SEPTEMBER 21, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B3
Celtics sacked at Tualatin Whiteaker cruises in opener
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
TUALATIN—McNary’s
(0-3) highlight, maybe its only
one of the night, came at the
end of the fi rst quarter.
With seven seconds remain-
ing, senior Jacob Jackson in-
tercepted Tualatin quarterback
Blake Jackson at midfi eld and
ran 50 yards for a touchdown.
But the extra point was
blocked and it was all downhill
from there as the Celtics fell
50-6 on Friday, Sept. 14.
Both teams struggled hold-
ing on to the ball. McNary
threw two interceptions and
lost four fumbles. Along with
Jackson’s interception return
for a touchdown, Noah Bach
recovered three fumbles.
But Tualatin made big plays
when it had the ball while the
Celtics, missing lineman Wy-
att Sherwood and Ian Koenig
with injuries, did very little on
offense, fi nishing with under
100 yards.
Quarterback Erik Barker,
who was constantly under
pressure and sacked fi ve times,
completed 12 of 28 passes for
85 yards. McNary’s longest
gain of the night came on a
26-yard completion to Nigel
Harris in the fi rst half.
Junior Walling rushed for 36
yards with half of it coming on
one carry.
Within 21-6 late in the
fi rst half, the McNary defense
couldn’t tackle John Miller,
who took a screen pass 55
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
ABOVE: Noah Bach is tackled after a short gain at Tualatin.
BELOW: McNary attempts to recover a fumble.
Roth, and Kyler and Kaden
Donahue did a pretty solid
job on the edges of keeping
everything inside of them,”
Larimer said.
Whiteaker set the tone
from the outset, when a great
block on the opening kick-
off by Kyler Donahue helped
Thornton return it to the
Whiteaker 40.
Nine plays later, Hunter
Ruberto punched it in from
four yards out to open the
scoring.
Minutes later, Copeland’s
fumble return for a TD made
it 12-0. Later in the second
quarter, pressure by defensive
end Jacob Hurst resulted in
another Stephens fumble, and
on the ensuing play Jackson
Alt hit Copeland in stride for
a 47 yard TD pass.
Copeland later scored on a
short quarterback keeper and
Ty Borde closed out the scor-
ing with a short TD run after
a 25 yard gallop by Johann
Sanchez-Singh.
“Coach Marcus is a great
offensive coordinator,” said
Larimer “He has a solid
scheme, he is a great teacher,
and he gets lots of kids in-
volved. We put 34 points on
the board, but nobody on our
team had over 56 yards rush-
ing or receiving. This was a
total team effort. Lots of kids
touched the ball, and they all
did great.”
Larimer says the real he-
roes were the Whiteaker line-
men—Gaige Merrill, Angel
Munguia, Joey Lenhart, Will
Green, Cristian Garcia, and
Damon Thornton.
BEACON,
the booster club to help defray
student athletic fees so that all
kids have the opportunity to
benefi t from sports.
The community can par-
ticipate by partnering with
the booster club fi nancially
as it recognizes its 2018 Bea-
cons—Phillips
(McNary),
Dick Bellock (McKay), Jaime
Ellis (Sprague), Mary Heater
(South Salem), Dr. Malcolm
Snider (North Salem), Susan
and LaRon Tolley (West Sa-
lem), Jim Reimann and Dick
and Dave Withnell.
Partnership options range
from $275 for two event tick-
ets and one scholarship to
$5,000 for eight tickets and 25
scholarships. Individual dinner
tickets are $50.
Held at the Salem Con-
vention Center, the festivities
begin at 5 p.m. with a social
hour, followed by dinner at 6
and an awards presentation at
7.
Bruce Brown, the founder
of Proactive Coaching, is the
keynote speaker.
Phillips is honored to be
in the fi rst group to receive a
Beacon award.
“I was shocked,” she said.
“There are so many great peo-
ple that have worked at Mc-
Nary or taught or volunteered
at McNary. “It’s a defi nite
honor. I can think of plenty
of people that they could have
bestowed the honor on.”
To purchase tickets, spon-
sorships or to get more in-
formation about the Salem-
Keizer High School Sports
Booster Club, go to salem-
keizerbeacons.com.
continued from Page B1
yards to the end zone with just
four seconds remaining.
The Celtics fumbled away
its fi rst possession of the sec-
ond half, which led to another
Tualatin score.
A bad McNary snap out of
the back of the end zone then
led to a safety and Miller re-
turned the free kick 60 yards
to stretch the Timberwolves
lead to 43-6 early in the third
quarter.
Tualatin scored its fi nal
touchdown on a 14-yard run
with 1:12 remaining in the
third.
McNary plays at Tumwater,
Wash. on Friday, Sept. 21 and
then returns home on Sept.
28 to host South Medford for
homecoming.
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Whiteaker Middle School’s
varsity football team opened
the new campaign in style,
beating Adams Stephens 34-0
on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
Head Coach Tom Larimer
called it a total team effort,
crediting both the players and
his staff. Stephens had a big
size advantage, but Whiteaker
executed far more effi ciently,
and its defense kept Stephens
on its own end of the fi eld
nearly the entire game.
The defense was led by
Jacob Hurst’s fi ve tackles for
loss and Braiden Copeland’s
two fumble recoveries, while
Damon Thornton, Ty Borde,
and Josh Friesen each had fi ve
tackles.
“Our D-line caused them
all kinds of trouble, and kids
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“They learned dedication,
organization, time manage-
ment. I think that’s what high
school sports does for kids.”
The Salem-Keizer High
School Sports Booster Club’s
primary goal is to make sure
more students participate in
athletics by helping offset par-
ticipation fees.
While Salem-Keizer stu-
dents athletes average a 3.25
GPA, nearly one point higher
than the average student in
the general population, ath-
letic participation in the high
schools is less than 40 percent,
a record low.
All six high school will re-
ceive $5,000 each year from