PAGE A12, KEIZERTIMES, OCTOBER 21, 2016
TAME,
continued from Page 10
47 yards before the Celtics at-
tempted their fi rst pass—a 10-
yard completion to Brayden
Ebbs on fourth-and-6 from
the West Albany 16-yard line
to set up fi rst-and-goal.
“We knew it was going to
rain so we were going to have
to run the ball,” said Garvey,
who fi nished with 110 yards
on 29 carries. “Our line came
out and opened up holes and
we just pounded through
them.
After two more runs for lit-
tle gain, Gilbert found Benson
in the end zone for a 9-yard
touchdown to give McNary a
7-0 lead with 6:18 remaining
in the fi rst quarter.
“That was great to see,”
Auvinen said of Benson’s three
touchdown game. “He’s been
a kid that’s done everything
we’ve asked of him. He does
the dirty work. He catches the
ball inside. He gets the fi rst
down. For him to step in and
catch some touchdowns today
was awesome.”
The Bulldogs then made
their fi rst big mistake—trying
to throw the ball in Garvey’s
direction, which resulted in
the fi rst-year McNary cor-
nerback grabbing his team-
leading sixth interception of
the season.
“We can put (Garvey) any-
where we want and he’s go-
ing to go up and get the ball,”
Auvinen said. “He’s very good
at high pointing the ball and
has a very good instinct. You
can see he’s played a lot of
basketball. He knows how to
use his body. He can be on an
island. He’s a tough kid. He
can tackle. He’s smart. I can’t
say enough good things about
that kid. He’s got great char-
acter. It’s nice to be able to say
‘Lucas you take their best guy
right here and we’ll play 10-
on-10 and you just do your
thing.’”
Taking advantage of the
turnover, Gilbert connected
with Benson for a 6-yard
score to extend McNary’s lead
to 14-0 with 4:04 remaining
in the fi rst quarter.
Barker then recovered a
West Albany fumble. Howev-
er, the Celtics weren’t able to
convert the second turnover
into any points as A.J. Johnk’s
26-yard fi eld goal was blocked.
Late in the fi rst quarter, the
Bulldog offense began fi nding
running room. But McNary’s
defense stood tall, twice stop-
ping West Albany from inside
the 1-yard line. However, the
Bulldogs were able to score
their only touchdown on the
fi rst play of the second quarter
to get within 14-7.
Johnk had another shot at
a fi eld goal but his 40-yard at-
tempt missed short.
McNary Varsity Football (5-2)
SEASON STATS
PASSING
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
C/ATT
95/175
TD
18
CARRIES
Lucas Garvey
92
Josiah Gilbert
88
Marc Baiza
61
Xavier Martinez
25
AJ Johnk
16
Brendan Van Voorhis
11
YARDS
448
410
192
92
80
68
TD
2
5
2
1
0
0
RECEIVING
REC
21
31
9
8
6
2
YARDS
619
293
123
117
63
16
TD
11
4
0
1
1
1
PATs
21/22
FG
3/6
LONG
35 yds
RUSHING
Brendan Van Voorhis
Josh Benson
Lucas Garvey
Jonathan Williams
Kyle McCallister
Xavier Martinez
KICKING
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
AJ Johnk
INT
8
McNary linebacker Kolby Barker celebrates after recovering a
West Albany fumble.
After the McNary defense
got another stop, the offense
was able to run out the fi nal
three minutes of the fi rst half
with a 12-play scoring drive,
capped off by a 3-yard touch-
down pass from Gilbert to
Benson with only 11 seconds
remaining.
The Celtics hardly had the
ball in the third quarter. After
both teams went three-and-
out to begin the second half,
West Albany ran 13 plays be-
fore turning the ball over on
downs at the McNary 37.
Garvey then fumbled, giv-
ing the ball right back to the
Bulldogs.
West Albany appeared
as if it would strike off the
turnover immediately but a
streaking wide open receiver
dropped a pass and the Bull-
dogs were also penalized for
an illegal man down fi eld.
West Albany ran seven
more plays to set up a fourth-
and-2 from the Celtic 21-yard
line with 1:44 remaining in
the third quarter. The Mc-
Nary defense then tackled a
ball carrier after a 1-yard gain
and the Bulldogs again turned
the ball over on downs.
“The kids executed really
well and played really hard,”
Auvinen said. “We tackled
better today. We got through
blocks better today. I’ve very,
very pleased with our defense.
They just kept battling.”
As the rain fell harder,
both teams struggled to move
the ball in the fourth quarter
but McNary was able to do
enough to fl ip fi eld position
and add a 3-yard touchdown
ence) championship two years
ago with them as sophomores.
They have put the bar pretty
high.”
McNary’s future is also
Sophomore Sebastian Lo- bright.
pez had a shutout until North
In a 3-0 win over Central
Salem scored its only goal with on Friday, Oct. 14, sophomore
9:18 remaining in the game. Q Gamble and freshman Jack
Junior Hunter Miller then Baez scored. Villalvazo had the
entered and had two saves to third goal.
hold off the Vikings.
With the two wins, the
Senior night isn’t easy for Celtics improved to 5-5-3
head coach Miguel Camarena, overall and 29 th in the OSAA
who hugged each parent as power rankings.
the seniors were honored at
MHS girls
halftime.
Playing on the road, the
“This is not just soccer,” Lady Celts also topped North
Camarena said. “You see the
kids everyday in the school.
For me to see these kids, ready
to graduate and playing the
game that changed their lives,
it’s something special. We won
the (Greater Valley Confer-
Salem on Tuesday, winning
3-0.
All three of McNary’s goals
came in the second half.
Senior Kayla Evans scored
from outside the box in the
lower left corner in the 55th
minute and then again in the
upper right corner in the 61st
minute.
The Lady Celts fi nal goal
came in the 71st minute when
freshman Julie Dieker earned
a penalty kick, which senior
Isabella Heath converted.
With the win, McNary im-
proved to 7-4-2 and jumped
to 33rd in the OSAA rankings.
SENIORS,
continued from Page 10
Luis Lopez scored a goal and had an assist Tuesday, Oct. 18
against North Salem.
YARDS
1384
Josiah Gilbert
by Gilbert on the ground with
only 2:13 remaining.
Gilbert fi nished with 119
yards passing and 70 rushing.
Garvey caught four passes for
54 yards.
“We had 11 guys on both
sides of the ball and special
teams doing their job, mak-
ing plays and just fi red up,”
Auvinen said. “They were
excited. We are getting better
and better. If we can ride this
and keep it going, I think we’ll
be in great shape. Hopefully
we can ride the momentum.”
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