FEBRUARY 1, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
points, helping the Celtics take
a 24-17 lead at the break.
“I forget this she’s a soph-
omore sometimes,” McNary
head coach Elizabeth Doran
said of Doutt. “She has the con-
fi dence in herself to get to the
basket and make plays when
they need to be made.”
McNary entered the fourth
period with a 32-23 lead and
then increased that advantage
to double-digits when Proctor
came off a screen to nail a three
from the corner.
However, McNary became
a bit stagnant on the offensive
end in the fi nal period, which
allowed Mountain View to
come back and trim their defi -
cit to 36-31 with under three
minutes remaining.
When the Celtics needed
a hoop down the stretch, they
ended up going to an unexpect-
ed source.
McNary’s Rebekah Grim-
mer hadn’t taken a shot in the
contest up to this point. How-
ever, the sophomore forward re-
ceived an entry pass in the post
on back-to-back possessions,
and in both instances, Grimmer
came through with clutch bas-
kets to put the Celtics on top
40-31.
“Rebekah had a great game
down the stretch for us,” Dor-
an said. “We had a pretty good
matchup size-wise and we were
able to get the ball to her down
low.”
After a pair of quick bas-
kets by Mountain View, Doutt
converted on a runner to put
McNary’s lead at 42-36 with
1:14 remaining, but Mountain
View nearly made a miraculous
comeback in the fi nal moments
of the game.
Two straight 1-and-1 front
end misses by the Celtics gave
Mountain View a chance down
the stretch as the Cougars got
the lead down to one with just
two seconds left.
But the Celtics were success-
fully able to inbound the ball
and run out the remaining time
on the clock.
McNary will host Summit
on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Short-handed Celtics can’t
compete with North Salem
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary varsity wres-
tling team was not at full
strength when they took on
North Salem Friday, Jan. 25,
and it showed on the score-
board as the Celtics lost the
match 58-16.
Grady Burrows, Damian
Hernandez, Daniel Hernan-
dez and Jordan Orr were out
of the rotation in this one,
which forced new kids to
step into the lineup and oth-
ers to wrestle above their in-
tended weight class.
“We’re trying to put the
same lineup on the mat two
events in a row,” McNary
head coach Jason Ebbs said.
“Kids are busy these days and
we compete with a lot of
different things and some of
those things are pulling our
kids out of the lineup.”
“The last couple weeks
we’ve had a few holes here
and a few holes there. Once
we can get all those guys in
the lineup at the same time, I
think we’ll be ok.”
After losing the fi rst two
matches, McNary’s Matthew
Mehlhoff gave the Celtics
some momentum by pinning
his opponent 40 seconds
into the fi rst round in the
152-pound bout.
However, North Salem re-
sponded by winning the next
eight matches, six of which
came by either fall or techni-
cal fall — the Celtics had to
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary’s Gilbert Parra (blue) gains lower position on his
opponent in the 145-pound bout.
forfeit the 106-pound bout
Ryan Bamford (170 lbs.)
took his opponent the dis-
tance, but lost via 11-6 deci-
sion.
Bamford came back to cut
the lead to one in the third
round, but couldn’t recover
after suffering a pair of take-
downs in the fi nal two min-
utes.
However, the Celtics did
have a couple high notes to
fi nish the match.
Despite wrestling up a
weight class, Noah Gatchet
(120 lbs.) was able to force a
second-round fall after trail-
ing for most of the match.
Gatchet fell behind 6-2 in
the fi rst round. But once the
second round began, Gatchet
was the clear aggressor. After
getting out of an arm-bar,
Gatchet executed a brilliant
two-point takedown, then
eventually got the pin just
moments later.
“I just felt like if I got out
of the arm-bar, I could get
top control,” Gatchet said.
“Once I did, I just kept him
there and got the pin.”
Ebbs was quite impressed
with his sophomore wres-
tler and knew that Gatchet
wouldn’t have a problem in a
different division.
“Noah got out there and
he was just plain gritty,” Ebbs
said. “I love Noah for that
reason. He’s just a silent war-
rior. Inside of him is a guy
that wants to win no matter
what.”
Gatchet believes that wres-
tling up will benefi t him later
on in the season as he pre-
pares for the Greater Valley
Conference District Tourna-
ment.
“I’ll be wrestling at 113 for
at districts, so I feel like wres-
tling bigger guys is going to
help me,” Gatchet said.
Cameron Parks followed
Gatchet’s win with a fi rst
round pin in the 126-pound
match.
The Celtics will face off
against Mountain View, Sum-
mit and Bend in three sepa-
rate dual meets starting at 3
p.m. on Friday at McNary
High School.
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Leah Doutt (14) goes up against a pair of Mountain View de-
fenders in McNary’s 42-41 victory on Saturday night.
Lady Celts win
nailbiter over
Mountan View
tributor in the fi rst period as she
found both Abigail Hawley and
Mackenzie Proctor for back-
door layups in the opening min-
utes of the contest.
Doutt also nailed her fi rst
3-pointer of the game as the
Celtics went up 12-4 at the end
of the fi rst quarter.
However, Doutt really made
her presence felt in the second
period.
After hitting a triple to open
the quarter, Doutt knocked
down a pair of free throws on
the following trip to put the
Celtics up 17-5.
Mountain View responded
by going on an 7-0 run, but
Doutt answered back with her
third make of the half from be-
yond the arc.
Moments later, Doutt fi n-
ished off a nifty, left-handed lay-
up in transition while getting
fouled on the arm.
Doutt completed the three-
point play and fi nished with 11
of McNary’s 12 second quarter
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Leah Doutt has made a habit
of coming through for her team
in big games.
And that pattern remained
the same on Saturday night.
The sophomore point guard
led all scorers with 20 points
as the McNary girls basketball
team squeaked out a thrilling
42-41 win over Mountain View
for their seventh straight victory.
“I just knew that coming
into this game that (Mountain
View) was a tough team and I
needed to step up to help my
team win,” Doutt said. “I did
what I could to get open shots
for myself and my teammates.”
With the win, McNary re-
mains in fi rst place atop the
Mountain Valley Conference
standings.
“I think it’s really exciting
knowing that we have a shot
to be league champs this year,”
Doutt said.
Doutt played the role of dis-
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