JUNE 8, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B3
Toughness focus of spring camp
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Wearing new “TNT” T-
shirts, McNary was focused
on playing with tempo and
toughness during its spring
football camp.
From running plays to
drills, everything the Celtics
did was fast.
“These kids are excited to
play football,” McNary head
coach Jeff Auvinen said. “It’s
the end of the year so some-
times you don’t know what
you’re going to get. But they
want to get better. They want
to have fun. They want to pull
for each other. I’m pretty ex-
cited about their attitudes.”
Below the “N” in “TNT’
was the McNary “M,” which
Auvinen said stood for “No
Mercy.”
“We had a habit of play-
ing down to our opponents
at times and up to our op-
ponents,” Auvinen said. “We
want to play to our ultimate
potential all the time. We just
want to take care of ourselves
and how good we can be and
be as tough as we can and go as
hard as we can all of the time.”
McNary’s
three-week
spring camp began on May 22
and fi nished June 7.
The Celtics added helmets
during the second week and
shoulder pads in week three.
The Celtics will lift weights
and participate in 7-on-7 pass-
ing leagues in Woodburn and
Portland throughout June and
July, hosting an event on July
10.
Summer camp is Aug. 6-10
and practice begins Aug. 13.
Blue Day is Aug. 18
McNary opens the regular
season at home on Aug. 31
against North Medford.
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KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
TOP LEFT: McNary linemen
Keith Cardoza, Ian Koenig and
Malakai Vasseur worked in
shoulder pads during spring
camp on Monday, June 4.
MIDDLE LEFT: McNary re-
ceiver Nigel Harris stretches
out to catch a pass.
BOTTOM LEFT: Junior Wall-
ing carries the ball during the
fi rst week of spring camp.
TOP RIGHT: Receiver Logun
Anderson catches a pass over
defender Jacob Jackson.
BOTTOM RIGHT: McNary
quarterback
Erik
Barker
throws a pass on Monday.
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Soccer Club, the Panthers
fi nished the regular season
with nine wins, two losses
and one tie. Both losses came
to the 4-H Timber Juniors.
“We had a lot of miss-
ing players,” Mosqueda said.
“We’ll see (what happens)
if we meet in the playoffs
again.”
CCMS will play in Keizer
Soccer Club’s six-team play-
off on Saturday, June 9 at 1:15
p.m. at Whiteaker Middle
School with the winners ad-
vancing to the championship
on Sunday.
Although it’s the fi rst sea-
son all of the Claggett kids
have played together on one
team, the boys have built
chemistry together in other
sports.
“A lot of these kids have
played together in football or
track,” Mosqueda said. “They
all know each other. They all
go to Claggett and the eighth
graders are really good lead-
ers on the team so they help
with the sixth graders com-
ing up.”