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Celtics go down
in fi rst round
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
TIGARD—McNary had
shining moments in the fi rst
round of the OSAA football
playoffs.
But they all came early as
Tigard closed the fi rst half
with 35 unanswered points
and rolled to a 58-28 victory
over the Celtics on Friday,
Nov. 4.
The Tigers rushed for 235
yards and passed for 186 in the
fi rst half.
McNary fi nished the game
with 238 yards through the air
but only six on the ground.
“They came to play,” Mc-
Nary senior Josiah Gilbert said
of Tigard.
“They were more physical
than us. They stopped the run
game. We were taking a beat-
ing. That’s all in credit to them.
We played our hearts out. We
did what we could. They were
ready for us and knew what
they were going to do. They
were a big physical football
team with a big physical run-
ning game.”
The Tigers scored fi rst on
defense as Aksel Thorsfeldt in-
tercepted Gilbert deep in Mc-
Nary territory and returned it
for an easy touchdown to put
Tigard ahead 7-0 less than a
minute into the game.
But the Celtics quickly re-
covered.
On the 11th play of an 85-
yard scoring drive, Gilbert and
Brendan Van Voorhis connect-
ed for a 33-yard touchdown to
tie the game at 7-7 with 7:51
remaining in the fi rst quarter.
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McNaly sophomole Jacob Jackson had two catches fol 33 yalds in the Celtics’ 58-28 loss at
Tigald on Fliday, Nov. 4.
Gus, Sticky voted All-GVC First Team
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
When asked why they were
voted all-league First Team by
the Greater Valley Conference
coaches, McNary seniors Abi-
gail “Sticky” Smith and Gus-
tavo Villalvazo both pointed to
their teammates.
“It’s kind of hard for me to
believe I got First Team be-
cause I get so much help from
the people around me,” Smith
said. “Katelyn Tallon, she’s an
amazing stopper. She makes
my job easier on the fi eld. I
feel like part of me winning
First Team is a lot of the work
that she’s done on the fi eld as
well. And my outside defend-
ers really made me stand out.”
Tallon was an honorable
mention selection along with
Lady Celts Natalia Gonza-
lez, Abigail Hawley and Jessy
Shore. Kayla Evans was voted
on to the Second Team.
Villalvazo credited his
teammates for helping him
return from a torn ACL the
previous season.
“Honestly, I was scared,” he
said. “I’m one of those players
that usually goes all out but
not trying to hurt a person.
And this year pretty much the
whole time I was just thinking
about my knee and was pret-
ty slow out on the fi eld. The
guys always pushed me to my
limits in every practice, warm
ups, everyday. They made me a
better person inside and out-
side the fi eld. It was my goal
but it was also the team’s goal
to have people on the First
Team and with their help I got
there. Unfortunately, I was the
only one but I feel like other
players could have been there
as well.”
Bhavdeep Bains, Bryan
Keo, Jose Vasquez and Javier
Zepeda all made honorable
mention.
Both Smith and Villalvazo
said senior night was one of
their favorite memories of the
season.
On Oct. 20, the Lady Celts
tied South Salem 1-1 with a
goal by Hawley in the 67th
minute, which was enough to
get McNary a play-in game.
“When Abbie Hawley
scored that goal against South
(Salem) on senior night, I can’t
even explain how amazing
that felt,” Smith said.
The Lady Celts then shut
out Newberg 1-0 to make the
playoffs for the fi rst time since
2009.
“It was a really big deal,”
Smith said. “It was like a gift
being a senior and being able
to make the playoffs for the
fi rst time in a few years at Mc-
Nary. It meant that we got to
play longer together, we got to
have that hope that we were
gonna go really far and then
we didn’t but it was really ex-
citing.”
The Celtics defeated North
Salem 4-1 in their last regular
season home game.
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McNaly seniols Gus Villalvazo and Abigail “Sticky” Smith wele voted all league Filst Team by the Gleatel Valley Confelence
soccel coaches.
Claggett wins football, Whiteaker takes volleyball
Maltin leads
big victoly
Wolvelines
sweep 4-0
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Playing under the lights
at McNary High School, the
varsity football game between
Claggett Creek and Whiteaker
middle schools was back-and-
forth for much of the fi rst half.
But then Claggett Creek
running back Ethan Martin
busted it wide open.
Martin had three touch-
downs in the game, including
one as time expired in the fi rst
half, to lead the Panthers to a
66-20 victory over their Keiz-
er rival on Wednesday, Nov. 2.
CCMS never trailed, scor-
ing its fi rst touchdown on a
49-yard pass from quarterback
Jack McCarty to Elijha De-
voursney. The Panthers failed
to convert the two-point at-
tempt but led 6-0 with 2:49
remaining in the fi rst quarter.
Whiteaker only needed
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Whiteaker Middle School’s
varsity volleyball team put an
exclamation point on their
undefeated league season,
topping Keizer rival Claggett
Creek 4-1 (25-10, 20-25, 25-
5, 25-13, 15-5) on Tuesday,
Nov. 1.
“I think they played well,”
Whiteaker head coach Scott
Coburn said. “They had fun
being at McNary and they
raised their level of play. he
second set, the Claggett girls
stepped up and competed well
but we hit a lot of balls out.
That happens. I just told them
you’re playing good volleyball,
don’t worry about it. They
came back and played well af-
ter that.”
Coburn said Taylor Ebbs,
Michelle Gee and Jazmin
Zepeda led the effort.
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Claggett Cleek eighth gladel Ethan Maltin stiff alms a
Whiteakel defendel befole lunning 51 yalds fol a touchdown.
one snap to answer with a big
play of its own as Ian Martin
connected with Rian Canini
for a 68-yard touchdown. The
Wolverines too missed their
two-point try.
Claggett Creek marched
back down the fi eld and on
the 10th play of a 57-yard
drive, Dyami Rios powered
his way into the end zone
from the 1-yard line. Rios also
converted the two-point at-
tempt to give the Panthers a
14-6 lead early in the second
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Emelson Woomel hits the ball ovel the net fol Whiteakel in a
4-1 victoly ovel Claggett Cleek on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
“Taylor Ebbs was hitting
the ball extremely hard and
well,” Coburn said. “She was
serving rockets during the
fi rst game. Michelle Gee, she
had one of her better games
hitting the ball as well as Jaz-
min Zepeda. I was very happy
overall with all of it.
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