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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
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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.”
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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.