OCTOBER 16, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
ROLL,
continued from Page A8
Sparks ran in his second
touchdown of the evening
with 36 seconds left in the
quarter and sophomore Victor
Zavala kicked the point after
to put McNary up 37-22. It
took only three plays for the
Vikings to score their next
touchdown and make the
score 37-28, but Barker and
Dylan Cobos-Putnam tack-
led Viking quarterback Taylor
Jensen to prevent a two-point
conversion.
McNary ended up with
a short fi eld after the kick-
off and Sparks made his third
touchdown run of the night
from the 10-yard line to put
WMS,
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a chance to get back in the
game, but Olsen batted down
a fourth down pass on the goal
line, and two plays later quar-
terback Erik Barker connected
with Riley Flores for an 88-yard
touchdown pass to end Straub’s
comeback hopes.
Walling fi nished with four
carries for 106 yards and two
touchdowns, while Layton
Thurlow and Fowler also had
rushing touchdowns. Barker
fi nished 6 of 8 passing for 179
yards and three touchdowns,
one each to Walling, Flores and
Noah Lelack.
Head Coach Tom Larimer
cited the play of the entire start-
ing offensive line of Malakai
Vasseur, Michael Ridgway, Bri-
an Schindler, Nate Young and
Josh Patton as the key to a great
win over a very good team and
program.
The Wolverines stayed unde-
the score at 44-28 after the
Zavala extra point.
The Celts nearly scored
again on a connection be-
tween Van Cleave and Aguilar,
but Aguilar was pushed out
of the back of the end zone
while leaping to reel in the
ball.
Sader and Aicher came up
with timely tackles to keep
the ball from moving back up
the fi eld, and McNary took
over with fi rst-and-goal at
the Viking nine-yard line. Van
Cleave scored on the fi rst play
in a looping rushing attack
and Zavala’s extra point made
for the fi nal score of 51-28
with 2:55 left in the game.
“We feel like we have our
identity now and can compete
with anyone,” Emmert said.
feated with a 60-12 win at Wal-
do. Waldo battled hard through-
out, but a Walling touchdown
return of the opening kickoff
and three early Whiteaker de-
fensive touchdowns – two by
Walling and a 55-yard weaving
fumble return by inside line-
backer Brian Schindler – put
the game out of reach early.
The win was a complete
team effort and Thurlow was
the leading rusher with 69
yards and a touchdown, but no
Wolverine had more then two
carries or one reception. Six
Wolverines had four or more
tackles, led by Dariun Harris
and Thurlow with seven apiece;
Walling and Schindler each had
six tackles and recovered three
of four Waldo fumbles.
Larimer once again praised
his offensive line for its stellar
play, including Andrew Shaw
and Carlos Gallegos, who led
the way on Thurlow’s second
quarter 55-yard touchdown
run. Coach Larimer also praised
Waldo Head Coach Peter Haw-
ley and his kids for how hard
they played throughout the en-
tire game.
The Wolverines play next at
Crossler, and are home at 3:45
p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Submitted by Tom Larimer
Gridders face West Salem
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
McNary High School’s
varsity football team faces
West Salem High School Fri-
day, Oct. 16, at McNary. Both
teams will be on the hunt to
keep winning streaks alive.
“This is the meat of our
schedule and I’m glad we’re
still in a position to contend
for a league title and come out
and control our destiny,” said
KJ McCrae, Celt defensive co-
ordinator.
The Celts enter into the
game on a two-game win
streak after beating McMin-
nville and Forest Grove high
schools in recent weeks, but
this is the fi rst time this sea-
son they’ll face a team in the
Greater Valley Conference’s
top four teams. McNary is
currently third behind South
Salem and Sprague high
schools. The Titans are fourth.
“They have a bunch of
their players out, but they’re a
lot of run and little bit of pass-
ing. It will come down to who
executes,” said McNary’s Matt
Aguilar.
Last week, the Celts seem
to come into their own against
a large and tough defensive
line at Forest Grove, said Brad
Emmert, McNary offensive
coach.
“We feel like we can do
similar things against West Sa-
lem,” he said. “We’re not in-
stalling a bunch of new stuff,
it’s executing the stuff we
know. I’d like to see the power
running game assert itself and
the perimeter blocking come
along this week, but I was
very pleased with how things
went.”
McNary quarterback Trent
Van Cleave completed 18 of
23 against Forest Grove for
230 yards with two touch-
down passes to Brendan Van
Voorhis and no interceptions.
Photo courtesy of J&H Photo
Celt Kyle Aicher sets his sights on Forest Grove’s Tanner Heikes as the game between the two
teams unfolded Thursday, Oct. 8.
Van Cleave also had a pair of
rushing touchdowns. Senior
running back Brady Sparks
rushed for 112 yards on 23
carries and two touchdowns.
After letting the Vikings
through on defense in the fi rst
half of the game, the Celts
clamped down hard in the
second half, allowing two fi rst
downs in the third quarter and
none in the fourth.
McNary’s Kolby Barker
said the challenge for the Celts
now is to start the West Salem
game the way it fi nished the
Forest Grove game.
“We have to come out hot.
A lot of our wins have come
down to the second half and
it would be great if we could
just come out and beat them
from the start,” he said.
Last week, West Salem beat
North Salem High School
20-2. After a scoreless fi rst half,
the Titans notched a touch-
down in the third quarter and
held the Vikings to a safety.
The team padded its lead with
two more touchdowns in the
fourth quarter to take the win.
Titan Running back Kyle
Terry had the most output of-
fensively with 117 yards on 28
carries.
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