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PAGE A12, KEIZERTIMES, JANUARY 10, 2020 KEIZERTIMES.COM McNary grinds out tough win on the road you see a team make a cra- By MATT RAWLINGS zy three like that with their Of the Keizertimes It appeared that all of the home crowd going crazy, I momentum had swung in would say 95 percent of the Canby’s favor at the end of time that team ends up win- ning the game. I was really regulation. Canby guard Diego Arre- proud of our maturity and dondo nailed a wild, off-bal- growth in the overtime to ance 3-pointer as the buzzer withstand that shot and stay sounded to tie the game at composed,” Kirch said. “When everyone is ready 50 and force overtime. But in the extra session, it to go and mentally engaged, we have a lot was the Mc- of depth and Nary boys “When we can be re- hoops squad ally good. Our that proved to everyone is guys compete be the more ready to go and fi ght for collected team one another.” down the and mentally W h i l e stretch. engaged, we multiple guys The Celt- made big plays ics outscored have a lot of that proved to their oppo- be key late nent 16-10 in depth and we in the game, the four-min- can be really the offen- ute overtime sive outburst as McNary good.” from McNary came away — Ryan Kirch, guard Nate with a gritty McNary head coach Meithof was 66-60 road the thing that victory against stood out the Cougars on Friday, Dec. most for the Celts. 3. Meithof went off for 36 Even though this is a young McNary group, head points — with 23 of them coach Ryan Kirch believes coming in the second half that they already have shown — and capped off his night signifi cant growth so far in with a highlight reel jam that would have rivaled any play this young season. “Most of the time when Please see BBALL, Page A9 KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Riley Flores (11) gets a Canby defender back on his heels with a jab-step and then looks to go the rim in McNary’s 66-60 victory over Canby on Friday, Jan. 3 Celts rally for key non-league victory KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings McNary’s Damian Hernandez (blue singlet) twists his body into a pretzel in order to get position on Centennial’s Edgar Molina. Hernandez would pin Molina with two seconds left in the third round. By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes In their last non-confer- ence game before Moun- tain Valley Conference play, the McNary girls basketball team got clutch performanc- es from multiple sources. The Celtics had four play- ers in double-fi gures — in- cluding Bekah Grimmer, who led the way with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting — allowing McNary to pull out a gutsy 56-52 overtime win over North Medford on Friday, Jan. 3. Leah Doutt had 14 points and seven assists while Ken- zie Proctor added 12 points and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe. Kylie Nepstad added 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting. “Everyone is stepping up and realizing that it takes a team effort to win. Things weren’t really clicking at fi rst, but we pulled it out when it mattered. Our girls wanted it more than they did, which was good to see,” McNary head coach Elizabeth Doran said. North Medford started the game in a 1-2-2 zone, which proved to be a chal- lenge for the Celtics as they struggled to get good looks at the basket in the early go- ing. Doutt, as well as Ken- nedy Buss were each able to knock down triples, but North Medford still held a 10-7 lead at the end of the opening period. The Black Tornado ex- tended their lead to 20-11 late in the second quarter. But in the last three minutes of the period, McNary found some success in transition. Please see CELTS, Page A8 Mat men compete at Don York Invite went deep in the tournament By MATT RAWLINGS and did really well for them- Of the Keizertimes selves. I’m On Jan. 3-4, seeing noth- the McNary ing but an wrestling team “ We had a uptick with competed at lot of young our program.” the Don York One of I nv i t a t i o n a l kids that went the young- along with 20 deep in the sters that had other schools. phenom- The Celtics tournament and a enal tour- took 34 kids nament was to the tourna- did really well sophomore ment and had for themselves.” 106-pounder 17 boys make — Jason Ebbs, Damian Her- it to the sec- McNary head coach nandez. ond day of the Despite the invitation- not being al. “We took more than seeded, Hernandez made it 30 kids to go wrestle. That all the way to the champi- speaks measures there. If you onship match after earning want to do well at tourna- three consecutive pins. Her- ments, you have to get the nandez held his own in the kids to come,” McNary head championship bout but lost coach Jason Ebbs said. “We a 6-0 decision to Kenny Vang had a lot of young kids that from Reynolds. “Damian pinned his way into the fi nals. There were times where he was be- hind on points and he had to come back and scrap his way to a victory. It was really exciting to watch him and I hope that he uses this expe- rience to raise his expecta- tions,” Ebbs said. Senior Anthony Gar- cia-Reyes earned a third place fi nish in the 220-pound division. After losing a 5-1 decision in the quarterfi nals to Curtis Strahm from Tu- alatin, Garcia-Reyes worked his way up the consolation bracket with a pair of pins, as well as a tough 4-1 vic- tory against Kevin Villa from Putnam, which earned him a spot in the 3rd place match and a rematch with Strahm. Garcia-Reyes avenged his KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Please see WRES, Page A8 Kenzie Proctor was in double-fi gures with 12 points as the Celtics got a 56-52 win over North Medford on Friday, Jan. 3.
