OCTOBER 30, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
OLYS,
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largest obstacle will likely be
fl ushing a 56-12 loss to South
Salem High School last week.
After leading 12-0 for much
of the fi rst half, South went on
an unanswered eight-touch-
down run.
“We have to start right
again and refocus ourselves,”
Auvinen said.
Up against the Saxons, Mc-
Nary quarterback Trent Van
Cleave completed nine of 20
for 117 yards with two touch-
downs and an interception.
Running back Brady Sparks
had 17 carries for 70 yards
and three catches for 67 yards
and a touchdown. Aguilar had
two catches for 22 yards and a
touchdown.
“We can’t look too far
ahead. It’s senior night for a lot
of us and we want to leave the
regular season on a win. That
will happen if we focus on our
jobs and doing what we need
to do to execute each play,”
Aguilar said.
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In a battle between the only
remaining undefeated teams
in the league, and at home
in front of a huge crowd, the
Whiteaker heavyweight team
played inspired football to beat
a talented Leslie team 60-22.
Leslie opened the game
with an impressive drive but
stalled at the Whiteaker 25-
yard line. Whiteaker then
struck quickly, going 75 yards
on four plays, culminating in a
weaving 25-yard run by half-
back Joseph Fowler and two
point conversion catch by
Riley Flores. The Wolverines
then forced Leslie to go four-
and-out when Noah Lelack
and Oskar Olsen foiled a pair
of long pass attempts. The of-
fense once again needed only
four plays to go up 14-0 on a
36-yard sweep by receiver Ju-
nior Walling. Brian Schindler
then forced a fumble that
Fowler recovered, and the lead
grew to 22-0 when quarter-
back Erik Barker hit Walling
in stride on the fi rst play with
a 52-yard touchdown strike.
Nico Sandoval put the game
out of reach late in the second
quarter when he picked off a
Leslie pass and took it 62 yards
to paydirt and a 30-0 Wolver-
ine lead.
Whiteaker’s defense largely
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a penalty kick about 15 yards
out from the net. Jose Vazquez
put in the third Celtic goal in
the game.
The Celts faced South Sa-
lem High School in a 6-0 loss
shut down a strong Leslie run-
ning game until the game was
out of reach. Schindler led the
way with 11 tackles, followed
by Fowler’s eight, and Walling’s
seven. Five Wolverines had fi ve
tackles apiece: Olsen, Layton
Thurlow, Noah Martinez, Josh
Patton and Nate Young. The
defense also received signifi -
cant contributions from start-
ing linemen Michael Ridgway
and Cameron Weathers and
from key backups Carlos Gal-
legos and Andrew Shaw.
“We have unselfi sh defend-
ers who play with discipline
and attitude, and celebrate each
other’s good plays,” said defen-
sive coordinator Kurt Barker.
Defensive line coach Jason
Walling added, “We have a
group of big, strong, athletic
young men who come out ev-
ery day with a desire to learn
the game. As a coach, you can’t
ask for more than that.”
Wolverine offensive coor-
dinator Marcus Larimer kept
Leslie guessing throughout,
leading an offense that passed
for 238 yards and rushed for
216. Barker fi nished eight of
12 passing for 238 yards and
two touchdowns. Walling led
all receivers with 131 yards
and two touchdowns. Lelack
chipped in 87 yards on two
catches. Thurlow led the Wol-
verines’ rushing attack with
six carries for 65 yards and a
touchdown, while Sandoval
added 59 on four carries and
Fowler tallied 38 yards and two
touchdowns. Larimer credited
the offense’s success to unself-
ishness and technical discipline.
“We run McNary’s offense,
and our goal is to help prepare
these kids to play at McNary
Each player works so hard to
master his individual assign-
ment, and it has been special to
watch them all grow together
and build off each other’s suc-
cesses. I am lucky to have the
chance to call plays knowing
that our players will execute
them just as we planned and
practiced,” M. Larimer said.
Whiteaker closes out its sea-
son on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7
p.m. at McNary High School
vs Claggett Creek Middle
School. Head Coach Tom Lar-
imer encouraged the entire
Keizer community to attend.
“Claggett is a very good
team and we will work hard
to beat them. But once that
fi nal whistle blows, I consider
all my and Claggett’s kids to be
one team: the future McNary
High School freshman football
team,” Larimer said.
Submitted by Tom Larimer
Tuesday, Oct. 20.
After winning the Greater
Valley Conference in 2014, the
Celts looked to be setting up
another run at the title early
this season, but a series of con-
fi dence-shaking losses and ties
ate away at those hopes. The
troubles were compounded late
in the season as injuries side-
lined some of the team’s star
players.
Audelo said there were still
lessons to be learned no matter
how the season unfurled.
“Despite the results, we have
to stay persistent regardless of
what happens. We can’t let the
bad things stop us from doing
our best,” he said.
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The mix has made for a
stellar relaunch of the pro-
gram. With one game re-
maining, against cross-town
rivals Claggett Creek Middle
School Wednesday, Nov. 4, at
McNary High School, the
Wolverines are still undefeat-
ed. Kick off the match-up is
7 p.m. and all are invited to
attend.
Larimer wants Whiteaker’s
program to become the one
all others in the Salem-Keizer
School District look to when
shaping their own offerings.
“I want this to be a pro-
gram that every kid in Keizer
wants to be a part of and every
parent sees as the best option
for their kids,” Larimer said.
To that end, he’s gone
above-and-beyond when cor-
ralling a coaching staff. While
most middle school programs
might have a pair of coach-
es, Whiteaker has six: Kurt
Barker, defensive coordinator,
Marcus Larimer, offensive co-
ordinator and Larimer’s son,
and three line coaches, Angel
Ochoa, Zachary Drake and
Jason Walling.
“Each of them knows
more about football than me
and they are great teachers of
the game,” Larimer said.
Having Ochoa, who is
a math and AVID teacher
at Whiteaker, on board is a
key component of his plans.
When an athlete is falling be-
hind with his studies, he must
meet with Ochoa and de-
velop an action plan for grade
recovery.
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modeling their elders on the
McNary gridiron, Larimer has
instituted other changes off
the playing fi eld that mimic
Celtic traditions. Before each
home game, the National An-
them is played with freshmen
in the McNary Air Force Ju-
nior Reserve Offi cer Training
Corps presenting the colors.
There’s even a community
barbecue after the game with
local sponsors.
Dewitt said effects in the
hallways and on the fi eld are
already showing.
“This new energy has
strengthened
Whiteaker’s
school community. Football
parents, the Keizer commu-
nity, and surrounding busi-
nesses have been an amazing
support. Many parents have
reported to me that their
students’ grades are the best
they’ve ever been. Most im-
portantly, students are learn-
ing to identify their academic
needs and access resources to
improve,” she said.
While new attitudes and
leadership are helping change
the course of the team on and
off the fi eld, Larimer said he’s
actually out to change the
hearts of all his players.
“My favorite sports mov-
ie of all time is Friday Night
Lights, and in the book that
movie the coach is talking to
his team at halftime during a
big game and he asks them if
they have love in their hearts.
He asks them if they love the
game and each other enough
to give everything for one
half. If they do that, he says,
then they are perfect.”
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