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Swimmers sink Vikings
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Lady Celt Reina Strand makes a jump shot in a game earlier
this season.
Girls win 2 of 4
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary High School girls varsity basketball team had
ups and downs at the Nike Interstate Shootout over winter
break, but the competition level was fi erce throughout.
The Lady Celts won two games, over St. Mary’s Academy
and Washington’s Skyview high schools, and lost two, to Oregon
City and Jesuit high schools, two of the top-ranked teams in
the OSAA 6A division. The tournament was held Dec. 27-30,
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
McNary’s Bailey White cruises to victory in the 100 butterfl y. Below: Isaiah Holt swims the same race for the boys.
The
McNary
High
School boys and girls varsity
swimming teams started off
the new year dousing the
North Salem High School
Vikings at the Kroc Center
Tuesday, Jan. 5.
The boys won their side
of the meet 100-19 while the
girls beat the Vikings 128-22.
Celtics won all but one varsity
race.
In boys events, winners
were: Brock Wyer, Georgio
Corrieri, Isaiah Holt and Jake
Wyer in the 200 medley relay
in 2:09.49; Parker Dean in the
200 free in 2:15.61; Harrison
Vaughn in the 200 yard
individual medley (IM) in
2:26.39; Grant Biondi in the
100 yard butterfl y in 1:08.27;
J. Wyer in the 100 freestyle in
57.66; Evan Alger in the 500
free in 6:16.51; J. Wyer, Biondi,
Boys fall to second in GVC
Please see GIRLS, Page A11
Please see SWIM, Page A11
By ERIC A. HOWALD
ond quarter, Celts Chandler
Of the Keizertimes
Cavell, H. Cavell and Cade
The McNary High School Goff were able to string to-
boys varsity basketball team gether some shots and cut the
lost a key game to South Sa- defi cit to 34-29 going to half-
lem High School Tuesday, Jan. time.
5.
In the third period, Goff,
Going into the game, Mc- Adam Harvey and Easton
Nary was ranked eighth in Neitzel cut the Saxon lead
the state, South, the defend- further, to 40-37, but then
ing state champs, were ninth. South went on an 11-0 run.
The Celts lost 67-52. The win
“That was like blood in
gives South the
the water for
lead position
South and they
in the Greater
sensed it,” said
Valley Confer-
Kirch.
ence.
McNary
“We were
never regained
way too timid
its composure
on offense at
in the fi nal
the start of
frame resulting
the game and
in the 67-52
we defi nitely
fi nal score.
weren’t playing
The Celt-
on our toes,”
ics ended the
said
Harry
fi rst part of the
Cavell, a Mc-
season
with
Nary senior.
— Ryan Kirch a loss to No.
“Their pres-
McNary head coach 1-ranked Cen-
sure kind of
tral Catholic
dictated
the
High School,
way we played and we can’t let but Kirch said the team did an
other teams do that.”
admirable job of fl ushing the
McNary started out behind loss and returned to dominate
and only rarely threatened the in a tournament a week later.
Saxons as the game unfolded.
“We chose to mentally
South took the fi rst lead, move past the Central Catho-
going up 2-0 in the fi rst min- lic game the minute we left
ute, but McNary’s Trent Van the gym. After such a hectic
Cleave tied the game and then schedule it was a good time
put his team ahead, 3-2, with for a break for Christmas and
a shot from the foul line. It was I’m sure made it easier for the
the last time the Celts would guys to get it off their mind,”
lead the game.
Kirch said.
Through the fi rst frame,
The Celts won all three
the Celtics appeared to strug- of their games at the Oregon
gle in fi nding shots and then Holiday Hoopfest hosted by
set themselves up on defense. Summit High School in Bend
By the end of the fi rst period, during winter break.
McNary was down 17-8.
“Playing three games in a
“We had a lot of problems row is tough, and your men-
with the fundamentals from tal focus each day is critical. I
containing the ball to shot se- thought our guys really met
lection, but you come into a the challenge,” Kirch said.
battle like this and you have
McNary started off the
to play to win, we played not- tournament with a 72-34 win
to-lose,” said Ryan Kirch, Mc- over La Salle High School.
Nary head coach.
Sophomore C. Cavell led the
Please see BOYS, Page A11
Midway through the sec-
“You come
into a battle
like this and
you have to
play to win,
we played
not-to-lose.”
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
McNary’s Cade Goff puts up a shot in the game with South Salem High School Tuesday, Jan. 5. The Celtics lost 67-52 after strug-
gling throughout the game.