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McNary wrestlers
going to Reno, Nev.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary had four wrestlers
place in the top three at the
Liberty Invitational on Satur-
day, Dec. 16 in Hillsboro.
At 106 pounds, freshman
Grady Burrows took second,
winning his fi rst three matches
by pin fall. He then earned a
technical fall in the semifi nals
before getting pinned by Cael
Morrison, of Dallas, in the fi rst
place match.
Enrique Vincent cruised
through his fi rst three matches
at 132 pounds, winning the
fi rst two by pin fall and then
the third by major decision.
However, after losing 5-3 to
North Marion’s Russel Stigall
in the semifi nals, Vincent re-
bounded with a 6-4 victory in
the third place match.
At 170 pounds, Brayden
Ebbs also won his fi rst three
matches, two by pin and one
by technical fall to reach the
semifi nals, where he lost 7-3
to Wilsonville’s Perry Roden-
beck. Ebbs then got another
pin in his third place match.
After receiving a bye in
the fi rst round, Blake Norton
pinned his way into the semi-
fi nals at 220, where he was
pinned by Westview’s Jhamante
Woods. Norton earned another
pin in the third place match.
McNary also had three
wrestlers place in the top four
in the girls tournament.
After losing her fi rst match,
Ella Repp earned a pin and
major decision to fi nish third
in the 87-96 pound weight
class.
At 140-149, Nicolette Parra
also placed third, getting three
pins. Ariel Buik took fourth at
99-110, going 2-2 in the tour-
nament with two pins.
On Wednesday, Dec. 27,
McNary is leaving for Reno,
Nev. to compete in the Sierra
Nevada Classic, a double elimi-
nation tournament held at the
Dec. 28-29 at the Reno Live-
stock Events Center.
“I remember when I was
a kid if my coach would have
said, ‘Hey, pack up your stuff
and we’re going,’ and he could
have said anywhere out of
town, I don’t care, I was ex-
cited to go,” McNary wrestling
coach Jason Ebbs said.
“As often as we can, we like
to work something into our
schedule, hopefully kids still
get excited about traveling.
I’ve taken kids on planes and
to towns they’ve never been to
and it’s just cool to hear kids say,
‘Cool, I’ve never been here.’”
More than 100 high schools
from six states have registered
for the tournament.
“It’s great because it’s ev-
erything you could want
when you get there,” Ebbs said.
“There’s regular Joe wrestlers
there. There’s national cham-
pion caliber wrestlers there and
everything in between. As long
as you can win a match or two,
you’ll fi lter into a group of kids
that are your skill set and have a
great experience.”
Only nine of the entries are
from Oregon.
“The freshness of it and get-
ting out of town and wrestling
nobody you know is amazing,”
Ebbs said. “You get down there
and no one knows anybody.
You get to the raw basic emo-
tion of wrestling and some-
times you get the best out of
the kids when they know less
about their opponent.”
The Celtics next league
dual is Thursday, Jan. 4 at home
against Sprague and Forest
Grove, beginning at 4 p.m.
HUNTER,
continued from Page 13
The Lady Celts have done
plenty of winning as well,
opening the season 7-0.
Hunter, who is also working
at the high school as an instruc-
tion assistant in the Emotional
Growth Center, graduated from
McNary in 2012. She averaged
18 points and 11.6 rebounds per
game her senior season, leading
the Lady Celts to fourth place
in the state tournament.
At OSU, Hunter fi nished
her career with 893 rebounds,
“It feels amazing to be back.
I always wanted to come back
and help. If I started a coaching
career, this is a place I wanted to
get back to. It’s defi nitely differ-
ent than playing but it’s really
rewarding getting to teach and
help kids learn and fall in love
with the game.”
Making sure the girls have
fun is Hunter’s top priority.
“High school is supposed to
be fun,” Hunter said. “Winning
is important and I know all my
girls love to win but being able
to learn and take it step by step
and enjoy the process while
you’re here.”
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LINEUP,
continued from Page 13
The Saxons weren’t as for-
tunate, forfeiting seven weight
classes to give McNary a 42-0
advantage before the fi rst
match even started.
At 138 pounds, Jerry Mar-
tinez won a 16-0 technical fall
in the opening match.
Noah Grunberg then lost
by a major decision to Ricky
Villarreal at 145 pounds for
South Salem’s fi rst points.
“We’re still trying to get
Noah Grunberg to rise up to
the Villarreal level,” Ebbs said.
“That’s a match I’d like to get
Noah to compete better at
but Ricky’s going to go to the
state tournament.”
At 182 pounds, Garrett
Wampler pinned his oppo-
nent in the fi rst period to add
to McNary’s lead. Blake Nor-
ton won 3-2 at 220 pounds.
South Salem took the 195 and
285-pound matches.
“South Salem typically has
better heavyweights, from the
JV to the novice all the way
through the varsity, everyone
good for fourth in Lady Bea-
vers history.
“She had a lot of really cool
experiences in college and
played for a great coach (Scott
Rueck),” Doran said.
“It’s just awesome to have
another really good basketball
mind on the bench to turn to.
She always has good stuff to say
to the girls at practice and be-
fore the game, after the game,
halftime. It’s awesome having
her around.”
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of those matches was big and
tough and close,” Ebbs said.
“That’s where the strength is.”
Tony Castenada won the
fi nal match of the night at 113
pounds by pinning his South
Salem opponent in the second
period.