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But the Celtics proved in offensive output of the season their last home game that their — which was something that entire roster has the ability to Kirch took full responsibility for. contribute on any given day. “I haven’t given them McNary played 13 guys on the night, nine of whom enough rest and that’s on me. I have done a made it into poor job over the scoring the last few column, as “ Our defense weeks spacing McNar y their rest,” r e c o r d e d is looking great Kirch said. their third and that has The Celtics straight g r a b b e d victory with been helping ahold of the a 49-31 win us win games. momentum over Madison right from (Portland) on We help each the get-go as Friday, Dec. other out and Nate Meithof 13. knocked down “ T h e r e are constantly a baseline was one jumper and time where communicating.” Riley Flores we had a — Jando Gonzalez, nailed a triple freshman McNary point guard in the fi rst 90 and four seconds of the sophomores on the fl oor. When some of contest. Jaime Ochoa soon our older guys couldn’t get followed with a fast-break things going, those young layup after getting a steal, guys really held onto and then causing Madison head coach extended the lead. I thought Chuck Matthews to use a that was the big difference,” timeout. Matthews burned another McNary head coach Ryan timeout just moments later Kirch said. McNary freshman point after a 3-pointer by Gonzalez guard Jando Gonzalez led the put the Celtics up 10-2 Celtics with 13 points and midway through the opening knocked down a trio of shots quarter. from beyond the arc. Please see BBALL Page B2 “I’m not usually looking to KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Nate Meithof rises up to shoot a 3-pointer in McNary’s 49-31 victory over Madison on Friday, Dec. 13. Shorthanded Lady Celts can’t get offense going By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes McNary’s girls basketball team has had their offen- sive struggles to open up the season, and those hard times continued for the Celtics in their matchup with West- view (Portland). The Celtics kept things close in the fi rst quarter, but they had diffi culty dealing with Westview’s defensive pressure in the backcourt as the Wildcats were able to pull away for the 52-28 vic- tory on Friday, Dec. 13. It was the fourth straight game McNary was held to 30 points or fewer “I thought the girls did a pretty good job of executing defensively what we are try- ing to do. But we are strug- gling with our press break and we’re working really hard every day to get better at that,” McNary head coach Elizabeth Doran said. “We need to do a better job of putting pressure on the de- fense. We need our girls to be a threat with the ball.” The main reason the Mc- Nary is going through their offensive woes is likely due to the fact they are without their star point guard Leah Doutt — who has missed the fi rst four games of the season due to injury. Doutt is one of the top returning scorers and ball-handlers in the Moun- tain Valley Conference. Fortunately for the Celt- ics, Doutt is scheduled to return within the week, ac- cording to Doran. “I always knew Leah was a special player, but this re- ally does show how much she infl uences the game on both ends of the court for us,” Doran said. “We’ve got to take care of the basketball, and a lot of times that pres- sure falls on Leah and she does a good job of handling it and getting the ball up the court. Other teams know she’s out, so they are likely to Please see CELTS, Page B4 KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Mackenzie Proctor challenges a Westview defender at the hoop. Proctor had seven points in the Celtics 52-28 loss. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Aldo Villavazo (royal blue singlet) prepares to get a pin over Corvallis wrestler Lucas Darby in a 285-pound bout. McNary wrestling goes unbeaten at Casade meet By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The McNary wrestling squad took home victories in both of their dual meets on Tuesday, Dec. 10 in a tournament at Cascade High School. The Celtics defeated Cor- vallis by a score of 60-21 and later defeated Junction City 42-40. “When we get a chance to compete with schools that are in a similar place as us in skill level, it allows our kids to focus on what we need to improve on,” McNary head coach Jason Ebbs said. McNary went relatively untested in their meet with Corvallis as eight Celtic wrestlers ended up earning pins against the Spartans. Grady Burrows (120 lbs.) Eoan Sharabarin (126) and Aldo Villavazo (285) earned their falls in the fi rst round while Gage Dubois (132), Hunter Roberto (152), Matt Mehlhoff (160) and Anthony Garcia Reyes (220) got pins in the second round. Gilbert Parra, the Celtics 145-pounder, was pushed into the third round in his opening match. But eventu- ally, Parra forced his oppo- nent into submission with at the 12 seconds remaining in the bout. “He came around right at the end. We had guys that kept their nose to the grindstone. That is extremely pleasant to see this early in the season and hopefully it will become contagious for our other kids,” Ebbs said. Despite all the individual victories, another match that Ebbs was impressed with was the 113-pound bout, fea- turing McNary’s Rigoberto Hernandez. Hernandez was battling leg cramps for nearly his en- tire match, but still was able to go the distance with his opponent, Aziz Alshuwaiee — who won a 9-6 decision. “Rigo could hardly stand. It would have been really easy for him to give up a pin, but he fought through and kept the match close until the end,” Ebbs said. While they got through their fi rst dual with ease, Mc- Nary was challenged greatly Please see WRES., Page B4
