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Jones named GVC’s top defender
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
The Greater Valley Con-
ference Defensive Player of
the Year award is staying with
McNary.
Senior Andrew Jones was
voted the top defender by the
league’s coaches.
“That’s a pretty special
award because there’s only
one guy in the league out of
nine teams and there’s a lot of
good players in our league,”
Jones said. “It wasn’t really my
goal to win defensive player of
the year. It was just my goal to
play the best defense I could
play every game. Just really
having a commitment to de-
fense helps because not a lot
of guys want to play defense
and if you can play defense it
helps your team a lot more.”
Matthew Ismay, a 2017
McNary graduate, had won
the previous three defensive
player of the year awards.
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McNary senior Andrew Jones was voted Greater Valley Confer-
ence Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches.
team on defense, I always ad-
mired him for that and I al-
ways wanted to be the best
defender on the team because
I knew that if I could play re-
“When you have a guy like
Matt in your program and
you can just see how hard he
works on defense and how
much better he makes the
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ally good defense and I could
shut down the best player on
the other team it would give
us a better opportunity to win
more games,” Jones said.
McNary has prided itself
on playing tough defense. The
Celtics allowed 53.5 points
per game this season, fourth
best in the state at the 6A level.
“It means a lot to me be-
cause we base our program
on defending and rebound-
ing and it’s hard to get a lot of
guys to commit to that these
days,” McNary head coach
Ryan Kirch said. “We hold
our hat on that. We spend a
lot of time. Guys take a lot
of pride in that. Whether the
shots are going in or not, you
can always guard. It’s an effort
thing. It’s a toughness thing.
Competitiveness and tough-
ness are the top two things we
value and we see that in de-
fending and rebounding.”
McNary senior Chandler
Cavell was unanimously se-
lected to the All-GVC First
Team. He led the Celtics in
four categories—16.5 points
per game, 6.2 rebounds, 4.4
assists and 1.6 steals.
“He’s matured so much as a
person and as a player,” Kirch
said of Cavell. “He’s been a
great passer, a great teammate,
a great leader, a great rebound-
er. He just does everything on
the fl oor. He’s a guy you can’t
take off the fl oor. He can hurt
you in so many different ways.
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McNary senior Chandler Cavell was unanimously selected to
the All-Greater Valley Conference First Team.
I can have him handling the
ball. I can post him up. I can
put him on the wing. You can
ask him to run an offense. He’s
just been invaluable and his at-
titude has just been outstand-
ing all year long and he’s really
led by example.”
Lucas Garvey, who aver-
aged 12.9 points per game,
was also voted to the First
Team. Jones and Boston Smith
were selected to the Second
Team. Riccardo Gardelli was
honorable mention.
“I was so happy to see so
many of our guys being rec-
ognized by other coaches,”
Kirch said. “I can sit here and
talk until I’m blue in the face
about my players but when
other coaches recognize them.
It’s an impressive group. It’s
been an impressive year.”
Kirch and Jordan Graneto
were voted head coach and
assistant coach of the year.
“That’s a staff award,” Kirch
said. “As the head of the staff,
that puts my name on it but
really it’s a staff award. Our
coaches have done a great job.
If there’s one thing I’ve done
right, it’s hire good coaches
around me. Coach Graneto
has done a great job. Coaches
are doing so many different
things that fans don’t see.”
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McNary was also plagued
by foul trouble. Garvey and
Andrew Jones both picked up
their second fouls in the fi rst
quarter but were able to get
to halftime without getting
called for their third.
Garvey got his third foul
with 5:29 remaining in the
third period, just before the
Timberwolves went on their
run. Chandler Cavell picked
up his third with 7:01 remain-
ing in the game and his fourth
less than 10 seconds later. Gar-
vey was then called for his
fourth 3 seconds later.
With McNary trailing 41-
31, both stayed in the game.
Garvey, after making a 3 and
then a steal and layup to
keep the Celtics within 47-
38, fouled out with 4:30 left
to play. Cavell then followed
with his fi fth foul with 3:29
remaining.
“I think they (Tualatin)
were more aggressive offen-
sively than we were and that
puts offi cials in position to
make the call,” Kirch said. “I
don’t think we were as ag-
gressive as we normally are
offensively and that’s why we
didn’t get as many whistles as
they did. I thought there was a
bunch of calls that could have
gone either way and more
went their way than ours.
You’ve got to adjust to it and
we didn’t adjust the way we
wanted to.”
Riccardo Gardelli made a 3
to get McNary within 49-41
with 3:19 remaining but Tu-
alatin went 8-for-8 from the
free throw line in the fi nal 3
minutes to fi nish off the Celt-
ics.
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McNary junior Boston Smith returned from mononucleosis to
play against Tualatin on Saturday, March 3.
Garvey fi nished with 14
points. Jones had seven and
Cavell added six.
McNary has lost in the sec-
ond round of the playoffs four
years in a row and hasn’t ad-
vanced to the state quarterfi -
nals since 2004.
After the game, Kirch told
his players to remember all the
good times this season.
“As much as this stings
right now, all the good that
they’ve accomplished sits un-
der that layer of what hurts
and that hurt will go away af-
ter a while but what will re-
main is all those good things
that they accomplished, on
the basketball fl oor with win-
ning a league championship,
but more so playing with your
friends, loving each other,
playing for each other and
with each other,” Kirch said.
“This has been as rewarding
a year for me to coach as I’ve
had. I’m just disappointed. It
all comes to an end so quick-
ly.”
Kirch also told the Celtics
to leave with their heads held
high.
“They represented their
families, they represented
themselves, their school and
this community incredibly
well,” Kirch said. “They’re just
great kids and great people.
The families that have raised
these kids have done a great
job. Just to see the support,
so many text messages and
emails from so many people.
I reminded the guys of how
much impact they’ve had on
this community and how awe-
some of an experience that is
and how much I’m proud of
them for that.”
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