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McNary falls at South
BEND,
continued from Page B1
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
SALEM—McNary’s vol-
leyball team (4-16) spent
Tuesday night in South Salem
playing catchup.
Jumping out to big leads in
three of the four games, the
Lady Saxons (7-13) took the
Mountain Valley Conference
matchup 3-1.
While the Lady Celts nev-
er had a lead in the fi rst game,
they did battle within a point
before South Salem fi nished
them off 25-23.
McNary went on a 6-0 run
midway through the second
set but it wasn’t enough to
overcome a slow start as the
Saxons won the game 25-17
to take a 2-0 lead.
Staying alive, the Lady Celts
easily won the third game 25-
12.
However, McNary couldn’t
hold on to the momentum as
South Salem dominated the
fourth set 25-11 to win the
match.
After Bend scored its only
points of the second half on a
kickoff return, Jacob Jackson
made a 29-yard fi eld goal.
“That second half they
were pretty much doing what-
ever they wanted to whenever
they wanted to,” Auvinen said
of McNary’s offense. “We had
a great mix of run and pass.”
Barker completed 18 of
28 passes for 257 yards and a
touchdown. Oliveira caught
fi ve passes for 68 yards. Jack-
son hauled in three for 67
yards.
Walling also led McNary’s
defense, fi nishing with 11
tackles and two sacks. Dya-
mi Rios has six tackles and
three sacks. Jackson and Rob-
ert Benson each added seven
tackles. Devyn Schurr had six
tackles and an interception.
Bend entered the game
5-1 and No. 10 in the OSAA
power rankings.
The win was the Celtics
second in a row after begin-
ning the season 0-5.
“We switched our prac-
tice plan up a lot the last few
weeks and focused on tough-
ness and changed up the cul-
ture a little bit,” said Oliveira,
who also recovered a fumble
for a touchdown against Bend.
“We’ve been hitting the sleds
a lot, lots of running, physical
drills, way more hitting.”
After allowing more than
500 yards on the ground to
North Medford and Tumwa-
ter, McNary’s defense held
Bend to 96 yards rushing on
28 carries.
“Coaches have really em-
phasized getting all 11 on the
same game plan,” Auvinen
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McNary junior Chloe Diede hits the ball over the net Tuesday
night at South Salem.
COUSINS,
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“We’ve been excited but
there’s also a downside be-
cause it’s our last year playing
all together,” Lopez said. “It
won’t be the same after that
because each of us is going to
go our separate ways.”
Jose Luis plans to join the
National Guard and Lopez
may follow, while Miguel and
Jovanie hope to play soccer in
college.
McNary is 6-3-4 with only
one game remaining on Fri-
day at Mountain View.
“It’s probably been our
most successful year so far and
we know it’s going to end up a
good one,” Jose Luis said.
But there’s still work to do
as the Celtics look toward the
playoffs.
“The players above me
have won conference champi-
onships,” Lopez said. “I don’t
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McNary seniors were honored at halftime Tuesday.
want to go home without
winning a title.”
“We want to do the best
we can with the team and give
our all and make sure we take
the team as far as we can,” Mi-
guel said. “If we keep playing
the way we’re playing we can
go really far.”
None of the cousins are
cocky. When asked who was
the best player of the four, no
one volunteered, but agreed
they make each other better.
“We all have our moments,
our ups and downs,” Jose Luis
said. “But in the end we always
bring each other up.”
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said. “I think kids have started
to develop a trust with each
other as far as everyone is go-
ing to do their job so I don’t
need to do someone else’s job.
I think they’re developing that.
Kids are learning their assign-
ments better and we’re getting
a little bit tougher, getting our
pad level down, getting a lit-
tle more physical, running our
feet a little more. I think it’s a
combination of all those fac-
tors.”
McNary will fi nd out this
Friday if it’s ready to take the
next step as the Celtics travel
to West Salem.
Both squads are 2-0 in the
Mountain Valley Conference.
Slowing down the Titan
offense, which features Simon
Thompson, the 6A state track
and fi eld champion in the 110
hurdles, at quarterback, who
passed for 475 yards and six
touchdowns last Friday against
Mountain View, and receiver
Anthony Gould, an Oregon
State commit who has 837
receiving yards and 12 touch-
downs this season, will chal-
lenge McNary’s defense.
Tight end Micah Pugh,
who caught eight passes for
214 yards and touchdown
against Mountain View, is also
a concern.
“They’ve got some very
good athletes,” Auvinen said.
crossword
“Skill kids are the strength of
their team but they have some
good solid line kids as well.
They’re an interesting mix,
kind of like we are. We’ll try to
take away their playmakers the
best we can and try to make
them do things and beat us
with people they haven’t re-
lied on in the past. We’ll try to
make them look elsewhere.”
McNary should get a boost
to its line as senior Wyatt
Sherwood is expected back
after suffering a concussion
and neck injury on Sept. 7 at
West Linn.
“He’s pretty excited, which
makes me excited,” Auvinen
said.
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McNary senior Griffi n Ol-
iveira caught fi ve passes for
6d yards and a touchdown
against Bend.