JUNE 3, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
Softball team ends season in playoffs
By TIM HAYS
Of the Keizertimes
McNary High School soft-
ball ended its season Monday,
May 23, in a 4-1 loss to No.
3-ranked North Medford
High School in the fi rst round
of the playoffs.
It was a hard fought bat-
tle from both teams, but the
Black Tornadoes outlasted the
Celtics.
The season didn’t go as
planned for the Celtics. They
ended 12-15 (10-6) and with
a fourth place fi nish in the
Greater Valley Conference.
With only two seniors on
the team, Madi Oliver and
Kinsey McNaught, Head
Coach Kevin Wise saw a lot
of growth from his players this
season. “We teach and develop
consistency. We try and know
(as coaches) what to expect.
The seniors have played a
huge part in our program, and
they did a great job leading
this year.”
Both McNaught and Oli-
ver entered McNary the same
season that Wise was hired.
Both being four-year varsi-
ty starters, each one benefi ted
and grew from each other.
“I think Wise has also
grown as a coach,” Oliver said,
“We’ve helped each other
grow. Throughout this spring
season he pushed us to be bet-
ter and he’s learned a lot more
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
McNary’s Kinsey McNaught lines up a hit in a game earlier this season. McNaught was a fi rst
team outfi eld selection in the Great Valley Conference in 2016.
throughout these [four] years.
That has a lot to do with our
success.”
The fi rst two seasons for
Wise weren’t going the way
he wanted and he had to
change a few things. Oliver
and McNaught were both in-
volved in those changes.
“We changed a lot of what
we were doing. We made
some new rules and every
year we continued to grow
and develop our players to be
more consistent in what they
were doing. Having Madi and
Kinsey there for four years
defi nitely helped us stay con-
sistent. They do both things
well,” Wise said. “They were
students and then athletes.
Both are high-GPA students
who are going on to play col-
lege ball. These are the kinds
of kids you are looking for in
your program, because they
set a good example on and off
the fi eld.”
“It’s bittersweet,” Oliver
said. “This place has been my
home for four years and you
get comfortable and you like
it. It is a sad thing, but it’s also
been exciting because it is one
step closer to the next chapter
in my life.”
Oliver will be attending
college at Concordia Univer-
sity in the fall, and McNaught
will attend Whitworth Uni-
versity. Both will be playing
softball.
The Lady Celts earned six
All-GVC honors in 2016. Mc-
Naught, Faith Danner, Nadia
Witt, and Emma Kinler were
named to the fi rst team. Oliver
and Haley Ebner were named
to the second team. Honorable
mentions went to Nicole Du-
ran and Hannah Carr.
BONN: ‘It’s an amazing school.
It wasn’t an easy choice.’
Bonn said. “It wasn’t an easy
choice.”
Bonn will graduate from
McNary with a 3.9 GPA and,
thanks to academic scholar-
ships, Willamette was one of the
cheaper options. He’ll owe just
$7,000 of the yearly $46, 900
tuition.
The university is also less than
half a mile from his church—Sa-
lem First Presbyterian.
“I’m familiar with the area
and it might bring me closer
to God, which would be really
cool to do going into my col-
lege years,” Bonn said.
A Division III program,
Willamette has played foot-
ball since 1894. The Bearcats
are currently in the Northwest
Conference. Bonn has circled at
least one game on their sched-
ule—a home contest on Nov.
12 to close the season against
George Fox.
That’s where his best friend,
fellow McNary senior Hayden
Sader, has decided to play.
“I’ve known him since we
were two and we’ve been in-
separable throughout all these
sports things,” Bonn said. “I’ll
play against him, which will be
fun.”
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“You’re defending your quar-
terback, which is the head hon-
cho of the family with your
brothers right next to you on
the line, and accomplishing
something. The satisfaction you
get out of that is monumental.”
Bonn will miss his McNary
family but he’s looking forward
to joining his new one at Wil-
lamette.
He chose the Bearcats over
opportunities at Lewis and
Clark and George Fox.
“It’s an amazing school,”
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during a race.
“The body can do more
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Some runners hit the
Marathon Wall in which their
body, though well-trained,
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fi nish. “He went down, a sec-
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STRAND,
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She started contacting col-
leges, sending out fi lm and
then making visits to the
ones that showed an interest.
By the end of it all, she had a
handful of colleges “dying for
her services,” Handley said.
“A lot of the puzzle pieces
just started coming together
and it seemed like Minot was
the school for me,” Strand
said.
In the last 13 games of
Strand’s senior season, she av-
eraged nearly 15 points and
10 rebounds per game, and
runner came to their aid, and
the two runners picked up
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between them, and all three
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Though it was hot at the
start of the race, Boston is sea
town and cold air was blow-
ing in from the ocean. “We
had a headwind the whole
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Runners have access to
water throughout the race,
and stop to use portable toi-
lets along the route when na-
ture calls.
“It’s all worth it,” Nutt-
brock said of the experience.
He even set new records for
himself: he had his slowest
marathon time ever and his
fastest Boston Marathon time
ever.
That’s not bad, even if you
come in 22,450th.
the team fi nished fourth in
the state.
She expects to be playing
the Beavers’ power forward
position primarily with occa-
sional stints at center.
“I’m really excited for a
whole brand new experience.
I’m not quite used to cold,
snowy weather, but overall
I’m really looking forward to
building some life character,”
Strand said.
Strand’s college choice
makes for a 2016 trifecta in
the Celtic program. All three
seniors on the 2015-16 team
are committed to playing for
Division II colleges and uni-
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