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Allen goes under
18 as Celtics PR
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary junior David Allen fi nished sixth in 17 minutes and 56 seconds at West Salem High
School on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
SALEM—McNary cross
country coaches challenged
junior David Allen to run hard
at West Salem and see what
happens.
The result was a 19-second
personal record of 17:56 and
top-six fi nish.
“I didn’t expect to go as fast
as I just did,” Allen said after
the race on Wednesday, Oct.
4. “I thought I was done but
I somehow got a last kick in
the end. It’s crazy. I tried to
start off harder this week than
the last race we did because I
didn’t start hard enough so I
had way too much energy at
the end.”
The 5K was a break-
through for Allen, who is in
his fi rst season running cross
country and has gotten faster
and faster in nearly every race
since opening the season with
an 18:34 at McMinnville.
“The lights came on,” Mc-
Nary head coach David Hol-
comb said. “He ran as fast as
he could and we want to see
that next week and the week
after.”
Allen wasn’t the only
Celtic to PR. Ethan (18:37)
and Brennan Whalen (19:06),
Noah Egli (19:18.2), Samuel
Hernandez (19:18.9) and Na-
thaniel Prout (19:55) all had
best times in the varsity boys
race.
Senior Jonas Honeyman
crossed the fi nish line in 19:01.
“I think the kids are hun-
gry,” Holcomb said. “They’ve
been putting in a lot of time
and a lot of work.”
McNary senior Kailey
Doutt led the Lady Celts,
fi nishing second in a season
best 19:57. Doutt tried to run
with South Salem junior Anna
Chau, who won the race in
19:12, for as long as she could.
That turned out to be about
a mile.
“She took off but I just
wanted to see how long I
could stay with her because
that’s where I need to be at
districts, up there with the top
runners,” Doutt said.
“I was actually really happy
with it (19:57) because it’s the
fastest that I’ve run this year
and there were a lot of hills. I
didn’t think I was going to run
my best time this season be-
cause of the hills but that gives
me more confi dence that I
can run faster.”
McNary freshman Ella
Repp wasn’t far behind Doutt,
placing third with a PR of
20:07. However, Repp wasn’t
as happy with her time.
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Bravo ends scoreless streak
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
With fi ve minutes remain-
ing, McNary appeared to be
heading for another 0-0 tie.
Jovanie Bravo had other
plans, out-running the Frank-
lin defense and putting the
ball past the keeper to give the
Celtics a much needed 1-0
victory on Monday, Oct. 9.
“I had a couple of chances
in the fi rst half and was dis-
appointed I couldn’t fi nish
them,” Bravo said. “I knew I
had to do something for my
team. These three points are
really going to help us out in
the rankings. We knew we had
to win.”
Bravo was inspired by for-
mer McNary players Gustavo
Villalvazo and Bryan Keo,
who attended the game and
told the team to play the game
like it was their last.
“I saw it was a long ball and
I just sprinted to it like it was
a fi nal,” Bravo said of scoring
the goal. “This win means a
lot to us.”
The victory came after
McNary tied McKay 0-0 on
Friday, Oct. 6.
Celtics head coach Miguel
Camarena did everything he
could to try to break the score-
less streak, moving from three
forwards to fi ve in the fi nal 10
minutes against Franklin.
“We risked it in the back,”
Camarena said. “We tried to
put as many as we could. A
couple of times they had a big
chance. But for us, we have to
win. We went for it and it paid
off.”
Miguel Bravo nearly got
McNary on the scoreboard in
the fi rst two minutes, fi ring a
shot directly at the Franklin
keeper. Sebastian Lopez then
had to make two saves in the
13th and 14th minutes to keep
the game tied.
The Celtics had another
opportunity in the 24th min-
ute when a header served up
on a cross by Miguel Bravo
bounced over the crossbar.
Bhavdeep Bains then found
Jovanie Bravo on a cross but
Franklin’s keeper made a div-
ing save. Michael Reyes put
another shot on goal shortly
after but McNary went into
halftime tied 0-0.
“We create so many oppor-
tunities,” Camarena said. “We
have some open goals where
if you score, the game changes.
We have to keep working.”
Franklin forced a foot save
by Lopez in the 56th minute.
Bains then put a shot on goal
in the 74th minute before
Jovanie Bravo fi nally got the
Celtics on the scoreboard.
McNary nearly upset un-
defeated and No. 1 ranked
McMinnville on Wednesday,
Oct. 4 as a Miguel Bravo pen-
alty kick broke a 0-0 tie in the
68th minute. But the Grizzlies
quickly answered with two
goals to secure a 2-1 victory.
“We were 12 minutes away
from a big upset,” Camarena
said.
Please see GOAL, Page 13
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary junior Jovanie Bravo heads the ball in the air during a 1-0 victory against Franklin on Monday, Oct. 9.
McNary falls on homecoming
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary came from behind last season
to defeat McMinnville on its homecom-
ing.
A year later, the Grizzlies got their pay-
back.
With 9 seconds remaining, McMin-
nville quarterback Samuel DuPuis broke
a tackle to score a 2-yard touchdown as
the Grizzlies stunned McNary 39-35 on
Friday, Oct. 6.
After a squib kick gave the Celtics the
ball at midfi eld, Erik Barker completed
a 16-yard pass to Jacob Jackson to give
McNary one last chance with 4 seconds
left to play. However, Barker’s fi nal throw
sailed out of the back of the end zone.
After the game, McNary head coach
Jeff Auvinen told his team McMinnville
simply made more plays.
The Celtics led 35-24 entering the
fourth quarter after Barker and Junior
Walling connected for a 36-yard touch-
down, the Grizzlies fumbled the following
kickoff, Alex McGrath recovered, and then
Walling added a 5-yard touchdown run.
With 7:29 remaining in the game, Mc-
Nary failed to convert a third-and-1 and
decided to punt, which McMinnville se-
nior Odin Thorson returned 65 yards for a
touchdown to get the Grizzlies within 35-
32 after a successful two-point conversion.
“We kicked it low, we kicked it short
and right to him,” Auvinen said. “He
caught it moving forward and he was
gone. That was good play by him and not
a very good play by us.”
Auvinen said McNary coaches had dis-
cussed faking the punt before deciding to
kick it.
“You don’t expect that to happen,”
Auvinen said of Thorson’s return. “That’s
about the worst-case scenario.”
The Celtics went three-and-out on
its next possession, giving the ball right
back to McMinnville with 6:07 left to
play. Starting at their own 41, the Grizzlies
completed a 7-yard pass and then ran the
ball eight straight times to set up a third-
and-1 from the McNary 7-yard line.
The Celtics stopped McMinnville
short of the fi rst down marker to set up
a fourth-and-inches but then jumped off-
sides, giving the Grizzlies a fi rst-and-goal
inside the 4-yard line.
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KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary senior Kyle McCallister runs away from a trio of
McMinnville defenders on Friday, Oct. 6.