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Celtics see state champs in 7-on-7
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary suphumure Erick Barker, whu is une uf three players getting snaps at quarterback this
summer, eyes an upen receiver during a 7-un-7 at Suuth Salem High Schuul.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary got an up-close
look at one of the top football
programs in the state, com-
peting in 7-on-7 drills against
back-to-back 6A state cham-
pions West Linn on Tuesday,
July 11 at South Salem High
School.
“I was excited to see West
Linn here because they’re the
cream of the crop,” Celtics as-
sistant coach Brad Emmert
said.
“They do a lot of things re-
ally well so it was a good op-
portunity for us to go against
somebody like that.”
McNary also got to mea-
sure itself against a Greater
Valley Conference opponent
in South Salem.
“It’s a huge advantage for
us to play South in the sum-
mer because it gives us an idea
of where we’re at, not only
physically but also just from a
confi dence standpoint,” Em-
mert said.
The Celtics rotated 10
plays on offense and then 10
on defense with each team.
Emmert said what stood
out was McNary’s depth.
“We have a bunch of ath-
letes,” he said. “What I’m
proud of these guys for the
most on both sides of the ball
is we go two-deep and we
bring our subs in, there’s not
a lot of drop off. I’m pleased
with that.”
Emmert also echoed what
head coach Jeff Auvinen said
during spring practice—
“Everything is wide open.”
The Celtics had three play-
ers getting snaps at quarter-
back—sophomore Erik Bark-
er, junior Ryan Bamford and
senior Casey Toavs. All three
bring something different to
the position.
“Toavs is one of the smart-
est guys you’re ever going to
meet,” Emmert said. “That
works to his advantage and
Barker is the most prototypical
quarterback. He’s a kid with a
ton of upside and Bamford is
5-8 or 5-9 but he throws the
snot out of it for being a little
guy. We’ll let it play out and
see what happens. Someone is
going to separate.”
The same competition is
happening at receiver, where
McNary graduated many of
its most productive playmak-
ers.
“We’ve got seven different
receivers on the outside spots
that right now are really vying
for those two starting spots,”
Emmert said.
“Johnny Williams, for ex-
ample, was a starter last year
but hadn’t quite made it and
with Griffi n Oliveira, Devyn
Schurr, all these juniors com-
ing up, he’s got to play and
he’s responded. That’s what
we want to see and those guys
Devyn and Griffi n, those guys
have responded as well to try
to answer the bell. I think
competition is a good thing.
Overall it’s going to make us
better.”
Despite all of the uncer-
tainty, Emmert is pleased with
how the team is coming to-
gether.
The Celtics have partici-
pated in 7-on-7 competitions
in Woodburn and the Portland
area throughout the summer
as well as lifting weights and
working on speed, quickness
and agility three days a week.
Team camp is scheduled
to begin on Aug. 7 with fall
practice offi cially starting Aug.
14.
“You fi nd out a lot more
when you put pads on,” Em-
mert said.
Blue Day is August 19
and a jamboree the following
weekend.
McNary opens the regular
season on Friday, Sept. 1 at
home against North Salem.
Northwood, Holiday win swim meets
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Northwood Park Swim
Club dominated relays to de-
feat Jan Ree 322-160 Thurs-
day, July 13.
Sayje Castronovo, Kait-
lyn Schaffer, Meili Skipper
and Kylie Wells won the girls
9-10-year-old medley relay.
Castronovo, Skipper, Wells
and Kaitlyn Roop also placed
fi rst in the free relay as North-
wood’s girls outscored Jan Ree
175-112.
Melia Wells, Brooke Junker,
Ella Ditchen and Ainsleigh
Pack had the fastest time in the
11-12 medley relay.
Wells, Pack, Ditchen and
Molly Eisele won the 11-12
free relay.
Junker swam on the win-
ning 13-14 free relay with
Madie Trammell, Ellie Auvin-
en and Kailey Wilcke. Tram-
mell, Auvinen, Wilcke and Isa-
bella Walker took fi rst in the
13-14 medley relay.
Grace Trammell, Rioanna
Zeller, Alyssa Garvey and Ash-
ley Hawley won the 15-18
medley relay.
Paris Boyd had the fastest
times in the 13-14 individual
medley, free and breaststroke.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
LEFT: Kylie Wells cheers un her Nurthwuud teammates during the 9-10-year uld medley relay. RIGHT: Huliday swimmer Junah Strunk dives intu the water fur the
7-8 medley relay un Thursday, July 13.
Wilcke won the 13-14 back-
stroke. Eisele placed fi rst in the
9-10 IM and free. Roop won
the 9-10 backstroke.
Zeller touched the wall fi rst
in the 15-18 IM and fl y. Junker
won the 11-12 backstroke.
Northwood’s boys won six
relays to easily outscore Jan
Ree 147-48.
Cameron Harrington, Jef-
fery Olsen, Caedmon Chris-
tensen and Grant Schaf-
fer fi nished fi rst in the 9-10
medley and free relays. Elijah
Clendening, Riley Auvinen,
Andrew Zeller and Conner
Roop also swept the 11-12
medley and free relays.
Please see SWIM, Page 14
McNary D-II squad fi nishes
summer at state tournament
Submitted
McNary baseball players Andrew Bruwn, frunt, frum left, Erik Surensun, Danny Okada, Riley
Gates, back, frum left, Jamiesun Martin, Ethan Pattersun, Nigel Harris, Alex Simpsun, Rennick
Jeffries, Drew Bartlett, Camerun Zerbe, Cuach Jurdan Keeker, nut pictured, Danny Muud and
Rubert Bensun all cumpeted in the Divisiun II state baseball tuurnament in Eugene July 13-14.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s run in the Divi-
sion II state baseball tourna-
ment ended with two one-
run losses.
After falling to North Eu-
gene 6-5 on Thursday, July
13, the Celtics again came up
short in an 8-7 loss to South
Medford on Friday, July 14 at
Thurston High School in Eu-
gene.
“We weren’t able to score
late in the game to win but
I thought we pitched well,”
McNary coach Jordan Keeker
said of the fi rst game. “We
played pretty good defense.
We just couldn’t get the situ-
ational hit.”
McNary’s team was made
up of mostly rising sopho-
mores and juniors who were
on Keeker’s JV2 squad in the
spring. The Celtics played 18
games during the summer,
fi nishing 9-11 overall but 7-5
in league play.
“There’s a lot of oppor-
tunities in the summer, just
because guys are busy doing
other sports so the guys that
come out and play in the sum-
mer get a lot of opportunities
to get better and that was the
goal,” Keeker said. “The goal
was to improve and I think we
did that.”
Sophomore Rennick Jef-
fries led McNary at the plate
this summer, hitting .429 with
nine RBIs and 12 runs scored.
Junior Drew Bartlett hit .390
with 14 runs. Alex Simpson
scored 20 runs and had 13
RBIs to go along with a .364
average. Andrew Brown hit
.371 and added 14 runs and
12 RBIs. Nigel Harris scored
16 runs and had a .370 aver-
age. As a team, the Celtics hit
.326.
Rennick and Jameson
Martin pitched most of the
innings for McNary.
Most importantly, Keeker
saw mental growth from the
club.
“This group has defi nitely
mentally matured as baseball
players,” Keeker said.
Please see STATE, Page 14