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Downer to play
at Clackamas
ATHLETE
of the Week
presented by
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Pachuca Camarena Soccer campers Damian Mosqueda, Arianny Guillen Rivera, Luis Perales,
Ivan Gabriel Morales, Ara Jacqueline Niebla and Samantha Gomez had fun with the academy’s
mascot Patuz last week.
Camarena opens soccer school
PAIGE
DOWNER
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary senior Paige
Downer had decided not to
play basketball at the next lev-
el when she got a text from PJ
Martineau, an assistant coach
at Clackamas Community
College.
With an invitation to tour
the campus, Downer thought
she didn’t have anything to
lose.
After a short workout,
Downer decided Clackamas
was exactly where she wanted
to spend the next two years.
“I really love the coaching
staff,” Downer said. “I just re-
ally liked it there.”
Downer had only been to
Clackamas once before when
her AAU team, Oregon Elite,
played a tournament there.
She had planned to go to
Chemeketa before she got the
text.
“I knew that I was go-
ing to miss it,” Downer said
of basketball. “I was trying to
convince myself that it’s fi ne.
Sports were in the past and
try to focus on education and
what you’re doing for your fu-
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary senior Paige Downer has decided to play basketball at
Clackamas Community College.
ture. But I knew I was going
to miss it. I had to come back.
I’m really excited, too.”
Downer, who averaged 7.5
points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists
and 1.5 steals per game during
her senior season, was voted to
the All-Greater Valley Confer-
ence Second Team.
The Cougars play in the
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence and fi nished 21-8 last
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Pachuca Camarena Soc-
cer kicked off its new academy
with the fi rst of three summer
camps at McNary High School
on May 28-31.
Miguel Camerena, who has
coached at McNary since 2002,
said the focus of the academy
and the camps will be having
fun and he wants to start at an
early age with kindergarteners
through fi fth graders.
“The No. 1 thing is for kids
to love the game,” Camarena
said. “We want to see kids smil-
ing and loving the game in a
fun environment. We have re-
ally qualifi ed coaches. Our job
is going to be to help these kids
develop, a soccer school for
these kids to grow and get bet-
ter everyday.”
The next two camps are
scheduled for June 18-21 and
July 16-19 at McNary. Kids in
pre-school through the fi fth
grade will take the fi eld from 6
to 7:15 p.m., followed by mid-
dle schoolers at 7:30.
Along with Camarena, in-
struction will come from Juan
Llamas, varsity boys head coach
at McKay, Vicky Cruz, a former
U20 Women’s World Cup player
for the Mexico National Team
in Germany in 2010, Francisco
Martinez, head girls coach at
Lebanon, as well as McNary
assistant coaches Cuauhtemoc
Gomez and Raul Gasca.
Cost is $60 for one camp or
$100 for two and includes a T-
shirt. Siblings who sign up for
both camps will get a $20 dis-
count.
To register or for more in-
formation, contact Camarena at
mcamarenapac@gmail.com.
season.
Downer hasn’t decided on
a major but she is interested in
youth juvenile counseling.
“I’ve always enjoyed the
law side of things and I also
really like psychology and
counseling and talking to
people through stuff,” Down-
er said. “I fi nd that really fun.
I like helping people out with
their problems.”
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