PAGE B4, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Whiteaker falls to
Parrish in title game
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Whiteaker’s varsity football
team didn’t get its storybook
ending, falling to Parrish 20-6
on Thursday, Nov. 1 in the Sa-
lem-Keizer Middle School
Championship game.
“We came out fl at,” White-
aker head coach Tom Larimer
said. “I think the kids were super
nervous. We didn’t block well in
the fi rst quarter. We started to
play better in the second quar-
ter. We got close a number of
times and just didn’t execute
when we had to execute.”
The Wolverines tied the
game at 6-6 when quarter-
back Braiden Copeland scored
a 4-yard rushing touchdown
with 55 seconds remaining in
the fi rst half.
Whiteaker then recovered an
on-side kick and Copeland con-
nected with Johan Singh-San-
chez for a 34-yard gain to get
inside the Parrish 5-yard line.
However, three plays later, Co-
peland was tackled at the 2-yard
line as time expired.
Parrish running back Josi-
ah Davis then broke free for a
53-yard touchdown run on the
second play of the third quarter
to give the North Salem feeder
the lead for good.
The Wolverine offense again
drove inside the Parrish 10-yard
line but weren’t able to score
any points after a holding pen-
alty set up a fourth-and-long at
the 21.
Whiteaker’s defense then
produced a turnover when line-
backer Hunter Ruberto blitzed
through the Parrish line and
intercepted a handoff from Pio-
neers quarterback Nevin Zeller.
But even starting at the Par-
rish 14-yard line, the Wolver-
ines failed to add any points.
“It was tough to run the
ball against them,” Larimer said.
“They’re big. They’re strong.
They were putting eight or nine
guys in the box and they were
making it tough to run. They
have some really good athletes
up front.”
Micah Richter added an 88-
yard touchdown run for Par-
rish with 6:52 remaining in the
game.
Copeland got Whiteaker
back into the red zone on a
59-yard run but the drive end-
ed with an incomplete pass on
fourth down at the 13.
Copeland fi nished with 99
yards rushing and 144 passing.
The Wolverines entered the
game 7-0.
“I love these kids,” Larim-
er said. “They try so hard and
I told them win or lose I feel
exactly the same about them. I
love these kids. They’re like my
own kids now. I just feel grate-
ful to be involved and to have
this kind of interaction with
these kids. Parrish has a bunch
of good athletes and when
they needed to make plays they
made plays and they deserved to
win that game.”
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Whiteaker eighth grader Hunter Ruberto catches a pass
against Parrish last Thursday.
STATE,
continued from Page B1
“We played a little harder,
a little faster, like we should
have played the whole game,”
Auvinen said of the Celtics ef-
fort in the second half.
Barker completed 9 of 17
passes for 145 yards. Wall-
ing rushed for 50 yards on
17 carries to fi nish his junior
year with 1,000 yards and 12
touchdowns.
McNary fi nished the sea-
son 4-6., winning all four of
its Mountain Valley Confer-
ence games.
The Celtics were outscored
307-113 in non-league games.
“We did not do well out of
league,” Auvinen said.
“I think we have the ability.
I think we just have to get the
mentality going that we be-
long and get after it.”
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary senior Devyn Schurr is tackled at Lakeridge.
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