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PAGE A12, KEIZERTIMES, JANUARY 17, 2020 2019 FORD EXPEDITION | LIMITED* $ $ 13,631 6,000 OFF MSRP!* ALTERNATIVE RETAIL CUSTOMER CASH on all 2019 EDGE $ 9,000 INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE RETAIL CUSTOMER CASH $ 4,500 on all 2019 ALTERNATIVE RETAIL CUSTOMER CASH EXPEDITIONS on all 2019 ESCAPE 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463- 4853 www.skylineforddirect.com *MSRP $75,215, Sale price $61,584 after $4,631 Skyline Discount, $9,000 Alternative Retail Customer Cash, plus license, tax, title and doc fee. 1 at this price. Subject to prior sale. Stk #194529, VIN A70158. Art is for illustration only. All offers expire 1/31/2020. KEIZERTIMES.COM Celts earn fi rst conference dual victory KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings McNary wrestler Gavin Anderson (blue singlet) fi ghts for position in the 195-pound bout against McKay’s Andy Nguyen. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Gilbert Parra prepares to takedown McKays’s Kash Trevino in the 145-pound match. By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes In their fi rst action after the holiday break, the Mc- Nary wrestling squad won their fi rst Mountain Valley Conference dual meet of the season on Thursday, Jan. 9, defeating McKay 46-29. Despite not having Grady Burrows, one of the best 120-pounders in the league, the Celtics still wrestled with a full lineup, which ended up making a difference on the scoreboard. “When we see a full line- up, it means our kids and our families are committed to be- ing successful, and I consider that a gift. We bought into the training and development that we are doing,” McNary head coach Jason Ebbs said. “And kids feed off each oth- er when that happens and the kid that steps in, steps up and wrestles at a higher level because they are expected to fi ll in some pretty big shoes. That type of buy-in is what makes kids successful.” McKay was forced to sur- render a pair of forfeits early on in the dual, giving Mc- Nary the advantage on the scoreboard. Rigoberto Hernandez (120 pounds) got the Celt- ics fi rst win of the evening with a 13-4 major decision over Tess Barnett. The match was competitive in the fi rst two rounds, but Hernandez outscored Barnett 7-0 in the fi nal round to get the com- manding victory. McNary had several wres- tlers in this match that end- ed up victorious after facing a fi rst round defi cit, starting with 138-pounder Joshua Friesen. Friesen fell behind 3-0 in the fi rst round against En- rique Montoya, but in the second round he took con- trol of the match, scoring 12 of the next 15 points before eventually getting the pin in the third round. “You have to keep your composure. I knew I was los- ing, but I just stayed calm,” Friesen said. “I was being cautious with my choices and I wasn’t making dumb moves. I still have some stuff to work on, but I defi nitely did well.” McNary’s Gilbert Parra got a second round pin in the 145-pound match. However, the Celtics would lose the next fi ve bouts and found themselves trailing 29-28 with three matches to go. Fortunately for McNary, Gavin Anderson’s perfor- mance in the 195-pound bout was what turned the tide. After falling behind 2-0, Anderson was the aggressor in the second round and saw the opportunity to go for the cradle, grabbing his op- ponent’s neck with one arm while wrapping his other arm around the opponent’s knee. Anderson’s teammates started going crazy when they saw him go for the cra- dle — which is rare to see at the high school level. But they went even more ballistic when the ref gave Anderson the pin 16 seconds into the second round. “I just twisted him up. I saw his leg, then I saw his head. For me, that’s cradle city. I was able to turn him over and the ref gave it to me,” Anderson said. Ebbs added: “He got the cradle and used his brute force muscle that he has de- veloped over the years and peeled the guy over to the other side, which is not very easy to do. That was awesome. He was clearly determined and he knew the only way out of his situation was to pull that guy over the top.” With a 34-29 lead, the Celtics clinched the dual victory when Anthony Gar- cia-Reyes (220) pinned Jorge Martinez 39 seconds into the fi rst round. Aldo Villavazo capped off the night with an impres- sive victory of is own in the 285-pound match. There wasn’t a lot of ac- tion in the fi rst four minutes as Villavazo trailed Anthony Valdez 1-0 going into the third round. But at the start of the fi nal two minutes, Villavazo earned a two-point reversal and gained control of the match. Villavazo was then granted the pin midway through the round. “It just comes down to position. He’s has been get- ting better the last few weeks of recognizing when a guy is on top of him and getting out from underneath it. He capi- talized at the right moment,” Ebbs said. The Celtics will be wres- tling in Redmond at the Or- egon Classic — one of the largest wrestling tournaments in the state — starting Friday, Jan. 17. “We’re still moving up- wards, that’s the part that makes me the happiest. We’re aren’t coming out of the break lethargic and not mov- ing well. We’re coming out on an upward trend,” Ebbs said. Email: news@keizertimes. com. Out of the comfort zone As we begin a new decade, I’m tempted to refl ect on the past 10 years of fi shing. Time is an illusion and we are pris- oners of the present. But, if we don’t look back, we’re left with no experience and baseline to move forward. So let’s look back. I grew up fi shing rivers. My dad didn’t own a boat so when we fi shed a lake it was from the bank or a rented craft. We didn’t use fl ies. In- stead we used bait or lures. It was fun but not as enjoy- able as the rivers. This passion for rivers persist- ed into my adult life and the habit of ig- noring the still waters was learned in my youth. I didn’t real- ly know how to fl yfi sh lakes and my success fi shing the rivers was enough to make me happy and I was comfortable. That all changed this past decade. I would always fi sh the Deschutes River in late spring. It was some of the best and enjoyable fi shing I ever did. Unfortunately it began to get very crowd- ed. With new river permits, camping restrictions and en- vironmental degradation of water quality cause by PGE, I looked for somewhere else to fi sh. My conundrum was I knew of no other river that offered anything comparable with the Deschutes within a reasonable distance. It was then, out of necessity, I had an epiphany: lakes. They had some advantages. They pro- vide larger fi sh and it’s easier to get away from other fi sh- ermen. Those are both good. I have a drift boat that works fi ne as a long as I don’t need to venture out long distances over open wa- ter. One big problem: I had little knowl- edge of how to fl y fi sh lakes. I would have to get out of my com- fort zone. I’d fi shed one lake a num- ber of times with my father when I was a teenager. It offered larger rainbow trout and the op- portunity to fl yfi sh for them. With the help of the internet I was able to discern the fl y line and fl y patterns I would need. I persuaded a gullible friend to go along. Off we went into the unknown; we had enough luck to ensure another trip. I have always said that if there’s ever a time I go fi sh- ing and don’t learn some- thing I’ll fi nd a new hobby. Solving problems to entice a fi sh to grab your fl y is part of the intrigue of fl y fi shing. Every time I fi shed this lake I’ve learned something new. Different spots at different times of the day, different or improved fl y patterns and different techniques. Getting out of my comfort zone was beginning to be fun. Throughout the decade we learned more and more about fi shing this lake and our catch rates have improved greatly. Days of hooking 10 or 20 fi ve to 10 rainbows are not uncommon when con- ditions are right. The best three-day trip we ever had we fi shed absolutely alone; never saw another fi sherman. So looking back enabled me to venture forward and expand my fi shing hori- zons. Now that I’ve learn to try something different, I’ve even started fi shing a second lake. We’ve fi shed it a few times now and have caught some nice rainbows. It is completely different with a new learning curve and that’s proved enjoyable. I don’t know where this new adventurous attitude will take me next, but wherever it is, it will add to enjoyment of my sport. Anybody interest- ed in traveling to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Argentina? Flyfi sh for huge sea-run brown trout. I will bet we’d be alone and either out of our comfort zone or out of our minds. Don’t wor- ry about the horses being blind. Hook up the wagons. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings McNary forward Carson Long (right) boxes out Forest Grove’s Ayden Case to get in position for an offensive rebound. Fourth quarter rally puts McNary over the edge By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The McNary boys basket- ball team held the lead for less than four seconds in the sec- ond half. Fortunately for the Celt- ics, it was enough to pull out the victory in their fi nal non-conference game. Nate Meithof, who led Mc- Nary with 18 points, knocked down the game-winning free throw with 3.1 seconds left as the Celtics erased a 10-point fourth quarter defi cit to de- feat Forest Grove 58-57 on Friday, Jan. 10. “When we’re down, we aren’t going to give up. Even when we were down by 10, we kept things going and kept our confi dence up,” Meithof said. These two teams met back on Dec. 28 in a tournament at North Medford. In that game, Meithof went off for a career-high 39 points in Mc- Nary’s 64-43 victory. This time around, Forest Grove implemented a new defensive strategy to try and neutralize Meithof, hav- ing a player face-guard Mc- Nary’s star at all times. When Meithof did get his hands on the ball, another defender would rotate over to provide an extra line of defense. Even though Forest Grove played with more physical- ity in this contest, Meithof remained poised and didn’t force anything on the offen- sive end, while still being pro- ductive. “I was proud of Nate’s composure. He was frustrated, they were holding him and fouling him. But he never let it show in his body language. Please see CELTS, Page A9
