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Bedoya leads Celtics to victory
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
With a pitching rotation
that hasn’t been set yet, Devon
Bedoya proved that he can be
a reliable arm for the McNary
baseball squad.
In his fi rst start of the sea-
son, the senior right-hander
threw six scoreless innings
for the Celtics, giving up just
three hits and three walks
while striking out six as Mc-
Nary defeated Reynolds in
their home opener 5-0 on
Monday night.
“I just made sure to throw
strikes and trust my defense,”
Bedoya said.
Bedoya wasn’t overpow-
ering by any stretch, but his
ability to hit his spots and be
in command of both of his
pitches allowed him to be suc-
cessful.
“Devon obviously pitched
a fantastic game for us,” Mc-
Nary head coach Larry Keek-
er said. “He was around the
plate and forced them to
swing the bat.”
Without the benefi t of a
hit, McNary took a 1-0 lead
in the second inning. Jamison
Martin led off the frame by
reaching on a catcher’s inter-
ference. After advancing the
third on a pair of groundouts,
Martin scored moments later
on a wild pitch to give Mc-
Nary the early lead.
However, offensive produc-
tion was a diffi culty most of
the night for this Celtic team.
McNary only had four hits for
the game and struggled to get
base runners in the fi rst fi ve
innings.
“Moving forward, we’re
hoping to be more competi-
tive at the plate,” Keeker said.
“It just seemed like we weren’t
in a very good rhythm.”
But with Bedoya’s dom-
inance on the mound, the
Celtics didn’t need much of-
fense.
After Bedoya retired the
fi rst eight batters he faced,
Reynolds had a threat going
in the top of the third with
back-to-back two-out singles.
But Bedoya was able to get
out of the inning after Mc-
Nary shortstop Jacob Jackson
made a terrifi c bare-handed
play on a slowly hit ground
ball in the infi eld grass.
“I had my fastball going
early, but I lost it a little bit. So
I came back to my off-speed
stuff,” Bedoya said. “I had a
good day with all my pitches.”
Coming into this year, one
of the goals that McNary had
was to clean up their play in
the fi eld — the Celtics aver-
aged more than three errors a
game last year.
McNary appeared to be
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McNary pitcher Devon Bedoya threw six scoreless innings to help the Celtics defeat Reynolds 5-0 on Monday night.
McNary bounces back with
home victory over Sunset
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary freshman Kaylee Schwab rounds third and heads for home in the Celtics 4-3 win over
Sunset.
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
After suffering their fi rst
loss of the season to Grants
Pass in the previous game,
the McNary softball team
bounced back on Monday
night with a 4-3 victory over
Sunset.
Faith Danner went the
distance in the circle for
the fourth time this season,
pitching seven innings and
surrendering just one earned
run on seven hits.
Shortstop Taylor Ebbs led
the McNary offense by go-
ing 3-for-3 at the dish with
an RBI and a run scored.
The Celtics struck in
the opening frame as Alexa
Cepeda singled to left fi eld
to leadoff the inning. After
Abbi Covalt reached on an
error in the following at-bat,
Ebbs knocked an RBI-single
into center fi eld to put Mc-
Nary on top 1-0.
“It’s really important for
us to score early,” Ebbs said.
“If we didn’t do that, (Dan-
ner) wouldn’t be pitching as
well as she is.”
It looked like the Celtics
had potential for a big inning
with a run already across and
two runners on base with
nobody out. But Sunset
pitcher
Grace
Kimball
retired the next three batters
to get out of the jam.
Back-to-back infi eld sin-
gles by Ebbs and Kate Ron-
ning put the Celtics back
in business in the bottom
of third. After a double steal
that allowed both runners
to get into scoring position,
an RBI-groundout to sec-
ond base by Hannah Ebner
brought Ebbs in from third
and extended McNary’s lead
to 2-0.
In Danner’s fi rst three in-
nings of work, Sunset’s only
baserunner reached via error.
But the senior right-hander
got into some trouble in the
top of the fourth due to an-
other defensive miscue.
After an error by Ebner at
fi rst base to start the frame,
Danner retired the next two
batters. Sunset, however, got
their fi rst hit of the game
from Kate Fogle, who laced
a single into right fi eld to
score Kimball from second
and cut the McNary lead to
2-1.
The Apollos scored an-
other unearned run in the
top of the fi fth to tie the
game at 2-2.
However, the resilient
Celtics were ready to re-
spond in the bottom half of
the frame.
Ebbs started the inning off
with a single to center fi eld
and advanced to second on
a wild pitch. After getting
Ronning to fl y out, Kimball
issued free passes to the next
two hitters, which loaded up
the bases.
Danner, who was the fol-
lowing batter, hit a sharp
ground ball to the right side
that ended up hitting Ebner
in the leg as she tried to ad-
vance to second from fi rst,
which caused the umpire to
rule the play dead and call
Ebner out for interference.
With two outs and the
bags packed, the eight hit-
ter Shaylee Cluster stepped
to the plate. With 1-1 count,
Cluster hit a sharp ground
ball to second base. Sunset
second baseman Maddy Ter-
hune was in position to make
the play, but the ball glanced
off her leg and trickled into
the outfi eld.
Two runs scored on the
fi elding error as McNary
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McNary’s Avery Haymowicz fi res a backhand shot over the net
in the #1 singles match.
Lady Celts open
season at Century
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
McNary’s girls tennis
team lost six out of their
eight matches in their sea-
son-opening meet with
Century on Thursday, March
14.
But considering that the
Celtics roster is fi lled with
fi rst-year players, McNary
head coach Sean Smith
viewed the match as a moral
victory.
“This was the fi rst match
for many of the athletes
and they hung in there and
battled well,” Smith said.
“The fact that many of their
matches lasted almost two
hours demonstrated that.
They also enjoyed them-
selves out there and handled
themselves well, and I was
pleased with that too.”
McNary wasn’t able to
compete with Century on
the singles side as the Jag-
uars won all four matches.
McNary’s top singles player
Avery Haymowicz just fell
short in her match as she lost
to Olivia Vargas 7-6, 7-5.
However, the Celtics
doubles teams had solid fi rst
matches across the board.
Natalia Gonzalez, who is
on the McNary’s top dou-
bles team, was without her
normal partner, Gina Mun-
guia-Martinez — who had
to miss the meet.
Smith inserted Ariana Al-
bright into the other spot to
play with Gonzalez, and de-
spite never playing together,
the two won their match
6-2, 6-2 and were in control
from start to fi nish.
“They had good chemis-
try obviously. I was pleased
with their positive attitude
and communication,” Smith
said.
However, the Celtics lost
heartbreakers in the #2 and
#3 doubles matches. The #2
Celtics duo of Jorie Skip-
per and McKinsey Jarnagin
started off strong by winning
their fi rst set 6-4, but then
lost their fi nal two sets to
drop the match.
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