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Lady Celts knocked out in fi rst round
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
PORTLAND—With the bases loaded and
one out in the top of the fi rst inning, McNary
had a chance to jump out in front of Franklin
and play with a lead in the fi rst round of the 6A
softball state playoffs.
Instead, the Lady Celts didn’t score a run and
committed eight errors in the next six innings,
resulting in a 9-5 loss on Monday, May 21 at
Erv Lind Stadium.
“I don’t know if it would have changed it or
not but it would have been nice to get two or
three runs out of that fi rst inning and be ahead,”
McNary head coach Kevin Wise said. “You
look at how young we were, we have a ton of
freshmen and sophomores. I think those runs
kind of settle them down and maybe we don’t
make as many errors.”
McNary’s threat in the fi rst ended when
Emma Kinler popped up in the shallow outfi eld
and Alexa Cepeda, trying to tag up from third,
was thrown out at home.
“We’ve talked about that all year, be ag-
gressive on the bases and eight times out of 10
it works for us and we make teams make er-
rors,” Wise said. “And these guys have a green
light on that. They know their abilities and so
with her (Cepeda) running, she’s got speed. I
wouldn’t fault Alexa at all for that. That’s what
we want her to do. We want to force them to
make errors. That’s what we’ve tried to do with
our speed. Today, it backfi red on us a little bit.”
Franklin scored two runs in the bottom of
the inning on two errors by freshman shortstop
Taylor Ebbs.
The Quakers then added three more runs in
the second on three hits and two more errors
by Ebbs.
After another error in the third, Wise
switched Ebbs with center fi elder Nadia Witt
to start the fourth.
“Nadia’s played shortstop for us before and
honestly for Taylor, you could see the wheels
were going and she’s trying to rush the throws,”
Wise said. “She just needed to slow it down a
little bit. Instead of just letting her continue to
spin in that cycle, you just try to get her out of
it. She’s a great player. She’s going to come back.
It doesn’t affect her in the box. She comes back
out and hits. Nadia’s been Player of the Year two
years in a row and honestly Taylor is a kid that
could do that kind of thing in the future, too.
She’s that good. She’s that kind of kid.”
Witt scored McNary’s fi rst run in the top of
the third but the Lady Celts could have scored
more as freshman Abigail Covalt was picked off
third after hitting a double to lead off the in-
ning.
Please see FIRST, Page B6
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary sophomore Alexa Cepeda made a diving catch in right fi eld against Franklin at Erv Lind
Stadium on Monday, May 21.
Champion Cheer climbs the Summit
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary senior Madesyn
Samples had been with Cham-
pion Cheer Athletics in Salem
for 13 years, since she was fi ve.
Brynlee Ramsay had been with
the gym for 10 years, since she
was six.
But neither had experi-
enced a season like this last one.
Competing in the D2 Sum-
mit at Walt Disney World Re-
sort’s new ESPN Wide World
of Sports Complex in Or-
land, Fla., Samples, Ramsay
and Champion Cheer’s Level
3 Blaze team advanced to fi -
nals for the fi rst time in the
program’s 14-year history and
placed third in the nation.
“It was amazing, especially
my senior year to get third at
Summit, it’s just crazy, espe-
cially with all my friends there
with me,” Samples said. “I think
we did so well because we all
wanted it so much for our-
selves and four our teammates.
Everyone jumped up and was
screaming and hugging each
other and crying and it was re-
ally awesome.”
Blaze competed in the semi-
fi nals on Saturday, May 12 and
then were one of seven teams
to advance to fi nals on Sun-
day, May 13. They performed a
two-and-a-half minute routine
of tumbling, stunting, jumping
and dancing to music.
Judged by the number of
athletes performing each skill,
Blaze received zero deductions
for a total score of 96.97 out
of 100.
“It’s so awesome to see them
work all year and then to come
out and end the season in such
a big event and perform so well
and place so high,” said Angela
Rasmussen, co-owner of the
gym. “In Orlando it is a huge
stage at ESPN. It’s very in-
timidating. They just opened a
brand new arena at Wild World
of Sports just for cheerleading.
Just with the nerves and all of
the pressure and all the build
up from being there, our kids
just did so amazing.”
Champion Cheer has 26
girls on its Level 3 team, ages
11-18, including 10 from Keiz-
er—Ramsay, Madesyn Samples,
Ashlin Samples, Kayla Camper,
Raegan Bedingfi eld, Taylor
Johnson, Katelyn Hampton,
Emily Daniels, Stephanie Wade
and Angelina Fajer.
Please see SUMMIT, Page B6
Submitted
LEFT: McNary senior Madesyn Samples dances during Champion Cheer Athletics routine
at the D2 Summit in Orlando, Fla. ABOVE: McNary freshman Ashlin Samples fl ies in the air.
BELOW: Champion Cheer Athletics placed third at the D2 Summit.