MARCH 3, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
McNary bowlers place second in state
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary bowlers wanted
to send senior Nick Blythe
out in style by winning a state
championship.
“We wanted it so badly for
him,” head coach Dan Kaplan
said. “He’s one of the best
around.”
The Celtics got mighty
close, falling to Mazama High
School in the fi nals at King-
Pin’s in Portland.
After fi nishing third out of
16 teams during 30 qualifying
games on Saturday Feb. 25 and
Sunday, Feb. 26, McNary won
three matches in the winner’s
bracket to get to Mazama.
Even averaging 220 in the
two-game set, the Celtics fell
to the loser’s bracket, where
they won two more matches
to get a rematch with unde-
feated Mazama.
Having to win twice, Mc-
Nary put the pressure on their
opponent by winning the fi rst
set of games and even led after
the fi rst game of the second
set but Mazama came back
strong to win the state title.
The Celtics averaged over
200 in the fi nals.
“We gave it all until the
very last game,” Kaplan said.
“It’s very tough. The com-
petition has really improved,
amazingly. The energy was
unbelievable. We have the
greatest parents and support-
ers. Parents are screaming and
yelling and cheering. That al-
ways helps out. We always have
people complaining because
we’re so loud.”
McNary had four bowlers
in the top 20 of the all-stars—
Nick Blythe, Tim Kiser, Lay-
ton Thurlow and Chandler
Gregory. Kaplan said at one
point Kiser bowled 21 straight
strikes.
The McNary girls also
competed in the state tourna-
ment, fi nishing 13th.
“It was a learning experi-
ence,” Kaplan said. “It’s tough.
They had no substitutions.”
Kaplan said McNary’s suc-
cess wouldn’t be possible
without the support of Town
& Country Lanes as well as
sponsors Thrivent Financial,
McNary Booster Club, JC’s
Pizzaria, Power Concrete Cut-
ting, Keizer Elks, Mr. and Mrs.
Sjullie, Maragaret Hughes and
Alex Clark.
He also thanked the many
parents who boost team mo-
rale and coordinate buying
food for the team.
“As coaches, we can’t do it
alone,” Kaplan said.
Submitted
The McNary boys bowling team fi nished second at the high school state tournament in Portland on Saturday, Feb. 25 and Sunday,
Feb. 26. Pictured are assistant coach Scott Miller, back, left, Garrett Hughes, Adam Teal, Layton Thurlow, Konnor Sjullie, Tim Kiser,
head coach Dan Kaplan, front row, Nick Blythe, Derrick Lucas and Chandler Gregory.
FIRST,
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RIVAL,
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Goff led the McNary of-
fense, scoring 20 points to go
along with four assists and
four rebounds.
“I thought Cade Goff
played his best basketball
four-quarter complete game
that he’s played for us in four
years,” Kirch said. “I thought
his shot selection was out-
standing. I thought he was
balanced on his 3s and re-
ally stepped in and shot in
rhythm. He was able to get to
the rim off two feet and play
through contact and get to
the free throw line. I thought
he did an excellent job for
us.”
Neitzel had 15 points and
Martin added 10.
Claggett Creek, which
fi nished the season 5-5, won
two matches by major deci-
sion, Jacob Carbajal 15-5 at
117 pounds and Logan Yoder
10-0 at 150 pounds.
Heavyweight
Michael
Hettinger won by forfeit.
“Whiteaker did a great job.
They wrestled tough. They
were impressive,” Carr said.
“Everyone seemed to know
what they were doing. It
was enjoyable to just watch
wrestling. It was awesome for
(McNary head coach Jason)
Ebbs to take the time out of
the week of the state tour-
nament to host us. It will be
good to continue that in the
next few years. The kids had a
great time with the spotlight.
The whole atmosphere was
awesome.”
Along with Villalvazo,
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McNary senior Alex Martin scored eight points in the fi rst quar-
ter of the Celtics fi rst round playoff win.
“I’m just really excited,
sitting in the locker room,
knowing our season is not
over, especially as a senior,
you kind of think of what it’s
going to be like after it ends
and I’m glad it’s not over yet,”
Martin said.
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STATE,
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Vincent advanced to the
third place match when his
opponent, Beaverton fresh-
man Tre Blasingame, injured
himself on two headbutts, one
in the second period and then
another in the third.
“He came in with a huge
headbutt,” Vincent said. “His
eye hit my head. He almost
split my head open.”
Vincent then fell behind
David Douglas senior Dillon
Nunes in the fi rst period but
grabbed the lead in the second
and held on for a 3-2 victory.
“He was stalling and not
doing anything and running
out of bounds,” Vincent said. “I
just had to stay in control.”
Vincent fi nished third in
the state despite missing most
of the season with a knee in-
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Aron Montoya won a 15-5 major decision for Claggett Creek on
Thursday, Feb. 23 against Whiteaker.
Whiteaker won four other
matches by pin fall—Giovan-
ni Segura (102), Aiden Mc-
Coy (117), Gabriel Castro
(140) and Brady Jackson
(160).
At 80 pounds, Ella Repp
won her match 6-3 and Kayly
Montero (220) won by forfeit.
“Claggett always comes to
wrestle and I think that’s the
best our kids have wrestled all
year,” Hafer said. “I was really,
really happy with them.”
Whiteaker fi nished the
season 8-2.
Both the Wolverines and
Panthers will take 10-15 kids
to the middle school regional
tournament in Woodburn on
Saturday, March 4. The state
tournament is the following
Saturday.
“It will be good experi-
ence for them to see what
a real wrestling tournament
looks like as opposed to just a
dual meet,” Carr said.
“Ricky’s got a drive that a
lot of kids don’t have nowa-
days,” McNary head coach Ja-
son Ebbs said. “He goes hard all
the time and it frustrates wres-
tlers when he goes that hard
for as long as he goes. That’s an
unique skill set to have. That
makes him dangerous. That
makes him scary. That makes
him hard to wrestle.”
It was that drive that helped
Vincent rebound after a diffi -
cult loss in the semifi nals.
“Third place in our sport is
really a special prize because of
the emotional strain it takes to
come back and do that,” Ebbs
said.
“A lot of guys they lose and
they don’t get what they want
and it’s emotionally diffi cult
and challenging to try to pick
yourself back up and perform
at a high level after a disap-
pointment like that.”
At 145 pounds, junior
Brayden Ebbs faced that situ-
ation.
After losing to eventual state
champion Ian Carlos, of North
Salem, by pin fall in the third
period of the quarterfi nals,
Ebbs was leading Canby ju-
nior Jake Lowry 3-0 when he
got caught in a cradle and was
pinned again 2:10 into his sec-
ond consolation match.
“The downside is the emo-
tions of a state tournament,
against a guy like Brayden
who loses a little earlier than
he planned,” coach Ebbs said.
“Sadly, Brayden did not per-
form on Day 2. He just couldn’t
make that bounce back.”
At 132 pounds, Burrows
had state runner-up Joey Coste
(Westview) on his back in the
quarterfi nals but ultimately
came up short, losing a 13-4
major decision. Burrows then
lost his fi rst consolation match,
12-6, to Newberg sophomore
Joey Moody.
Senior Killian Dato also
reached the quarterfi nals at
138 pounds. After a bye in the
fi rst round, Dato pinned Sher-
wood junior Andrew Mabry
in the fi rst period. Dato lost in
the quarterfi nals by technical
fall and was then eliminated af-
ter his fi rst consolation match.
McNary senior Carlos Vin-
cent (152) and junior Jerry
Martinez (126) both fi nished
the tournament 1-2. Juniors
Isaiah Putnam (170) and Blake
Norton (285) were 0-2.
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