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Back from injury, Vincent leading McNary
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Carlos Vincent is making
up for lost time.
Back from a shoulder in-
jury that cost him the sec-
ond half of last season, the
McNary senior went 3-0 in
a tournament at Silverton on
Friday, Dec. 9 to improve to
6-0 on the season. His goal is
to win district and then place
at state, which he didn’t get an
opportunity to do last year.
“It made me mad,” Vincent
said. “I didn’t get to wrestle
and I knew I could’ve done
something big at districts and
just didn’t because I was in-
jured.”
And Vincent is off to an
undefeated start while wres-
tling guys at least 15 pounds
heavier than him. Vincent
weighed in at 155 at Silver-
ton but wrestled at 170 to fi ll
a spot for the Celtics.
“It’s a lot tougher because
they’re a lot bigger but I also
have to keep in mind that I’m
a lot faster,” Vincent said. “I’m
more technical. I’ve been
wrestling for a while. I’m just
using my brains and being
faster.”
Vincent started the tourna-
ment by defeating Alec Rob-
erts of North Marion 4-3,
which was much tighter than
he intended.
“I wasn’t too happy about
it,” Vincent said. “I didn’t want
it to be that close. I knew I
could score more.”
Vincent dominated his
next two opponents and his
13-4 major decision was the
difference in the Celtics edg-
ing Silverton 40-39 for their
only team win of the day.
McNary head coach Jason
Ebbs hopes Vincent will be
an example for the rest of his
wrestlers.
“I just think his mind is
simply in a good place and
that’s something that I think
is good advice for any wres-
tler,” Ebbs said. “It’s easy to get
caught up in the nerves and
the giving up the weight but
he’s just learned to step out
on the mat and do his job and
it’s working out well for him.
He just stayed in really good
position.
“Giving up that weight
causes you to wrestler a little
different. You don’t come
out and do fl amboyant crazy
things. You just have to come
out and control the match.
He did a great job of keeping
his opponent’s feet moving,
wrestling and attacking on his
terms. He does everything we
wish kids would do. It really
comes down to that simple.
You don’t have to score a
100 points to win a match.
You just have to score a few
and make sure the other guy
doesn’t get a bunch.”
Four McNary wrestlers,
Sean Burrows (132), Noah
Grunberg (145), Brayden
Ebbs (152) and Wyatt Kesler
(160), earned pins against Sil-
verton. Enrique Vincent (126)
and Anthony Garcia Reyes
(195) won by forfeit.
In a 49-27 loss to North
Marion, Celtics Nick Her-
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Carlos Vincent has started his senior wrestling season at McNary 6-0, which included three wins
at Silverton on Friday, Dec. 9.
nandez (138) and Ryan Mos-
grove (120) won by pin fall.
Noah Gatchet (106) and Aid-
en Foster (113) both won via
forfeit.
“North Marion is a re-
ally solid 4A program,” coach
Ebbs said. “We’re just an ex-
tremely young program. It’s
fi ve freshmen in our var-
sity lineup and one fi rst-year
wrestler. We’re going to bat
with North Marion, who’s a
phenomenal team.”
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Celtics fi nish strong,
win league opener
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McNary senior Cade Goff drives past a pair of West Albany defenders to score two of his 14
points in a 70-62 Celtic victory on Friday, Dec. 9.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
ALBANY—Behind a fast
start and strong fi nish, Mc-
Nary opened Greater Valley
Conference play with a 70-62
victory over West Albany on
Friday, Dec. 9.
“Any league win is tough,”
Celtics head coach Ryan
Kirch said. “On the road is
tough. It doesn’t matter who
you’re playing or when you’re
playing them. I think what
we can take from this is when
you get to the playoffs, every
game is going to come down
to the fi nal three minutes and
your ability to fi nish and your
ability to be mentality tough.
We’re going to focus on the
positives from that and enjoy
tonight.”
McNary appeared it would
coast in its league opener as
senior Cade Goff knocked
down a 3-pointer in the fi rst
15 seconds to begin a 13-0
run before the Bulldogs were
even able to get on the score-
board with a 3 of their own
with 2:05 remaining in the
fi rst quarter.
Goff also started the sec-
ond quarter with a 3-pointer
to stretch the Celtics lead to
21-10 before West Albany be-
gan heating up from behind
the arc to stay within striking
distance.
McNary led 33-24 with
2:19 remaining in the fi rst half
but the Bulldogs closed the
second quarter on an 8-0 run
to get within 33-32 at inter-
mission.
Alex Martin barely played
in the fi rst half after picking
up two quick fouls in the fi rst
quarter and his third less than
a minute into the second. In
his absence, Lucas Garvey had
fi ve points off the bench.
West Albany stayed hot in
the third quarter and grabbed
its fi rst lead, 35-33, on a
3-pointer to begin the second
half. Adam Harvey answered
with a 3-pointer to give the
lead right back to the Celtics
but the Bulldogs scored seven
straight to take control, 42-36.
“We probably played as
poorly as we could play,” Kirch
said. “Our defense wasn’t very
good. I thought we rushed
shots a little bit. We had too
many turnovers. The way the
game was called, we didn’t ad-
just.”
McNary needed its bench
to get back on top.
Back-to-back baskets by
Garvey, including a 3-pointer,
got the Celtics within 44-43.
After West Albany added two
free throws, a Chandler Cavell
layup and free throw tied the
game at 46-46. Goff then gave
McNary a 48-46 lead with
1:45 remaining in the third
quarter.
“I thought the ball was
stagnant a little bit, particularly
in the second and third quar-
ter,” Kirch said. “We had to
make some adjustments. I just
didn’t think we were as strong
with the ball as we needed to
be in the half court.”
After the Bulldogs went
back on top, 56-53, with 5:09
left to play, Cavell knocked
down a 3-pointer to tie the
game.
Please see BOYS, Page 13
Lady Celts stunned at West Albany
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary junior Paige Downer scored fi ve points and had three
assists in a 48-41 loss at West Albany.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
ALBANY—McNary
girls basketball coach Derick
Handley said before the season
started that the Greater Valley
Conference had improved.
At West Albany, he found
out just how much as the Lady
Celts opened league play Fri-
day, Dec. 9 with a 48-41 loss.
MHS swept the Bulldogs
last season, outscoring them
128-58.
“They’re
improved,”
Handley said of West Albany.
“They’re a better team than
they were a year ago. You’ve
got to give them credit. They
knocked down some shots
that a year ago they weren’t
able to do. They have two of
the best post players (Georgia
Smith and Saylor Siegner) in
the league if not the best post
players in the league. I think
we had a little bit of a mis-
match there.”
The two teams played to a
4-4 tie through the fi rst quar-
ter as the Lady Celts struggled
to attack West Albany’s zone
defense.
“Honestly, I think yesterday
we had a snow day,” Handley
said. “We didn’t get to practice
because of Salem-Keizer rules
so it really made it diffi cult
for us to implement a game
plan other than just talk to
the girls today and show them
the fi lm. We didn’t get to walk
through.”
The scoring picked up in
the second quarter as sopho-
more Abigail Hawley came off
the bench to knock down a
3-pointer and give McNary a
9-6 lead.
But the Bulldogs answered
with a 3-pointer of their own
to tie the game. Senior Sydney
Hunter then picked up two
quick fouls and went to the
bench.
In Hunter’s absence, Haw-
ley continued to lead on the
offensive end, making an-
other 3-pointer, despite being
fouled, to give MHS a 14-11
lead. She then knocked down
the free throw to complete the
4-point play.
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KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary senior Parker Dean fi nished second in the 100 and 200
freestyle Friday, Dec. 9 against McKay at the Kroc Center.
McNary swim teams
win dual over McKay
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Filling out the McNary
boys varsity lineup is getting
more diffi cult by the meet and
that’s a good thing for head
swim coach Casey Lewin.
“We had a lot of good
swims, had a few JV kids who
again this week had some fast
times so that will make some
things interesting,” said Lewin
after the Celtics defeated
McKay 119-41 on Friday,
Dec. 9 at the Kroc Center in
Salem.
“The boys are getting that
depth, which I wasn’t expect-
ing to see quite that much of
it and it’s defi nitely a good
thing for the team.”
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