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PAGE C4, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 9, 2018 Celtics rout Sherwood in fi rst round By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary cruised into the second round of the 6A boys basketball state playoffs with a 71-46 win over Sherwood on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Sherwood, the No. 28 seed in the state tournament, battled No. 5 McNary early but Riccardo Gardelli and Chandler Cavell made back- to-back 3-pointers at the end of the fi rst half and the Celtics went into intermission with a 27-17 lead. “I thought we came out hard,” McNary head coach Ryan Kirch said. “I thought we were a little rushed early on but as always we hang our hat on our defense and re- bounding and I thought we did a really nice job, particu- larly in the fi rst half defend- ing. We shared the ball a little bit better in the second half and we were able to extend our lead.” McNary outscored the Bowmen 18-10 in the third quarter to take command of the game and lead 45-27 en- tering the fourth. “Once the rhythm of the game gets going, our guys fall into a habit of just continu- ing to move the ball and hav- ing good spacing and being able to get the shots we want, whether it’s Chandler attack- ing or kicking out to Lucas (Garvey) or Ricky,” Kirch said. “The fl oor was really well- spaced. I thought we did a better job spacing the fl oor in the second half. When we do that and share the ball we’re pretty tough to defend.” Cavell led the Celtics with 24 points, including 13 in the fi rst half. He also pulled down 11 rebounds and dished out three assists. Gardelli scored 16 points, making four three-pointers, to go along with 12 rebounds and three blocks. Garvey added 13 points, two rebounds and three assists in the rout. Andrew Jones chipped in with six points, three re- ATHLETE of the Week presented by Chandler Cavell Senior at McNary High School KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary senior Riccardo Gardelli had 16 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks on Wednesday, Feb. 28 against Sherwood. bounds and four assists as Mc- Nary advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the fourth season in a row. “Especially in the second half, we started to share the ball a lot more and play better defense,” Cavell said. “I know they didn’t have a lot of made fi eld goals. We gave them a lot of free throws which we’ve got to work on but they didn’t have a lot of made shots. I think we guard- ed well and that was a big dif- ference.” Sherwood shot 9-for-14 from the free throw line in the second half and made 13 fi eld goals. McNary junior Boston Smith missed the game with mononucleosis. Junior Wall- ing started in his place and fi nished with fi ve rebounds. “For a guy that was play- ing JV at the beginning of the year, to get his fi rst varsity start in a playoff game, is pret- ty impressive,” Kirch said of Walling. “The thing we love about him is he’s just going to compete hard for you. You McNary senior Chandler Cavell, who was unanimously voted First Team All-Greater Valley Conference, scored 24 points to go along with 11 rebounds and three assists as the Celtics defeated Sherwood 71-46 on Wednesday, Feb. 28 in the fi rst round of the 6A boys basketball playoffs. KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary junior Griffi n Oliveira scored fi ve points off the bench for the Celtics in their fi rst round playoff win against Sherwood on Wednesday, Feb. 28. don’t need him to score a lot of points. You just need him to defend and rebound. He’s going to go as hard as he can the entire time and he gave us really good minutes tonight.” KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary senior cheerleaders Kenda McNaught, left, and Jor- dan Marshall were honored before the boys basketball playoff game on Wednesday, Feb. 28. orthodontics for children, adolescents & adults 3836 River Rd N, Keizer • Across from Bi-Mart, Next door to Subway & Kolby’s • 503 .779.1225 We love being part of the growing Keizer community 2017 Invisalign ® and Traditional Braces Customized Payment Plans WE GET MOVIES BEFORE REDBOX BEFORE ® STREAMING FOR A FREE CONSULT CALL 971.600.3836 www.haveagreatsmile.com SCHOOLHOUSE SQUARE 5099 RIVER ROAD N, KEIZER