APRIL 7, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A13
MHS boys tennis
team improving
By DEREK WILEY
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McNary’s boys tennis team,
made up of mostly beginners,
will have plenty of room for
improvement this season but
the Celtics may take their
lumps along the way.
After rain postponed the
fi rst week of the season, Mc-
Nary fi nally opened the 2017
campaign with a 8-0 loss to
McMinnville on March 21.
The Celtics then fell to South
Salem 7-1 on March 22.
Sophomore Anthony Es-
trada had the only win, 7-6,
6-4, at No. 4 singles.
“We don’t typically have
club kids like South and
Sprague,” McNary head coach
Lisa Reid said. “A lot of be-
ginners, fi rst time playing ten-
nis but they’re doing really
good. Some are great athletes
so they’re learning fast and
they’re eager to learn and hav-
ing fun with it.”
Due to the lack of experi-
ence, Reid expects the lineup
to shuffl e.
Junior Solomon Fry, who
is new to the team this year,
started the season at No. 1
singles. Sophomore Finn Al-
brecht was then in the No. 1
position against South Salem.
Reid said sophomore
Adam Greneto, who’s split
time between 2 and 3 singles,
could also play at 1.
“I think it’s going to keep
changing, which is good and
not so good, but they’ll get
better that way by having that
competition amongst them-
selves,” Reid said.
Two seniors, Abram Lepesh
and Alfonso Pacheco, are pro-
viding leadership to the young
squad.
“They’re great kids,” Reid
said. “They’re our captains this
year. They take care of it on
the court and off the court.
They’re excellent sportsman-
ship and fabulous students so
that’s been nice having them
on the team and lead by ex-
ample for the others.”
The Celtics started last sea-
son with 15 players and due
to injuries had to forfeit a few
spots late in the season. But
that shouldn’t be the case this
year as McNary is up to 18.
The Celtics next home
match is Tuesday, April 11
against Forest Grove.
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McNary junior Solomon Fry is new to the Celtic tennis team but will be one of several boys to
play at No. 1 singles this season.
Celtics fall twice to
Washington schools
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Jack O’Conner scored two goals for McNary against Bellarmine Prep in Washington on Tuesday,
March 28.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary went to Washing-
ton over spring break to test
itself against tougher compe-
tition.
But missing four starters,
the Celtics weren’t quite up
to the challenge, falling 15-3
to Curtis High School on
Monday, March 27 and then
18-6 at Bellarmine Prep the
following night.
“We didn’t have as good of
a showing as we would have
liked,” head lacrosse coach
Ryan Bowlby said. “The in-
tention wasn’t necessarily to
go up there and win but to
get experience playing higher
end clubs than we normally
get. We went up there and
saw what high end offenses
look like.”
One of the players missing
was face off specialist Auston
Barton, who was on vacation.
“Their faceoff guys were
phenomenal so both games
they won the majority of the
faceoffs,” Bowlby said. “That
was a little frustrating on the
coaching end.”
Jonathan Williams led
McNary on offense, scoring
two goals at Curtis and three
against Bellarmine.
Zach Shepherd also put in
a goal versus Curtis.
Jack O’Conner scored
twice against Bellermine and
Tyler Anderson added a goal.
in the loss.
Despite the lopsided loss,
Bowlby said Curtis could see
the potential in the Celtics,
even agreeing to come play at
McNary next season.
“They knew we were play-
ing a bunch of freshmen and
missing some of our starters,”
Bowlby said.
“They saw the poten-
tial in our boys and the way
that we played. They know
it’s going to be a challenge
next year. That’s a huge thing
as a coach. We got punched
in the throat but the other
team sees this team is going
to be good come next season.
We shouldn’t be missing any
pieces and everything will be
there.”
The Celtics also kept their
composure, even getting
compliments from the refer-
ees.
“The offi cials came up to
me after the game and said
our program was the most
kind and generous and most
controlled that they’d every
offi ciated,” Bowlby said.
“The boys kept their cool.
We were down by more than
10 points and the boys didn’t
start fouling. They didn’t do
any of that hot headedness
that a lot of teams will do
when they’re down by that
many. They kept their heads
up and we kept playing our
style of game. That was huge
praise to get that from offi -
cials.”
McNary is back home
against Thurston on Friday,
April 7 at 8 p.m.
The Celtics then open
league play on Tuesday, April
11 at South Salem, beginning
at 7 p.m.
McNary golfers place second
Playing on its home course,
McNary’s boys golf team shot
332 on Monday, April 3 to
fi nish second behind West Sa-
lem (315).
Davis Kaiser carded an 81,
including a birdie on the sev-
enth hole, to lead the Celtics
at McNary Golf Club.
Matt Langenwalter and
Casey Potmesil each shot 83.
Teegan Papke added an 85.
Joel Dutcher had to with-
draw after three holes with a
back injury.
West Salem golfers had the
two top scores.
Andrew Eyre was low
medalist with a 72 and Will
Papendieck carded a 77.
Sprague (365) fi nished a
distant third, followed by West
Albany (374), South Salem
(391), Forest Grove (396) and
McMinnville (408).
The Celtics are back in ac-
tion on Monday, April 10 at
Salem Golf Club as they pre-
pare for the district tourna-
ment on May 2 at Quail Valley.
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