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Celtics again open
with North Salem
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
North Salem, a 2-7 foot-
ball team a year ago, sched-
uled to move down a classifi -
cation next season, is likely to
be overlooked by many teams
this fall.
Not McNary.
The Celtics, who open
the 2017 campaign at home
against North Salem on Fri-
day, Sept. 1, had to overcome
an 11-point fourth quarter
defi cit to defeat the Vikings
last season, scoring the win-
ning touchdown with just
1:23 remaining in the game.
“We went into the game a
little over our heads and we
need to stay composed and
take it one step at a time,”
McNary senior Lucas Garvey
said. “That’s what we learned
last year. You can’t ever judge
a team by what their record
was last year. You have to go
into it with an open mind
and just play our game.”
Garvey did his part a year
ago, rushing for 131 yards and
a touchdown on 28 carries.
At cornerback, he also had an
interception.
“Going into your fi rst var-
sity game and being able to
run like that, gives me a lot
of confi dence,” Garvey said.
“I’m going to try to mimic
or do even better than I did
last year.”
McNary has won its last
three season openers against
North Salem but the victo-
ries haven’t come easy. The
Celtics trailed 14-8 at half-
time of the 2015 game before
winning 34-21.
“Playing them fi rst game
is really tough,” Celtics head
coach Jeff Auvinen said.
“They play with good le-
verage. They play hard. They
battle us every year back and
forth. I don’t think coach
(Jeff) Flood likes playing us
fi rst game and I know we
don’t like playing them fi rst
game.”
What makes the Vikings
diffi cult to defend is their
Wing-T offense.
“Especially
offensively,
they do their stuff really
well,” Auvinen said. “They
have been doing their Wing-
T set forever. They are going
to continue to do it forever
so they don’t have a whole
bunch to learn every year
so they can concentrate on
that.”
McNary’s defense strug-
gled to contain North Sa-
lem’s running game last sea-
son, especially in the fi rst
three quarters.
“We need to be very dis-
ciplined,” Auvinen said of his
defense. “We need to play
with good leverage at the line
of scrimmage, lower than the
opponent, can’t be moved, so
there’s nowhere to run. We
need to each handle our gaps.
That’s the plan. Hopefully
we’ll execute a little better
than we did last year. I didn’t
call a very good game. When
we did blitz, we over pen-
etrated and got up the fi eld.
When we took a step back
and just played football and
stopped blitzing so much, we
were able to make our reads
and go.”
While North Salem grad-
uated its quarterback and
many skill players, the Vikings
are experienced on the of-
fensive line.
“It’s a little worrisome
because that’s where most
games are won and lost,”
Auvinen said of the line.
“With that offense, if you
can open holes, people can
run through them. It will be
interesting to see what their
new running backs are like.”
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McNary senior Jose Solorio will be a big part of the offense and defense as the Celtics kickoff
the football season Friday, Sept. 1 at home against North Salem.
Lady Celts top McKay in DeMello’s debut
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary junior Kara Thomas, left, looks on as senior Valerie Diede knocks the ball over the net in
a 3-0 win at McKay on Tuesday, Aug. 29.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary began the Crys-
tal DeMello era of volleyball
with a 3-0 win at McKay on
Tuesday, Aug. 29.
“It’s exciting to get the
season rolling,” said DeMello,
a McNary graduate and for-
mer player in her fi rst season
as the Lady Celts head coach.
“It feels like there’s been a
long build up to get the season
started. Now that we’re going,
I think the girls are ready and
we’re pushing through. It’s a
good way to start the season.”
The closest of the three
games against McKay was
the fi rst one as McNary led
19-12 but the Scots came
storming back to tie the set
at 19-19.
“They started out fl at,”
DeMello said of her team.
“They weren’t focused at
the beginning. They weren’t
distributing the ball, so we’ll
carry that over and keep
learning.”
The Celts regained the
lead on a McKay service er-
ror and held on for a 25-21
victory.
“It’s always good to be able
to come back,” DeMello said.
“It’s something I think a team
has to practice because this
is a game of momentum. It’s
nice to know that they have
that mental toughness to dig
in. It’s also nice to see that
they can execute under pres-
sure. Playing under pressure is
a learned skill so it’s nice to
see that it’s there.”
Freshman Taylor Ebbs got
the start and had two kills in
the fi nal four points to seal
the victory for McNary. Se-
nior Valerie Diede also had a
kill down the stretch.
“We just got our momen-
tum back and our energy
back and our confi dence and
once we got that, we were
back to ourselves,” Ebbs said.
The Celts carried that
momentum into the second
game, taking a 14-7 lead be-
fore putting away McKay 25-
15.
McNary then jumped out
to a 12-1 advantage in the
fi nal game and won 25-9 to
fi nish off the match.
“The girls are a great
team,” DeMello said. “Ev-
erybody played tonight. Ev-
erybody stepped in and I felt
like it was seamless, which is
something that I love about
this team is that they can all
play together and lead each
other.
“Our opponents are always
tough and you never know
what they are going to do so
momentum in this game and
making sure that they cary it
forward. That’s what we look
for and that they stay disci-
plined no matter what the
score is.”
Volcanoes drop series to Spokane
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
Spokane guaranteed a se-
ries win Monday with a 9-4
thrashing of the Volcanoes.
The game was a contest
until the ninth inning, when
the visiting Indians, ahead
2-1, scored nine runs. Salem-
Keizer, known lately for late-
inning rallies, fell far short in
the bottom of the ninth.
Jose Marte, the starting and
losing pitcher for the Volca-
noes, pitched his way out of a
bases-loaded threat when he
got Nick Kaye to ground into
a double play.
Spokane’s fi rst run came
in the third. Tyler Ratliff and
Austin O’Banion hit one-
out singles to left fi eld. Matt
Whatley scored Ratliff with a
single to center.
The Volcanoes answered
with a run in the same inning.
Chris Corbett led off with a
walk, and Shane Matheny
reached fi rst base by ground-
ing into a force out. Malique
Ziegler grounded into anoth-
er force out and stole second
base. Bryce Johnson singled to
center, driving in Ziegler.
Curtis Terry led off the
Spokane fourth with a home
run over the left fi eld fence,
giving the Indians a 2-1 lead.
The score stood there until
the ninth.
After Terry hit a two-out
single to left in the sixth, Aar-
on Phillips relieved Marte and
retired the next batter.
In the Volcano sixth, after
a one-out walk to Orlando
Garcia, Josh Advocate relieved
starting pitcher Tai Tiede-
mann, who was to get the win.
Advocate struck out the next
two batters.
Luis Lopez took the mound
for the Indians in the bottom
of the seventh.
The ninth started with a
single to center by Melvin
Novoa.
Pedro Gonzalez ran for
Novoa and went to second on
an infi eld single by Terry. On a
sacrifi ce bunt by Kole Enright,
Phillips made a wild throw
over fi rst baseman Ryan Kir-
by’s head, Gonzalez scored,
Terry went to third, and En-
right went to second. Nick
Kaye singled to right, driv-
ing in Terry. Miguel Aparicio
singled to right center, scoring
Enright.
John Timmins replaced
Phillips. Chris Seise doubled
to right center, driving in Kaye
and Aparicio. Seise, who went
to third on the play, scored as
O’Banion hit a sacrifi ce fl y to
center. A ground out, a walk,
and another ground out fol-
lowed, and Spokane had a 9-1
lead.
Manuel Geraldo led off
the Volcano ninth with a
single to right. Junior Amion
popped out to shortstop, and
Chris Corbett grounded out
but moved Geraldo to sec-
ond. Shane Matheny singled
to right, scoring Geraldo.
Malique Ziegler hit a home
run over the left fi eld wall, his
fi fth. Bryce Johnson’s liner to
fi rst base ended the game.
Tiedemann went to a 4-4
record, and Lopez had his fi rst
save. Marte’s loss was his fi fth
against two wins.
The attendance was 1,442.
“With the kind of stretch
that we are in now,” Volcano
manager Jolbert Cabrera said,
“it’s hard. We’re giving up too
many runs early. We’re search-
ing for answers.”
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Salem-Keizer pitcher Alex Bostic throws off the mound in a
game earlier this summer.