PAGE A16, KEIZERTIMES, JANUARY 12, 2018
McNary out swims West Salem
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s swim team dove
back into the pool for two
meets in three days.
The Celtic boys edged
West Salem 87-83 on Tuesday,
Jan. 2 at the Kroc Center.
Sophomore Kyle Hooper
won the 100-yard freestyle
in 54.38 seconds and junior
Harrison Vaughn took fi rst in
the 100 breaststroke in 1:12 to
lead McNary to victory.
Vaughn, Grant Biondi,
Brock Wyer and Wyatt Sher-
wood also won the 200 free
relay in 1:42.64.
Freshman Bella Beard
touched the wall fi rst in the
100 breaststroke in 1:15.63,
the 200 free in 2:10.38 and
swam on the winning 200 free
relay with twin sister Alex,
sophomore Alyssa Garvey
and senior Haley Debban in
1:51.32.
But that was not enough
for the Lady Celts to defeat
West Salem, who came out on
top 95-74.
Alex Beard also won the
500 free in 5:43.53 and Deb-
ban had the fastest time in the
50 free, fi nishing in 27.68.
Alex Beard won two more
events on Thursday, Jan. 4
against McMinnville. She took
fi rst in the 100 breaststroke in
1:16.65 and the 200 IM in
2:25.24.
Hooper again led the
boys, winning the 200 IM in
2:13.16 and the 100 free in
54.23.
McMinnville swept the
meet as a team with the boys
winning 119-51 and the girls
outscoring McNary 113-57.
The Celtics are back at the
Kroc Center on Thursday, Jan.
25 against West Albany at 4:30
p.m. and then Tuesday, Jan. 30
versus North Salem at 2 p.m.
The district meet is Feb.
9-10 at the McMinnville
Aquatic Center.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary sophomore Kyle Hooper won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 freestyle
against McMinnville on Thursday, Jan. 4 in the Kroc Center.
CELTS,
continued from Page 13
with 1:38 remaining and
McNary never looked back.
The Lady Celts outscored
West Salem 20-11 in the
fourth quarter.
Downer led the Lady
Celts with 13 points, three
rebounds, three assists and
three steals.
Alfaro added 10 points and
fi ve rebounds. Emma Kin-
ler gave McNary a boost on
the boards, pulling down six
rebounds to go a long with
seven points. Leah Doutt had
seven points, four rebounds
and four assists. Kailey Doutt
had nine points and three re-
bounds.
“The scoring was very
even tonight,” McNary head
coach Elizabeth Doran said.
“That’s great to see. That’s
something that we really
haven’t had, a lot of people
contributing in scoring and
today it was more people
contributing, which was awe-
some.”
After playing too much
one-and-one ball in the sec-
ond quarter, the Lady Celts
did a better job of distribut-
ing in the second half.
“They (West Salem) made
a run and we were back on
our heels and turned into
more of a one-on-one game,”
Doran said.
“We talked to them about
that at halftime, getting the
best shot that we can get as a
team instead of trying to go
one-on-one.”
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary sophomore Nicolette Parra has started the season 18-3 thanks to hard work and a desire
to win.
PARRA,
continued from Page 13
“I think I got tired of los-
ing and I usually go and work
out after practice, too,” Parra
said. “I don’t want to lose. I
shouldn’t be losing. I’ve defi -
nitely gained muscle and lost
fat. I don’t think I’m a good
wrestler. I just think I have a
lot of heart.”
McNary coach Jason Ebbs
has seen a big difference in
Para this season.
“Between last year and this
year, her desire to win has
grown tremendously,” Ebbs
said.
“Last year, she was just all
smiles and having a good time
and good teammate and all
those great things. But this
year you can see a different
tone to her. She’s coming
around and she’s got a lot or
promise ahead of her and just
looking forward to her oppor-
tunities to keep growing.”
Para’s goals for the rest of
this season include wrestling
her way into McNary’s var-
sity lineup and then qualifying
for the fi rst OSAA sanctioned
girls state wrestling tourna-
ment.
McNary took three girls
to Reno. All three placed as
Brooke Burrows took fi fth at
100 pounds and Tia Vincent
fi nished fi fth at 170.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary freshman Leah Doutt scored seven points to go along with four rebounds and four as-
sists in a 52-38 win over West Salem on Friday, Jan. 5.
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