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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
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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
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