MARCH 11, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
Saxons foil boys tournament hopes
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
After winning a hotly con-
tested fi rst round playoff game,
the McNary High School
boys varsity basketball team
ran up against a wall with
South Salem High School in
the second round of the state
tournament.
The Celtics edged Tualatin
High School 44-43 Wednes-
day, March 2, to advance to
the second round, but the
Saxons shot out the lights
from three-point range to
win 71-58 Saturday, March 5,
and earn the berth at the state
tournament.
“I thought we had a good
game plan, but South made
more shots than us. Losing
was diffi cult, but I’m proud of
the way our guys competed
and they lost with class,” said
Ryan Kirch, McNary head
coach.
In the South game, it was a
back-and-forth battle for the
fi rst couple of minutes. The
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teams traded the lead six times
before the Saxons went on an
11-0 run that included a trio
of treys.
The Celts were able to
staunch the bleeding as they
settled into a rhythm. Mc-
Nary dominated scoring in
the last four minutes of the
period, but were only able to
close the gap to 23-16 by the
buzzer.
McNary made the most
of rebounds and a couple of
steals in the second quarter to
cut South lead to as little as
four points. The teams went
to the locker room with a
score of 33-27, South still in
the lead.
After the break, South
spent the next eight minutes
driving nails into the Celtic
coffi n. McNary scored only
four goals in the third frame
while the Saxons put up 19
points. The Celtic’s offense
showed more life in the fourth
frame, but it was too little too
late, leading to the 71-58 fi nal.
Kirch said he spent the
weekend trying to fi gure out
a defensive plan for a team
that hit 12 of 15 three-point
goals.
McNary’s path to South
Salem led them through Tu-
alatin three days prior. In that
game, the lead passed back
and forth throughout the fi rst
period, ending in a 14-14 tie
to start the second frame.
The Celts were kept alive
through the fi rst 12 minutes
of the game by three three-
point goals by junior Adam
Harvey.
“Adam really stepped up in
the second half of the season
giving us another offensive
threat. Matthew (Ismay) did
a great job of battling inside
during the Tualatin game,”
Kirch said.
Tualatin had a three-point
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McNary’s Trent Van Cleave cuts in front of the rim and makes a
leaping shot in the game with Tualatin High School.
lead going into the fi nal two
minutes of the half, but a steal
and dunk by senior Harry
Cavell put the score at 24-23.
A bucket by Cade Goff gave
McNary a one-point lead and
Cavell sunk another shot and
hit one from the foul line to
put the score at 28-24 Mc-
Nary going into halftime.
After three quarters, the
game was still neck-and-neck
with the Celtics up 36-35. Tu-
alatin made a small 6-0 run to
start the fourth quarter. Celt
Easton Neitzel scored cut the
Timberwolves lead to three
points. Harvey put in the next
shot to make the score 41-40.
With 30 seconds left in the
game, Tualatin drained two
shots from the foul line and
got a third chance after Mc-
Nary intentionally fouled to
stop the clock.
Tualtin’s last shot missed
and Cavell grabbed the re-
bound. He took the ball back
up the court and hesitated a
split second at the arc before
driving to the rim and putting
up the ball. It bobbled around
the edges of the rim before
falling true for the 44-43 fi nal
with 4.2 seconds remaining.
“Their whole game plan
was to take Harry out of the
game, but he was able to bat-
tle through it and we knew all
along our plan was to put the
ball in his hands at the end of
the game and hope for a play,”
Kirch said.
With the season over,
Kirch said he’s excited about
where the program goes from
here after back-to-back 20-
win seasons and three years
running as the state champs
in tems of academic achieve-
ment.
“Losing the player of the
year (Cavell) and a three-year
starter at point guard (Trent
Van Cleave) is going to be
something to deal with, but
guys will have to step up in
different roles,” Kirch said.
“Our freshman class is very
deep, the junior class is deep,
the sophomore class has a
handful that are very talented
and the current players now
expect to win no matter who
they play or where they play
or when they play. They’re
instilling that in the younger
players.”
For the graduating players,
Kirch said he has high hopes
for their futures on and off
the court.
“I’m proud of them as
people and I have no doubt
these guys will be successful
in their lives and as leaders
wherever they go,” Kirch said.
Crusaders
deny Lady
Celts with
53-32 win
The McNary High School
girls varsity basketball team
lost its fi rst game of the state
tournament to Jesuit High
School 53-32.
The loss meant Mc-
Nary would face the loser
of a game between Oregon
City and South Salem high
schools at the Chiles Cen-
ter Thursday, March 10, past
press time.
Jesuit had control of the
game from the start and ran
up a 19-9 lead after the fi rst
period. The score was 34-17
at halftime.
The Lady Celts cut into
the spread in the third period
and went in the fourth frame
42-29.
A win in the Thursday
game, would set up McNary
to play again Saturday, March
11 at 9 a.m.