SEPTEMBER 22, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A13
Doutt, Allen lead McNary at Joe Dancer
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary senior Kailey
Doutt’s face lit up with excite-
ment when asked about the
Lady Celts cross country team,
especially freshman teammate
Ella Repp.
Doutt won the girls var-
sity race at Joe Dancer Park in
McMinnville on Wednesday,
Sept. 13, fi nishing in just over
20 minutes and 12 seconds.
Not far behind her was Repp
in 20:30.47, good enough for
third.
“We push each other and I
haven’t had that before,” Doutt
said of Repp. “And we have
a lot of girls that are doing
amazing compared to past sea-
sons and hopefully we’ll beat a
lot of people at districts.”
Doutt ran alongside Mad-
die Rollins, a McMinnville
senior who qualifi ed for the
state meet last season, for most
of Wednesday’s race, before
kicking into another gear in
the last 400 meters to win by
seven seconds.
“I was scared like the whole
race,” Doutt said. “I had to
keep feeding myself positive
thoughts. I just went as hard as
I could at the end. I don’t think
she (Rollins) had anything left
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A free kick by freshman
Jose Martinez went off the
West Salem goalkeeper’s
hands and then off the bar
before going out of bounds in
the 12th minute. The keeper
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McNary freshman Ethan Whalen fi nished third for the Celtics
and 11th overall in McMinnville on Sept. 13.
because when I passed her, she
didn’t match my speed.”
Doutt, who battled injuries
during cross country and track
last season, added she’s feeling
better and stronger than ever.
“I’m going faster in work-
outs that we’re doing than I
ever have,” Doutt said.
Repp’s 20:30.37 was the
eighth fastest girls time ran this
season in the Greater Valley
Conference. The top 10 fi nish-
ers at the district meet on Oct.
25 qualify for state.
“She paced herself really
well and we know she’s faster
and she’s going to get faster,”
McNary head coach David
Holcomb said of Repp. “We’re
excited for her.”
As a team, the Lady Celts
(39) fi nished 15 points behind
McMinnville (24), whose top
fi ve runners placed second and
then fourth through seventh.
McNary junior Emma Gar-
land took eighth in 22:11.65.
then made two saves on a shot
by senior Luis Martinez, the
second by diving on the ball
as it nearly rolled across the
goal line in the 34th minute.
McNary continued to
control possession and cre-
ate more opportunities in the
second half. Jose Martinez had
two goals overturned for be-
ing offsides.
“That’s been our problem
for the past few games is just
putting them in,” Baez said.
“We’ve been working on that
a lot, literally every practice.
Tonight, I feel like we could
have fi nished a lot more but at
least it’s a start.”
While the Celtics have
scored just nine goals in its
fi rst six games, Baez hopes the
strong fi nish against West Sa-
lem will carry over to the rest
of the season.
“We’ll continue on this,”
Baez said. “We’ll piggyback
on this and start fi nishing
more and winning games.”
Lady Celts
Playing at West Salem, Mc-
Nary’s girls soccer team also
had to come from behind to
earn a 1-1 tie.
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Senior Alison Repp and fresh-
man Reyna Terrazas complet-
ed the scoring for the Lady
Celts, fi nishing in 23:30.10
and 23:31.80, good enough
for 14th and 15th respectively.
With 67 points, McKay’s
girls placed a distant third.
“Our one (Doutt) and two
(Ella Repp) are competing
against McMinnville’s best,”
Holcomb said. “Now it’s time
to look at the 3-7 and fi gure
out where do we want to be
by the season’s end and now
we have some times to shoot
for and a goal in mind. Hope-
fully the girls respond. They
admitted they wanted more.
We’ve got some weeks to go
and some miles to run.”
In the boys race, McNary
junior David Allen showed just
a glimpse of what he’s capable
of.
Running in his fi rst ever
5K, Allen fi nished behind fi ve
McMinnville runners, to place
sixth in 18:34.09.
“It was nice to be up in the
front because I’m pretty com-
petitive,” Allen said. “I started
off kind of slow but eventually
I worked my way up and just
kept getting faster throughout
the race.”
Allen played junior varsity
football at McNary last fall but
gave it up to try cross country.
“I didn’t play a whole lot
so I just wanted to do some-
thing where I’d stay active and
I fi gured cross country was the
best way,” Allen said. “This year
is just trying to learn the sport
and get used to it more and
get more used to the races. I
didn’t think I’d be where I am
right now. I just feel lucky to
be here.”
Since Allen’s favorite sport,
baseball, is in the spring, Allen
hadn’t even ran track before.
He also barely ran this sum-
mer, recording less than 60
miles.
“He’s (Allen) a guy as a
coaching staff, when we talk
about him, we smile and we
laugh almost because he re-
ally doesn’t know what he’s
doing,” said Holcomb, who
coached Allen in football.
“He has so much un-
tapped potential he doesn’t
know about and we’re hop-
ing throughout the year the
race strategy will get there, the
pacing will get there. I think
he’s one of those kids where
he can jump into anything and
fi gure out how to make him-
self competitive. Cross coun-
try being more of a stamina,
discipline, driven sport, to see
him be this successful with-
out knowing what he’s doing,
that’s pretty exciting.”
Jonas Honeyman (10th,
18:59.49) and Ethan Whalen
(11th, 19:06.28) were the sec-
ond and third McNary boys
to cross the fi nish line as the
Celtics edged McKay 59-62
for second place. Noah Egli
(19:47.64, 15th) and Emanu-
el Figueroa (19:54.88, 17th)
completed the scoring.
Holcomb noted the Celt-
ics have around a dozen boys
competing for a varsity spot.
“A lot of young kids who
have never done this before
and are learning how to do it,”
he said. “We’re hoping by the
season’s end, we’ll have seven
guys that have really fi gured
it out that can make us com-
petitive. It’s going to be a chess
match for us coaches by the
season’s end.”
After not having enough
girls for a junior varsity team
last season, the Lady Celts won
the JV race on Wednesday,
edging McMinnville 29-34.
Freshman Nina Garland
placed fi rst in 24:21.32. Duyen
Barr (fourth, 25:34.31) and Jai-
zielle Samson (fi fth, 25:42.04)
fi nished inside the top fi ve.
The Lady Celts started
strong and spent the majority
of the fi rst 10 minutes of the
match on the West Salem end
but failed to produce a dan-
gerous opportunity.
About 15 minutes into the
match the momentum shifted,
and West Salem began to settle
in and control the midfi eld.
In the 32nd minute Mc-
Nary defender Ashlyn Lyda
took a tough knee-to-knee
hit in a 50/50 challenge that
needed medical attention.
West Salem then switched the
fi eld and ended up with a shot
inside the penalty area that
forced a save from goalkeeper
Sydney Snapp.
Lyda’s replacement, junior
Olivia Purkey, stepped in and
helped fi nish out a scoreless
half.
West Salem started the
second half controlling pos-
session, and settled for a num-
ber of shots from outside that
were handled with ease by
Snapp.
But pressure began to
mount as the Titans forced a
couple corner kicks around
the 50th minute.
In the 54th minute, West
Salem collected a ball inside
the box on an attempted
clearance, and put a shot on
goal that defl ected off Mc-
Nary’s central defender on its
way toward goal, forcing an
initial diving save by Snapp
that took a fortunate bounce
off the post toward a charging
Titan attacker who fi nished
the second effort from close
range to give West Salem a
1-0 lead.
In the 64th minute, senior
captain Jessy Shore made a
run up the left wing and put a
cross toward the far post that
skipped off the turf, and was
fi nished by junior captain Ab-
igail Hawley in the top right
corner from close range.