JANUARY 29, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
Boys declaw Grizzlies
in 58-20 victory
McNary’s Madi
Hingston leaps past a
McMinnville defender
in the game Friday,
Jan. 22.
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Eric A. Howald
GIRLS,
continued from Page A8
If McNary beats the Sax-
ons, the two teams will be
tied for fi rst in the GVC.
In the McMinnville game,
the Celts led 16-4 after the
fi rst frame and pushed it to
24-11 by halftime.
“One of the things we
wanted to work on was the
WRESTLE,
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tests of team performance in
the run up to district com-
petition. The Celts won three
of fi ve dual meets to take
fourth.
The Celtics beat Oregon
City High School 59-12,
zone and trapping press. That
went well and we got a lot of
turnovers and it got better as
we went along,” said Doutt.
The Lady Celts held the
Grizzlies to 10 points in the
third quarter and six in the
fourth to walk away with the
win.
“The big thing was to
make sure we were focused
defensively and I thought
the girls were phenomenal.
Especially in the fi rst quar-
ter where McMinnville had
trouble getting shots off let
alone making any of them,”
Handley said.
Flores said the team ben-
efi tted from only playing one
game last week.
“It allowed us some time
to heal, but Friday proved that
we are getting better with ev-
ery game,” she said.
North Bend High School
73-6, and Tualatin High
School 44-25. The Keizer
team fell to Sprague High
School 49-18 in consolation
brackets and then narrow-
ly lost to Grants Pass High
School, 36-30, for third place
in the tournament.
Only two of the Celts
emerged from the fray un-
scathed. Burrows went 4-0
and pinned all of his oppo-
nents. Sophomore Brayden
Ebbs went 5-0 with three
pins, a major decision and a
technical fall.
Vincent, Phelps, Kesler
and Kyle Bonn all won four
out of fi ve matches. Kibbey
and Nick Henandez went
3-2.
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A win over South Salem
High School Tuesday, Feb. 2,
could put the Celtics in a tie
for the lead of the Greater Val-
ley Conference.
But, to get there, the Celts
will have to overcome Forest
Grove High School in a game
Friday, Jan. 29. McNary travels
to meet the Vikings who played
the Celts fast and tough when
they fi rst met last month.
“We took away two of their
guards who are big shooters,
but we may have been a little
surprised by their secondary
scorers. We made some adjust-
ments that allowed us to dictate
the game in the second half,”
said Ryan Kirch, McNary head
coach.
The Celts won the teams’
fi rst contest 76-62.
“This time, we have to play
better all-around defense and
continue to hold their two big
scorers,” said Harry Cavell, a
McNary senior.
The Keizer team completed
the fi rst round-robin of the
GVC with a win over McMin-
nville High School 58-20.
The Celts held the Griz-
zlies scoreless in the fi rst period
while running up an 11-point
lead. The score was 24-6 at
halftime.
It was midway through the
third quarter before McMin-
nville cracked double digits on
the scoreboard.
“Defensively we were awe-
some. Our goal in every game
is to hold them to less than 32
and we held them to 20,” said
Cavell. “Offensively, we didn’t
score as effectively as we want-
ed to against their zone, but it’s
a learning process and we had
glimpses of good zone offense.”
Celt Junior Mathew Ismay
led all scoring with 13 points;
Trent Van Cleave put in 13;
Chandler Cavell had eight
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Celt Chandler Cavell attacks the rim after making a steal in the
game Friday, Jan. 22.
points; and H. Cavell and Cade
Goff had seven points apiece.
H. Cavell and Goff also both
had dunks in the game.
“We’re trying to focus on
playing possession-by-posses-
sion. We’ve got to do a better
job spacingwise and timewise
in the half court. I thought we
were okay, but we can do do
better with the 2-3 zone Mc-
Minnville put up in front of
us,” said Kirch.
Overall, Kirch said, the team
puzzle answers
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being one of the top teams in
the league now that they’ve
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