MAY 24, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE B7
McNary’s upset attempt falls fl at
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Despite ending their reg-
ular season with multiple
injuries and fi ve straight de-
feats, the McNary baseball
team was still able to earn an
OSAA playoff berth.
Unfortunately for the
Celtics, they were matched
up with #5 West Linn, who
showed why they have been
one of the best high school
baseball programs in the
state for the last fi ve years.
McNary only had three
players reach base for the
entire contest as the Celtics
saw their season come to
a close with their 8-2 loss
against West Linn on Mon-
day, May 20.
David Allen, McNary’s
ace, was on the hill for the
Celtics in his fi rst ever post-
season outing. Allen proved
over the course of the year
that, no matter who they’re
playing, he could keep his
team in the game if he had
his best stuff.
However, the Lions were
able to get to the McNary
right-hander in the bottom
of the fi rst.
After getting the fi rst out,
Allen issued back-to-back
walks, then gave up a single
to load up the bases.
Allen got up 0-2 in the
count on West Linn’s Zach
Bell, but he left the follow-
ing pitch out over the plate,
and the Lions designated hit-
ter crushed the ball over the
wall for a grand slam, putting
the Celtics in an early 4-0
hole.
“It takes the wind out
your sails a little bit when
they hit a grand slam in the
bottom of the fi rst,” McNary
head coach Larry Keeker
said.
Although he bounced
back to throw scoreless
frames in the second and
third innings, Allen gave up a
two-run bomb to JJ Hoover
in the bottom of the fourth,
extending McNary’s defi -
cit to 6-0. Allen fi nished his
night after fi ve innings, giv-
ing up six earned runs on
eight hits.
On the offensive side, the
Celtics were faced with the
tough task of facing one of
the top pitchers in the state
in Jonathan Kelly — who
will be pitching at Xavier
University next spring.
In his fi ve innings of
work, the West Linn righty
didn’t give up a hit and re-
tired 15 of the 16 batters that
he faced.
“(Kelly) was better than
anyone we faced all sea-
son,” Keeker said. “Not only
did he have a plus-fastball,
but he threw breaking ball
pitches for strikes whenever
he wanted to. We were out-
matched quite frankly.”
McNary was actually be-
ing no-hit for the fi rst six in-
nings of the contest, but se-
nior captain Ty Covalt fi nally
provided a bright spot for
the Celtics in his fi nal high
school game.
After Riley Gates drew a
leadoff walk, Covalt sent the
fi rst pitch he saw deep over
the wall for a two-run ho-
mer to put the Celtics on the
board — it was McNary’s
only hit of the game.
It was also Covalt’s fi rst
dinger of his high school ca-
reer.
“I was really happy for
Ty,” Keeker said. “It was fun
to see him do something
positive because not much
else was going right in that
game.”
McNary fi nished the sea-
son with a record of 10-15
and was 5-7 in Mountain
Valley Conference play, fi n-
ishing fi fth.
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Nikita Martushev enters the home stretch of the boys 400
meter fi nals.
TRACK,
continued from Page B8
seventh in the 300-hurdles
(42.28 seconds) and Nikita
Martushev also placed sev-
enth in the 400m (53.15).
McNary freshman Aron
Montoya snuck onto the po-
dium by grabbing an eighth
place spot in the javelin
(140-8).
McNary’s top overall fi n-
isher of the day came on the
girls side thanks to Sabella
Alfaro, who placed fourth in
the javelin with a throw of
115-11.
Alfaro, however, came into
the meet as a state-hopeful,
but fell eight feet short of her
personal-best.
“(Alfaro) didn’t have a bad
day by any means. She went
out there and competed well.
She just didn’t have her best
day,” Gauntz said.
Isabella Walker placed
fi fth in the high jump (4-10)
while Kennedy Buss took
sixth in the discus with her
personal-best throw of 101-
7.
Brandi Grundberg also
took sixth in the pole vault,
hitting the 10-foot mark for
the fi rst time in her career.
Kylie Dean made it to the
podium by placing eighth in
the shot (34-8.25).
KEIZER CLASSIFIEDS
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary pitcher David Allen gave up six runs on eight hits in
the Celtics 8-2 loss to West Linn.
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