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PAGE A10, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 Your One Stop Shop for Brakes, Tires & Batteries. 3555 River Rd N, Keizer • (503) 304-7555 www.QuickLane.com We service all makes & models. No appointments needed. KEIZERTIMES.COM Boys fend off surging Titans KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Celt Austin Moore takes control of an opponent in pigtail rounds at the GVC regional meet Fri- day, Feb. 12. Ebbs nabs district title By ERIC A. HOWALD vis of Sprague High School. Of the Keizertimes “Landon and I have been friends since we McNary High School’s Brayden Ebbs was were little and we know a lot about each other crowned the 138-pound Greater Valley Con- when it comes to the ways we wrestle. I knew ference wrestling champion at it would be a tough match,” the regional tournament Feb. Ebbs said. 12 and 13. Ebbs won in a 12-2 major Ebbs, a sophomore, is one of decision. four Celtic wrestlers who will Ebbs placed sixth at the state represent the school at the state tournament as a freshman and tournament next week. thinks he’s got a better-than- It was the second consecu- average shot at improving on tive year that Ebbs reached the that fi nish. regional fi nals match. He was As a team, McNary placed determined to come out on third overall. Celts Jon Phelps, top this time around. Wyatt Kesler and Isaiah Put- “The fi rst thing that came nam will join Ebbs at the state to mind was I didn’t want it to tournament after fi nishing end up like last year, going all third in their respective weight the way to the fi nals and los- classes. ing because I wasn’t thinking Phelps, a 132-pound senior, Brayden Ebbs straight and making a mistake,” made it to the semifi nals be- Ebbs said. fore losing a 5-1 decision to The district title came down to a match be- Sprague’s Michael Murphy. Please see WRESTLE, Page A12 tween Ebbs and a longtime friend, Landon Da- By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Most of the McNary High School boys varsity basketball team’s opponents are bring- ing their A game to the court. But, this season, it’s been the West Salem Titans who have brought their A+ game each time out. While McNary won 62- 59 in a contest Tuesday, Feb. 9, the team was gutting it out for much of the second half. “West provides us with a number of different match- up problems on top of being well-coached and talented,” said Ryan Kirch, McNary head coach. After falling behind in the early going – mostly due to being outrebounded – Celt junior Mathew Ismay was able to tie up the game 31-31 with two buckets and three shots from the foul line. The Titans, however, went up 34-31 on their next posse- sion with a trey. Ismay knotted the score again at 36-36 a few minutes later, but the game was sepa- rated by a single point again with 5:15 left in the game. Ju- nior Cade Goff tied it up at 52-52 from the foul line and then the Celts went on a 7-0 run. The Titans weren’t yet ready to roll over. They scrapped their way back into the fray and were only two points behind the Celts at 61- 59 with less than a minute left. McNary held on and hit one more from the foul line for the 62-59 fi nal. “West has done really well in the second half of the sea- KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald McNary’s Adam Harvey leaps past a West Salem player in the game Tuesday, Feb. 9. son, but we just had the better game plan that night, especial- ly after they shot out the lights on us last time. Our physical advantage also helped,” said Ismay. To the Keizer team’s credit, it never looked frantic or dis- organized despite the pressure. “I thought our guys han- dled the rigors of the game very well, adjusting to some of the things they were trying to Please see BOYS, Page A12 Kuch sets two GVC records, heads to state By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes McNary High School sophomore Marissa Kuch was named the Greater Valley Conference Female Swimmer of the Year at the district tournament Feb. 12 and 13. Kuch set new conference records in the 100 and 200 freestyle races at the meet and is the only Celt headed to the state tournament. Kuch won the district title in the 200 freestyle in 1:53.84 and the 100 freestyle district title with a time of 52.11. Overall, the Lady Celts fi nished fi fth in the GVC with 234 points. The Celtic boys fi nished seventh with 138 points. South Salem High School won the girls district title. McMinnville High School’s boys dominated in the male events. Other notable fi nishes for McNary were: Lizzie Bryant, Kiana Briones, Sarah Eckert and Kuch, fi fth in the girls 200 medley relay; Isaiah Holt, Harrison Vaughn, Jake Wyer and Evan Alger, seventh in the boys 200 medley relay; Briones, ninth in the girls 200 free; Kylie McCarty, eighth in the girls 200 individual medley and 10th in the 100 freestyle; Haley Debban, 10th in the girls 50 free; Eckert, third in the girls 100 butterfl y; Vaughn, eighth in the 100 breaststroke and 10th in the boys 500 free; Eckert, Samantha Williams, Debban and Kuch, fourth in the 200 free relay; Alger, Parker Dean, Georgio Corrieri and Wyer, seventh in the boys 200 free relay; Bryant, fourth in the girls 100 backstroke; Anjelica Glassey, 10th in the girls 100 backstroke; Abby McCoy, Hannah Corpe, Debban and McCarty, fi fth in the girls 400 freestyle relay; and Brock Wyer, Dean, Grant Biondi and Corrieri, sixth in the boys 400 free relay. KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Left and above: Celtic swimmers take part in preliminary races at the GVC conference meet Friday, Feb. 12.
