PAGE A12, KEIZERTIMES, JANUARY 5, 2018
SLAY,
continued from Page 10
Jones scored 11 of his 13
points in the second half, in-
cluding a 3-pointer to give
the Celtics a 43-42 lead with
2:49 remaining in the third
quarter.
“With Chandler (Cavell)
being double teamed because
he’s just tough inside and Lu-
cas (Garvey being face guard-
ed because he’s just a good
shooter, it created open lanes
for me,” Jones said. “It was just
a tribute to my teammates,
really. I was able to get open
looks because those guys were
so heavily guarded.”
WILSON,
continued from Page 10
“I have never seen a guy as
excited as Tim was. Later in the
day he would land one of the
biggest.”
After 15-20 minutes only
three small fi sh have been land-
ed, 2-3 missed.
“O.K., guys, reel ‘em in.
We’re moving,” Koskela orders.
“Talk about puzzled looks,”
Koskela, chuckles later. “They
thought fi shing was pretty
good. Fish were too small. I was
looking for bigger fi sh.”
Next stop on the chart, bites
come quickly. Bigger fi sh.
Neil Bohue, of Happy Val-
ley is next. He is the only one
on board representing the Air
Force. He is still active and
scheduled to retire in a cou-
Jones scored four more
points at the beginning of
the fourth period to stretch
McNary’s lead to 54-48 with
5:47 remaining.
“Andrew last year was re-
ally frustrated and rightfully
so, he didn’t play a lot,” Kirch
said. “Sometimes you can
handle that a couple of ways,
you can pout, you can com-
plain or you can keep your
mouth shut. I know he was
frustrated with me and I get
that as a competitor. He spent
a lot of time in the weight
room and a lot of time just
wanting to be good and en-
joy his senior year. Every time
I’m in the gym, I see him
in the gym. Coach (Jordan)
Graneto mentioned it at the
end of the game how much
he controlled the game in the
second half and that’s impor-
tant for us.
“Teams right now are fo-
cusing on Chandler and they
did in the second half and
face guarding Lucas and An-
drew is able to get to the rim
and score. I thought he did a
great job defensively. I didn’t
give him much of a break if at
all. His leadership tonight was
great. He’s certainly risen to
the challenge. He’s a guy that
you want leading your team
going into a fi ght. He’s not
afraid of anybody and he’ll go
against anybody and tonight
he just did a great job. I’m just
real proud of him. He’s just
real tough, both ways.”
Garvey scored 10 of his
team leading 21 points in the
fourth quarter as McNary
grew its advantage to as many
as 15 points.
Garvey made only one
3-pointer, scoring most of his
points in the paint.
“Teams have been really
focusing on Lucas so he hasn’t
shot well from the outside so
we tried to put some things in
where we had him going to
the rim a little bit,” Kirch said.
“We told him, ‘You’re more
than just a shooter, you’re a
scorer.’”
Garvey also guarded Tuala-
tin’s best player, senior Alexis
Angeles, last year’s Three Riv-
ers League Player of the Year,
limiting him to 18 points.
“One of the things people
didn’t see tonight was how
well he defended,” Kirch said
of Garvey. “That kid (Ange-
les) was player of the year in
the toughest conference in
the state as a junior. He was
second team all-state and Lu-
cas did a phenomenal job on
him. They had to earn every-
thing they got. Great players
are going to get their points
but you’ve got to make them
earn them.”
Cavell had 15 points, 11
rebounds and fi ve assists in
the victory. Riccardo Gardelli
and Boston Smith each added
eight points.
The Celtics then won at
Sheldon 67-35 on Friday,
Dec. 29.
Cavell had 16 points. Gar-
vey fi nished with 15. Jones
and Gardelli added 12 and 11,
respectively.
McNary improved to 3-1
in league play on Tuesday, Jan.
2 with a 63-44 victory at For-
est Grove.
The Celtics host West Sa-
lem (8-3, 3-0) Friday, Jan. 5 at
5:45 p.m.
“Now we know what we
can be and we can still get
better,” Kirch said. “We still
have lots to work on situ-
ationally. There’s a lot of con-
fi dence with our group right
now because they’ve done it
and they feel good about it. I
feel like they’re experienced
now and now we just keep
getting better.”
ple of months. Of course, you
know these Army/Marines
didn’t give Neil a bad time for
his “tough life in the air.”
Neil was on assignment at
ground zero on 9/11. He is
among the many fi rst respond-
ers suffering from “the cough.”
Lunch time. Lunch is in-
cluded with the trip. Most of
the guys are prepared for the
standard box lunch. Surprise,
Koskela fi res up the stove on
the bow and starts barbecuing
chicken. No box lunches on for
these guys. Smoke and aroma
of chicken on the grill quickly
blankets the area, competing
with the excitement of doing
battle with the two largest fi sh
of the day. Rick Gay, the qui-
et one, from Eugene, takes his
shot at one of the biggest fi sh
of the day. He served six years
in the Army. Jayson Southmayd,
from Eugene, served a total of
24 combined years of active
and reserved, in the Army and
Marines.
Jeromy Taylor, of Sandy,
served 13 years of active duty in
the Army. He was deployed to
Afghanistan and Iraq four times.
He recently went on a Wound-
ed Warrior sponsored duck
hunting trip. “I plan on crowd-
ing in as many of these outdoor
trips as I can,” he muses, matter
of factually. Doctors have told
him he will be in a wheelchair
in 10 years. On a sunny day in
October, fi ve total strangers, a
microcosm of our often forgot-
ten, wounded warriors, bonded
forever through service to their
country, and the price they
have paid, come together on a
28-foot boat for a day of “man
therapy.”
Each eventually shares bits
and pieces of their story. Fif-
teen sturgeon landed. Each guy
has landed a fi sh. These brave
warriors, each live with their
different levels of pain. When
they hook into a powerful fi sh,
the most effective pain killer
known to anglers world-wide
takes charge, “Fish on.”
Veterans interested in the
wounded warriors and The
Fallen Outdoors should con-
tact: www.thefallenoutdoors.
com and www.wounded-
warriorproject.org.
Thank you’s from the War-
riors: Jeromy Taylor: Cannot
begin to describe my appre-
ciation to Capt. Don from
Pastime Fishing Adventures
for this wonderful donation to
the Wounded Warrior Project
and the Fallen Outdoors. The
group of service men truly had
a wonderful trip taking down
fi sh after fi sh. Tim Taylor: You
are fi shing at its fi nest. Hats
off, brother. Jayson Southmayd:
Thank you for making our trip
one to remember. We not only
got on a mess of fi sh but we had
a fantastic day out on the water
with fellow warriors.
NIKE,
continued from Page 10
win.”
The Lady Celts closed the
tournament with a 60-51 win
over host Lake Oswego on
Saturday, Dec. 30.
Doutt and Downer each
had 15 points. Leah Doutt
added 12 points.
McNary lost its fi rst league
game on Tuesday, Jan. 2, falling
to Forest Grove 52-36.
The Lady Celts host West
Salem Friday, Jan. 5 at 7:15 p.m.
puzzle answers
Abbie Hawley added 13
points against West Albany.
Paige Downer fi nished with
nine. Doutt scored 12 against
Clackamas and Hawley added
nine. Against Skyview, Doutt
had 13 and Hawley 10.
“They were the two best
teams probably we’ve seen,”
Doutt said. “Clackamas, for
sure, they’re one of the top
teams in the state. They have
two tall girls. That’s why they
beat us inside. We did a good
job defending their guards but
inside was tough.”
McNary entered the tour-
nament 7-0 before suffering its
fi rst two losses.
“They (Clackamas) were in
a 2-3 zone on us and it both-
ered us a lot, their length and
their size inside,” Doran said.
“We had no real answer for
their inside kids. This has been
good for us. We’ve faced a bit
of adversity. We were able to
bounce back today and get a
Online
Registration
NOW OPEN!
Baseball and Soft ball
Ages 4 thru 16
KeizerLittleLeague.Org