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Celtics outpace Sprague, McMinnville
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary looked more like
the team coming off a night
off than the one playing the
second game of a back-to-
back as the Celtics turned a
one-point halftime defi cit into
a 75-55 victory over Sprague
on Saturday, Jan. 14.
“I think we scored a lot
more in transition in the sec-
ond half,” said McNary senior
Matthew Ismay, who had 17
points, fi ve rebounds and eight
assists in the win. “They got a
little bit tired and we had a lot
more good cuts and passes.”
The fi rst half was back-
and-forth. After an 11-11 tie
at the end of the fi rst quarter,
the Celtics led 28-23 with
two minutes remaining in the
fi rst half before Sprague closed
the second quarter with six
straight points.
But McNary quickly took
control in the second half,
opening the third quarter on
an 11-2 run. By the end of
the period, the Celtics led 51-
41 as Adam Harvey knocked
down a 3-pointer. McNary
continued to pad its lead in
the fi nal quarter, outscoring
the Olympians 24-14.
Wearing down Sprague,
who didn’t play Friday be-
cause of snow in Forest Grove,
was the Celtics plan all along.
“We knew in the fi nal min-
utes we would out pace them
so we tried to pick up the
pace a little bit,” McNary head
coach Ryan Kirch said. “We
talked to our guys about just
feeling comfortable getting up
and down the fl oor because
that’s what we do best.”
The Celtics also had to de-
fend Sprague forward Teagan
Quitoriano, a 6-7 junior who
entered the game averaging
more than 32 points per game.
McNary held him to 10.
“I thought we did a nice
job defensively trying to take
Teagan out of the game,”
Kirch said. “We got him frus-
trated, got him tired, just like
we wanted.”
Ismay, two-time Greater
Valley Conference Defensive
Player of the Year, was tasked
with guarding Teagan.
“He’s really strong,” Ismay
said. “We try to keep him out
of the paint because if he gets
in the paint, it’s over. We just
tried to make it as hard as pos-
sible on him.”
After holding Sprague to
just 55 points and defeating
McMinnville 65-44 on Friday,
Jan. 13, Kirch was pleased with
the entire team’s play on de-
fense.
“I’m really pleased with
our team defense right now,”
he said. “We’re working really,
really hard. To hold a 6A bas-
ketball team into the 40s, that’s
just the difference between us
and some other teams. We can
score it but to be able to play
at the next level you have to
really be able to defend.”
McNary had 27 assists
against Sprague. Cade Goff
fi nished with 16 points, 12 re-
bounds and fi ve assists. Harvey
had 16 points, six rebounds
and three assists. Easton Neit-
zel added 14 points, three re-
bounds and four assists.
With 17 points, fi ve re-
bounds and four assists, Har-
vey led the Celtics against
McMinnville. Ismay had 14
points, three rebounds and fi ve
assists. Neitzel added 16 points.
“We’ve got such tough
kids and I’m really so proud
of them,” Kirch said. “Our
team has really developed into
what we’ve envision, which is
a player-led team, not a coach-
led team.
“We are such a veteran
group that they can kind of
pace themselves a little bit.
They can hold each other ac-
countable and I’ll ask them
what they see and if they see
certain things, I trust their
judgment on the fl oor. We’ve
grown. I’m really happy where
we’re at so far.”
KEIZERTIMES/Delek Wiley
McNaly seniol Adam Halvey dlives to the lim against Splague on Satulday, Jan. 14. He fi nished with 16 points, six lebounds and
thlee assists in the Celtics 75-55 victoly.
KEIZERTIMES/Delek Wiley
McNaly swimmels Hallison Vaughn, left, and Salah Eckelt won thlilling 500-yald fleestyle laces against South Salem on Thulsday, Jan. 12 in the KROC Centel.
McNaly sweeps 500 flee in loss to South Salem
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
SALEM—As McNary ju-
nior Sarah Eckert swam the
fi nal laps of the 500-yard
freestyle, closing in on the
leader, she wasn’t thinking
about her runner-up fi nish
in the 100 butterfl y just 10
minutes earlier.
“I feel like it makes swim-
ming harder when you think
about the races that you’ve
already swam so I just like to
clear my mind,” Eckert said. “
I’m a really competitive per-
son so when I saw her ahead
of me, it was the last 100,
I knew I could do it, I just
started kicking like crazy and
letting my body take over.”
Eckert had just enough left
to edge South Salem sopho-
more Maya Merrill by less
than half a second, 5:50.15 to
5:50.52 in the longest race of
the night.
“Sometimes I think our
bodies are more capable than
what we think of so I just
like to let my mind go blank
and just let my body swim,”
Eckert said. “I know Maya is
a really, really good swimmer
so I did expect it to be pretty
close.”
Eckert’s victory in the 500
wasn’t enough for the Lady
Celts to defeat South Salem,
who outscored the McNary
girls 107-62 at the KROC
Center on Thursday, Jan. 12.
Along with placing sec-
ond in the 100 fl y in 1:07.73,
Eckert also swam on two re-
lays.
The 200 medley with
Lizzie Bryant, Haley Debban
and Marissa Kuch fi nished
second in 2:05.01. Swim-
ming anchor in the 400 free
relay, Eckert, Kylie McCarty,
Emily Alger and Hannah
Corpe also took second in
4:10.67.
Kuch also had a strong
night individually, winning
the 50 free in 25.50 and the
100 free in 56.19.
South Salem outscored
the McNary boys as well,
113-56, but the 500 free was
neck and neck with McNary
sophomore Harrison Vaughn
leading from the start and
able to hold off South Salem
freshman Alistair Heringer to
win the event in 5:23.44.
“When it got to the last
200, I picked it up,” Vaughn
said. “I had enough at the
end and I just think he (Her-
inger) died.”
Vaughn and Eckert are
both undefeated in the 500
free this season.
“They compete well,”
McNary head coach Casey
Lewin said. “They don’t like
to lose. Being pushed brings
the best out of them.”
The meet wrapped up a
busy two weeks for McNary
that included four meets over
10 days.
“We had a lot of best
times and considering we’re
at the end of that run, where
we’re at is a pretty good
place,” Lewin said. “I was re-
ally proud of how we swam.”
The Celtics got a much
deserved bye next week and
dive back into the pool at
West Albany on Friday, Jan.
27 at 4 p.m.