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I will end up writing an opinion that comes out each way and then reading them both and fi nd out which one makes the most sense to me.” OSAA decided on Oct. 16 that Mc- Nary, South Salem, Sprague, West Sa- lem and McKay would be placed in a league with Bend, Mountain View and Summit. Salem-Keizer then appealed the decision in November. The school district went fi rst at the appeal hearing, arguing that the OSAA did not stick to their criteria of safety, minimizing loss of instructional time, cost and school enrollment data, but instead placed McNary and four Salem schools with Bend because of “com- petitive balance.” “We win or die on this case wheth- er they followed the criteria,” said Paul Dakopolos, the school district’s lawyer, in his closing argument. In his opening statement, Dakopo- los said, “seeking competitive balance is impossible in Oregon.” Alan Bushong, executive director of CCTV and a witness for the school district, noted Jesuit’s 63 state champi- onships over the last 11 years. “Maybe it’s noble, but it’s not hap- pening,” Bushong said of competitive balance. “You can’t do it.” Peter Weber, OSAA executive di- rector, argued competitive balance fell under the criteria of school enrollment data. He noted that Oregon moved from a four to six-class system in 2006 due to competitive balance and that it wasn’t based on state championships but how teams do during the regular season. “Being successful varies by school and community,” Weber said. Frank Coburn, girls basketball coach and parent at McKay, argued that OSAA’s public meetings to look at classifi cation were inconvenient, during the work day in Wilsonville. He also felt the OSAA wasn’t being transparent with its information, add- ing he couldn’t fi nd it on their Website. Coburn gave testimony at the Oct. 14 meeting but said, “It felt like the room and board was full of people who had already made a decision.” Answering questions from OSAA attorney Jonathan Radmacher, Weber testifi ed that the Classifi cation and Districting Committee’s fi rst draft was Please see APPEAL, Page B2 McNary loses top fi ve battle KEIZERTIMES/Delek Wiley McNaly juniol Boston Smith scoled eight points in a 56-47 loss to top-lanked Splague on Fliday, Jan. 26. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary stuck to the game plan of holding Sprague to just three 3-pointers and mak- ing reigning Greater Valley Conference Player of the Year Tegan Quitoriano earn every point. But that wasn’t enough as the Celtics fell 56-47 on Fri- day, Jan. 26. “I thought for the most part, our defense was really, re- ally good tonight and the kids executed the game plan,” Mc- Nary head coach Ryan Kirch said. “If we make a few shots, it’s a different story.” The Celtics trailed by fi ve at halftime and then eight when Sprague junior Jailen Hammer knocked down a 3-pointer to open the third quarter. How- ever, McNary answered with an 8-0 run to tie the game at 30-30 with 2:58 remaining. Riccardo Gardelli, who led the Celtics with 14 points and seven rebounds, gave McNary a 35-34 lead to begin the fourth quarter. But Sprague answered with a 13-0 run to take control of the game. “They made some tough, contested shots and we just didn’t shoot well and that’s a credit to them,” Kirch said. “They guard well and I thought there were times where we forced it a little bit and we didn’t move the ball as well as we would have liked and we didn’t draw as many fouls as a result.” The Celtics didn’t score again until an Alfredo Vil- larreal three-point play with 1:41 remaining to get Mc- Nary within 47-38. But all the Celtics could do from there is foul and the Olympians went 5-for-8 from the free throw line to fi nish the game. “They’re No. 2 in the state for a reason,” Kirch said. “They’re pretty darn good. Give them a lot of credit.” Sprague climbed to No. 1 in the OSAA power rankings with the win. McNary re- mained at No. 5. Gardelli scored 11 points in the fi rst quarter but the Celt- ics went to the second period down 15-13. Quitoriano appeared to pick up his third foul on a charge with 5:30 remain- ing in the second but the call was overturned to a defensive foul on McNary. Quitoriano wasn’t called for a third foul until 3:11 remaining in the game. “Coach (Steve) Masten did a good job of protecting him a little bit with the zone,” Kirch said. The Celtics led 22-20 but Sprague fi nished the fi rst half on a 7-0 run over the fi nal 4 minutes. Chandler Cavell, McNary’s leading scorer this season, fi n- ished with only fi ve points, which included a 3-pointer with only 28 seconds left to play. “Hammer does a really nice job, he’s physical with him,” Kirch said. “We had a tough time inside, they sagged off of the high post. He had some good looks. He just missed some shots.” Cavell also had six rebounds and fi ve assists. Lucas Garvey and Boston Smith each fi n- ished with eight points. An- drew Jones added six points and four rebounds. Celtics to fi ght for district crowns By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Missing most of last season with an injury, Enrique Vin- cent was able to sneak up on other wrestlers to win the dis- trict title. As the No. 1 seed this year, Vincent is determined to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen to him. “I have a pretty good feel- ing about it but that can always happen,” Vincent said. “There can always be people I don’t even know that can sneak up.” Vincent will enter the dis- trict tournament at McKay on Feb. 2-3 undefeated at 126 pounds in league duals this season. He expects Ethan Ty- ler of West Albany and Luke Merzenich of Sprague to be his toughest competition. At 160 pounds, Brayden Ebbs will also enter the dis- trict tournament undefeated, but did miss two duals, For- est Grove and Sprague, with a concussion. “I’ve had a few big wins and I feel very confi dent go- ing into my district tourna- ment and I intend to win it,” Ebbs said. His toughest match came File McNaly seniols Blake Nolton (220), left, and Blayden Ebbs (160) will lead the Celtics into the distlict toulnament at McKay High School on Fliday and Satulday. in a 6-4 win over David Ru- bio of McKay. “It wasn’t my best match that I wrestled but I was fresh off a concussion and just get- ting back in my groove pretty much,” Ebbs said. “Two weeks off takes some conditioning off you. I’ve been focusing a lot more on my conditioning and getting in better shape so I can be in that third round and not have to worry about being in a close match.” McNary freshman Grady Burrows hasn’t lost at 106 pounds but didn’t wrestle in the Celtics fi nal four duals against North Salem, McKay, West Salem and West Albany. Logan Basham of North Salem and Bollong Joklur of Sprague are the other wres- tlers to watch at 106. McNary senior Blake Nor- ton went 7-1 at 220 pounds with his only loss coming to Jacob Luna of Sprague. As a team, the Celtics fi n- ished third in the Greater Val- ley Conference this season at 5-3, behind West Albany and Sprague. McNary placed seventh at the district meet last year, fi n- ishing only three points out of third. Head coach Jason Ebbs projects this year’s tournament to be just as tight. “Our league has a lot of parity and everybody’s got their strengths and weakness- es,” Ebbs said. McNary is expected to fi ll 23 of 28 spots at the district meet. Wrestling begins Friday at 11:55 a.m. and then resumes Saturday at 10 a.m. Third/fourth and fi fth/ sixth place matches will start at approximately 3:30 p.m., followed by championship fi - nals at 4:30. The top four from each weight class advance to the state tournament on Feb. 16- 17 at Veterans Memorial Coli- seum in Portland.