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OCTOBER 14, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11 Celtics blown out by McKay McNary falters at home By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary volleyball coach Bruce Myers was at a loss for words after a 3-1 loss to West Albany at home on Thursday, Oct. 6. One word he could come up with was “frustrated.” After winning the first set 25-20 but narrowly dropping the second 22-25, the Lady Celts were dominated by the visiting Bulldogs in the third and fourth games, 25-14 and 25-13 to clinch the match. “We just lost it and we couldn’t get it back,” Myers said. “They didn’t do anything differently. Our serve receive just went in the tank and when that happens you’re in scramble mode instead of at- tack mode. We just couldn’t pass the ball. In the first set we were passing great.” The first game had four lead changes and five ties be- fore McNary scored the last five points, which included an ace by Sofia Zielinski and a kill by Sydney Hunter, to put away West Albany. The second set was again back and forth. But tied 21- 21, the Bulldogs won four of the next five points to even the match, and the Lady Celts were never the same. SHOCK, continued from Page 10 Williams, who also had a 41- yard catch on the winning drive, stepped up and made a big play. “Johnny is a playmaker,” Auvinen said. “He does it in practice. We’ve been waiting for him to step up at game time. He picked a good time to do it.” KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary sophomore Kara Thomas digs the ball during the irst set of the Lady Celts 3-1 loss to West Albany. “We were right there,” My- ers said. “Unfortunately, we just went into one of those funks.” McNary wasn’t at full strength. Jaylene Montano, senior libero, was out after rolling her ankle, and Sam Van Voorhis, junior setter, also missed the match with a back injury. Valerie Diede, a junior outside hitter, then exited in the third set with a pulled groin. In their absence, Katelyn Kolb got the start at setter and finished with 23 assists and seven digs. At libero, Sophia Salinas led the team with 13 digs and three aces. Hunter had 15 kills, 12 digs and two blocks. Shaylee Wil- liams was second on the team with six kills and added seven digs and two blocks. Gabby Shepherd also chipped in with seven digs and three aces. The Lady Celts defeated Forest Grove 3-0 (25-17, 25- 18, 25-20) earlier in the day. Williams led the McNary attack with 17 kills. Hunter had 10 kills and six blocks. Kolb had 28 assists and three aces. Salinas chipped in with nine digs. Diede had five kills. The Lady Celts fell at Sprague 3-0 on Monday, Oct. 10. After narrow 21-25 and 26-28 losses, the third set wasn’t as close as the Olym- pians convincingly put away McNary 25-11. Hunter had 11 kills and seven digs in the loss. Williams had seven kills. With 1:09 remaining, Mc- Minnville had a chance to tie the game or even take the lead. But after getting into Celtic territory, quarterback Wy- att Smith, being pressured by linebacker Kolby Barker and safety Junior Walling, threw an interception to Van Voorhis at the McNary 17-yard line. “We got good penetra- tion on that play,” Van Voorhis said. “Honestly, I give credit on that interception to the D-line. They forced the ball to come out quicker. He’s a good quarterback. If he wasn’t forced to get the ball out quicker, it would prob- ably be on the money and it would have been a harder play. At first I was going to try to break up the pass and then I got a pretty good jump on it and I just laid out for it and got the ball in my hands.” The interception wasn’t Van Voorhis first game-chang- ing play of the night. After the Grizzlies expand- ed their lead to 20-7 with 5:14 remaining in the second quar- ter, McNary answered with a 10-play, 89-yard drive, capped By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary head coach Miguel Camarena played ev- eryone on his roster, including all three goalkeepers, trying to find an answer for slowing down McKay. There wasn’t one as the Celtics fell 8-0 on Monday, Oct. 10 at home in their most lopsided loss in the last three seasons. “I can’t really explain what happened tonight,” Camarena said. “We’ll learn from this. We have to work because it’s not normal to allow this many goals. We’ll have to figure it out. We’re still making mis- takes. It’s my job to fix it.” The Scots scored three goals in the first 20 minutes before senior Javier Zepeda put McNary’s first shot on goal, which was easily saved by the McKay goalkeeper. The Celtics best chance to get back in the game came on two corner kicks in the 25 th minute. The first, a shot by Bhavdeep Bains was saved. McKay was able to clear the second before a scoring op- portunity materialized. McNary senior Gustavo Villalvazo then rocketed a free kick well over the goal as time ran out in the first half and the Celtics went into intermission down 3-0. McNary junior Hunter Miller began the second half at goalkeeper, replacing starter Sebastian Lopez. After neither team scored in the first 19 minutes, McKay was sparked by a penalty kick to expand its lead to 4-0. The Scots added another goal less than a minute later and then scored its sixth goal with 12:12 remaining in the match. Jose Abundiz replaced Mill- er at keeper and McKay went up 7-0 in the 69 th minute. With 2:14 left to play, Zepeda picked up a red card and with McNary forced the play a man down, the Scots quickly scored their final goal of the night. The Celtics were also shut out at McMinnville 4-0 on Thursday, Oct. 6 and enter the last week of the regular season 2-3-1 in league play. McNary hosts North Sa- lem Tuesday, Oct. 18 and then travels to South Salem Thurs- day, Oct. 20. “The good news is we have a bye week so that will help us to regroup,” Camarena said. “We’ll see what happens.” off by an 19-yard touchdown run by Lucas Garvey. Van Voorhis intercepted Smith with 53 seconds to go in the first half and then caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Gilbert with 12 seconds remaining to tie the game. After missing the extra point, the Celtics took their first lead, 23-20, on a 34-yard field goal by A.J. Johnk with 9:49 remaining in the third quarter. However, McMin- nville didn’t stay down long as Smith connected with Brad Hessel for an 11-yard touch- down four minutes later. The Grizzlies missed a 38- yard field goal early in the fourth quarter and on fourth- and-8 at the McNary 42-yard line with 3:13 left to play, de- cided to punt. After a touchback, the Celtics got inside McMin- nville’s 15-yard line on a de- fensive pass interference pen- alty followed by the 41-yard catch by Williams. However, a face mask penalty and then drops by Van Voorhis and Gar- vey forced the fourth-and-25. McMinnville running back Cedric Agcaoli-Ostrom rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns but did most of his damage in the first half. “He’s a stud,” Auvinen said of Agcaoli-Ostrom. “We made some adjustments. The kids got their shoulder pad down a little bit and started getting through a few blocks. It was a gutsy team effort. We had some kids at the D-line level step up. We had some line- backers step up. I’m so proud of them. It’s a team that just doesn’t give up. They keep fighting and battling. We’ve just got to keep doing that.” Xavier Martinez also caught a 14-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter of the McNary victory. KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary freshman Luis Lopez ights for posession during an 8-0 loss to McKay on Monday, Oct. 10.
