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Jauregui to play volleyball
at College of the Redwoods
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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.”