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KEIZERTIMES.COM
Celtics can’t overcome poor fourth quarter
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
For three quarters, the
McNary girls basketball team
practically played even with
South Salem — who won the
Mountain Valley Conference
regular season title. However,
a poor performance in the
fi nal eight minutes doomed
the Celtics down the stretch
on senior night.
The Celtics scored just
three points in the fourth
period and only shot 10 per-
cent from the fi eld as South
Salem was able to come away
with the 53-40 victory over
McNary on Friday, Feb. 22.
“I’m proud of the girls,
but we have to put four
quarters together,” McNary
head coach Elizabeth Doran
said. “The girls played su-
per hard for three quarters. I
think the effort was still there
in the fourth, we were just
not making smart decisions
offensively.”
“South is such a good
team, so if we have that lapse,
we weren’t going to be able
to win the game.”
Leah Doutt was the only
Celtic in double-fi gures with
18 points, and the sopho-
more point guard showed
her aggressiveness from the
get-go, scoring nine points in
the opening period.
“I defi nitely came up
pumped up for the game and
I knew that I needed to lead
my team in order for us to
win,” Doutt said.
South threw a variety
of different defensive looks
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary guard Kennedy Buss desperately tries to fi nd a teammate after getting trapped in the
corner in the Celtics 53-40 loss to South Salem.
Mackenzie Proctor follows through on a three-point shot in the
corner.
at McNary in the fi rst half,
including a 1-2-2 and 2-3
zone. The Celtics, however,
didn’t appear phased in the
slightest.
Sabella Alfaro found a
hole in the zone late in the
period and knocked down a
short jump-hook after Doutt
zipped a pass to her in the
paint. Moments later, Abi-
gail Hawley hit a mid-range
jumper to cut the South lead
to 18-15 at the end of the
fi rst quarter.
“They do have a good
zone, but we were prepared
for it,” Doran said. “We put it
some new stuff and we exe-
cuted it well.”
The Saxons got hot from
the fi eld in the second quar-
ter and took a 28-19 lead
midway through the period.
McNary, however, responded
with transition hoops from
Doutt and Alfaro.
Hawley and Annie Leigh
Besa each nailed a pair of
free throws late in the half to
trim the defi cit to 32-27 at
the break.
McNary was able to tie
the game at 34-all in the
third period after a pair of
hoops from Doutt and Haw-
ley, as well as a 3-pointer by
Alfaro. The Celtics even took
their fi rst lead of the game
at 37-36 with less than two
minutes remaining in the
quarter.
“We wanted to share the
ball and work as a team,” Al-
faro said. “I was honestly re-
ally proud of how we came
out.”
But South Salem scored
twice before the end of the
quarter to take a 40-37 ad-
vantage into the fi nal period.
McNary got the lead back
down to one with 5:07 left
in the fourth quarter when
Doutt nailed a triple just left
of the key.
It ended up being the fi nal
time McNary scored in the
game.
With seven turnovers and
nine missed shots in the pe-
riod, the Celtics squandered
any opportunity they had to
get back in the game as South
Salem fi nished the contest on
a 12-0 run.
“Our execution just wasn’t
there in the fourth quarter,”
Doutt said. “We weren’t tak-
ing care of the ball, which re-
ally didn’t help us.”
Doran added: “We were
timid down the stretch and
we settled for a lot of outside
shots.”
Parra and Burrows represent McNary at state
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
After each placing third in
their respective divisions at
the Mountain Valley Confer-
ence District Tournament, both
Grady Burrows and Gilbert
Parra were thrilled to be repre-
senting McNary High School
at the state wrestling meet —
which took place at Memorial
Coliseum on Feb. 22-23.
However, it ended up being
a short event for both guys.
Parra (138 lbs.) lost his fi rst
bout by major decision, then
was eliminated from the tour-
nament after losing via techni-
cal fall.
Burrows was able to win a
match in the consolation round
after getting pinned in his fi rst
round bout, but the 113-pound
sophomore lost a tough 3-2 de-
cision that ended his season.
Even though they didn’t get
what they wanted in terms of
results, it didn’t take away from
what Parra and Burrows ac-
complished this season.
“I am extremely proud of
both of those guys,” McNary
head coach Jason Ebbs said.
“They are the trailblazers for
our program right now. They
took our culture to the next
step.”
Burrows, who was wrestling
in his second straight state meet,
had the goal of making in onto
the second day.
While it looked like he was
holding his own in the opening
minute of his fi rst round match
against sixth-seeded Jeremiah
Van Cleve from Centennial,
Burrows got turned on his back
and suffered an early fall.
But Burrows wasn’t going
to let the loss discourage him
as he made quick work of Finn
Whittaker from Wilson in the
fi rst consolation match, getting
the pin in less than a minute.
“It felt good to get a win
under my belt,” Burrows said. “I
didn’t know anything about my
opponent. My game-plan was
just to get in and win.”
Burrows had the upper-hand
for the majority of his next
match against Sherwood’s Nick
Hekker, taking a 2-1 lead into
the fi nal round. But he surren-
dered a two-point near-fall in
the fi nal minute of the bout to
suffer a heartbreaking 3-2 loss.
“It was really tough for him
because he’s not used to losing
matches like that,” Ebbs said.
“He is our most seasoned wres-
tler and he wanted to go deep
in the tourney. But this tourney
is so tough.”
“I was really proud of the
way he bounced back after his
(fi rst) loss and wrestled the way
he was supposed to wrestle.”
Parra, on the other hand,
was just happy to just be at the
state tournament after having a
strong end to the regular season.
“Gilbert is the perfect exam-
ple of a kid setting his mind to
a goal and then just going after
it,” Ebbs said. “Getting to (state)
was a great accomplishment for
him.”
Instead of coming out as the
aggressor, Parra, who’s a junior,
elected to play it safe and try
to avoid getting pinned, which
led to him getting down on the
scoreboard early. Parra lost his
fi rst match 14-0 and his second
bout 18-0.
If Parra ends up qualifying
for state in his senior campaign,
Ebbs believes that he will be
better prepared.
“You got to get there once
before it really starts making
sense,” Ebbs said. “We’ll expect
him to be back next year.”
ATHLETE
of the Week
presented by
GRADY BURROWS
Sophomore at McNary High School
Burrows was the only McNary wrestler
to win a match at the state meet on
Friday, Feb. 22 at Memorial Coliseum.
The 113-pound sophomore pinned Finn
Whittaker from Wilson High School
less than a minute into the bout in the
fi rst round of the consolation bracket.
This was Burrows’ second straight
appearance in the state tournament.
Top: Gilbert Parra (blue singlet) fi ghts for position in his opening
match of the tourney.
Bottom: Grady Burrows gains control over his opponent and
prepares to get the pin.
KEIZERTIMES/ Matt Rawlings
The week prior, Burrows placed third
at the Mountain Valley Conference
District Meet.