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MARCH 30, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B1 WE’RE TOOTING OUR OWN HORN! OREGON’S FORD 2014 2015 2018 2016 2017 DEALER OF THE YEAR Keizer 5 YEARS IN A ROW 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463- 4853 www.skylineforddirect.com KEIZERTIMES.COM Jauregui to play volleyball at College of the Redwoods KEIZERTIMES/Delek Wiley McNaly seniol Faith Jaulegui signs to play volleyball at College of the Redwoods in Euleka, Calif. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary senior Faith Jau- regui never gave up on her dream of playing volleyball in college, not even after getting cut from her high school team. Jauregui began playing vol- leyball in the third grade at the Boys and Girls Club. She then played for her school teams at Claggett Creek and on the junior var- sity at McNary through her junior year. But Jauregui didn’t make the team as a senior. “I was really upset about it but I decided it wasn’t going to be the end of it,” Jauregui said. “That wasn’t going to be my last season.” Jauregui, a libero, tried out for Southside, a club team in Salem that she had played with since she was 14. After making the team, Jau- regui met Petra Lorenzi, head volleyball coach at College of the Redwoods. “It was so shocking when I heard that she wanted me,” Jauregui said. “I was really sur- prised because I got cut from my high school team. But it was awesome. It’s such an amazing feeling. I can’t even explain it. I’m so happy.” Jauregui signed with the College of the Redwoods, a two-year community college located in Eureka, Calif., ear- lier this month at Battle Creek Courthouse in Salem. Please see FAITH, Page B4 Celtics jump into new season By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes With nearly as many fresh- men as upperclassmen, Mc- Nary’s track team is young. But the seniors that do re- turn come highly motivated, determined to make their fi - nal season their best. After fi nishing second in the Greater Valley Confer- ence in the 800-meter run as a freshman and then again as a sophomore, Kailey Doutt wasn’t able to participate in the event last season due to a stress fracture in her foot. Doutt has since learned she has a B12, iron and folate de- fi ciency. She’s taking a num- ber of vitamins, ran less during basketball and took a week off between seasons. Along with getting back to the state meet, Doutt has set her sights on breaking the school record in the 800. At 2:17.99, which she ran at the 2016 state championships, Doutt is half a second off the record. Victor Zavalal threw a PR of 151-7 in the javelin in just McNary’s second meet last season but dealt with elbow pain down the stretch and fi n- ished fourth in the GVC. “I was a little bit aggravated at that moment but I knew I had one more year and I’ve got to really focus this year and get into it,” Zavalal said. “It motivated me at the same time. My goal is to go to state. It’s my time.” Working with throws coach George Krause, Zava- lal hopes improved technique will get him there. “Every year I learn some- thing new,” Zavalal said. “This year I learned to make sure I’m rotating my shoulder all of the way instead of side arm- ing it.” Casey Toavs advanced to Day 2 of the GVC Cham- pionships in the 110-meter hurdles for the fi rst time last season, fi nishing seventh with a PR of 16.93. He believes the extra work he put in during winter con- ditioning will take him to an- other level. “I’ve been able to three step a couple of the hurdles in pre- vious years but my goal is to get through the whole fl ight of hurdles three stepping and I think that winter condition- ing will defi nitely help with that,” said Toavs, who wants to fi nish under 16 seconds in the 110 hurdles this season. KEIZERTIMES/Delek Wiley ABOVE: McNaly seniol Lucas Galvey cleals the high jump in a meet last season. RIGHT: Kailey Doutt is back healthy and will lun the 800 aftel missing most of last season with a stless flac- tule in hel foot. LEFT: Victol Zavalal thlows the javelin. Please see TRACK, Page B4 KEIZERTIMES/Delek Wiley Casey Toavs is back fol his seniol yeal aftel fi nishing seventh in the GVC in the 110 huldles as a juniol. Lady Celts suffer setback KEIZERTIMES/Delek Wiley McNaly sophomole Coultney Robelts had a hit, a walk and scoled two luns against Flanklin on Wednesday, Malch 21. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary dug itself into a deep hole and couldn’t climb out, falling at home to Franklin 14-10 on Wednesday, March 21. The Lady Celts got behind early as Franklin scored three runs in the top of the fi rst, four in the second and fi ve in the third to take a 12-3 lead entering the fourth inning. “The girls went upstairs (in the gym) to hit for warm-up and I think, mentally, they were still up there,” McNary head coach Kevin Wise said. “They weren’t out here.” The Lady Celts struggled with Frank- lin’s small ball approach at the plate as Franklin bunted four times in the fi rst three innings. McNary had four infi eld errors, including three in the top of the third. “Franklin kept bunting on us and we just didn’t adjust well,” Wise said. “We were making some bad throws. I didn’t feel like we were communicating well at the start either. It’s little things right now. We saw for us what we need to work on today, which was good.” Alexa Cepeda scored McNary’s fi rst run of the game, reaching on a single to center fi eld in the bottom of the fi rst and then scoring on a ground ball by Kate Ronning. Nadia Witt added a two-run homer to center fi eld in the bottom of the second. The Lady Celts slowly chipped away at Franklin’s lead as Witt hit a RBI single to drive home Courtney Roberts in the bottom of the fourth. Witt then scored on a throwing error. Taylor Ebbs tripled in the fi fth to bring home Ronning. Ebbs then scored on a single by Faith Danner. In the circle, Danner held Franklin scoreless in the fourth, fi fth and sixth innings, allowing just two singles and a walk, as McNary went to the seventh trailing 12-7. But Franklin added two runs in the top of the inning on a home run to left fi eld. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Haley Bingenheimer doubled to score Ebbs and Roberts. Witt, who was 3-for-5 with two runs and four RBIs, then double to drive in Bingenheimer before the game ended with a ground ball to second base. Bingenheimer was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs. The Lady Celts are scheduled to host Oregon City Friday at 4:30 p.m. “It’s such a good group of girls and they’re really talented,” Wise said. “They’re smart and they’re coachable. I think we have a lot left in us.”