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But South Salem guard Jaden Nielsen-Skinner made two free throws and then a 3-pointer to tie the game at 64-64 with 24 seconds to go. Chandler Cavell then went to the free throw line with 8.3 seconds remaining. He made the fi rst but missed the second. Nielsen-Skinner’s shot at the buzzer from half court was then just short. “I’d never beat South Sa- lem on the varsity squad so it felt amazing,” said Cavell, who led McNary with 20 points. “I needed that one. Andrew Jones, with his stellar defense on the last shot. He got a hand on that. I think if he didn’t get a hand on that, that was going in.” McNary junior Alfredo Vil- larreal and sophomore Junior Walling came off the bench for the Celtics and played most of the fourth quarter and all of both overtimes. “We thought Alfredo was one of our quicker guards and with their lineup we had to match that,” McNary head coach Ryan Kirch said. “Junior had done a really nice job re- bounding. I thought his physi- cal strength inside and he’s a little bit quicker than Boston (Smith).” Walling gave McNary a 53- 51 lead with 1:15 remaining in regulation and then pulled down a defensive rebound be- fore South Salem made two free throws to send the game to overtime. Villarreal scored four points during the second overtime period. “I think we’ve got a tough- ness and competitiveness that we haven’t had in a while and that’s credit to our young guys that came in fearless,” Cavell said. “We had two guys that were playing JV two games ago come in and fi nish the game for us and play really well. That’s a tribute to their toughness and competitive- ness.” Villarreal, who entered the game for the fi rst time late in Please see THRILLER, Page 13 Lady Celts win at the buzzer File McNary junior Abbie Hawley scored 13 points against South Salem, including the game-winner at the buzzer. McNary junior Abbie Hawley made a shot at the buzzer as the Lady Celts de- feated Greater Valley Conferce rival South Salem 39-38 on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Hawley led McNary with 13 points and four rebounds. Senior Kailey Doutt added 11 points and seven rebounds in the victory. The Lady Celts hadn’t de- feated South Salem since as- sistant coach Deven Hunter’s senior year (2012). McNary rebounded from a 58-39 loss at McMinnville on Friday, Jan. 12. Doutt had 21 points and nine rebounds. Hawley and Paige Downer each added seven points. Sabella Alfaro scored the only four other points in the road loss. The Lady Celts, 11-4 over- all and 5-2 in league play, are back in action on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at home against North Sa- lem at 6:45 p.m. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes While nothing is fi nal, OSAA high school football schedules may look different than other sports in 2018-19. When the Executive Board adopted its fi nal classifi cation in October, which put McNary and four other Salem-Keizer schools in a league with Bend, it also created a football ad hoc committee, made up of athletic directors, coaches and principals from 1A to 6A. The ad hoc committee’s task was reviving a sport that is de- clining in participation. One recommendation from the committee allows football teams with a Conley winning percentage of 22 percent or lower to move down a classifi - cation for football only. In 6A, McKay is one of the schools that has agreed to move down and play in 5A for two years. The committee has also pro- posed alignments for varsity football only. In option A, McNary would play in a 12-team special district with South Salem, West Salem, Sprague as well as three Bend schools and fi ve teams from Southern Oregon. While op- tion B would only include the Salem-Keizer and Bend schools, minus McKay. At a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16, the state’s 6A athletic directors recommended option B with each team playing four league games and then having the fl exibility to schedule fi ve non-league games. McNary athletic director Scott Gragg said that didn’t mean the Celtics would be guaranteed to play the three Salem schools as part of their league schedule but could hy- pothetically schedule one of them for a non-league game. “I could very easily see each of the Salem-Keizer schools having two Salem competitions and two Bend competitions, one home and one away,” Gragg said. “We wouldn’t want to leave Bend out on an island. By default we’d play them at least once anyway. They’re going to need to play at least their two and need to look for two more.” The fl exibility would allow teams to put together a more competitive schedule after last year 42 percent of games were decided by more than four Scott Gragg touchdowns. The 6A athletic directors are also recommending a 24-team playoff, instead of 32, with the top eight teams getting a fi rst round bye. The top eight seeds all won in the fi rst round last season, outscoring their oppo- nents 450-82. “That would be different from any other sport at any other level,” Gragg said. “The committees like to be consistent across the board. You’re seeing that in different sport. But what we’re fi nding out is football is a different animal. “The desire is to build foot- ball programs to create balance in a way that draws more inter- est and promotes the sport in a time when the sport is showing trends that it is not growing.” The 6A football recommen- dations go to the OSAA State Championship Committee and then the Executive Board, which makes the fi nal call. “This isn’t fi nal by any stretch of the imagination,” Gragg said. The ad hoc committee has also discussed eliminating con- ferences altogether, since play- offs are decided by power rank- ings anyway, but Gragg doesn’t see that happening this time, even though he likes the idea. “Really, the conferences, other than identity, are mean- ingless, because the playoffs are based off RPI rankings,” Gragg said. “It makes sense for all sports but it would also be a schedul- ing nightmare from an athletic director’s perspective. But if it’s in the best interest of kids, it might be where we land with all sports. If the ad hoc commit- tee ever landed there, which I don’t think is on the books for this one, we would start with football and then move on and see how it goes and add sports Please see CHANGE, Page 13