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PAGE B4, KEIZERTIMES, MAY 4, 2018 Lady Celts shut out versus McMinnville By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary had no answer for McMinnville junior Payton Hudson. In the circle, Hudson al- lowed just three hits as the Lady Celts fell 1-0 on Thurs- day, April 26. “She’s a really good pitch- er,” McNary head coach Kevin Wise said. “We tried bunting. We brought out the arsenal. They’re a solid team, good defense, good pitching. We had a couple of hits that they made good plays on, if those go half an inch or an inch the other way, maybe we get something rolling but we just couldn’t today.” Hudson also got McNary at the plate, hitting a solo home run off the scoreboard in the top of the fourth to score the only run of the game. After not threatening to score in the fi rst three innings, McNary put two runners on in the bottom of the fourth as Taylor Ebbs reached on an er- ror and Haley Bingenheimer walked. But Hudson got a ground ball to shortstop to get out of the inning. After McNary shortstop Nadia Witt gunned down a runner at home to end the fi fth inning, McMinnville had another chance to add to its lead in the top of the sixth. With runners at fi rst and second and one out, McNary chose to intentionally walk Hudson and load the bases. The decision paid off as Dan- HOMER, continued from Page B1 But McNary immediately answered in the bottom of the inning. loading the bases for Wentworth, who hit a ball in the left fi eld gap to clear the bases and give the Celtics a 5-3 lead. “He gave me a meat pitch KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Auston Barton tries to avoid a South Salem defender on Wednesday, April 25. McNary routs South Salem KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary third baseman Kate Ronning throws out a McMinnville runner at fi rst base on Thursday, April 26. ner got a ground ball to short- stop for a force out at home and then another ground ball to third to get out of the jam. With two outs in the bot- tom of the seventh, Haley Ebner walked to put the ty- ing run on base. But the Lady Celts lined out to second to end the game. The run was the fi rst Mc- Nary had allowed all week, af- ter shutting out Forest Grove and South Salem, Tuesday and Wednesday. “Our defense is playing re- ally well,” Wise said. “Nothing to complain about.” The Lady Celts offense had also been hot, scoring 10 runs at Forest Grove and 14 at South Salem. “We probably used all our hits up the last couple of games,” Wise said. Senior Emma Kinler missed all three games after suffering a concussion diving for a ball at Monday’s practice. Ebner, sat out against South Salem with a sprained wrist, but re- turned against McMinnville. The loss dropped McNary to 7-3 in league play, tied with McMinnville. “We’ve just got to keep fi ghting,” Wise said. “We’re still in the thick of the battle.” and it felt good, especially against West, one of the top teams in our league,” Went- worth said. “It felt awesome to drive that ball.” Carl Rumbaugh took it from there, allowing just one hit over the fi nal two innings, to pitch a complete game and earn the victory. “Carl’s been phenomenal his last three starts,” McNary head coach Larry Keeker said. “He’s been really good on the mound for us. The best part about this game was an- swering in the bottom of that (fi fth) inning with good at bats to load the bases and Col- lin works the count for a bases loaded clearing double in the gap and just puts a good swing on a pitch and we’re right back in it.” Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13 F lowers Perfume Candy Brunch Scarf D iamonds Of course ! WWW.BOUCHERJEWELERS.COM • LIKE US ON FACEBOOK B OUCHER J EWELERS WE BUY GOLD & SILVER • 4965 RIVER ROAD N • 503-393-0701 McNary’s boys lacrosse team (9-4) closed its road trip with a 12-11 win in overtime over Ridgeview on Saturday, April 28. Jonathan Williams had sev- en goals in the victory. Kory Pagels added two. The win came after Mc- Nary lost a lead in the fi nal two minutes to fall to Sisters 12-10 earlier in the day. Chad Pinney and Williams each had four goals. Spencer DelaCruz and Ezra scored the other two goals. The Celtics also defeated Mountain View 12-10 on Fri- day, April 27. Williams again led the ef- fort, scoring three goals. Pagels also had a hat trick. Barton and Pinney each scored two goals. DelaCruz and Ezra Cauthon both had one. The Celtics throttled South Salem 17-3 on Wednesday, April 25. Williams and Cauthon each had four goals in the rout. Bar- ton, Shepherd and DelaCruz all had two. Pagels, Pinney and Layton Thurlow scored as well. McNary hosts West Albany Tuesday, May 8 at 8 p.m. to fi nish the regular season.
