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OCTOBER 25, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11 Celtics surrender late goal in 2-2 tie KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings McNary forward Julie Dieker (6) keeps the ball in play up the sideline. WE’RE HONORING ALL VETERANS! THANK YOU to our veterans for serving our country and protecting our freedom. Avamere Court at Keizer offers quality independent living apartments in a well-established community. Your life is our commitment. Discover all the comforts of senior living, including: 24-hr staff, restaurant-style dining, full activities calendar, and more! SPECIAL OFFER FOR VETERANS ONE MONTH FREE! Veterans and their spouses get one month free when you join our independent living community. Schedule your visit and enjoy a meal on us! Move in between Nov. 1– 25 to get this special offer. 5210 River Rd N Keizer, Oregon CONTACT SUE HORN (971) 599- 9484 AvamereCourtAtKeizer.com shorn@avamere.com *Special offered for a limited time to new independent living residents with Veteran ID Card. Change hurt HOPE into Interested in learning more about Liberty House? We host tours every fi rst Tuesday of the month or by appointment. The tour is an up-close look at our child-friendly facility with an opportunity to hear about our work with children and families. Learn more about the issue of child abuse, how to be protective of children, and how Liberty House helps children and families to be healthy and safe. Join us for Tours on Tuesdays 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. RSVP to Adrienne Christian 503.540.0288 achristian@LibertyHouseCenter.org Sprague, however, con- tempt, the ball trickled out- of-bounds across the back trolled the tempo to start line, giving the Celtics a cor- the second half. And in the 43rd minute, the Olympians ner kick. Taking advantage of set- got on the board when As- piece opportunities has been pen DeConcini intercepted a pass from a a strength of McNary play- McNary all er and snuck a season, and shot just be- this game was low the cross- no different. bar to tie the Santana sent a game. beautiful ball McNary into the box defender Re- on the cor- gann Do- ner kick to nahue had Alfano, who a chance played the ball to give her off her right team the lead foot before it back midway could get to — Samantha Alfano through the the ground McNary defender second half and found after receiving the back of a great cross the net to put from Santana, the Celtics up but her header ricocheted 1-0. “We really capitalize on off the post and was cleared set pieces. That is how we out of harm’s way. But Do- score a lot of our goals,” Al- nahue would help the Celt- ics get their second score of fano said. The Olympians threat- the game just moments later. After the Celtics were ened a couple times before halftime, but each goal-scor- awarded a corner kick, Do- ing chance was turned away nahue put a well-placed ball by McNary keeper Ashley into of sea of blue and or- ange. The ball hit off a play- Doerfl er. er’s head and landed at the feet of McNary forward Julie Dieker, who easily struck the ball past Reece for the goal. “That’s been a point-of-emphasis from day one, and we do a good job of taking advantage of those chances,” McNary head coach A.J. Nash said about his team’s ability to capitalize on corner kicks. The Celtics stayed aggres- sive and tried to give them- selves an insurance goal in the fi nal 10 minutes of the game. It appeared that McNary had scored when Kennedy Buss put a ball into the net on a second effort after her fi rst attempt was blocked. But a rare offsides penalty negated the goal. Buss had another oppor- tunity for a score moments later off a corner kick, but for the second time in the game, the shot hit off the crossbar. The missed opportunities proved to be costly for Mc- Nary down the stretch. In the 57th minute McK- enzie Wernicke sent a corner kick directly into the net, curving the ball just out of the reach of Doerfl er, tying the game at 2-2. The Celtics pushed more numbers forward in the fi nal two minutes to try and re- take the lead, but were un- successful. “The better team on the pitch is not always the one that wins the game,” Nash said. “We should have put the game away. It’s a disappoint- 385 Taylor Street NE, Bldg 1 ing result, but I also have to give credit to Sprague. They (Just south of Keizer) came through when they needed it.” McNary, however, was able to defeat Bend by a score of 2-1 in their fi nal home game on Tuesday, Oct. 22, keeping their playoff hopes alive. The Celtics will play their fi nal contest of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 25 at Mountain View. Game time is 4 p.m. By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The game might have ended in a tie, but to the McNary girls’ soccer team, it felt more like a loss. Despite leading for the most of the contest, the Celtics gave up a goal on a corner kick with less than three minutes remaining in the game, allowing Sprague to come back and earn the 2-2 draw against McNary on Friday, Oct. 18. “When you know you should beat a team, but end up tying, it kind of feels like a loss,” McNary defender Samantha Alfano said. “It was pretty frustrating. But the best team on the fi eld doesn’t always win.” After Sprague got off a pair of shots-on-goal in the fi rst three minutes of the game, McNary cleaned things up on the defensive side and went into attack mode. In the 16th mintue Mc- Nary midfi elder Ariana San- tana got off a clean shot deep in Sprague territory after a steal. Even though Sprague goalkeeper Kaile Reece was able to get a hand on the at- “When you know you should beat a team, but end up tying, it kind of feels like a loss.”
