MARCH 22, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
BASE,
continued from Page A14
ATHLETE
of the Week
presented by
LUKE SKIPPER
Sophomore at McNary High School
Submitted
Central Washington forward Kaelie Flores (20) goes up for a
lay-in.
Skipper was the only McNary boys tennis player
to win a match against The Dalles on Monday
afternoon as he defeated Jose Reyes in three sets in
the #2 singles match.
Flores shines at CWU
Former McNary High girls basketball star Kaelie Flores (‘16)
just wrapped up her junior season at Central Washington Uni-
versity and earned all-academic honors for the second straight
year in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
Flores was second on the team and 11th in the league in scor-
ing with 12.1 points per game. She was also third in the league
in blocked shots at 1.7 per game.
Flores maintains a 3.25 grade point average and is pursuing a
degree in Family and Child Life.
Skipper dropped the fi rst set, but came back to win
the fi nal two sets 6-3, 6-2.
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Adam Graneto sends a back-
hand winner over the net.
Kyle Martin prepares to serve
the ball.
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
After coming away with a
victory in their season open-
ing match against Century,
the McNary boys tennis team
came out fl at in their return to
the court on Monday as they
fell to The Dalles 7-1.
All seven match losses came
by straight sets.
“We’re still very inexperi-
enced,” McNary head coach
Marc McAvoy said. “It might
take a while to build some of
these guys up.
“The good thing is that we
are improving.”
The Celtics lone victory
of the afternoon came from
Luke Skipper in the #2 singles
match.
Skipper lost the fi rst set 5-7,
but came back strong to win
the fi nal two sets 6-3, 6-2.
“Luke is one of the most
mentally tough players I’ve
ever coached,” McAvoy said.
“He is really smart about ball
placement and reading what
the other guy is going to do.”
“He’ll make a couple bad
shots, but he is mentally able to
push it out of his mind and fo-
cus on the next thing and that’s
how he’s able to be successful.”
Adam Graneto fought back
in the second set, but wound
up losing the #1 singles match
against Andy Lopez 6-1, 6-3.
Tony Pisan could only sal-
vage two games as he fell in #3
singles 6-1, 6-1.
On the doubles side, the #1
McNary duo of Noah Kuhl
and Colin Vasas put up a fi ght,
but lost against James Pashek
and Quinn Wilson by a score
of 6-3, 6-3.
Grant Goesch and Jaden
Rhines provided the only oth-
er competitive match of the
meet in #3 doubles — they
were defeated 6-3, 6-2.
ahead of schedule in that de-
partment as they made play af-
ter play for their senior pitcher
and ended the game with no
defensive miscues.
“Our defense was solid,”
Keeker said. “We made the plays
that we needed to make.”
“When you pitch well and
play good defense, you always
give yourself a chance.”
With the score still 1-0 in
the top of the sixth, Bedoya
walked the leadoff batter Alex
Henderson, which brought up
Reynolds third baseman Drex-
ler Dickey.
Dickey laid down a sacrifi ce
bunt to move Henderson into
scoring position. Henderson
then advanced to third after
Spencer Verdeick grounded out
for the second out of the inning.
Bedoya walked Nick Blegen
in the following at-bat, but
when Blegen got greedy and
tried to swipe second, McNary
catcher Ty Covalt gunned him
down to get the Celtics out of
the inning.
Verdeick, who was the start-
ing pitcher for Reynolds, had
silenced the McNary bats for
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Jamison Martin scores McNary’s fi rst run of the game on a wild
pitch in the bottom of the second.
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the fi rst fi ve innings. But in the
bottom of the sixth, the Celtics
fi nally broke the game open.
Martin started off the frame
with a sharp single — he was
then subbed out for a pinch
runner in Riley Gates.
After Gates advanced to sec-
ond on a sacrifi ce bunt, Verde-
ick tried to pick him off, but
tossed the ball into the outfi eld,
allowing Gates to score, giving
McNary a 2-0 lead.
Later in the inning, a bas-
es loaded walk from Covalt
pushed the Celtics lead to 3-0.
Then, a two-out, two-run
single by David Allen in the
following at-bat gave McNary
some insurance as they took
a 5-0 advantage into the fi nal
frame.
Bedoya gave up a double to
begin the top of the seventh,
so Keeker brought in Robert
Benson to come in and close
the game out.
Benson got the fi rst hitter he
faced to pop-out, then struck
out the next two batters to pre-
serve the shutout.
“Robert did a great job of
coming in and fi nishing it,”
Keeker said. “He pumped the
zone with strikes, and when
you’re up by fi ve, that’s exactly
what you want to do.”