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Depth proves to be key in McNary victory
score fi rst. This team has a lot
By MATT RAWLINGS
of talent offensively. We just
Of the Keizertimes
With some of their youth moved the ball well and I was
and inexperience, depth able to get some open shots,”
was thought to be question Gonzalez said.
Despite
the
relatively
mark for the McNary boys
basketball team coming into dominant victory, McNary’s
49 points was their lowest
to the season.
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.
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“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
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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
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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
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