OCTOBER 23, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A13
Freshmen lose to Titans
McNary High School’s tempting to run the halftime
freshman football team fell to clock out when their quarter-
West Salem 32-8 Thursday, back sprung loose for a 95-yard
Oct. 15, at Flesher Field.
touchdown run with seven
The loss puts the young seconds remaining to take 19-0
Celtics at 3-3 in the Greater lead into the locker room.
Valley Conference and 3-4
“That run defl ated us a bit
overall.
and I wasn’t pleased with the
“We shot ourselves in the way we responded after the
foot early with turnovers and half,” said Anagnos.
just never recovered,” said Ted
After the intermission, West
Anagnos, McNary head coach. scored on a 23-yard run for the
West opened
only score
the scoring in the
of the third
fi rst quarter fol-
quarter and a
lowing a fumble
25-0 lead.
recovery at the
Reser ves
Celtic three-yard
closed out
line with a one-
play in the
yard touchdown
fourth quar-
run to lead 6-0.
ter
with
M i d w a y
add-
— Ted Anagnos West
through the sec-
McNary head coach ing to their
ond quarter, the
lead early in
Titans blocked a
the
fourth
punt and scored
period on a
on a 14-yard run for a 12-0 seven-yard run and point after
lead.
to take a 32-0 lead.
Late in the period, McNary
The Celtics avoided a shut-
threatened to get back into out when quarterback Ryan
the game, driving to the West Bamford threw a 10-yard
one-yard line. After failing on touchdown pass to receiver
four tries to score, West was at- Devyn Schurr for a touchdown
“I wasn’t
pleased with
the way we
responded.”
with seven seconds remain-
ing in the game. Nigel Harris
ran the two-point conversion
successfully for the fi nal 32-8
margin.
Quarterback coach George
Carter complimented quarter-
backs David Allen and Bamford
for their play under pressure.
“We didn’t block well to-
night and they were pressed
hard to throw in diffi cult situ-
ations,” he said. “They both
played well and I was proud of
their toughness.”
McNary was led on offense
by Chantz Revis with 98 yards
rushing and Griffi n Oliveira
with 50 yards receiving.
“Defensively, other than the
big run going into the half, we
played well,” said Nick Phillips,
defensive coordinator.
The defense was led by
Robert Benson with seven
tackles. Linebackers Oliveira
and Bo Working added six
each. Ty Covalt was credited
with four tackles. Schurr, Car-
son Heldt and Noah Tarter
made three each.
Submitted by Ted Anagnos
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
SOCCER,
continued from Page A10
Lopez, a defender, led the
offense scoring two of Mc-
Nary’s three goals in the sec-
ond half.
Almost a week later, Lopez
was still in a bit of shock.
“To be honest, I had no
idea I could get two goals,” he
said. “In the second half, we
were just defending well and
touching and moving.”
It was a sharp turn from
the fi rst half when McNary
spent much of the time chas-
ing after the Viking players.
crossword
With playoff hopes still
alive, Bains said the team had
some bright spots on the ho-
rizon with the return of at
least one starter from the in-
jured list.
“Having Paulo (Reyes)
back is going to help us a lot
if we communicate more than
we have been,” Bains said.
Lady Celt Brianna Koch tangles with a South Salem forward in the game Tuesday, Oct. 20. Mc-
Nary lost 1-0.
Girls soccer loses two
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Despite a pair of tough losses last week,
the McNary High School girls varsity soccer
team managed to keep the good vibes going.
“We haven’t let ourselves get down, and a
tough loss like the one to Forest Grove would
have killed us last year. We wouldn’t have re-
covered,” said Brianna Koch, a McNary se-
nior.
McNary hit the fi eld against a seasoned Vi-
king team Tuesday, Oct. 13, and came away
with a 7-3 loss.
“It was a tough game and all we could re-
ally do was contain them as much as possible
so that’s what I kept telling the girls,” said
Janie Jarmin, another Celt senior.
Forest Grove took a 2-0 lead in the fi rst
fi ve minutes, but McNary regrouped and
clawed their way back into the game with
fi ve quick passes on the endline that led to a
cross from Kolbie Kopp and a header goal by
Jessy Shore in the 12th minute.
While the Viking responded with a goal of
their own, McNary didn’t let up. In the 18th
minute, Michaela Sanchez scored on an assist
by Katy Wyatt to make the score 3-2.
The score was 4-2 when Gina Munguia
scored from outside the box on a solo shot for
the fi nal Celtic goal.
Head coach AJ Nash praised the play of
goalkeeper Jazzlyn Lark in the contest and
said the team fared as well as anyone could
have expected of them given the odds.
“As a team they showed grit and a ton of
heart battling back on three seperate occa-
sions to stay in the game against a tough For-
est Grove team of upperclassmen,” Nash said.
The girls also lost a 5-0 contest with West
Salem High School Friday, Oct. 16.
“Last year, they would have had fi ve goals
in the fi rst half. There was a lot of effort put
into the game and we just couldn’t get to the
net,” Koch said.
With two games left in the season, the
Lady Celts were seventh in the Greater Valley
Conference with a record of 2-4.
“I really just want to see us come out and
have fun in the last two games. I want to win
if we can, but all of us can still improve,” Jar-
min said. “We need to work on directed pass-
es and the ground game more than we have
been in recent games, that’s really our strength
and what we know how to do best.”