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McNary getting
new scoreboard
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary High School is fi nally getting that
new scoreboard.
After discussing a new board during the
turf fi eld project in 2015 and instead deciding
to refurbish the old one, the McNary Athletic
Booster Club has raised most of the $100,000
for a new scoreboard to be purchased in April
and installed this summer.
The new 18-foot, 9-inch tall and 25-foot
wide scoreboard features a 5-foot, 9-inch tall
and 15-foot, 11 inch wide LED screen for live
track results and sponsors. The scoreboard can
also post shots on goal during soccer games.
The scoreboard can also house a sound sys-
tem but that will have to wait since it would
cost an additional $30,000.
“It’s a dynamic scoreboard in that it can work
for track, lacrosse, soccer, all of our user groups
inside and outside of McNary can use this,”
McNary Athletic Director Scott Gragg said.
“Obviously, football will benefi t from this
but many more groups will benefi t as well.”
Gragg and the booster club are interested in
projects that will benefi t the most students at
McNary.
“My interest is what’s the biggest bang for
our buck,” Gragg said.
“If we can do something that’s going to im-
pact 1,500 students versus 30 varsity students,
then I’m going to do things that are going to
impact 1,500.”
Gragg has worked closely with the booster
club since taking over as athletic director last
summer.
“They are progressive and fast moving and
wanting to get things done,” Gragg said. “They
are closely tied with our community so they
know what the heartbeat and the interests are
of our community.”
Keizer and Salem residents will vote on a
$619.7 million bond on May 15. If that bond
passes, the booster club’s next project could be
equipping a new weight room.
Courtesy of
Daktronics, Inc.
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Celtics playoff run ends early
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Before entering the locker
room, McNary head boys
basketball coach Ryan Kirch
stopped to compose himself.
This loss, 61-41 to Tuala-
tin in the second round of the
playoffs, clearly meant more.
“You feel bad for the guys,”
Kirch said after the game
on Saturday, March 3. “As a
coach, I think of what I could
have done differently and how
I could have adjusted and put
them in better situations. The
kids work so hard for you. As
a coach, you feel like you let
them down and you couldn’t
get them to where you felt
like they deserved to be and
that’s the toughest part.”
After a back and forth fi rst
half with fi ve lead changes,
McNary senior Lucas Garvey
knocked down a 3-pointer to
give the Celtics a 29-25 lead
with 6:55 remaining in the
third quarter. But McNary
didn’t score again in the peri-
od as Tualatin went on a 16-0
run.
“We had a tough time get-
ting the ball inside,” Kirch said.
“I thought the ball stuck in
our hands a little bit. We didn’t
move the ball as well as we
would have liked. And defen-
sively we didn’t guard. They
attacked the basket hard on us.
We made some poor decisions
with the ball that led to some
run outs.”
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Referees didn’t do
McNary any favors
LIFE
OF
W iley
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary senior Lucas Garvey scored 14 points in a 61-41 loss to Tualatin on Saturday, March 3 in
the second round of the 6A boys basketball playoffs.
Two things I hate in
sports—when fans blame ref-
erees after a loss and the me-
dia is clearly a homer for one
of the teams. (Ever heard Bill
Walton call a UCLA basketball
game?)
I’m about to do both.
Referees, especially those
who offi ciate basketball, have
a horrible job. They get yelled
at and booed by fans. Nearly
every call they make is ques-
tioned by one side or the other.
The last thing I want to do
is add to that noise but Mc-
Nary AND Tualatin deserved
better Saturday night.
For those that weren’t at the
game, the Celtics were in foul
trouble from the beginning
as Lucas Garvey and Andrew
Jones both picked up two
fouls in the fi rst quarter. Gar-
vey ended up fouling out with
4 minutes and 20 seconds left
in the game. Chandler Cavell
then joined him on the bench
shortly after and McNary had
to play the fi nal 3:29 without
its two best players.
These are McNary play-
ers that haven’t been in foul
trouble all season. So what
happened?
Celtics head coach Ryan
Kirch gave Tualatin credit,
noting the Timberwolves ag-
gressive play on offense put-
ting offi cials in position to
make those foul calls, which
makes sense. But the referees
also called the game incredibly
tight.
Offi cials typically call less
fouls in big games, not more.
Foul trouble isn’t the only
reason McNary lost. Cavell
didn’t get called for his third
foul until after Tualatin had
gone on a 16-0 run and the
Celtics looked rattled at times,
turning the ball over and miss-
ing free throws, two more
things they just don’t do. But
foul trouble contributed and
certainly ended any chance of
a comeback.
Sure, I was pulling for Mc-
Nary. I wanted the Celtics to
reach the state quarterfi nals
and play in the Chiles Center
for the fi rst time since 2004. I
wanted to write that story.
I wanted to cover the event.
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Doutt voted GVC Player of the Year
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Kailey Doutt’s coaches,
teammates and parents have
told her to shoot more for
years.
This season she fi nally did
and the result was the league’s
biggest individual prize as
Doutt was voted Greater Val-
ley Conference Girls Basket-
ball Player of the Year.
“Last year I never took my
outside shots and everyone
yelled at me to shoot,” Doutt
said. “This year we worked a
lot more on our shooting and
individual moves.
“I felt a lot more confi dent
shooting from the outside. It
opens up the rest of my game
because people know I want
to drive and post up.”
Doutt, who averaged 18.4
points and 6.9 rebounds this
season, thought she had a
chance at winning the award.
“It was one of my goals, in
the back of my head, all sea-
son,” Doutt said.
“I knew it was possible. I
was super excited and I feel
super blessed to be able to
get it and the other coaches
recognize I was playing well. I
was just super happy. It shows
that all of my hard work has
paid off over the past four
years. I’ve worked on basket-
ball a lot my whole life. It’s
paid off.”
Doutt showed she was in
the running for the league’s
best player early on, making
15 of 17 shots for 32 points
and eight rebounds against
Tualatin on Dec. 2.
Playing in the Nike Shoot-
out at Lake Oswego, Doutt
then posted a double-double
of 33 points and 15 rebounds
against West Albany on Dec.
29.
“A lot of our offense went
through her,” McNary head
coach Elizabeth Doran said.
“She just did a really good
job inside for us and was
more aggressive shooting the
basketball. I’m really happy
for her. She deserved it and
worked really hard all season.
It’s a cool award and it’s nice
that it fell to one of our play-
ers.”
Doutt’s biggest shot came
in the fi nal seconds off a 30-
29 win at Forest Grove on
Jan. 30.
“The adrenaline rush after
that shot was crazy,” Doutt
said.
“I was super hyped up the
rest of the day and the next
day. That was a big game for
us.”
Her younger sister, Leah,
a freshman on the team, had
the assist on the play.
“Playing with my sister
was a lot of fun,” Doutt said.
“We get along super well and
we’re best friends. We’re super
close. There wasn’t a lot of ar-
guing. She’s a great player. She
added a lot to the team so it
was tons of fun.
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McNary senior Kailey Doutt was voted Greater Valley Confer-
ence Girls Basketball Player of the Year.