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Bend schools coming to GVC?
Final decision Oct. 16
By DEREK WILEY
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McNary student athletes,
coaches and parents may soon
become more familiar with
the Bend area.
In its fi nal recommen-
dation, the Oregon School
Activities Association Classi-
fi cation and Districting Com-
mittee placed Bend High
School, Mountain View and
Summit in the Greater Valley
Conference with the Celtics,
McKay, South Salem, Sprague
and West Salem beginning
with the 2018-19 school year.
The decision came after
12 meetings over the course
of about a year. The commit-
tee looked at everything from
dropping to fi ve classifi cations,
to putting the three Bend
schools in the Southwestern
Conference with southern
Oregon and Eugene schools
or with east Portland schools.
In the end, the committee
stuck with six classifi cations
and chose the GVC.
“Though it has become ev-
ident that no current league is
interested in adding the three
Bend schools, the group be-
lieves that choosing the short-
est of the three travel options
makes the most sense when
applying the criteria (safety of
athletes and spectators, mini-
mizing loss of class time, mini-
mizing expenses, and school
enrollment,” the committee
wrote in a release.
The committee also noted
that a standalone three team
Central Oregon league was
not a viable option, nor was
separating the three schools
into different leagues.
Bend, Summit and Moun-
tain View are all moving
up from 5A. North Salem
has been approved to play
down and will join the 5A
Mid-Willamette Conference
along with West Albany. For-
est Grove and McMinnville
would remain in 6A but play
in the Pacifi c Conference.
The proposal is for the
2018-22 four-year time block.
“The committee under-
stands that not all of the moves
made and placements of
schools are going to be ideal
for each individual school,” the
release continued. “The com-
mittee recognizes that any de-
cision regarding placement of
a school has the potential to
substantially impact a school
and its community. Placement
of schools within classifi cations
and league are interrelated. In
some cases travel increases for
some while decreases for oth-
ers. There is simply no sce-
nario that exists to positively
impact every school.”
The recommendation is
not the fi nal step in the public
process. The ultimate decision
will come from the OSAA
Executive Board and Delegate
Assembly on Monday, Oct. 16
at 9 a.m. at the Holiday Inn in
Wilsonville.
Please see BEND, Page B3
Flexing at Forest Grove
Run game,
defense
lead Celts
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
FOREST GROVE—Mc-
Nary continued to lean on its
running game, racking up 246
yards, as the Celtics defeated
Forest Grove 35-14 on Friday,
Sept. 29.
McNary had two runners
go over 100 yards as sopho-
more Junior Walling gained
107 yards on 21 carries and
senior Freddy Jimna had 101
yards on 12 attempts.
“I just want to thank my
O-line because they worked
hard all this week, getting the
plays right and fi guring out
which linebackers to block
so I could fi nd a hole,” Jimna
said.
The Celtics were with-
out senior Lucas Garvey, who
broke his collarbone the week
before at McKay.
“Losing Lucas hurt us but
what it also did was it forced
us to simplify some things and
in doing that I think some
kids, especially the O-Line, are
starting to take pride in run-
ning the football,” McNary
offensive coordinator Brad
Emmert said. “We ran off-
tackle power probably half of
our running plays and the kids
just love that. I think that’s
defi nitely part of our game
moving forward.”
But simplifying the offense
didn’t cure all of the Celtics
problems. Three interceptions,
negative plays and penalties al-
lowed Forest Grove to remain
in the game into the fourth
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McNary senior Jonny Williams celebrates after scoring a touch-
down earlier this season at South Salem.
McMinnville
visits McNary
for homecoming
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McNary senior Freddy Jimna fl exes after scoring a 16-yard touchdown to fi nish off Forest Grove
on Friday, Sept. 29. Jimna also recovered a fumble in the victory.
quarter.
McNary scored its fi rst
touchdown on a 2-yard run
by Jose Solorio to give the
Celtics a 6-0 lead with 2:40
remaining in the fi rst quar-
ter after the extra point was
blocked.
McNary’s defense then got
its fi rst turnover when junior
Devyn Schurr intercepted
Forest Grove quarterback Ja-
rod Miller, giving the Celtics
the ball at the Forest Grove
36-yard line.
After two incomplete passes
and a sack, Alan Jefferson was
able to punt the Vikings in-
side their own 2-yard line and
Walling tackled Forest Grove
running back Kurtis Van Dyke
in the end zone for a safety.
Barker was then intercept-
ed throwing a jump ball to
Jefferson with 10:10 remain-
ing in the fi rst half. However,
Solorio picked off Miller on
the next play to give the ball
right back to the Celtics.
Please see FLEXING, Page B2
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Jonny Williams ruined
McMinnville’s homecoming
last season, catching a game-
winning touchdown pass with
only 1:25 remaining.
This Friday, the McNary
senior wants to make sure the
Grizzlies don’t return the favor.
“I’m pretty confi dent com-
ing into this game,” Williams
said. “I like playing against Mc-
Minnville. I’ve always played a
pretty good game against them.
I’m feeling pretty good about
this week.”
Last season’s contest was a
coming out party for Williams,
who entered the game with
only two catches, but had re-
ceptions of 41 and 30 yards in
the fi nal three minutes, includ-
ing the game-winner when he
out-jumped a McMinnville
defender in the end zone on
fourth-and-25.
“It defi nitely boosted it (my
confi dence) a lot,” Williams
said. “It defi nitely made me re-
alize I mean something to the
team.”
Dealing with a quad injury,
this season, Williams missed the
McKay game and played spar-
ingly at Forest Grove but he
expects to be a full go against
McMinnville, which will be a
welcomed sight to a McNary
offense that has been incon-
sistent in the past three weeks,
largely due to turnovers and
penalties.
Please see HOME, Page B3
Lady Celts top Sprague 2-1
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s girls soccer team
continued to show improve-
ment from a year ago, defeat-
ing Sprague 2-1 on Thursday,
Sept. 28 at home.
“We were inches from four
or fi ve more goals but we
didn’t get them,” Lady Celts
head coach A.J. Nash said.
“That was a way closer game
than I was hoping it would be
but that’s a team that beat us
last year. I don’t want to dis-
count the fact that it’s still a
good team. Any time you take
down a team in conference
that beat you the year before,
that’s a big deal.”
The Celts brought intensity
from the opening whistle and
controlled the fi rst ten min-
utes of the game earning mul-
tiple corner kicks and throw-
in opportunities deep in the
Sprague end.
The Olympian keeper
made a big save in the 10th
minute on a near post shot
by junior Abigail Hawley
that was pushed just over the
crossbar. But McNary fi nally
got on the scoreboard in the
20th minute when freshman
Kennedy Buss headed home a
corner kick from senior Jessy
Shore.
Although the Celts contin-
ued to have the better of the
possession, Sprague began to
create opportunities in quick
transition.
In the 31st minute, a
Sprague attacker broke free in
the box and forced a diving
save by junior goalie Sydney
Snapp.
In the 38th minute, the
Olympians took a well-placed
free kick that started from
just outside the 18-yard box
then hit off the right post and
bounced through the box be-
fore McNary cleared it out of
danger to enter halftime with
a 1-0 lead.
Sprague leveled the game
fi ve minutes into the second
half with a shot from 40 yards
out that hit the cross bar and
bounced just inside the goal
over the fi ngertips of Snapp.
But McNary was quick to
respond.
Less than two minutes
later sophomore Ariana San-
tana made a run up the right
side and crossed a ball to the
back post that was played back
across the goal by sophomore
Julie Dieker, and fi nished by
Hawley.
“The biggest thing I took
from that one is how quick-
ly we responded,” Nash said.
“The dangerous part about
possession is the longer we
let something linger the more
confi dence they get.
Please see SOCCER, Page B2
Submitted
McNary sophomore Julie Dieker assisted the winning goal in the Lady Celts 2-1 victory over
Sprague on Thursday, Sept. 28.