PAGE A14, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 16, 2018
Staff
defeats
seniors
McNary teacher Rebecca
Chrowl scores over student
Gina Munguia during the
Senior versus Staff basketball
game, which raised $1,350 for
the Class of 2019 graduation
party last Thursday, The
McNary staff took an early lead
and cruised to an 80-44 victory.
Photo KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
SILVER,
continued from Page 13
“We have a bunch of beasts
on defense and they hold the
team down for us.”
McNary took the lead ear-
ly in the second quarter on
a 5-yard touchdown run by
Izeyah Contreras.
Jesse Dyer, who was 2-for-
2 on extra points, then added
a 12-yard touchdown run late
in the fi rst half to give the
Celtics a 16-0 lead.
Sherwood’s best chance to
score came early in the fourth
quarter but McNary’s defense
held on fourth down at the
25-yard line with 7:33 re-
maining.
“We played them once al-
ready and kind of knew what
to expect,” Ferrando said.
Olen Cogar and Christo-
pher Cortez each recovered a
fumble in the victory.
Contreras, Dyer, Cammron
Ferrando, Pierce Walker, Gage
Smedema and Landon Gerig
led McNary’s ground game to
control the clock in the sec-
ond half.
“We tried to have fun to-
day and let some kids run the
ball and touch the ball that
didn’t touch it much this year,”
coach Ferrando said.
Playing in the Tualatin Val-
ley Youth Football League,
McNary fi nished the regular
season 5-3 before winning
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Pierce Walker carries the ball for the McNary Youth Football JV team.
both playoff games.
The team includes 26 sev-
enth graders and two eighth
graders.
“The kids just came out
and played great all year long,”
Ferrando said. “We had a great
year. It’s a talented group of
kids.”
SALANG,
continued from Page 13
The Cavaliers trailed 1-7
but fought back before falling
12-15.
We just never gave up,
which was pretty fun to watch.
We just ran out of time. If that
would have been a 25-point
game, it might have been a dif-
ferent outcome.”
Blanchet had played Cas-
cade Christian at the state
tournament the year before
and lost 3-0 with the closest
game 25-19.
“It was sad to watch the
championship game know-
ing we were only three points
away,” Salang said. “But just
knowing that we improved so
much and grew throughout the
season, to be able to take them
to fi ve sets and not completely
fold over, it meant a lot to our
team.”
Playing for third, Blanchet
closed the state tournament on
Nov. 3 against South Umpqua.
An hour before the start of
the match, Shelby Halfman
was taken to the emergency
room with appendicitis. The
Cavaliers were left with seven
players, trying to fi gure out a
lineup.
Salang moved to the mid-
dle, the spot she played her fi rst
three years.
Blanchet lost 3-0 to place
fi fth.
“They just battled the whole
time,” Bashaw said. “We didn’t
get blown out in those games.
We were in those games. That’s
a testament to the character of
those kids.
The state’s coaches no-
ticed Blanchet’s grit. Along
with winning the Sportsman-
ship Trophy, the Cavaliers also
had four players voted to the
Submitted
Kalea Salang had 36 aces for
Blanchet Catholic.
All-Tournament Team—Salang
(Second), Shelby Halfman
(First), Kayla Neidigh (Second)
and Ally Jones (Second).
While Salang has won state
championships in basketball
and track and fi eld, and will
most likely compete in track in
college, volleyball is the sport
that she has devoted the most
time to, playing nearly year-
round with Capital City Elite
in Salem.