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See your authorized Ford dealer for qualifi cations and complete details. fordthankseducators.com KEIZERTIMES.COM McNary earns 2-2 draw with South Medford KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings McNary midfi elder Kennedy Buss (20) takes the ball away from a South Medford player with a sliding tackle. By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes It may have not been the result they were originally hoping for, but it was still a positive outcome for the McNary girls soccer team against the reigning South- west Conference champions. After falling behind 2-0 in the fi rst half, the Celtics ral- lied for a pair of goals in the fi nal 30 minutes to salvage a 2-2 tie with South Med- ford on Friday, Sept. 6 in the home opener. “I loved the heart and the effort we showed after go- ing down two goals. We re- sponded very well,” McNary head coach A.J. Nash said. “Yes, we could have played better. Yes, the result could have been different. But all- in-all, I think there is a ton to build on.” Despite outshooting South Medford by a 3-1 margin in the fi rst 40 min- utes, the Celtics weren’t able to take advantage of some golden opportunities. And late in the fi rst half, the Pan- thers made them pay. In the 27th minute, Mc- Nary forward Audrey Wil- liams found Julie Dieker cutting towards the box with a chance to break the score- less tie. Dieker pinned her defender on her hip and got free with a spin move, but couldn’t quite get enough velocity on her shot attempt as the ball was saved by South Medford keeper Jaeda Boutwell. After Boutwell cleared the ball into the midfi eld, the McNary defense had a momentary lapse that proved costly as Panthers forward Isabella Bottero carved through the Celtics back line to score an easy goal that gave her team the lead. “We relaxed and we got caught off guard,” Nash said about his team’s defensive breakdown. Less than two minutes later, Bottero struck again, this time with a well-placed free kick that got over a wall of three Celtics players, just sneaking between the cross- bar and the outstretched hand of McNary goalie Ash- ley Doerfl er. A lot of teams might be discouraged by a 2-0 half- time defi cit, especially if they feel like they are outplaying their opponents. But when the second half began, Mc- Nary competed with an in- tensity that South Medford struggled to keep up with. “In 50/50 situations, we were the hungrier team and we had more desire. Both of our goals were a Please see GSOC, Page A9 Hillsboro ends Volcanoes season in divisional series By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The Volcanoes fi rst trip to the postseason since 2015 was a short one as Salem-Keizer was swept by Hillsboro in a best-of-three series, losing game one by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday, Sept. 4 in Hill- sboro and then dropping game two at home 6-3 the follow- ing day. Salem Keiz- er’s offense couldn’t take advantage of tremendous pitching perfor- mances from Kervin Castro and Travis Perry in game one. Castro got the start and re- tired the side in order in the fi rst two frames. Perry then came onto pitch fi ve innings in relief, giving up three hits and no earned runs while striking out fi ve. Hillsboro starter Tyler Holton was perfect through three innings until Yorlis Ro- driguez drove a 2-0 fastball over the center fi eld wall to give the Volcanoes the 1-0 lead. However, it would be the only time that a Volcanoes player would reach base for the entire game. Holton would fi nish his six-inning outing with 10 strikeouts and gave up just the one hit for the contest. Left-hander Nick Snyder came into throw three per- fect innings in relief to be credited with the win. After being shut out for the fi rst seven innings, the Hops tied the game at 1-1 when Andy Yerzy hit an RBI-single to right fi eld off Volcanoes righty Miguel Figueroa, scor- ing Corbin Carroll. Despite giving up a run in the bottom of the eighth, Volcanoes acting manager Nestor Rojas elected to bring back Figueroa for the ninth. The decision came back to bite the Volcanoes as Lio- ver Peguero hit a walkoff ground-rule double with a runner on second to send Hillsboro to victory. Offense was a little more preva- lent in game two with Hillsboro jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the fi rst inning. The Hops got a third run in the top of the second of Volcanoes start- ing pitcher Caleb Kilian, but Salem-Keizer responded in the bottom half of the frame. After a single by Luis To- ribio and a walk from Bran- don Martorano, fi rst baseman Tyler Flores lined a double to right fi eld, scoring Torib- io from second. Martorano would score moments later thanks to an RBI-groundout from Jeff Houghtby, trim- ming the defi cit to 3-2. Salem-Keizer’s Connor Nurse pitched in relief of Kilian and gave up a pair of runs in the fi fth and anoth- er run in the seventh, giving Hillsboro the 6-2 advantage. Volcanoes slugger Harrison Freed, however, got one back in the bottom of the seventh with a solo blast to right fi eld. Despite the defi cit, Sa- lem-Keizer defi nitely made things interesting for the home crowd in the bottom of the ninth. Hillsboro closer Eduardo Herrera struck out the fi rst two batters of the inning, but walks from Flores and Houghtby, plus a single from Freed, loaded up the bases and brought the winning run to the plate. Hops manager Javier Coli- na elected to take out Herre- ra and put in Mailon Arroyo to get the fi nal out. After getting ahead 0-1 in the count, Arroyo got Sa- lem-Keizer right fi elder Jairo Pomares to pop up to the third baseman, which ended the game and sent the Hops to the championship series. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Salem-Keizer lefty Deiyerbert Bolivar closed out the top of the ninth in the Volcanoes 6-3 loss to Hillsboro on Thursday, Sept. 5. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings McNary quarterback Erik Barker combined for 223 total yards against North Medford, but the Black Tornado still defeated the Celtics 45-6. Celts struggle in opener By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes Coming into the sea- son, McNary knew that they would face one of the toughest non-league sched- ules in the state. But when they traveled to southern Oregon on Friday, Sept. 6, it was clear the Celt- ics weren’t up to the test. It was a 7-6 game going into the second quarter, but North Medford rattled off 38 unanswered points as the Celtics struggled mightily in their season opener, falling to the Black Tornado 45-6. “We actually got off to a decent start, we just had a couple things that went against us and we just did not handle it very well,” McNary head coach Jeff Auvinen said. McNary quarterback Erik Barker led the offensive at- tack for the Celtics, rushing for 112 yards on eight carries and going 10 of 20 through the air for 111 yards and a touchdown. But he also threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. Receiver Ju- nior Nunez caught fi ve balls for 80 yards on the night. The Celtics marched down the fi eld in their fi rst offensive drive of the game, but couldn’t fi nish the pos- session with a score. North Medford took advantage when quarterback Brennan Stults hit Chance Costanzo for a 54-yard score to give the Black Tornado the 7-0 lead. However, McNary would quickly answer back on their following drive. After a long scramble from Barker, the senior quar- terback found Zane Aich- er wide open in the corner of the end zone for a sev- en-yard touchdown, cutting the lead to one. But the Celtics defense couldn’t stop North Med- ford from rattling off a mul- titude of big plays. The Black Tornado out- scored the Celtics 24-0 in the second period, capital- izing on a pair of McNary turnovers, including a fum- ble by Barker inside the North Medford 10-yard line. “It just felt like we were a different team once we got down a couple scores. It was bad in the second quarter,” Auvinen said. “It was almost like the wind went out of the kids sails. It’s very rare to lose the turnover battle and win the game.” North Medford contin- ued to gash the Celtics de- fense for all four quarters, exploding for 554 yards of total offense — 326 on the ground and 228 through the Please see FBALL, Page A8
