PAGE C8, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Celtics fall in shootout with West Albany
On a McNary corner kick
By MATT RAWLINGS
in the 22nd minute, Ariana
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary girls soccer Santana placed a great ball
team outscored West Albany into the middle of the fi eld.
3-1 in the fi nal 65 minutes After the ball ricocheted
of the game. But it was the of a McNary player and hit
the crossbar,
fi rst 15 minutes
Maya Lus-
that the Celtics
comb
was
couldn’t recov-
able to corral
er from.
the rebound
West Albany
and put a
exploded
for
left-footed
three goals early
shot into the
in the fi rst half
back of the
to take a 3-0
net to put
lead, and Mc-
the Celtics
Nary couldn’t
on the board.
quite complete
However,
the comeback
just minutes
as they fell to
later, West
the
Bulldogs
Albany mid-
4-3 on Thurs-
fi elder Mon-
day, Sept. 19.
ica
Kloess
The Bulldogs
responded
ran a unique
with her sec-
attack that fea-
ond score of
tured
extra
the contest
players on the
to put the
outside, which
Bulldogs up
gave the Celtics
4-1.
visible trouble
But Mc-
early on.
Nary came
“It took a
back with a
while to make
goal of their
an adjustment.
Once
the
— A.J. Nash own in the
29th min-
coaching staff
McNary head coach
ute. Santa-
found it, there
na dribbled
were three goals
the ball by a
in the back
of the net,” McNary head West Albany defender to give
coach A.J. Nash said. “We herself space up the right
left a pocket in between the sideline. She then placed a
defense and the center-mid- perfect ball into the mid-
fi eld, and they were over- dle that went over the West
loading the outsides and we Albany goalkeeper’s head,
which was knocked in with
just didn’t have an outlet.”
Coming back from a 3-0 a header from Celtics mid-
defi cit early in the fi rst half is fi elder Julie Dieker.
“Ariana made a beautiful
a daunting task, but the Celt-
play on the cross. Me and her
ics effort never wavered.
“Their
attitude and
character
was all on
display
tonight. Our
girls never
got down.
They stayed
up for
the whole
game and I
commend
them for
that,”
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Audrey Williams pushes the ball upfi eld in McNary’s 4-3 loss against West Albany on Thursday, Sept. 19.
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