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With win, netters
share league title
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Celt Kaelie Flores puts up a block in competition with South
Salem High School Tuesday, Oct. 20.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Any way you cut it, the
McNary High School varsity
volleyball team’s destiny in
the postseason rested on the
outcome of two games this
week.
In the fi nal two games of
the season, the Lady Celts
were set to face South Salem
and West Salem high schools.
Winning both would mean
sharing the Greater Valley
Conference title.
“I think the way we are
going to approach them is by
being really confi dent. We’ve
beat them both so I think
we’ll do well,” said Lady Celt
Kylie Gilmour.
McNary beat the Saxons
3-0 in late September and the
Titans 3-1 earlier that month.
It was the Titans’ only GVC
loss so far this season.
“West is very confi dent in
their ability because they’ve
beat West Albany twice, but
we know where we stand in
the state and we know we can
handle both teams,” said Kae-
lie Flores, a McNary senior.
While it’s been several
weeks since facing either
team, the Celts also have a bit
of a chip on their shoulder
going into the week.
On Saturday, Oct. 17, the
Celts traveled to the West
Linn Tournament where they
won the silver division.
“The morning was a bit
rocky, but we beat all the
teams in bracket play and
won the division which in-
cluded beating Lakeridge,
the No. 3 team in the state,”
Gilmour said.
McNary beat Lakeridge,
which leads the Three Rivers
League, 2-0 with set scores of
25-20 and 25-23.
The Celts beat La Salle
Prep 3-1 in the silver division
fi nals with scores of 25-20,
21-25 and 15-10. La Salle is
ranked fi fth in the OSAA 5A
division.
Prior to the tournament
appearance, McNary beat
McMinnville High School
3-0 in GVC competition. Set
scores were: 25-23, 25-17 and
27-25.
“It was a rough 3-0. Every-
one was pretty distracted with
it being homecoming week,
but we did what we needed
to do to get the job done,”
Flores said.
Vanessa Hayes led the team
on offense and defense with
fi ve aces, 19 kills and 24 digs.
Madi Hingston had 23 digs
followed by Gilmour with
14. Flores and Reina Strand
had three blocks apiece. Sam
Van Voohis had 17 assists and
Madie Cloyd had 15.
Wolverines dominate Crossler
The Whiteaker Middle School heavy-
weight football team remained unbeaten
on the season with a decisive win over
Crossler Middle School last week.
The Wolverines jumped out to a com-
fortable lead behind the passing of quar-
terback Erik Barker, who in just over one
half of play, completed 9 of 11 passes for
181 yards and four touchdowns. Barker
connected with fi ve different receivers,
led by Junior Walling’s three catches for
61 yards and three touchdowns. Riley
Flores had two grabs for 45 yards and a
touchdown, and speedster Nico Sandoval,
playing for the fi rst time since his return
from a pre-season injury, caught two passes
for 58 yards and ran once for a 40-yard
touchdown. Two Wolverines reached the
end zone for the fi rst time: Anthony Rice
scored on a late rushing touchdown and
Oskar Olsen running in a pair of two-
point conversions. Wide receiver Noah
Lelack also got into the act with a fi rst
quarter punt return for a touchdown.
The defense was led by inside lineback-
er Joseph Fowler’s eight tackes, and Wall-
ing’s four tackles for loss and a fumble he
recovered and returned for a touchdown.
Layton Thurlow also had two tackles for
losses (TFL). Whiteaker dominated the line
of scrimmage, led by Wolverine defensive
linemen Nate Young and Josh Patton, who
fi nished with identical tallies of six tackles
and one TFL each. Young and Patton also
anchored the right side of an outstanding
offensive line that featured Malakai Vasseur
and Andrew Shaw on the left side, with
Sion Springer at center. The play of the
game occurred in the second half, when
defensive tackle Cameron Weathers – who
just prior to the game was named a team
captain – stripped a Crossler ballcarrier
and rumbled nearly 25 yards before being
tackled.
As he had the week before, Head
Coach Tom Larimer once again recog-
nized Whiteaker’s dominating line play
as the key to the game, and applauded his
entire team for its willingness to play hard
and unselfi shly.
Larimer was excited to add that play-
ers Erik Barker, Layton Thurlow, Ju-
nior Walling, Brian Schindler, and Sion
Springer, along with team videographer
Michael Tischer, were inducted into the
National Junior Honor Society in front
of family and friends at a ceremony held
on Oct. 22.
The heavyweights play at Houck
on October 29, then fi nish their season
against an excellent Claggett Creek Mid-
dle School team on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Mc-
Nary High School, with the bands from
both schools performing together between
games (the lightweight contest kicks off at
5 p.m.) The entire Keizer community is
encouraged to attend. The event will fea-
ture dozens of young men who will be
teammates next year on a McNary fresh-
man team.
Submitted by Tom Larimer
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
McNary’s Brady Sparks takes a handoff from quarterback Trent
Van Cleave in the game wirh West Salem.
Titans beat
Celts 43-40
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The lead changed hand
sthree times in the last quar-
ter of a game between the
McNary and West Salem high
school varsity football teams
Friday, Oct. 16. The tumultu-
ous quarter ended in a 43-40
loss for McNary.
“I think we did a little of
everything. We ran the ball
well and passed the ball well,”
said Jeff Auvinen, McNary
head coach. “Defensively we
had trouble with consistency,
we’d get a three-and-out and
then let them march down the
fi eld.”
As the third quarter ended
McNary had just failed to con-
vert their last drive leading to
a punt attempt in their own
red zone. A high snap left the
punter without many options
other than falling on the ball
which he did and the Titans
took over at McNary’s one-
yard line. Two plays later, Titan
quarterback Brody Wittman
rolled around the outside of
the pack to get the touchdown.
A successful two-point conver-
sion made the score 37-34 in
favor of West.
After two unsuccessful
drives, McNary took control
of the fi eld at West’s 31-yard
line. A trio of rushing attacks
by Celt running back Brady
Sparks and quarterback Trent
Van Cleave took the ball to
West’s nine-yard line. McNary
spread the defense on a fourth-
and-goal attempt that let Van
Cleave take a snap between the
legs and dive into the end zone
for the 40-37 lead.
Unfortunately for McNary,
the Titans responded by re-
turning the kickoff for a touch-
down to take a 43-40 lead with
1:18 left on the clock.
McNary was at second-
and-15 after a penalty when
Van Cleave ran into the mid-
dle of the pocket looking for
a receiver. As he drew back to
fi re it off, the ball was stripped
and West recovered, ending the
drive and allowing the Titans to
run out the clock for the win.
The Celts started off scoring
in the game with a touchdown
pass from Van Cleave to Bren-
dan Van Voorhis at 8:29 in the
fi rst quarter. An extra point by
Victor Zavala made the score
7-0. The Titans took back con-
trol, and an 8-7 lead, less than
two minutes later.
Please see LOSS, Page A11
Injuries plague boys
soccer late in season
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Celt Bhavdeep Bains puts the ball across to a teammate in the game with West Salem High School
Friday, Oct. 16.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The roster of the McNary High School
boys varsity soccer team was looking more
like the waiting list in an emergency room
lobby last week as the team struggled to
fi nd another win.
Head Coach Miguel Camarena said the
team had fi ve starters on the bench with in-
juries when the team faced off against West
Salem High School Friday, Oct. 16. The
sidelined status of many of the program’s
standouts led, in part, to the team’s 4-0 loss.
“I’m not really sure what happened. Be-
fore we started that game it felt like we were
there to win,” said McNary’s Jesus Lopez.
The Titans scored their fi rst goal on a
penalty kick in the fi rst half and McNary
struggled even to keep the game out of its
own territory.
“Once they scored the fi rst goal ev-
erybody kind of went down. Our offense
wasn’t showing and our defense wasn’t
working,” said Celt Bhavdeep Bains.
With two games remaining, the Celt-
ics were in sixth place in the Greater Valley
Conference, but that included a three-way
tie for third. While the team has struggled
to maintain position in the GVC, the Celt-
ics are still ranked 26th in the state which
should earn them a spot in the playoffs if
they could come up with wins over South
Salem and Sprague high schools.
“Our main goal is to make playoffs and
go farther than we did last year for sure,”
said Bains. The Celts only made it to the
fi rst round of the playoffs in 2014 despite
winning the GVC title.
Prior to that game, McNary staged a
second-half rally to tie Forest Grove High
School 3-3 Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Please see SOCCER, Page A13