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McNaly lineman Kolby Balkel goes thlough a tackling dlill duling spling football plactice.
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“Our quarterbacks have to
do a better job of their pre-
snap reads,” Coach Emmert
said. “I’m really excited. Both
quarterbacks who are com-
peting for the varsity starting
position are highly intellectual,
they know the game, however
they are just inexperienced at
this level. It will be exciting to
see how the summer works
out, and who decides to take
the lead.
With lack of experience in
his program Auvinen is really
trying to focus on the devel-
opment of his players. This
year he took it one step fur-
ther and brought in some new
faces.
“We brought the incoming
ninth graders [to camp] this
year,” Auvinen said, “They are
pretty excited about being a
part of camp, and we are see-
ing all kinds of growth from
them.”
Both coaches are looking
forward to the exciting sum-
mer with the incoming ath-
letes and the young returners
with a little more experience
under their belt.
“Football is still football,”
Emmert said, “Coaches do a
good job at this level of mak-
ing adjustments and showing
you different looks, and we
have to do the same.”
“I really liked it, liked the
guys, liked the campus, liked
the coaches,” Cavell said. “All
the people I talked to and
the places I visited, they were
good people, good coaches,
good schools, but they just
didn’t fi t me as well as Seattle
Pacifi c.”
Cavell also wanted to go
somewhere he could develop
with the goal of playing pro-
fessionally.
“I want to improve and
hopefully play pro one day,
whether it’s here or in Europe
or wherever overseas,” he said.
At MHS, Cavell was on
the Greater Valley Conference
First Team the past two sea-
sons and named GVC Player
of the Year this season after av-
eraging more than 15 points,
seven rebounds, three assists
and two steals per game.
“Really, it’s a testament to
my team and my coaches that
put me in that position to be
able to show what I can do,”
Cavell said. “It was really a
tight community and I had
strong relationships with my
teammates and coaches. I just
enjoyed my overall whole ex-
perience here.”
The Celtics fi nished the
2015-16 season 21-5 and ad-
vanced to the state playoffs,
where Cavell hit the game-
winning shot with 4.2 seconds
remaining to edge Tualatin
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McNaly seniol Hally Cavell has committed to play his college
basketball at Seattle Pacifi c Univelsity.
44-43 in the fi rst round.
“Harry has been a tremen-
dous member of our program
over the last two seasons,”
MHS coach Ryan Kirch said.
“He is very uniquely gifted
with both his skill and men-
tal understanding of the game.
The last two seasons have
been the best back-to-back
seasons in school history, and
he has obviously been in-
fl uential in our success. Not
only is he great on the fl oor,
but also in the classroom. He
represents everything that we
Going,
going,
gone
want a member of our pro-
gram to represent. We couldn’t
be happier about his decision
to commit to Seattle Pacifi c. I
think it will be a great fi t for
him both athletically and aca-
demically.”
SPU is Division II and
plays in the Great Northwest
Athletic Conference.
“I’ve taken care of business
in the classroom,” Cavell said.
“My parents raised me right.
I feel really blessed to have
this opportunity to chase my
dream. I’m really excited.”
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