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Lady Celts defeat Sprague in the pool
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s girls swim team
went into the break with a
97-47 win over Sprague on
Thursday, Dec. 14 in the Kroc
Center.
The Lady Celts won two
of three relays.
Alex Beard, Bella Beard,
Emily Alger and Haley De-
ban placed fi rst in the 200-
yard medley relay in 2:03.70.
Hannah Corpe, Emily Alger,
Lizzie Bryant and Alyssa Gar-
vey then touched the wall
fi rst in the 400 free relay in
4:34.14.
Bella Beard won the clos-
est race of the meet, edging
Sprague’s Caitlin Evenson
1:15.51 to 1:15.54 in the 100
Haley Debban set a per-
sonal record of 27.09 in the
50 free, which was good
enough for second.
“We are fi nally getting into
swimming shape and kids are
getting comfortable in the
pool,” McNary head coach
Casey Lewin said.
“We knew there was go-
ing to be a lot of close races
on the girls side and there
were a couple that we pulled
out. That was huge for us. We
knew it was going to be close.
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McNary’s boys lost 92-71
breaststroke. Bella also fi n- butterfl y in 1:11.01.
Haley Hughes had the to Sprague.
ished fi rst in the 500 free in
The Olympians won all
fastest time in the 200 IM,
5:45.32.
three relays.
Alex Beard won the 100 fi nishing in 3:10.95.
KYSA has new name SPRAGUE,
continued from Page 13
Keizer Youth Sports Associa-
tion has a new name: McNary
Youth Baseball.
“KYSA has been providing a
quality youth baseball program
in Keizer for many years,” said
Ryan Walsh, KYSA president.
“And because we work closely
with McNary High School to
prepare our young athletes for
competitive high school base-
ball, changing our name just
makes sense for the future of
youth baseball in Keizer.”
Not only good for the play-
ers, Walsh believes changing the
name will be good for Keizer
families and the community.
“It really is a pride thing for
us. We love our community and
we’re proud of Keizer’s only
high school. What better way
to show our support than to
put McNary across all of our
jerseys,” Walsh said.
KYSA has a rich history of
providing a wholesome envi-
ronment for local youth to par-
ticipate in baseball activities.
“We love that KYSA is a
close-knit community,” said
Gabe Grossman, father of three
boys who play through the
KYSA organization. “We’ve
had nothing but great experi-
ences in the league and great
coaches who love the kids. And
we couldn’t be more excited
about the name change. It’s go-
ing to make a fantastic program
even better.”
At the conclusion of the
spring season, the KYSA board
of directors sent a survey to
parents and coaches asking for
feedback on the organization
and its programs.
“The feedback we received
was very encouraging,” said Bo
Lane, a member of the KYSA
board. “There were several
comments about how posi-
tive and effective our volunteer
coaching staff is and how these
coaches go above and beyond to
make each player feel like they
are part of the team. But, hon-
estly, this is nothing new. These
principles have been a part of
the DNA of KYSA from the
beginning, and it’s something
we’re very proud of. Now we’re
simply taking these principles
and giving it a new name.”
McNary Youth Baseball has
decided to celebrate this new
chapter by offering a free T-ball
program this coming spring.
The organization will contin-
ue to offer online registration
starting December 15 and an
in-person registration January
18. For more information or to
register your child for the up-
coming season, visit www.mc-
naryyouthbaseball.com.
“He’s put a lot of work in
the weight room. I just told
him to get to the rim.
“We work on a bump and
fi nish drill and we want to play
through contact at the rim. I
thought early in the game, we
settled for one pass shots and
it’s a tough thing because we
want our kids to shoot when
they feel in rhythm but we
also have to ball fake and get
inside and be more aggressive.
I thought Andrew did a really
nice job of that in the second
half.”
Chandler Cavell added 14
points and eight rebounds.
Garvey fi nished with 11
points.
McNary faced a Sprague
team that won the Greater
Valley Conference last season
and returned four starters.
“The scoreboard doesn’t
necessarily tell us how much
we’ve improved,” Kirch said.
“This is a really good team
and we’re going to play other
really good teams and we’ll
have a chance to play them
again and they can certainly
do a lot of things.
“Sometimes the scoreboard
says you won by 25 or 30. This
“They had all of their
club kids back and they have
some pretty fast boys so I
knew those relays, we prob-
ably wouldn’t be able to
get,” Lewin said. “I fi gured
we would be within about
20 points and we were. I’m
happy with that. We had a lot
more best times on the boys
side. They’re fi nally starting to
get there.”
Harrison Vaughn won the
100 breaststroke in 1:13.58.
Kyle Hooper placed fi rst in
the 100 fl y in 1:05.25.
“The biggest thing for us is
just been not worrying about
who we’re racing and just go-
ing out and taking care of our
own race, not worrying about
who’s next to you because we
always race the clock,” Lewin
said. “We just happen to do it
with other people. We’re get-
ting a lot better at focusing on
taking care of our own races
and then good things happen
from there.”
McNary has two weeks off
from competition before re-
turning to the pool on Jan. 2
against West Salem.
“We’re defi nitely where
we should be,” Lewin said.
“I’m pleased. I’m excited to
see where we’ll be with these
two weeks of training. We’re
working really hard, like we
usually do at this time and
kind of breaking the kids
down a little bit. We don’t
race so we can be as sore as
we need to be.”
for us is a better growing ex-
perience. We’re better because
of this game.
“I haven’t doubted really
our competitiveness. We’ve
challenged our guys. We’ve
just got to get better at a few
areas, shot selections and spac-
ing and how we do a couple
of things. I’m certainly proud
of our guys. They’re disap-
pointed but we’ll walk out
of here with our heads held
high.”
The
Celtics
defeated
Clackamas in the fi rst round
of the Capitol City Classic
on Monday, Dec. 18 at Willa-
mette University.
Cavell had 27 points and
seven assists.
Garvey scored 11 points.
Gardelli added 10.
McNary is back at home
on Wednesday, Dec. 27 against
Tualatin at 7 p.m.
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