PAGE A12, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Whiteaker, Claggett Creek win before rivalry game
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Both
Whiteaker
and
Claggett Creek middle schools
won their fi nal varsity football
games before meeting each
other under the bright lights
of McNary High School on
Wednesday, Nov. 2.
Whiteaker
dominated
Houck 40-0 on Thursday, Oct.
27.
The Wolverines racked up
over 300 yards of total offense
but head coach Tom Larimer
said the tone was set by the
defense, led by defensive end
Griffi n Hubbard, who had fi ve
tackles for loss, recovered two
fumbles, blocked a punt and
recorded a safety.
“That was probably the sin-
gle most dominant defensive
performance by any kid I’ve
every coached,” Larimer said.
“Griffi n is a relentless worker
with a great attitude and it was
fun to see him play at that level.
He sure has a bright future at
McNary.”
Matt Mehlhoff also had fi ve
tackles for loss, while Noah
Unwin had eight total tackles.
WMS received the opening
kickoff and, after a methodical
drive, scored on the fi rst of Ian
Martin’s two rushing touch-
downs. Martin rushed for 146
yards and also threw a touch-
down pass to Rian Canini.
The Wolverines also got
a rushing touchdown from
Quentin Camenisch, as well as
one from Hubbard to cap off
his banner performance on the
night.
Whiteaker’s defensive line
continually disrupted Houck
in its own backfi eld, as Houck
only managed to cross the 50-
yard line only once in the en-
tire game.
Larimer noted defensive
ends Hubbard and Coleman
Young have been the team
leaders all season.
“We almost never blitz and
at any level of football, if you
can make plays behind the line
without even needing to blitz,
your defensive linemen are do-
ing things right,” Larimer said.
Claggett Creek defeated
Straub 26-13 on Wednesday,
Oct. 26.
Playing in the mud, the
Panthers did most of their
damage on the ground. Ethan
Martin accounted for two
touchdowns while Elijha De-
vourseny and quarterback Jack
McCarty each scored one.
CCMS coach Aaron Carr
noted the Panthers offensive
line blocked better than it had
all year and McCarty threw the
ball well considering the play-
ing conditions.
“It was a mud bowl to say
the least,” Carr said. “There
was standing water all over
the fi eld and once we starting
playing it all turned to soupy
mud. They kids all had a fan-
tastic time playing in the mud.”
Jose Delgado led the de-
fense, making several tackles
for loss.
“Straub has improved on
both offense and defense since
we played them earlier in the
season,” Carr said. “Every time
we play them I feel like it could
go either way. They are always
a very physical team and always
very well coached.”
FINALLY,
continued from Page 10
er, who suffered a head injury
midway through the second
quarter.
Isaiah Rhodes, a senior
who transferred to McNary
in the middle of the season
from Pennsylvania, stepped up
on defense.
“He’s worked hard to make
us better and it helped us to-
night, that’s for sure,” Auvinen
said.
Johnk got more carries on
offense. His biggest came after
Gilbert got the Celtics within
32-25 on a 2-yard touchdown
run with 2:20 remaining in
the third quarter. Behind a
block from Van Voorhis, Johnk
got to the sideline and raced
53 yards into the end zone.
“Brendan Van Voorhis
made a great block to help
me out on the outside and I
was just free,” Johnk said. “We
really wanted this badly. Lucas
is great. We all trust each oth-
er to make plays and get the
job done. Our offense doesn’t
change on who goes in. We
can all do the same stuff, just
have to be ready.”
Having already missed
two extra points and a third
blocked, Auvinen decided to
go for two and Marc Baiza
bulldozed his way into the
end zone to put McNary
ahead 33-32 late in the third
quarter.
The rest was up to the
Celtic defense, which forced
a punt and then turned West
Salem over on downs twice in
the fourth quarter to seal the
victory.
“I knew the whole time
we were going to get it,”
Barker said. “I didn’t let doubt
come into my mind one bit.
I gave it everything I had.
We all did. It was all around
a fantastic effort and that’s
what you’ve got to do to beat
a team like this. I give all the
credit to West. They’re a great
team but tonight we showed
we’re better.”
Gilbert threw for 163 yards
and rushed for 80. Johnk had
135 yards on the ground. Van
Voorhis caught four passes for
102 yards.
“These kids just keep bat-
tling and playing,” Auvinen
said. “It’s fun to watch them
compete.”
TIGARD,
continued from Page 10
only loss coming on Oct. 21
against North Medford.
“We showed everybody
that last week (Oct. 21) was
for sure a fl uke,” McNary se-
nior Kolby Barker said. “This
is the Celtics that we really
are and we’re gonna go into
the playoffs strong and we’re
going to do like this every
week.”
Kickoff is scheduled for 7
p.m. at Tigard.
The goal-line stand was a
sign of things to come as Mc-
Nary held West Salem score-
less for the rest of the night.
“That was huge for us,”
Auvinen said. “We collect-
ed ourselves and then made
some adjustments as far as
coverage goes as far as our
pressure package goes. We just
played harder. Put Kolby in
the quarterback’s (Oliver) face
on his preferred side and that
seemed to work really well.”
The Celtics also had to play
the entire second half without
Lucas Garvey, the team’s best
cornerback and leading rush-
“Their running backs
(Ryan Minniti, Jash Allen,
Spencer Smith) are really
good.”
On defense, Auvinen sees
an athletic and aggressive
group of linebackers.
“Offensively, we’ll keep
them off balance,” Auvinen
said. “They play hard but I
think they play very aggres-
sively so I think we can ex-
pose some things.”
McNary fi nished the reg-
ular season 6-3, winning fi ve
of its last six games with the
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