DECEMBER 2, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A13
SCHEDULE
Dec. 8 vs McKay, 3:30 p.m.
Albany Community Pool
Dec. 15 at Sprague, 7 p.m.
Jan. 31 vs North Salem, 7 p.m.
Jan. 3 vs West Salem, 7 p.m.
Feb. 10-11 District Meet
Jan. 5 at McMinnville, 3:45 p.m.
McMinnville Aquatic Center
Harris
wins
meet
McMinnville Aquatic Center
Jan. 12 vs South Salem, 6 p.m.
*All meets are at KROC Center unless
Jan. 27 at West Albany, 4 p.m.
noted otherwise
SWIM,
continued from Page 12
“It’s more about yourself
and your time. High school
is about having school pride.
I really love that.”
Returning for the girls
team is junior Sarah Eckert,
who fi nished third in the
100 butterfl y at the district
meet last season as well as
Haley Debban and Hannah
Corpe. Freshman Alyssa Gar-
vey should also give the Lady
Celts a spark.
“Our girls team is looking
pretty strong,” McNary head
coach Casey Lewin said. “We
have quite a bit of depth,
compared to the last couple
of years.”
Parker Dean and Jake
Wyer lead the McNary boys
team.
“I think we’re going to do
pretty well because we have
a lot of returning swimmers,”
said Dean who swims 100
breaststroke and 100 freestyle
for the Celtics.
Between the boys and girls
squads, McNary has about 50
kids in the program.
If the fi rst week of prac-
tice was any indicator, Lewin
is expecting strong seasons.
“The focus we’ve had in
the fi rst few practices is like
midseason form as far as
where we’re at mentally,” he
said. “This is the most moti-
vated group I’ve had. That’s
exciting. If we can just get
the work done in practice, it
will all come together.”
McNary’s fi rst home meet
is Thursday, Dec. 8 at 3:30
against McKay in the KROC
Center. The district meet is
Feb. 10-11 in McMinnville.
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Gavin Harris, representing
the Celtic Mat Club, placed
fi rst in the schoolboy division
at the Sweet Home Youth
Wrestling Tournament on
Saturday, Nov. 26. Grady Bur-
rows fi nished fourth in the
cadet division. Burrows took
second the weekend before
at Thurston High School.
Jake Moore and Cole Chase
placed second and third in
the schoolboy division and
Max Blanco was second in
the novice group.
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WRESTLE,
continued from Page 12
Thanks to strong middle
school programs at White-
aker and Claggett Creek, the
Celtics also have plenty of
young talent like freshman
Noah Gatchet and Katrina
Ortiz, who are battling at 106
pounds.
Coach Ebbs said sopho-
more Bowen Working “could
also make some noise.”
“We’re piggybacking off
the second year that we’ve
had middle school wrestling
so we’ve got some young
kids coming in that are pretty
confi dent, coming from good
programs at Whiteaker and
Claggett that do a good job
of producing kids,” coach
Ebbs said.
“We have a lot of young
kids this year. I think we’re
going to do some things that
nobody has been able to see
yet. I’m pretty excited about
what this is going to look
like for McNary, some kids
building confi dence, growing
up and catch some of those
other teams off guard. It’s a
young team that’s going to
surprise some people but in
a couple years if we contin-
ue to develop, could be very
good. We’ve got some good
building blocks to work with
right now. They’re very ex-
cited, happy to be here and
learning fast.”
As a team, the Celtics fi n-
ished second in the GVC last
season behind only Sprague.
“Sprague is going to be
loaded,” coach Ebbs said.
“They were young last year.
We like to pride ourselves
on making sure that Sprague
knows that we tested them,
that we come at them and I
don’t think at any time have
they said ever that we’re just
SCHEDULE
Dec. 2 McNary tournament, 4 p.m.
Feb. 2 at West Albany, 7 p.m.
Dec. 8 vs North Salem, 7 p.m.
Feb. 4 at Oregon City
Dec. 9 at Silverton
Feb. 9 vs Sprague, 7 p.m.
Dec. 15 at Forest Grove, 5 p.m.
Feb. 17 District Meet at West
Dec. 17 at Liberty
Salem, 12 p.m.
Dec. 19-20 Northwest Duals
Feb. 18 District Meet at West
Jan. 5 at West Salem, 7 p.m.
Salem, 10 a.m.
Jan. 6 at Newberg
Feb. 24-25 OSAA State
Jan. 11 vs South Salem, 7 p.m.
Championship at Memorial
Jan. 13-14 Oregon Classic
Coliseum
Jan. 19 vs McKay, 7 p.m.
going to walk through Mc-
Nary. We’re training for them.
They’re training for us. And
crossword
it’s the last dual of the year.”
McNary will open the sea-
son at home on Friday, Dec.
2 at 4 p.m. in a tournament
that includes Cleveland, Dal-
las, Milwaukie, Roseburg Ti-
gard and Grant.
“We bring some of the
best programs in the state and
we fi nd out what good wres-
tling looks like right off the
bat,” coach Ebbs said. “I’m
defi nitely excited.”
The Celtics fi rst dual of
the season is also at home,
Thursday, Dec. 8 against
North Salem at 7 p.m.
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