MARCH 4, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A13
IN THE ZONE:
Celts nab two
Defender of
the Year titles
Two-in-a-row for Ismay Doutt claims GVC’s 1st
girls defender crown
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Even at 6-foot-3, Celt ju-
nior Matthew Ismay doesn’t
always match-up physically
to the players he’s defending
against on the basketball court.
But he still likes letting
them know he’s there.
“With the big guys, every
time they try to cut across a
lane I want them to feel me
hit them because a lot of the
guys who are big scorers don’t
like that. It frustrates them,
especially as the game wears
on,” Ismay said. “I love the
challenge of those 6-foot-5
guys like Teagan Quitoriano
at Sprague (High School).”
Ismay’s presence earned
him the Defensive Player of
the Year title as a sophomore
and he was named Co-De-
fensive Player of the Year ear-
lier this week as a junior. He’s
sharing the title with South
Salem High School’s Joe Car-
ey this time around.
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Celt junior Matthew Ismay was named one of the GVC’s
Defensive Players of the Year for a second time.
Ryan Kirch, McNary head
coach, said Ismay’s confi dence
has only grown in his second
season on the varsity roster.
In addition to improving as a
defender, Ismay has become
more of a presence on offense
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and in the locker room.
“He’s more comfortable
now in his role as an up-
perclassman. He’s improved
in his leadership and his
ability to speak up,” Kirch
said. “If I had to pick one
player and say this is what
I want our program to be
about, Matthew is it. He’s
as consistent and tough as
he can possibly be.”
Ismay has taken more
than a dozen charging calls
this season so far and has
become more of a presence
offensively than he was a
year ago at this time.
“That’s what’s made
the whole team better this
season. Last year, we were
pretty deep, but this year
the scoring can come from
anywhere,” Ismay said.
He was also named to
the GVC’s second team
all-league, but said that
honorifi c doesn’t mean half
as much as the defensive
title.
“This means that coach-
es can trust me to guard the
best players every game,”
he said.
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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
In Greater Valley Confer-
ence girls varsity basketball,
only four teams held their op-
ponents to fewer than 1,000
points this season. Of those
four, McNary High School led
with 903 points allowed.
That feat was in no small
part due to the contributions
of sophomore Kailey Doutt,
who was recognized earlier this
week at the GVC’s fi rst female
Defensive Player of the Year.
“Kailey is a sparkplug for
the whole defensive side of our
game and has shown just how
deep the buy-in is for our de-
fensive schemes,” said Derick
Handley, McNary head coach.
“It’s huge for our program as a
whole because she is the best
defender on our team, but it
wouldn’t have been possible if
our backside posts weren’t get-
ting to the net and rebounding
and taking care of the ball after
Kailey does her job.”
Doutt is also seemingly in-
exhaustible on the court. She’s
played the entire game 20 out
of 24 times this season for the
Lady Celts.
“There is maybe one other
player in the league who has
done that, and she can’t stay out
of foul trouble the way Kailey
can,” Handley said.
Doutt said the award is a
result of an approach to the
game that she’s practiced from
a young age.
“I have always been taught
that defense wins games. It’s
what my dad, who was my
coach when I was younger, al-
ways focused on,” she said. “It
Kailey Doutt,
a McNary
sophomore, is
the GVC girls’
Defensive Player
of the Year.
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means a lot because I’ve been
trying to work hard on it. I re-
ally feel blessed and thankful.”
Evina Westbrook, of South
Salem High School and one of
the nation’s top recruits in the
game, and Autumn Baumgart-
ner of Sheldon High School
were two of Doutt’s bigger
tests this season, but she said the
things that made them tough
were fairly similar.
“Both of them are quick
and good at faking their moves.
It makes them diffi cult to guard
against,” she said.
She credits part of her skill
in the role to having teammates
who can keep her on her toes
with their offensive output.
“I’m lucky that in practice
I have to defend against Madi
(Hingston) and Sydney (Hunt-
er). Both of them are really
good players and have made
me better,” she said.
Doutt is also a standout dis-
tance runner for the Celtics as
part of the cross country and
track and fi eld teams. While
she’s still uncertain where the
path will lead after McNary,
her immediate goals are simply
improving her skillset.
“I hope to get the award
again next year, but more than
that I just want to hold the
other players to fewer points,”
she said.