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BOYS,
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West Albany kept answer-
ing but two baskets by Mc-
Nary junior Paige Downer
kept the Lady Celts on top,
22-21, with less than a minute
remaining in the second quar-
ter. However, the Bulldogs
scored fi ve points in the fi nal
15 seconds, including a long
3-pointer at the buzzer to lead
26-22 at intermission.
Playing a smaller lineup,
McNary, led by Hunter and
Kailey Doutt, opened the
second half on a 10-0 run to
go ahead 32-26 with 3:17 re-
maining in the third quarter.
Smith ended the run with a
fi eld goal and added a 3-point-
er to get West Albany within
34-30. Hunter then picked up
her fourth foul with 1:18 left
in the third.
After the Bulldogs got with-
in 34-32, Hawley knocked
down another 3-pointer at
the 1:02 mark but that was the
last fi eld goal the Lady Celts
would make.
The Bulldogs opened the
fourth quarter on a 12-2 run
to take a 45-39 lead with only
2:30 remaining.
After Hunter made two
free throws to get McNary
within 41-45, Jaylene Mon-
tano then forced a West Alba-
ny turnover to give the Lady
Celts a chance.
However, MHS turned
the ball right back over and
weren’t able score the rest of
the night.
“There’s a lot of excuses we
can make but ultimately they
played harder,” Handley said.
“Loose balls, they got them,
Matthew
Ismay
then
scored in the paint to put the
Celtics ahead 58-56.
West Albany quickly tied
the game once again but a
3-point play by Martin with
3:21 remaining gave McNary
the lead for good.
“I’m pretty hyped,” said
Harvey, who led McNary
with 16 points. “We played
good as a team. We had a slug-
gish part but we came back
fi ring. We kept our compo-
sure and stayed strong.”
The Celtics went 5-for-6
from the free throw line in
the fi nal 1:25 to put away the
Bulldogs.
Garvey and Goff each fi n-
ished with 14 points. Ismay
added 12 points, eight re-
bounds and six assists.
“In the long run, I think
this was good for us,” Kirch
said. “The fi nal three min-
utes is winning time. As ter-
rible as the fi rst 29 minutes
were, I thought our mental
toughness to be able to fi n-
ish at the end of the game
was a real positive thing.The
last couple of years we’ve lost
one game each year that we
probably shouldn’t have and
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McNary senior Kelsey Koenig fi ghts for posession among a
group of West Albany defenders.
we didn’t. We didn’t rebound
very well tonight. We didn’t
shoot very well tonight. It
was a combination of a lot of
things. You’ve got to get them
credit.”
The Lady Celts were 4-for-
21 from behind the 3-point
arc.
“We struggled as a team
just settling for outside jump
shots,” Handley said. “We’re
not a 3-point shooting team.
For some reason today we
thought we were. We weren’t
aggressive with the dribble.
We didn’t attack their zone.
We didn’t look short corner
ever and we had a lot of open-
ings there.”
Despite foul trouble, Hunt-
er was able to post a double-
double of 14 points and 13
rebounds. Hawley and Doutt
each had 10 points.
The loss was the fi rst for
McNary, who opened the
season 3-0.
“This is one, we’re going to
show the fi lm, we’re going to
learn from it,” Handley said.
“Hopefully, it’s the last time
we have to show fi lm like this.
There’s a lot to learn. There’s a
lot to learn from early games.
I wish it wasn’t a league game.
I wish it wasn’t a learning mo-
ment in our fi rst league game.
This was not quite how we
were looking to kick it off
this year.”
The skid continued at
home on Tuesday, Dec. 13 as
the Lady Celts lost to Clacka-
mas 63-51 in a non-league
game.
Hunter had 14 points and
17 rebounds. Doutt had 11
points and seven rebounds.
Hawley added 10 points.
McNary hosts Sprague Fri-
day, Dec. 16 at 5:45 p.m.
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Chandler Cavell had six points and fi ve assists off the bench in
McNary’s 70-62 win over West Albany.
the last couple of years that
might have been this game. I
thought our seniors did a nice
job of coming together, lead-
ing vocally but also just going
out and getting it done.”
McNary improved to 2-0
in the GVC on Tuesday, Dec.
13 by dominating North Sa-
lem on the road 74-36.
Harvey led the Celtics
with 14 points and fi ve re-
bounds.
Cavell had 14 points and
Easton Neitzel added 11.
Martin and Goff each had
nine.
The Celtics return home
Friday, Dec. 16 to play
Sprague at 7:15 p.m.
Brayden Ebbs, who won
the 138-pound Greater Valley
Conference title and placed
fourth in the state last season,
lost by pin fall to Lane Stigall
at 152 pounds.
“The guy that Brayden
wrestled has already signed
with Division I Missouri,”
coach Ebbs said. “He’s a
phenomenal wrestler. They’re
a great program. They do a
good job. Our job right now
is maybe not be able to beat
them but to get our younger
kids up to speed with them so
in February we can compete
with that team a little better
than we did that night.
Celtics also came up short
against Cascade, 48-27.
Killian Dato (138), Burrows
and Ebbs all got pins. Gatchet
won by forfeit.
“For us that tournament was
about getting our young kids
on the mat,” coach Ebbs said.
“It worked out well to wrestle
a team like North Marion
where we got all our returners
some solid competitors. They
got plenty of tests. They got
challenged just fi ne. Every
week we’ve just got to get
tougher and better.”
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