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Celtics host ‘angry’ Sprague
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Jerry Lane coached McNary to the 1975 3A state wrestling
championship and won four district team championships over
30 seasons.
Wrestling
reunion to
honor coach
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Former McNary High
School wrestlers are invited
to McNary Restaurant and
Lounge on Saturday, Oct. 14
at 5 p.m. for a reunion and
celebration of longtime coach
Jerry Lane.
After wrestling at Iowa
State Teacher’s College and
then coaching in Colorado,
Lane came to McNary when
the school opened in 1965.
At the encouragement of
his old high school coach, Cy
Bellock, who was now lead-
ing the wrestling program at
North Salem, Lane had inter-
viewed for a job in Salem two
years earlier but decided to
stay in Colorado. When Bel-
lock called Lane again to tell
him the district was opening
a new school, Lane couldn’t
turn down the opportunity to
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary senior Tim Kiser
expects to face a mad Sprague
team, fresh off a 35-0 loss to
West Salem, when the Olym-
pians come to Keizer on Fri-
day, Sept. 15.
“They’re going to be an-
gry,” Kiser said. “They’re go-
ing to want revenge and
they’re going to want to go
hard against whatever comes
next, which means we have to
play harder.”
McNary head coach Jeff
Auvinen expects to face a
better team than the Sprague
squad that lost fi ve fumbles,
including four in the fi rst half,
in the blowout loss at West Sa-
lem.
“They’re a good football
team,” Auvinen said of the
Olympians. “They showed
that against South (Salem).
I think they’re going to be
primed and ready to play their
better ball and we’re going to
be primed to take another step
up, too. I think it’s going to be
a good ball game.”
Sprague had lost to West
Salem in 2016 as well when
the Olympians followed up
Please see SPRAGUE, Page 12
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary’s Junior Walling sniffs out a reverse in the fi rst half of
last season’s football game at Sprague.
build his own program.
“It was a dream,” Lane said.
“At McNary you were able to
start from scratch.”
Lane was an assistant at
North Salem under Bellock
for two years while McNary
was being built. Bellock then
left North Salem and joined
Lane as an assistant coach at
McNary.
The Celtics joined a stacked
league that included recent
state champions Lebanon and
Sweet Home. Corvallis was on
its way to winning two titles.
McNary defeated both Sa-
lem schools, North and South,
in its fi rst year but fi nished
fi fth in the conference. In its
second season, the Celtics had
their fi rst district champion
in heavyweight Dick Wilm-
schem. Dave True was district
runner-up.
Please see REUNION, Page 13
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary quarterback Erik Barker and H-back Brayden Ebbs celebrate in the South Salem end zone after Barker scored a 1-yard
touchdown on fourth-and-goal with less than a minute left to play.
Redemption
Barker’s fi ve TDs leads McNary over South Salem
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary junior Caiya Ewert and sophomore Zoie Warner try to
block the ball at the net at North Salem on Thursday, Sept. 7.
Lady Celts begin
league play 4-1
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
SALEM—Another close
fi rst game turned into a blow-
out as McNary went on the
road and defeated North Sa-
lem 3-0 on Thursday, Sept. 7.
The Lady Celts looked like
they would easily win the fi rst
set, taking a 15-8 advantage.
However, unforced errors
gave North Salem life and the
Lady Vikings took full advan-
tage, tying the game at 23-23
after McNary missed on back-
to-back kills, one wide and
another long.
The Lady Celts were able
to regroup and win the next
two points to take the fi rst
game 25-23.
“We started slow but we
picked it up at the end of the
game,” said libero Sophia Sa-
linas, who had 11 digs in the
win.
“We talked way more and
started playing less frantic and
more disciplined. It was just
our energy level.”
MHS head coach Crys-
tal DeMello agreed the Lady
Celts energy wasn’t where it
needed to be.
“North had amazing en-
ergy and we need to mirror
that,” DeMello said.
Please see NORTH, Page 12
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
SALEM—Using his arm, Erik Barker
made sure McNary got off to a fast start
at South Salem.
But the Celtics quarterback fi nished
off the Saxons with his legs.
Facing a fourth-and-goal from the
South Salem 1-yard line with less than a
minute left to play, Barker faked a handoff
and broke multiple tackles on the edge to
fi ght his way into the end zone.
“Giving me that run play I was just so
excited,” Barker said.
“I just saw the edge and put my shoul-
der down. I was just so determined to get
in the end zone. I just lowered my shoul-
der and kept running.”
Tim Kiser then recovered a fumble af-
ter a sack by Junior Walling and Freddy
Jimna to complete the 37-26 McNary
victory on Friday, Sept. 8.
At halftime, the Celtics appeared as if
they might blow out South Salem.
McNary scored on its opening pos-
session as Barker and Jacob Jackson con-
nected for an 11-yard touchdown to
complete a 12-play, 65-yard drive.
The Saxons took their only lead, 12-7,
on a 23-yard pass on fourth-and-12 with
1:53 remaining in the fi rst quarter. But
the Celtics came right back down the
fi eld and Barker hit Jackson for another
11-yard touchdown to put McNary back
on top 13-12 with 11:26 remaining in
the second quarter.
The Celtics then took advantage of
two turnovers.
After an interception by Alex McGrath
gave McNary the ball inside South Sa-
lem’s 35-yard line, Barker completed two
passes to Kyle McCallister, the second a
13-yard touchdown.
Ian Koenig then recovered a fumble
inside the Saxon 20-yard line and Barker
connected with Jonathan Williams for a
10-yard touchdown to stretch the Celtic
lead to 27-12 with 5:23 remaining in the
fi rst half.
“Our game plan was solid,” Barker
said. “They (Saxons defense) loaded the
box to stop the run and that left it wide
open for easy throws.”
Jackson added a 24-yard fi eld goal and
McNary went into intermission ahead
30-12.
South Salem’s fi rst possession of the
second half ended with another turnover
as Kiser batted a pass into the air and Mc-
Grath collected his second interception.
McNary continued to move the ball
but failed to add any points as Jackson
missed a 26-yard fi eld goal.
After the Saxons got within 30-18 on a
16-yard touchdown pass, Barker threw an
interception inside South Salem’s 20-yard
line. Another Barker interception, this
time returned for a 17-yard touchdown,
and a successful two-point conversion got
the Saxons within 30-26 of McNary with
6:21 left to play.
“We were still up,” Barker said of what
was going through his mind after the sec-
ond interception. “I just needed to keep
playing my game, didn’t need to force
anything.”
With the Celtic running game sty-
mied, Barker completed three passes to
get McNary to the South Salem 31-yard
line. But after two negative runs and an
incomplete pass, the Celtics had to punt,
giving the ball back to the Saxons with
2:19 remaining.
South Salem’s two minute drill didn’t
last long as Jackson intercepted quarter-
back Elijah Enomoto-Haole on just the
second play and McNary took over at the
Saxon 8-yard line.
“Our defensive line put really good
pressure on the quarterback,” Jackson said.
“Alex McGrath made a great play on the
ball, tipped it right to me.”
The Celtics ran the ball three times
to set up the fourth-and-goal from the
1-yard line.
“We went back and forth,” McNary
offensive coordinator Brad Emmert said
of the play call.
Please see BARKER, Page 13