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Celts lose overtime, see-saw play-in
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Even a hat trick by Mc-
Nary senior Paulo Reyes
wasn’t enough to overcome
the Tigard High School var-
sity soccer team in a playoff
play-in game Tuesday, Oct. 27.
After a beleaguered end to
the regular season, the Mc-
Nary High School varsity soc-
cer team’s postseason dreams
rested on the outcome of the
game. With the 5-4 loss, the
Celts’ season comes to a close.
Celt forward Julian Villar-
real cleaned up a free kick at
the net early in the game to
give McNary a 1-0 lead. In
the eighth minute, Tigard
knotted the game by slipping
one past goalkeeper Sebastian
Lopez, who had already made
several saves at that point.
With 3:32 left in the half,
Tigard was awarded a penalty
kick and went up 2-1, and the
teams went to halftime with
the Tigers in the lead.
In the 42nd minute, Reyes
scored his fi rst goal of the
night from about 20 yards
out. He created mere inches
of space between himself and
a defender to get the shot off.
Less than a minute later, Ti-
gard retook the lead 3-2.
In the 64th minute, Celt
Daniel Caballero was on the
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Left: Jose Vazquez controls the ball at midfi eld in the game with Tigard. Above: Paulo Reyes and
Michael Reyes put pressure on a Tiger defender.
far left side of the fi eld and
passed the ball to Reyes, who
had his back to the net. Reyes
turned on a dime and scored
his second goal of the night
to make the score 3-3 with 15
minutes to play.
Three minutes later, the
ball went out of bounds and
Caballero put it back in play
before the Tigers could reset
their defense. Reyes grabbed
the ball on the ground and
lofted a scoring kick perfectly
into the top left corner of the
net.
Tigard tied the game again,
4-4, in the 69th minute. De-
spite a pair of one-on-one at-
tempts, McNary couldn’t fi nd
the net before the fi nal siren,
sending the game to overtime.
Lopez also came up with a
pair of huge saves to keep the
Tigers down.
In the fi rst half of the
20-minute overtime, Tigard
managed to trap the ball
around McNary’s net and got
off four shots before sending
one home for the fi nal score
of the game.
McNary had two prime
opportunities in the second
half of overtime on well-
placed free kicks by Bryan
Keo but couldn’t capitalize on
them.
Prior to the play-in, the
Celtics managed to get a
3-1 win over Sprague High
School in their fi nal game
of the regular Greater Valley
Conference season.
Celt Luis Audelo said the
team fared better, in part, due
to the return of Reyes to the
fi eld. Reyes had been sidelined
with injury for several games.
“We’d been playing like we
had our backs to the wall for
a while and this time we came
out and attacked the ball,”
Reyes said. “We got the early
goal and that gave us more
confi dence.”
Sophomore Michael Reyes
found the net fi rst and Paulo
followed shortly therafter on
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New head coach sets
winning tone at WMS
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Celt Hayden Sader chases down Saxon quarterback Gabe Matthews in the game Friday, Oct. 23.
McNary lost 56-12.
Gridders to face Olys
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The good news for the
McNary High School var-
sity football team is that it is
virtually assured a spot in the
playoffs regardless of whether
it wins or loses a game with
Sprague High School at home
Friday, Oct. 30.
“We’re pretty much locked
into fourth, but it would be
nice to get that win for our
own state of mind. On paper,
Sprague’s got a good record,
but I think we match up with
them pretty well. It should be
a good game,” said Jeff Auvin-
en, McNary head coach.
The Olympians enter the
contest with a Greater Valley
Conference record of 6-1, and
an overall record of 6-2.
The Olys’ largest threat on
offense is senior running back
Anthony Nunn. The 5-foot-
11, 205-pounder has racked
up big yards already this season
and is likely to be the linchpin
of Sprague’s offensive package
against McNary.
“We’ll be focusing on the
run. They have a young quar-
terback who can throw the
ball, but we feel like if we stop
the run, we should do okay,”
said Celt Matt Aguilar.
Sprague’s quarterback is
6-foot-2 junior Justin Cul-
pepper who has come through
in several clutch situations this
year and continues to grow.
Despite the threats Sprague
brings to the game, the Celtic’s
man Gina Munguia both had
near misses just over the bar.
Canby scored again in the last
fi ve minutes for the fi nal tally.
“The biggest thing we
want the girls to take away
from this season is that they
can compete against any
team in this league now. In
our fi nal game, we ended the
fi rst half with seven fresh-
man on the fi eld, and took
a playoff-bound Canby into
the 60th minute with mul-
tiple opportunities to score,”
said Nash.
It was something of a
bitter end to a season that
dent in student-athlete.
“Tom’s the husband of a
middle school teacher so he
understands the academic
piece and cares deeply about
his athletes’ academic success,”
Dewitt said. Larimer’s wife,
Tracy, recently transferred to
Whiteaker to teach social
studies.
As caretakers of students
making two of the most dif-
fi cult transitions of their lives
to date – elementary to mid-
dle school and middle to high
school – Dewitt said improv-
ing transitions in all areas, in-
cluding electives and activities,
is a top priority for her.
While Whiteaker was fac-
ing down demons bred within
the program itself, Larimer
said outside forces were also
at play.
“The demise of the Boys &
Girls Club football programs
has created a void and club
started with a bang over the
team’s play a year ago.
“Our team was excited
about the good start, but
had a good understanding
that the strength of our op-
ponents increased as the sea-
son progressed. Our goal was
to be competitive in every
game, and we accomplished
that goal,” said Nash.
Injuries took some of the
heat off the Lady Celts’ offen-
sive output late in the season,
but the team managed to cre-
ate opportunities throughout
the season.
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Please see VOLLEY, Page A11
Please see OLYS, Page A9
programs are competing with
the middle school teams for
players. It does a great disser-
vice to students’ families that
don’t have the time or money
to devote to club football,”
Larimer said.
That was a situation Lar-
imer was highly aware of
while working to rebuild the
ranks of Whiteaker’s roster this
past summer. He’s ended up
with a team comprised of fair-
ly evenly distributed talents.
“We have about a third of
the team that has played club
football for several years, an-
other third have had a year
or two playing, but the last
third hadn’t played a down of
football until this year,” Lar-
imer said. “To our great sur-
prise and satisfaction, some of
our inexperienced players are
proving to be our best on the
fi eld.”
Please see COACH, Page A9
Netters fi nish third
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Lady Celts of the McNary High School var-
sity volleyball team lost a 3-2 match with West Sa-
lem High School Thursday, Oct. 22.
It meant the girls had to settle for third place in
the Greater Valley Conference, but they are still fairly
happy with their playoff path ahead.
“We really wanted that title and it sucks we didn’t
get there, but we all kind of realized that both teams
put out a lot of effort and no one had anything to
regret in the match with West,” said Sydney Hunter,
a McNary junior.
McNary took on Cleveland High School in its
fi rst match of the playoffs Wednesday, Oct. 28, past
press time. The Celtics were ranked 11th in state
while the Warriors were ranked 22nd.
McNary senior Madie Cloyd said the prospect
of facing unknown opponents was preferable to the
usual suspects of the GVC.
“I’m excited to play people we haven’t played
before. It’s more interesting in that we don’t get as
anxious as we do facing people that we see year after
year,” Cloyd said.
The winner of the McNary-Cleveland match
will face the winner of a Lakeridge-Aloha match
Lady Celts done on pitch
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary High School
girls varsity soccer team end-
ed its season with a 2-0 non-
league loss to Canby High
School Saturday, Oct. 24.
The Celts held strong de-
fensively with the match tied
0-0 at half. Senior keeper
Jazzlyn Lark had the “save of
the year” in the 55th min-
ute to keep the game even,
said AJ Nash, McNary head
coach. Canby scored in the
60th minute to go up 1-0, but
McNary didn’t fold. Junior
Jenna Candland and fresh-
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
When Tom Larimer took
over the Whiteaker Middle
School heavyweight football
program earlier this season, it
was in a bit of disarray to say
the least.
“We had eight home and
away jerseys that were the
same size and number,” said
Larimer.
On the fi eld things weren’t
much better. Last season, the
team ended most of its games
under mercy rules and atti-
tudes were at an all-time low
in the ranks.
Larimer had been ap-
proached by Whiteaker’s new
principal, Julia Dewitt, last
year. He had taken several
years off of coaching to build
his career as partner in a law
fi rm, but Dewitt said Larimer
had the right mix of coaching
skills and emphasis on the stu-
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McNary’s Vanessa Hayes tips the ball in
competition with the Saxons.