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Lady Celts win Westview tournament
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary was the best of
16 volleyball teams, winning
a tournament played Satur-
day, Oct. 1 at Westview High
School in Portland.
“We played well,” Lady
Celts coach Bruce Myers said.
“We didn’t play down to the
competition. We got better as
a team. Overall, defense was
much better than it’s been and
our serving has improved dra-
matically.”
MHS started out by go-
ing 4-2 in pool play and then
dominated Benson 2-0 (25-
5, 25-6) in the fi rst round of
the bracket. The Lady Celts
topped South Albany 2-1 (25-
16, 22-25, 15-3) in the semi-
fi nals.
“We got on a roll,” My-
ers said. “Everything was fall-
ing right in place. They made
a couple of mistakes and we
capitalized. We stayed assertive.
We didn’t back off and kept
pressuring them.”
McNary defeated Tigard
2-0 (25-21, 25-15) in the
championship game.
“They’re (Tigard) a solid
team,” Myers said. “They
didn’t have any one solid
player but were somewhat
balanced. We were just consis-
tent all day. If we stay focused
on our side of the net, good
things are going to happen.”
In Greater Valley Confer-
ence play, the Lady Celts de-
feated North Salem 3-1 (25-
16, 20-25, 25-16, 25-8) on
Tuesday, Oct. 4.
Sydney Hunter had 20 of
the team’s 35 kills as well as
three aces and nine digs.
Shaylee Williams added
eight kills.
Katelyn Kolb led McNary
with 20 assists. Haley Debban
had eight digs and four aces.
The Lady Celts play at
Sprague Monday, Oct. 10.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Whiteaker quarterback Rian
Canini threw a 43-yard touch-
down pass against Straub.
Whiteaker
remains
unbeaten
Submitted
McNary’s varsity volleyball team defeated Tigard 2-0 Saturday, Oct. 1 to win a 16-team tournament
played at Westview High School in Portland.
McNary shuts out Vikings
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
McNary whipped Forest
Grove 24-0 at home Friday,
Sept. 30, improving to 3-2 and
leaving the Vikings winless.
Josiah Gilbert was the Celt-
ics’ star, scoring two rush-
ing touchdowns, throwing a
touchdown, and intercepting
a pass. AJ Johnk kicked a 21-
yard fi eld goal and three extra
points.
Johnk’s squib kickoff started
the game, and the Celtic de-
fense kept Forest Grove from
getting anywhere with the
ball. A punt from Cole Ham-
mond went out of bounds at
the Viking 44-yard line, and a
run by Brendan Van Voorhis
got McNary to the 35. Forest
Grove held the Celtics to no
gain on the next two plays, but
on fourth down quarterback
Josiah Gilbert ran to the right
all the way into the end zone.
Johnk’s kick gave the Celtics a
7-0 lead with 8:44 left in the
fi rst quarter.
Soon after the second
quarter started, Lucas Garvey
intercepted a Forest Grove
pass at the McNary 15.
A few plays later, the Vi-
kings got the ball back on a
fumble and had fi rst down
and goal to go at the Celtic 8.
Tackles by Kolby Barker and
Gilbert held the visitors, and
McNary had the ball back at
its 11-yard line.
Again the Celtic offense
faltered, with a pass from Ty-
ler Ellertson being picked off
by Chino Davis at the For-
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McNary junior Jose Solorio caught four passes for 48 yards Friday, Sept. 30 in a 24-0 win over Forest Grove.
est Grove 9. But the McNary
defense forced another punt.
This time, the Celts got some-
where. After a pass from Gil-
bert to Van Voorhis put the ball
on the Forest Grove 20 and
two short gains got the ball
to the 3, Gilbert ran up the
middle for McNary’s second
touchdown. Johnk kicked for
a 14-0 Celtic lead.
McNary got the ball back
quickly, with Gilbert inter-
cepting a pass and taking the
ball to the Forest Grove 4. The
Celtics soon found themselves
with fourth and goal at the 4,
and Johnk kicked his fi eld goal
in the closing seconds of the
Whiteaker Middle School’s
varsity football team stayed
unbeaten with an exciting 34-
28 win at Straub on Thursday,
Sept. 29.
After several big plays for
both teams, Whiteaker scored
with just seconds left in the
second quarter to send the
game into halftime tied at 20.
After some key defensive
adjustments and led by its
undersized offensive line, the
Wolverines came out strong
in the second half and built a
34-20 lead.
Straub had a chance to tie
the game in the fourth quarter
when it was driving and down
just one score, but White-
aker linebacker Rian Canini
caused a fumble that was re-
covered by cornerback Quen-
tin Camenisch.
WMS capitalized on the
turnover when on the ensuing
drive Martin punched it in
from one yard out to give the
Wolverines the 14 point lead
that held until Straub scored a
touchdown with just four sec-
onds left in the game to pro-
vide the fi nal margin.
Whiteaker rushed for 242
yards, led by Martin’s four
touchdowns.
Head Coach Tom Lar-
imer praised Martin’s effort
and toughness, saying “Ian
has been sore all week since
cramping up last week, and
we weren’t even sure until
warmups he could even play.
This was an example of a kid
giving every ounce of effort
he possibly can—and then
some—when his team needed
him most.”
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Boys soccer team tops
West Albany, Sprague
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s boys soccer team
got its fi rst Greater Valley
Conference win of the season,
knocking off West Albany 3-1
on Thursday, Sept. 29.
Switching formations and
playing an additional forward,
the Celtics scored all three of
their goals in the second half.
“It gave us more power up
front and that paid off,” Mc-
Nary coach Miguel Camarena
said. “The important thing for
us is to create opportunities,
which has been done. We’re
practicing daily the fi nishing
part and that paid off the last
game.”
The Celtics scored their
fi rst two goals off corner kicks.
Jesus Lopez headed in a Bryan
Keo corner in the 45th min-
ute.
Gustavo Villalvazo then
nearly headed in another cor-
ner kick just six minutes later
but a West Albany defender
was able to save it on the line.
However, Javier Zepeda was
there to fi nish.
McNary extended its lead
to 3-0 in the 70th minute
when Zepeda passed to Luis
Lopez, who then found the
bottom corner of the goal.
The Bulldogs scored their
only goal with about fi ve
minutes left to play.
The Celtics then defeated
Sprague 3-1 on Tuesday, Oct.
4.
Zepeda scored two goals
and Jack Baez had the third.
Michael Reyes, Jose Vazquez
and Q Gamble each had assists
in the victory.
Goalkeeper Sebastian Lo-
pez had three saves.
McNary’s defense has al-
lowed just two goals in its last
three conference games.
“That is what we’re look-
ing for, us not to allow goals
and us to create and score
goals,” Camarena said.
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McNary senior Kelsey Alvarez carries the ball during the fi rst half of the Powder Puff football
game played Wenesday, Sept. 28. Blocking is Brittany Brown. On defense is Lizzie Bry-
ant. The juniors defeated the seniors 42-34 in double overtime. The fundraiser made about
$5,000 for the McNary science and health departments.