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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.
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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.
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