JUNE 2, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
Little League Iris champs
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Keizer Blue Thunder, left, and Keizer Gray won the majors and juniors divisions at the Iris Festival Tournament, hosted by Keizer Little League on May 19-21. Blue Thunder includes Cynthia Ceiplis
(head coach), Lynzi Eslava (scorekeeper), Alison Knight (assistant coach), Andrea Morse (team manager), Meadow Lenz, Kamryn Long, Madison Morse, Madilyn Ward, Natalie Ward, Samantha
Carpenter, Britney Cooper, Mia Eslava, Kristi Lange and Gwen Leduc. On the Kezier Gray team is Jeffrey McGrath (head coach), Hannah Kenworthy, Sierra Lane, Isabell McCants, Lorena McGrath
Haylie Vaught, Maddalin Wyscaver, Maddie Bevens, Kylie Buckmaster, Samantha Curran, Sydney Gates, Akacia Hiatt and Trinity Kampstra.
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Taking advantage of an er-
ror, Ebner and Nadia Witt
then scored on a ground ball
by Carr that went through the
shortstop’s legs and rolled all
the way to the fence to give
the Lady Celts a 4-1 lead.
Danner retired the fi rst two
hitters in the bottom of the
fi fth before the game began
to slip away from McNary. A
walk and RBI double got Or-
egon City within 4-2.
After hitting a batter, Dan-
ner got a fl y ball to right fi eld.
However, a charging Alexa
Cepeda couldn’t make the
catch and two more runners
scored, tying the game at 4-4.
Danner then got a ground
ball back to the pitcher but
she couldn’t fi eld it cleanly
and the runner beat the throw
to fi rst. The Pioneers then
added a RBI single to take a
5-4 lead.
“Defensively, we kind of
knew they (Oregon City)
were a little weak and they
made some errors,” Wise said.
“But unfortunately we did,
too.”
Haley
Bingenheimer
reached on another Oregon
City error in the top of the
sixth but didn’t get any farther
than fi rst base.
With two outs in the bot-
tom of the sixth, the Pioneers
scored two more runs on a
triple.
With one out in the sev-
enth, Cepeda singled to give
McNary hope. However, Eb-
ner struck out swinging and
Cepeda was then picked off
fi rst base to end the game.
Hornback, who had 25
strikeouts through the fi rst
two rounds of the playoffs,
added eight more against Mc-
Nary.
The Lady Celts were able
to record six hits.
Ebner was 2-for-4 with
two runs and a RBI. Witt,
Cepeda, Carr and Alfaro each
had a hit as well.
Wise said he received a
scouting report regarding
Hornback from West Salem
head coach Ty Nicholson.
The Titans played her in the
second round of the playoffs.
Several Lady Celts had also
hit against Hornback during
summer ball.
“The thing about this team
is they’re not afraid of any-
body, no matter who they’re
facing,” Wise said.
“So we worked really hard
on a game plan. We knew
what she was going to try to
do. She was going to get us to
try to chase the rise. We had a
good game plan and they ex-
ecuted it.”
Danner also allowed six hits
and only three earned runs.
“Faith has done awesome
for us all year,” Wise said.
“She obviously doesn’t
throw as hard as the girl they
have but Faith moves the ball
around, she hits her spots. I’d
take Faith any day. Faith is
the same kind of kid, noth-
ing really rattles her. We kind
of fi gured out what their hit-
ters were going to do and we
tried to work that and she did
a great job with it.”
CARR,
continued from Page 10
in the box and I just liked be-
ing out there again, just expe-
riencing all the close games,
diving for balls, everything
about it became fun again. I
couldn’t imagine this is my last
time ever on the fi eld. I didn’t
want it to be over yet. I was
ready for more.”
Carr is getting more. She
signed with Clackamas Com-
munity College on Friday,
May 5.
“It’s weird because I went
through the process of go-
ing through recruiting and
all that stuff and then I didn’t
want to do it anymore,” Carr
said. “Then when it came up
you’re just in shock because it
actually happened and all the
work you put forth is actually
getting a positive result.”
Carr’s attention turned to
Clackamas a month ago when
her former Oregon Titan
teammate Baylee Eaton com-
mitted to the Cougars.
“She brought up the idea
of us getting a house together
and all of that stuff,” Carr said.
“It was just something that
once I started thinking about
it I thought that’d be awe-
some. We don’t travel very far
at Clackamas. I wouldn’t miss
a ton of school. It’s still getting
a good school but also getting
to continue playing a sport
that I love. I loved the coach.
I loved all the girls so it was a
pretty easy decision.”
Carr has been on the Mc-
Nary varsity team for four
years, playing in the outfi eld,
third base and now second.
She fi nished her career with
one of her best seasons, batting
.578 with four home runs, 29
RBIs and 27 runs as the Lady
Celts’ cleanup hitter.
“She is hitting the heck
out of the ball right now and
it’s been a fun senior season
watching her,” McNary head
coach Kevin Wise said. “Being
around her the last four years,
she’s just one of those kids that
makes you smile and laugh a
lot. She’s goofy but in a really
good way. You need those kind
of people around to keep the
mood light and that’s what
Hannah does.”
As one of only three seniors
on a team full of underclass-
men, Carr has made it a point
to be a leader.
“I want to be a huge im-
pact on the younger girls,”
Carr said. “My freshman year
I was afraid of every single
senior that was on the team
and I didn’t know how to talk
to them but I try to let them
(underclassmen) know that
I’m there for them even off
the fi eld if they need anything,
help with school, help with
anything. I’ve been through it
all.”
Carr has also loved the fi ght
she’s seen in the young team,
especially in an 11-inning,
5-4 win over South Salem on
April 26.
“You got to see all of the
fi ght in the younger girls who
were putting everything they
had on the table out there,”
Carr said. “You could see in
their eyes that they wanted it,
the drive that they had. That
was just something that was
really cool for me.”
Wise is happy he got one
more season with Carr.
“Deep inside it broke my
heart because (assistant coach)
Brad (Ulrey) and I talk about
how these guys are our daugh-
ters,” Wise said of the idea of
Carr not playing her senior
year. “Regardless of the out-
come of the season, you want
to have these guys around for
four years.
“I was really happy that
she stuck with it and to see
the way she’s doing things this
year on and off the fi eld, it’s
awesome. You watch her play
and the love is back. We knew
she had the talent to do this.
I hate to see her quit playing
because there’s so much tal-
ent there so to see her go on
and play at the next level, it
makes me happy because she’s
worked hard on and off the
fi eld. She’s a great kid. It’s been
a pleasure to get to know her
over the last four years.”
She knew it was the right
decision as soon as she stepped
back on the fi eld.
“It was just a different
world,” Carr said. “It was fun
again and I enjoyed being on
the fi eld and I enjoyed being
Register for basketball camps
McNary High School is
hosting two weeks of basket-
ball camps this summer.
The boys camp, led by Celt-
ics head coach Ryan Kirch, is
June 26-29 with incoming
third through fi fth graders at 9
a.m. to noon followed by sixth
through ninth graders at 1p.m.
to 4 p.m.
The camp, which is $55
and includes a T-shirt, focuses
on developing fundamental
skills like footwork, shooting
technique, passing, defense,
dribbling and rebounding.
For more information, con-
tact Kirch at 541-908-1609 or
rkirch@hotmail.com.
The girls camp, led by new
Lady Celts head coach Eliza-
beth Doran, is July 3-6 with
incoming second through fi fth
graders at 9 a.m. to 11:30 fol-
lowed by sixth through ninth
graders at noon to 3 p.m.
The camp is open to any
girls at all levels looking to im-
prove their skills through fun-
damentals like shooting, pass-
ing, ball handling, footwork
and defense.
Registration is $50 and in-
cludes a T-shirt.
For more information,
contact Doran at coach.liz-
doran@gmail.com.
All campers should be
dressed in gym shoes and ath-
letic gear.
No not bring valuables,
money or jewelry.
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