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STATE,
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McNary goalkeeper Sydney Snapp had 11 saves at South Salem on Thursday, Oct. 19.
body in the state,” Nash said.
“We try to avoid the top four
(Jesuit, Sunset, South Eugene
and Cleveland). Eight to 22,
there’s not a lot of separa-
tion. We’re going to be in it.
We’re going to be competi-
tive. We’re defi nitely going to
have the opportunity to come
away with the victory.”
The Lady Celts’ best
chances to score at South Sa-
lem came in the fi rst half as
WEST,
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15th.
Despite its lofty numbers,
Ebbs said McNary won’t give
West Salem anything.
“We’ve been watching
some fi lm but the key to be-
ing successful against them is
not giving them too much
respect because they have to
earn that from us,” Ebbs said.
West Salem is led on offense
by quarterback Grant Thies,
running back Jacob Denning
and receivers Anthony Gould
and Micah Pugh.
“They’re aggressive,” Mc-
Nary head coach Jeff Auvinen
said of the Titans. “They’re
good both offensively and
defensively. They’ve got good
athletes. They’re well coached.
We need to play well in all
three facets against a good
team and it’s going to be a
playoff type atmosphere. Most
weeks we’ve continued to
take a step up so we’re going
to continue to do that.”
West
Salem
defeated
Sprague and McMinnville,
the two teams that beat Mc-
Nary, by a combined score of
97-13, but Auvinen isn’t put-
ting any stock in that.
“Every matchup is differ-
ent,” he said.
Ebbs, who plays H-back as
well as linebacker, said the key
will be controlling the time
of possession and keeping the
ball away from West Salem’s
playmakers.
“Our offense has to keep
doing what we do best,” Ebbs
said.
“We’ve got to put the ball
in the end zone, keep the ball
moving, keep our offense
with the ball.”
Seniors
Jakoby
Doke
(shoulder) and Blake Norton
(back) both missed Monday’s
practice recovering from inju-
ries but Auvinen expects both
to play against West Salem.
SENIOR,
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did great, everyone played to-
night. We had more girls on
tonight than we’ve had in a
couple of games.”
McNary fi nished the regular
season 10-12 overall and fourth
in the Greater Valley Confer-
ence at 9-7. South Salem was
18-7 and second in the league
at 14-2.
“They’re a tough team but
I think we held in there,” Sali-
nas said. “The score was close.
We just had to fi x a few of our
errors and I think we would
have had them but overall it
was really fun and they’re good
competition. I’m really happy
with how we played. I wish it
would’ve went our way but I’m
proud of my team. We played
our hardest and I’m going to
miss them a lot.”
Van Voorhis added, “It was
interesting to have it be my last
year and walk into the team
room and everybody decorat-
ing and videoing.”
DeMello needed leadership
through the play. It was a
pretty good snap. The guy
(North Medford quarterback
Josh Robbins) mishandles it
and then we kick it and Junior
picks it up and runs it in.”
The Black Tornado opened
the second half running the
ball inside McNary’s 10-yard
line but the Celtic defense was
able to hold on fourth down.
“We were a little worried
because they had got together
that (fi rst half) drive and we
thought they were going to
power it right at us again and
they tried,” Auvinen said. “We
responded and played with
more confi dence. It ended up
being a really good day.”
McNary scored two more
touchdowns in the third quar-
ter on a pass from Barker to
Williams and a run by Wall-
ing to bust the game open and
take a commanding 40-13
lead.
“We were thinking it was
going to be a pretty close
game but going down there
and putting the work to them
was a pretty good confi dence
booster,” Ebbs said.
Solorio added an intercep-
McNary had three corner
kicks, two of which were
saved off the goal line with
the keeper beat.
McNary goalkeeper Syd-
ney Snapp had 11 saves, in-
cluding seven in the second
half.
“It was intense, really fun
to play,” Snapp said. “This was
defi nitely one of our tougher
battles but our defense was
awesome and were a huge
help in that game and did a lot
for us. It’s kind of fun to have
action. I think we can handle
whatever comes at us.”
The Lady Celts are the
only team in the GVC to
hold South Salem scoreless.
“We’ve been very proud
of Sydney’s performance this
year,” Nash said. “She’s great-
ly improved. Our defense is
stingy.”
While McNary’s eight
wins are the most in the pro-
grams history, the Lady Celts
know the playoffs are a new
season.
“We know we can’t count
on that and we have to play
our best,” junior Gina Mun-
guia said.
tion before North Medford
scored the fi nal touchdown of
the night with 10:51 remain-
ing. The Celtics were than
able to run out the clock.
“We handled ourselves re-
ally well,” Auvinen said. “They
were not as good as they were
last year. They lost some kids.
We played a ton better than
we did last year. We did play
really well offensively. We
played well defensively.”
Walling rushed for 102
yards on 18 carries and caught
two passes for 25 yards. Rob-
ert Benson had 84 yards on 17
attempts. Barker completed 22
of 31 passes for 301 yards and
four touchdowns. Jacob Jack-
son caught eight passes for 96
yards. Williams had three re-
ceptions for 97 yards.
“Our O-line made huge
holes for us, gave Erik some
time in the pocket,” Walling
said. “I think Erik did really
well throwing and it was easy
for me to run the ball with the
O-line doing so well.”
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Seniors Sophia Salinas and Valerie Diede played their fi nal
home game at McNary on Thursday, Oct. 19.
from the seniors in her fi rst year
at McNary.
“It’s always important be-
cause it sets the culture,” DeM-
ello said. “You want the legacy
to carry on. What do you want
to leave behind? Their leader-
ship has been huge, not just
technically but the intangibles,
the attitude, the effort, the out-
hustle, the workhorse, those are
all encompassed by our seniors.”
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