SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
Whiteaker continues winning streak
Claggett
falls to
Judson
The Whiteaker Middle
School varsity football team
moved to 2-0 Thursday, Sept.
22 with a 14-0 win over Leslie
WMS was led by quarter-
back Rian Canini’s 10 of 15
passing for 172 yards and a
touchdown.
Slot receiver Cameron
Parks had six catches for 122
yards and Ian Martin led all
rushers with 10 carries for 88
yards and a touchdown.
On its opening possession,
Leslie moved the ball effec-
tively before a Griffi n Hub-
bard sack—his fi rst of his
three on the night—forced a
Leslie punt near midfi eld, and
the booming punt rolled dead
on the Whiteaker 2-yard line.
It took the Wolverines just
seven plays to go 98 yards for
the score, with Canini con-
necting with Nate Meithof
from 24 yards out to put
WMS up 6-0. Martin added
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Left: Claggett Creek quarterback Jack McCarty threw two touchdowns against Judson. Right: Whiteaker running back Cy Schmaltz stiff-arms a defender.
a short second quarter touch-
down run to end the scoring.
Whiteaker continued to
move the ball well in the sec-
ond half but saw promising
drives end without points.
Head Coach Tom Larimer
was quick to credit Leslie
coach Kevin Scharer with
good halftime adjustments to
limit the the WMS offense in
the second half.
Larimer added his offen-
sive line was vastly improved
over week one.
“Our starting O-line
(Noah Cervantes, Hubbard,
Eric Sorenson, Coleman
Young, Matt Mehlhoff and
TE Brady Jackson) lacks ex-
perience, but Coach (Zach-
ary) Drake and Coach (An-
gel) Ochoa are doing a great
job with them,” he said. “I
think we have a chance to be
real good up front before too
long.”
Offensive
Coordina-
tor Marcus Larimer claimed
similar improvement in the
Whiteaker passing game.
“Canini, Parks and Meithof
all had really good games, and
they will only get better over
time in our system,” he said.
The defense was led by
Hubbard and Young, who
combined for eight tackles for
loss.
“Those two are relentless,”
said Ochoa. “They are my
max effort guys up front.”
Tom Larimer also praised
linebackers Cy Schmaltz, Ben
Roth, and Isaac Evarts for
their strong play, as well as de-
fensive linemen Hunter Zim-
merman and Justin Liene-
mann.
“Many of our kids are re-
ally undersized and many are
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he said.
The Wolverines’ secondary
almost completely shut down
Leslie’s passing game, led by
cornerbacks Ethan Schurr and
Quentin Camenisch, who had
four pass breakups and an in-
terception.
Claggett Creek nearly got
its fi rst win of the season,
XC teams have
best times
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
On its home course,
McNary’s cross country team
had its fastest meet of the season.
Competing against Forest
Grove and West Albany, Kailey
Doutt won the varsity girls
race, fi nishing in a season best
19:36 at Keizer Rapids Park on
Wednesday, Sept. 21.
Emma Garland ran a personal
record 20:53 to place seventh.
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falling to Judson 16-14 on
Wednesday, Sept. 21.
Quarterback Jack Mc-
Carty threw two touchdown
passes—an 80-yard bomb to
Ethan Martin and a 15-yard
strike to Elijah Devoursney.
“Overall it was a much
better game and the kids are
getting better every week,”
Claggett Creek coach Aaron
Carr said.
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Madeline
Bielby
(24:15),
Makayla Long (24:21), Duyen
Barr (25:43) and Sabella Alfaro
(25:50) also all ran either
personal or season best times for
the Lady Celts.
With two girls, Hannah
Aguirre (19:54) and Hannah
Berdahl (19:55), in the top
three, Forest Grove (31) fi nished
at the top of the team standings,
followed by West Albany (42)
and McNary (60).
Jonas Honeyman crushed his
PR by more than 25 seconds,
fi nishing 16th in 18:40 to lead
the McNary boys. Brock Wyer
(19:36), Tyler Dougall (19:46),
Samuel Hernandez (19:46) and
Noah Egli (19:51) all also had
either personal or season best
results.
Led by Riley Stewart (16:40),
Hyrum Hanson (16:58.2) and
MacKenzie Norman (16:58.6),
Forest Grove (16) easily won
the boys race, followed by West
Albany (59) and McNary (65).
McNary also competed in
the Meriwether National Cross
Country Classic in Hillsboro on
Friday, Sept. 23.
Doutt fi nished 20th in 19:57
out of 120 runners. Garland
placed 53rd in 21:20.
Ginger
Murnieks,
of
Sprague, won the girls race in
17:41 and Kaylee Mitchell took
third in 18:34.
As a team, the Lady
Olympians fi nished second to
Tualatin.
Central Catholic won the
varsity boys race.
Honeyman nearly matched
his PR, fi nishing in 18:41 to
place 98th out of 149 runners.
Next up, McNary is running
in the Harrier Classic Saturday,
Oct. 1 at Bryant Park in Albany.