,”
said Ebbs.
Jacob Fritz added 55 yards
on seven carries and was
complimented by his coach
Brian Aicher. Aicher, who
also coaches linebackers on
defense, complemented line-
backer Bo Working for his
team-leading 13 tackles.
Robert Benson added
seven tackles with Oliveira,
Darien Bencich and Devyn
Schurr notching four each.
Revis, Nigel Harris, Ty Co-
valt, Brent Preston and Will
Krause had three tackles each.
McNary drops to 2-3 over-
all and 2-2 in the Greater Val-
ley Conference.
In a fi fth quarter game,
Schurr threw for an 18-yard
touchdown pass to Francisco
Orta for the only score of the
game.
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Lady Celt Kayla Evans passes the ball to a teammate in McNary’s game with McKay High School Tuesday, Oct. 6. The Celtics won
4-1, rebounding from a loss to West Albany.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary High School
girls varsity soccer team lost its
fi rst Greater Valley Conference
game to West Albany High
School Friday, Oct. 2.
The 5-1 loss puts the girls at
1-0-1 in the GVC and 6-1-1
overall.
“We had good opportu-
nities in the game, but a few
things just didn’t go our way,”
said AJ Nash, McNary head
coach. “The good thing was
that we never lost confi dence.”
One of the things that didn’t
quite pan out as expected was
the fi eld surface. Due to con-
struction on the Bulldog turf
fi eld, the game was held on a
secondary grass fi eld. It was
the fi rst game for the girls on
grass this season.
“That was different for
us, but they were also a good
team,” said McNary goalkeep-
er Sydney Snapp.
McNary was fi rst to the
board on a header goal by Na-
talia Gonzalez off a free kick
by Kelli Miller, but the Bull-
dogs fi nished off a pair of awk-
ward bounces before the half
to make the score 2-1.
After some even play in
the second half, West Albany
caught another break after a
foul wasn’t called and led to a
3-1 lead.
At that point, Nash put in
a more aggressive offensive
line-up which led to shots that
hit the crossbar and post, but
didn’t yield the needed goals.
“We had really good push-
ing up of the midfi eld. I also
think our defenders held their
ground pretty well,” Snapp
said.
Despite the loss, both Nash
and Snapp said the team was
prepared for whatever came
next, and the pair had their
sights set on McKay High
School in a game Tuesday, Oct.
6.
“I think we’re going to be
pretty aggressive with them,”
Snapp said.
Snapp wasn’t far from the
mark; the Keizer team took a
4-1 victory. In the sixth min-
ute of the McKay game, Kayla
Evans placed a driven shot
into the left corner from out-
side the box with an assist from
Katy Wyatt.
McKay evened up the game
a minute later with its own
goal coming from a McKay
corner. McNary controlled
the midfi eld and kept knock-
ing on the door of another
goal until Jessy Shore connect-
ed in the 38th minute with a
rebound shot into the upper
left corner, taking the Celts
into half with a one goal lead.
In the second half, Miller
scored in the 45th minute on
an indirect free kick from 25
yards out bending a ball into
the lower right corner and as-
sisted by Kayla Evans. The fi -
nal goal of the match came in
the 75th minute with a header
goal by Michaela Sanchez off a
corner kick by Miller.
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