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Celtics fi nish Classic strong
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
SALEM—McNary
suf-
fered its fi rst loss of the season
in the Capitol City Classic.
But that doesn’t mean the
tournament wasn’t a success.
After falling to Mater Dei,
a Catholic school in southern
California, 64-60 on Wednes-
day, Dec. 21, the Celtics re-
bounded to defeat Evergreen,
Wash. 80-42 on Thursday and
then knocked off Thurston
60-46 Friday at Willamette
University.
McNary had its chances
against Mater Dei, who went
on to defeat West Salem 53-50
to win the Capitol City Clas-
sic. The Celtics trailed by just
one point with two minutes
to go.
“It was a hell of a game,”
McNary head coach Ryan
Kirch said. “They are a pow-
erhouse team out of San Di-
ego. Our kids played really, re-
ally physical. It was back and
forth. They’ve got multiple
college players on their team.
I thought our kids played
well. We missed a couple free
throws. We had one or two
turnovers in tough spots. We
played toe to toe with them. I
told our kids afterwards I was
really proud of how hard they
played. They didn’t back down
from anybody. Sometimes you
just tip your hat to the oppo-
nent and that was the case.”
With 14 points and four as-
sists, Matthew Ismay led Mc-
Nary in the loss. Alex Martin
had 10 points, four assists and
four rebounds.
“It was a battle,” said Cade
Goff, who added 13 points,
four assists and four rebounds.
“I think we responded well
and it was a really good test.
They’re a talented team with
a lot of guys who can do a
lot of things and we matched
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McNary senior Adam Harvey had 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists in a 80-42 victory
over Evergreen, Wash. on Thursday, Dec. 22.
them. I think moving forward
in those situations and those
games, we’ll be on top next
time.”
After a back-and-forth fi rst
quarter against Evergreen, the
second period turned into a
free throw contest with the
Celtics going 7-for-7 from the
line and the Plainsmen mak-
ing fi ve of 10 attempts.
Playing with more energy
in the second half, McNary
quickly extended its lead
from 36-21 to 47-21 midway
through the third quarter. A
Goff putback at the buzzer
then gave the Celtics a com-
manding 62-32 lead heading
to the fourth.
“I think we just came in,
talked at half and realized the
one thing we were probably
lacking the most is energy,”
said Goff, who fi nished with
17 points and fi ve rebounds
against Evergreen. “Especially
being a tournament atmo-
sphere, we don’t have a lot of
fans or a packed crowd with
a bunch of students. I think
that was a major key. We had
to come out with our own
energy.”
Adam Harvey had 17
points, seven rebounds and
three assists. Ismay added 14
points, fi ve rebounds and sev-
en assists. Easton Neitzel was
also in double digits with 10
points, three rebounds and
two assists.
“We’ve got to create our
own energy,” Kirch said. “I
thought we were a little calm
early on, a little passive. Then
once the ball got rolling a little
bit, you saw us play the way
we’re accustomed to playing.”
Chandler Cavell gave Mc-
Nary a spark off the bench
against Thurston, going 8-for-
9 from the free throw line to
fi nish with 15 points. Ismay
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McNary senior Matthew Ismay scored 14 points to go along
with fi ve rebounds and seven assists against Evergreen, Wash.
had 10 points, eight rebounds
and fi ve assists. Harvey had 13
points, six rebounds and two
assists. Lucas Garvey added 12
points.
The Celtics began play in
the Oregon Holiday Hoop-
fest at Summit High School
in Bend on Wednesday. The
tournament runs through Fri-
day.
“It’s all about having fun,”
Kirch said. “We’re pretty seri-
ous with game plans and all
that but the tournament at-
mosphere is a lot of fun.”
McNary then returns to
Greater Valley Conference
play on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The
Celtics host Forest Grove at
6:45 p.m.
Antlers buried in the attic?
by G.I. Wilson
Do you, or a friend, have
record-book antlers buried in
your attic? These folks did.
Opal Evans had the Ore-
gon record, Rocky Mountain
Elk rack, hanging in her yard,
in Molalla, for over 17 years.
Her husband, Hugh Evans,
killed the monster bull in
Crook County in 1942.
Her brother, Leonard Fer-
guson, also of Molalla, said,
“I sure wanted those horns.
She just left them hanging
on the old oak tree, and they
were covered with moss and
bird crap. She used them to
hang her fl ower pots, but just
wouldn’t give ‘em to me.”
“She fi nally gave them to
her grandson. He cleaned and
polished ‘em up, took them to
the sportsman’s show. Biggest
horns there,” he said, tapping
me on the shoulder, “Rest is
history.”
State Record Blacktails
Leonard Hammer had a
garage on the corner of Pine
Street and Portland Road, in
Salem, for many years. Most
of us looked at the huge old
deer mount–high on the wall,
covered with dust and cob-
webs and remarked about
what a big mule buck it was.
When Leonard passed
away his family was going to
throw the old deer head away.
A customer from the garage
and family friend, asked for,
and was given the mount. He
and his wife took the mount
to Ole Olsen, of Ole’s gun
Shop in Salem. Ole, an avid
blacktail hunter, immediately
recognized this was no ordi-
nary blacktail rack. He asked
for and received, permission
to have the rack scored. It
scored a whopping 180-7/8
points, making it the number
two blacktail in the state.
Hammer killed the buck in
Polk County in 1939.
“If the old buck hadn’t
broken that one tine and de-
formed it, he would be num-
ber one by quite a bit,” Ole
explained.
In 1940, Ginger Rogers
and her mother were riding
horses on her ranch. They
were admiring a massive buck.
Suddenly, the buck dropped
dead in his tracks. A rifl e
shot echoed from across the
Rogue River. They watched
as two hunters climbed into
a boat, from across the river,
and headed to collect their
trophy.
The mother raced to the
ranch house and called the
sheriff. When the men ar-
rived at the buck, the sheriff
was there to arrest them.
Later the 102-pound
mother intimated the sheriff
into giving her the buck. It
was “her buck, on her land.”
They threw a big barbecue
and invited their Hollywood
friends for a feast of venison.
When Rogers sold the ranch,
the big rack was given to her
secretary’s husband, Mert
Thomson.
Years later Mert killed a
big black bear and decided
to have it scored. His wife
encouraged him to have the
big buck scored. It scored
180-1/8. At that time it was
ranked No. 1 in the state. In
1998, it was scored 178-4/8
for the BC record book.
World Record
Roosevelt Elk
These world record sheds
were found in 1990 by Har-
old Burroughs and his son-
in-law, Sam Aho, of Molalla.
Several years later, Harold’s
wife, Belva, while at the In-
ternational Sportsmen Exhi-
bition show in Portland, re-
alized the importance of the
rack and later had it scored. It
scored a staggering 431-0/8
B.C., 43 inches larger than
the world record.
Moose
A few years ago at the
Horns Show in Spokane,
Wash., we saw a group excit-
edly measuring a monstrous
moose rack. A nearby farmer
was visiting the show, looking
at trophy moose racks, when
he realized he had a set that
should be scored. He re-
turned with his rack and the
preliminary
measurements
placed it as the third largest
ever recorded. He had killed
the bull some 20 years earlier.
More Blacktail
Bill Blackburn, of Molalla,
killed a huge, very symmetri-
cal blacktail buck in the Cas-
cades above Detroit. I was
sure it would score well. It
took me fi ve years to con-
vince him to have it scored.
It scored 137-3/8, well above
the 125 minimum for Cas-
cade buck.
When I went over to
pick up Bill’s buck from Tim
Rozewski, the offi cial scorer
in Salem, I took along a heavy
fi ve by seven Quartsville
buck, from my attic, killed in
1969. I didn’t think it would
score well.
Tim was excited and im-
mediately set out to measure
the rack. It scored 138, before
the deducts reduced the score
to 132-0/8.
Yes, it is true, you could
have record book antlers in
your attic. Duane Dungan-
non, editor of Oregon Hunt-
er magazine, said, “I’m con-
vinced there are more record
book racks sitting out there
collecting dust.” Ole Ol-
sen agreed, “A lot of people
have those big racks but don’t
know, or just don’t care about
getting them scored.”
If you think you have a
possible recordbook rack,
contact:
David M. Morris
Northwest Big Game, Inc.
HCR 58, Box 2
Long Creek, OR 97856
541-421-3126
www.nwbiggame.com
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McNary senior Sydney Hunter scored 32 points as the Lady
Celts defeated Gresham 67-56 Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Hunter carries Lady
Celts over Gresham
By Derek Wiley
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s girls basketball
team got a much-needed win
Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Behind 32 points and 16
rebounds from senior Sydney
Hunter, the Lady Celts de-
feated Gresham 67-56 to end
a four-game losing streak that
goes back to a 48-41 loss at
West Albany on Dec. 9.
Kailey Doutt added 11
points and 12 rebounds against
Gresham and Anita Lao had
10 points in the non-league
victory.
The Lady Celts dominated
the fi rst quarter and led 21-10.
However, Gresham outscored
McNary 19-9 in the second
and the Lady Celts went into
halftime with a narrow 30-29
lead.
McNary then outscored
the Lady Gophers 37-27 in
the second half.
The 67 points are the most
the Lady Celts have scored all
season.
McNary returns to Greater
Valley Conference play on
Tuesday, Jan. 3 at Forest Grove.
Tipoff is at 6:45 p.m.