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Lady Celts continue strong defensive play
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s young defense
has stepped up to every chal-
lenge this season.
On Thursday, Sept. 21,
the Lady Celts held Forest
Grove, a team that had scored
19 goals in seven matches, to
just one on a defl ection in
the 70th minute.
But missing two of their
top offensive weapons, Izzy
Haselip and Natalia Gon-
zalez, with injuries, one was
too many as McNary fell 1-0
at home.
“This is the best offense
we’ve played this year and the
best possession team,” Mc-
Nary head coach A.J. Nash
said of Forest Grove.
“I felt pretty comfort-
able for most of the game.
West was good, too. They’re a
little bit faster and a little bit
stronger but this team they’re
a little bit more skilled.
“Their forward and the
way that they played with the
tandem up top is going to
give us some great fi lm that
exposed our lack of playing
together more today than it
ever has. It’s going to give us
a great opportunity to use
fi lm and get their mind used
to seeing a different forma-
tion and a different style of
play.”
The Vikings didn’t pro-
duce many dangerous op-
portunities. A shot off a cross
hit a McNary defender and
defl ected into the corner of
the goal for the only score of
the game.
“Sometimes the ball just
doesn’t bounce your way,”
Nash said.
The goal was only the
second McNary’s defense,
led by goalkeeper Sydney
Snapp and sweeper Samantha
Alfano, has allowed in seven
games.
“Sydney has been our vo-
cal leadership and Sam is one
of the best defenders in the
conference, even as a sopho-
more,” Nash said.
“We shut down their at-
tack in large part. I was very
proud of what we did.”
Sophomore Maya Lus-
comb and freshmen Audrey
Williams and Ashlyn Lyda
have also stepped up.
“Ultimately, we’ve got
a lot of depth,” Nash said.
“I didn’t know what I was
getting in their fi rst year as
players on the varsity level
but from a talent prospec-
tive their growth has been
exponential throughout the
season.”
But with such a young
group, there’s still plenty of
room for improvement.
“I’m really proud of their
process but we’ve still got a
lot to clean up before Octo-
ber,” Nash said.
Abigail Hawley, another of
the Lady Celts goal scorers,
tried to play through an inju-
ry but had to leave the game
early. Haselip and Gonzalez
are both expected back by
October and could return as
early as next week.
“I’d be excited to play
these guys (Forest Grove) in
the playoffs,” Nash said. “I
think we match up real well
against them with our of-
fense back and our midfi eld
back.”
McNary’s offensive woes
continued Tuesday, Sept 26
as the Lady Celts lost 2-0 at
West Albany (6-1-1).
McNary plays at McMin-
nville Tuesday, Oct. 4. The
Lady Celts next home game
is Friday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m.
against McKay.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary goalkeeper Sydney Snapp has allowed only four goals in seven games this season, in-
cluding four shutouts.
McNary runners post PRs
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
With McNary senior Kailey
Doutt out, freshman Ella Repp
got to lead the Lady Celts on
Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Neil
Armstrong Middle School in
Forest Grove.
Repp, who fi nished fourth
with a new personal record
of 20:14, was surprised by her
time.
“I feel like I could have gone
faster because it was such a fl at
course that I felt like I should
have pushed myself more,”
Repp said. “I ended up with
a better time than I thought I
did. I felt like I’ve gotten into
shape. I’ve been trying to keep
up with Kailey and she’s been
good at pushing me.”
McNary head coach David
Holcomb said Doutt just sim-
ply needed a day off.
“She had been training re-
ally hard,” Holcomb said. “To
preserve her for the rest of the
season we wanted her to have a
little time off.”
Holcomb was pleased with
how Repp ran against some of
the Greater Valley Conference’s
best runners in Forest Grove’s
Hannah Aguirre and Hannah
Berdahl, who both fi nished in
19:17, as well as North Salem
sophomore Abi Swain, who
placed third in 19:33.
“It was really her fi rst race
pushing it with top district
runners,” Holcomb said. “She
had good pace. I think she
can run faster. When she’s
up against Kaylee (Mitchell)
and Ginger (Murnieks) and
Anna (Chau) from South and
Sprague, I think she’ll run fast-
er. With more experience and
race strategy, she’ll get there.”
With a PR of 18:15, Mc-
Nary junior David Allen is also
getting faster as he fi gures out
his race strategy. Allen placed
ninth behind seven runners
from Forest Grove and one
from North Salem.
“This time he got out and
tried to stay up there and from
that tells us coaches what we
can work on next couple of
weeks to help make sure he’s
staying on a good pace and not
dropping back as much,” Hol-
comb said. “We also don’t want
him to start so slow that he
has to work forward and pass a
bunch of guys.”
Senior Jonas Honeyman
was the second McNary run-
ner to cross the fi nish line, tak-
ing 12th in 18:51. Ethan Wha-
len (19:06), Francisco Orta
(19:08) and Brennan Whalen
(19:22) completed the scoring.
Emma Garland was the sec-
ond Lady Celt to fi nish, placing
11th in 21:42. Reyna Terrazas
(22:22), Alison Repp (23:28)
and Sabella Alfaro (23:51) also
scored.
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