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Celtics get even with Sprague
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
After loading the bases in
each of the fi rst three innings
and getting nothing to show
for it, McNary desperately
needed a big hit and Ty Co-
valt came through.
With runners on fi rst and
second and one out in the
bottom of the fourth, Covalt
ripped a double down the left
fi eld line to score two runs.
The Celtics scored fi ve runs
in the inning and held on to
defeat Sprague 5-4 on Mon-
day, April 23.
“That just broke the ice
for us,” McNary head coach
Larry Keeker said.
Covalt hit the double on
the 10th pitch of his at bat.
“I knew he wasn’t spotting
his curveball so I knew I was
going to get a fastball,” Covalt
said.
“I was just battling until I
found something I liked and
put a barrel on it and did
something cool.”
The Celtics tied the game
at 3-3 when Covalt scored on
a deep fl y ball to center fi eld
off the bat of Colin Went-
worth that Sprague couldn’t
snag.
After Wentworth advanced
to third on a wild pitch, Ryan
Thompson brought him
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
ABOVE: Carl Rumbaugh pitched all seven innings to earn the
win against Sprague on Monday, April 23. RIGHT: Ty Covalt cel-
ebrates after scoring the tying run in the bottom of the fourth.
Covalt also drove in two runs with a double in the inning.
home with a sacrifi ce bunt.
David Alfaro then added a
RBI single to give McNary a
5-3 lead.
McNary senior Carl Rum-
baugh went all seven innings
to earn the win.
He pitched in and out of
jams for most of the game,
the biggest coming in the top
of the sixth when Sprague
loaded the bases with no outs
but scored just one run on a
fi elder’s choice.
“That shows his competi-
tive spirit in those situations,”
Keeker said of Rumbaugh.
“He didn’t look rattled,
which is a good sign.”
Rumbaugh said the key
was pretending like no one
was on base.
“I think it’s a brand new
ball game and keep deal-
ing, keep throwing strikes
and pounding the zone,” said
Rumbaugh, who mixed up
his fastball and curveball to
strike out four Sprague hit-
ters.
Rumbaugh’s defense didn’t
do him any favors, recording
six errors.
“We didn’t play good de-
fense today,” Keeker said. “For
us to survive this game with
six errors and all those guys
left on base is quite frankly a
little bit incredible.
Please see EVEN, Page B5
Foot by foot: Debban PRs in vault
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
SALEM—Haley Debban
had a horrible track practice
last Tuesday.
But Wednesday was a new
day as the McNary senior
PR’d by a foot in the pole
vault, clearing 9 feet, 6 inches,
to win the event in a league
meet at South Salem.
“I have a bad habit of bail-
ing off the pole too early and
balling up and thinking that
will be good enough, but in-
stead I need to drive forward
and actually get my feet up,”
Debban said. “That’s what I
was trying to do yesterday
and I was just a mess, so then
today I looked at the sky and
that worked. I actually used
the technique that my coach
(Dustin Walker) has been
drilling into me.”
After matching her per-
sonal record of 8-06 and then
clearing 9 feet, Debban made
9-06 on her second attempt.
She was stunned.
“I hit the mat and thought
there’s no way,” Debban said.
“I honestly didn’t believe it.
Then I got really excited. That
was an awesome moment.”
Debban’s vault is tied
for third in the Greater Val-
ley Conference this season
behind Forest Grove junior
Mila Lumae and teammate
Paige Downer, who have both
cleared 10 feet.
Debban started vaulting last
season after watching Downer
compete the year before.
“It was hard because I was
still running a lot,” Debban
said. “I did not do as well as I
wanted to in the district meet,
8 feet. Senior year, I just want
to vault. I have really bad back
issues so running is really hard
for me. It’s worked out in my
favor.”
Debban and Downer have
brought out the best in each
other.
“We’re
actually
best
friends,” Debban said. “We
hype each other up. If we’re
competing for fi rst place at
Please see FOOT, Page B5
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary senior Haley Debban set a personal record in the pole vault by a foot, clearing 9 feet, six inches at South Salem High
School on Wednesday, April 18.
Lady Celts break out of slump
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Freshman Taylor Ebbs helped McNary break out of its slump,
driving in two runs against Sprague and four at Forest Grove.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary hadn’t scored a
run in 12 innings when Taylor
Ebbs went to the plate with
the bases loaded and one out
in the bottom of the fi rst.
Her strategy?
“Just have fun.”
“I’ve been putting myself
in too much pressure lately,”
Ebbs said. “I think we’ve just
been trying to do too much.”
That approach paid off as
Ebbs hit a high inside pitch to
right fi eld to score two runs
and the Lady Celts broke out
of a slump to defeat Sprague
6-2 on Friday, April 20.
“That (fi rst) inning could
have potentially been a little
bigger,” said McNary head
coach Kevin Wise, after the
Lady Celts left the bases load-
ed. “I was just happy getting a
couple on the board.”
The Lady Celts could’ve
had a big second inning as
well. But after Abbie Covalt
singled and Nadia Witt dou-
bled to lead off the inning,
Sprague pitcher Shae Barna
retired three batters in a row,
stranding the runners at sec-
ond and third.
McNary was able to add
four more runs in the bottom
of the fi fth.
After Haley Ebner and
Emma Kinler led off the in-
ning with singles, Kate Ron-
ning hit a line drive to right
fi eld to load the bases. Faith
Danner then knocked in two
runs with a ground ball to left
fi eld.
Haley Bingenheimer added
a RBI single and Covalt hit a
sacrifi ce fl y to center fi eld to
stretch McNary’s lead to 6-0.
Sprague scored its only two
runs in the top of the seventh.
Danner pitched all seven
innings to earn the win from
the circle.
The Lady Celts fi nished
with 14 hits. Witt was 4-for-4
with a double.
“They had more fun to-
day,” Wise said. “When we’re a
little more loose, it just goes a
lot better, especially with our
younger girls.”
The win came after Mc-
Nary was shut out 3-0 at West
Salem the day before. The
Lady Celts had only three hits
in the loss.
“We were just getting up
and trying to hit home runs,”
Wise said. “The girls at West
(Salem) and our girls, most of
them have played together for
a long time. We all get a little
too amped up and trying to
do too much. I think we were
a little tight.”
McNary’s hot hitting con-
tinued Tuesday, April 24 at
Forest Grove, where the Lady
Celts won 10-0 in fi ve in-
nings.
Ebbs again knocked in
McNary’s fi rst two runs on a
triple to left fi eld to score Witt
and Alexa Cepeda.
Ebbs was 3-for-3 with four
RBIs in the game. Witt was
3-for-4.
Danner needed only 51
pitches to earn the win, allow-
ing just one hit.