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NOVEMBER 9, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B1 $ 12,000 OFF MSRP On 2018 F150 SuperCab 4x4 XLT Active and Retired Vets Receive an additional $1,000 BONUS CASH ON F150 Keizer 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463- 4853 www.skylineforddirect.com ($500 on most other vehicles) *MSRP $44,315, Sale price $32,315 after Skyline Discount $5,250, after $3,750 Rebate, $1,500 in bonus cash, $1,500 Trade Assist. Plus license, title & documentation fee $413 and applicable taxes. Vin#96859, Stk#182676. Must trade 95 or newer. OAC. Art is for illustration only. KEIZERTIMES.COM McNary backup has no regrets LIFE OF W iley KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary senior Ryan Bamford passed for three touchdowns in the second half of a 56-33 fi rst round playoff loss at Lakeridge on Friday, Nov. 2. Ryan Bamford showed last Friday what everybody in the McNary football program al- ready knew. The Celtics didn’t have just one quarterback worthy of starting, but two. “For most teams, he’s prob- ably the starter,” said McNary head coach Jeff Auvinen after Bamford threw three touch- downs in the second half at Lakeridge. Bamford’s performance wasn’t a revelation. Before the season even started, offensive coordinator Brad Emmert had said the same. Bamford was the lone bright spot in a disappointing 56-33 blowout loss to end the season. “I fi gured it was my last half of football and I might as well make it one to remember,” said Bamford, who knew his snaps at quarterback would be limited after Erik Barker won the starting job as a sopho- more before the 2017 season. “It felt good to go out strong with a good memory, senior year. I don’t have any regrets, which is what I like about it.” No regrets? A lot of kids in his situation would have transferred. But Bamford stayed the course, dedicated to helping the Celt- ics anyway he could. “I kind of went into the season with the mindset that I’m going to do as much as I can for this team, anything we need,” Bamford said. By the midpoint of the sea- son, Bamford, also a backup safety, was named a captain. “I don’t know how many No. 2 quarterbacks, No. 2 safeties are captains in high school football but he earned every bit,” Auvinen said. “He’s there every weight opportunity, every 7-on-7. He was there for four years and really busted his tail. I was happy for the young man. He’s a great kid.” The OSAA 6A football playoffs will continue without McNary. My picks: West Salem at Clackamas The Titans offense is hum- ming after moving Anthony Gould to running back. The Oregon State-bound senior rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns while also catch- ing fi ve passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns in a 57-28 beatdown of Southridge. Un- fortunately, West Salem’s turn- around didn’t begin sooner and as the 15-seed the Titans must go to No. 2 Clackamas to take on the defending state champs, who haven’t lost a game since falling to West Linn in the 2016 semifi nals. Former Sprague standout Jailen Hammer transferred to the Cavaliers in the offseason and had 104 total yards and a touchdown in a 48-0 fi rst round victory over Newberg. Pick: Cavaliers 41, Titans 33 Oregon City at Lake Oswego These two teams have al- ready met once with the No. 1 ranked Lakers winning by 46 points. This time should be no different. Pick: Lakers 50, Pioneers 14 Tualatin at Central Catholic The Timberwolves lost their fi nal three games of the regular season before blow- ing out Mountain View in the fi rst round of the playoffs. The Rams only lost to Clackamas by two points and are at home. Pick: Rams 34, Wolves 30 Barlow at Tigard Here’s another rematch that was a blowout the fi rst time around. Pick: Tigers 44, Bruins 24 Reynolds at Jesuit The Crusaders have won eight in a row by a combined score of 417 to 131 since falling to Lake Oswego by a touchdown in the second week of the season. The Raid- ers are coming off an upset of South Medford but aren’t ready to compete with the big boys. Pick: Crusaders 48, Raiders 17 Sherwood at Sheldon Take away a one-point loss in Washington and four-point loss to Jesuit, and the Irish have dominated every game they’ve been in. This week should be no different. Pick: Irish 42, Bowmen 24 Lakeridge at West Linn The Lions have won fi ve in a row against the Pacers. The streak continues in one of the best games of the week. Pick: Lions 35, Pacers 30 Sunset at Liberty The Falcons have won fi ve in a row and are playing at home. Pick: Falcons 27, Apollos 24 Derek Wiley is the associate editor of the Keizertimes. Last week: 1-1, Overall 31-17 Wolverines win All-City meet Cheryl Barrie, cross coun- try coach at Whiteaker Mid- dle School, knew she had something special the fi rst time she saw sixth grader Vince Estrada run. “At the 1000 meter mark, I saw him cruising down the hill in fi rst place and thought he was running at an unsus- tainable pace and the next thing I know he is crossing the fi nish line in fi rst place,” Barrie said. Estrada fi nished the 2K at Bush Pasture Park on Sept. 27 in 8 minutes and 12 seconds. It was his fi rst race, ever. “My mom was a compet- itive runner in high school as well as my uncles,” Estra- da said. “I feel like it runs through my blood and I wanted to continue the fami- ly tradition.” Estrada’s teammates, Brayden Kaehler, Caden Carter, Aidan Hedberg and Derek Jones, were close be- hind fi nishing second, fourth, fi fth and ninth, to post a team score of 19 points. A perfect score is 15 points. Throughout the season, Whiteaker’s sixth grade boys only got faster. Estrada won all four meets he entered and on Thursday, Oct. 25, the Wolverines took fi rst at the Salem-Keizer All- City Cross Country Meet at Bush Park. Estrada won the 2K race in 7:47. Carter (8:12), Hed- berg (8:18), Jones (8:25) and Kaehler (8:34) placed fi fth, seventh, 10th and 15th out of 95 runners. “I was so nervous that day for a couple of reasons, one was the possibility of slipping on a wet downhill course and second was letting myself, family, and school down,” Es- trada said. Claggett Creek’s girls fi n- ished fourth in the 2K. Please see FIRST, Page B2 Submitted Whiteaker sixth graders Vince Estrada, from left, Caden Carter, Aidan Hedberg, Brayden Kaehler and Derek Jones guided the boys cross country team to fi rst place in the 2K race at the All-City meet on Oct. 25 at Bush Pasture Park. Celtics knocked out in fi rst round of 6A state playoffs KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary senior Nigel Harris leaps over a Lakeridge defender while returning a kickoff in the fi rst quarter of the fi rst round playoff game on Friday, Nov. 2. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes LAKE OSWEGO—McNary’s football sea- son ended the same way it started. Riding high off a four-game winning streak and a league championship, the Celtics, who opened the season 0-5, came back down to earth in a 56-33 fi rst round playoff loss to Lakeridge. “We played slow and soft, not a good com- bination in the playoffs,” McNary head coach Jeff Auvinen said. “They (Lakeridge) played much faster. They played much harder than us. They were gritty and tough and they kicked our butt.” The Celtics competed early as quarterback Erik Barker connected with Devyn Shurr for a 47-yard gain on the fi rst play of the game. After the drive ended with a blocked fi eld goal, Lakeridge went 23 yards on three plays to take a 6-0 lead with 9:24 remaining in the fi rst quarter. But McNary answered with a 12-play, 73- yard scoring drive to take its only lead, 7-6. Barker hit Nigel Harris for a 31-yard gain to get the Celtics to the 1-yard line, where Junior Walling then bulldozed his way into the end zone. The Pacers then took control, scoring on plays of 45, 61, 14, 18 and 20 yards. McNary’s fi nal four possessions of the fi rst half ended in three punts and an interception as Lakeridge took a commanding 42-7 lead at halftime. After Lakeridge added another long touch- down to begin the third quarter, McNary’s backup quarterback, Ryan Bamford, connect- ed with Jacob Jackson for a 17-yard touch- down. An interception by Harris gave the ball right back to the Celtics and Barker out-jumped a Lakeridge defender to catch a 6-yard pass from Bamford in the end zone. Bamford then threw his third touchdown of the game, on a 9-yard strike to Wyatt Sher- wood, to get McNary within 49-26. Robert Benson scored McNary’s fi nal touchdown of the season on an 8-yard run with 3:20 remaining. Please see STATE, Page B4
