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Stk #204840, VIN B22387. Art is for illustration only. Offer expires 3/2/2020. 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463- 4853 www.skylineforddirect.com KEIZERTIMES.COM McNary proves to be too much for McKay Celtics lead to double-fi g- By MATT RAWLINGS ures. Of the Keizertimes For the second straight After a lackluster perfor- mance in the fi rst period, game, Kirch made chang- the McNary boys basket- es to the starting lineup. ball team turned it up a few O’Connor, who has had notches in the following trouble cracking the rotation for much of the season, got quarter. The Celtics were only his fi rst start in this one and up 10-6 at the end of one his six second quarter points against a winless McKay provided a key spark to the squad. But McNary went McNary run. “It was really fun to get off for 30 points in the next eight-minute stretch and the start and just play the never looked back as they game that I have loved for so defeated the Royal Scots 70- long,” O’Connor said. Kirch added: “Ty had two 51 on Friday, Feb. 21. great days of “I thought practice be- we were a lit- fore this game tle lackadaisi- “ I don’t think and he’s been cal in the fi rst we were going working hard quarter. From d e f e n s i ve l y. then on out, I 100 percent in We had some though we did the fi rst quarter. numbers ad- a pretty good vantages a job of execut- But we just couple times ing what we picked it up and where Nate wanted to,” McNary head showed that we got doubled and he was coach Ryan were the faster able to fi nd Kirch said. Tyler for some N a t e and stronger easy oppor- Meithof went tunities. It’s for 19 points team.” great when on 7-of-14 — Nate Meithof, you have a shooting and McNary shooting guard guy that can Tyler Cope- fi nish down land added 11 low. He put points for the himself on the right spot on Celtics in the win. Even though they had the the fl oor.” McNary continued to early lead, the Celtics were sloppy with the basketball to pile on thanks to hot shoot- begin the game, turning the ing from behind the arc. ball over six times in the fi rst Freshman point guard Jando Gonzalez nailed a triple from quarter. “We had a spirited one- the corner to make the score way conversation at the end 30-16. Then, after four quick of the fi rst quarter,” Kirch points by Meithof, Kyler Rodriguez knocked down said. That conversation had an back-to-back 3-pointers to apparent effect on the Celt- put the Celtics up 40-21 go- ing into the break. ics. “I don’t think we were Tyler O’Connor nailed a jumper to start the second going 100 percent in the fi rst period, getting the Celt- quarter. But we just picked it ics back on track. Gunner up and showed that we were Smedema buried a triple the faster and stronger team,” moments later to put Mc- Meithof said. While the offense provid- Nary on top 16-9. A 3-pointer from Meithof ed energy to the McNary and a pair of buckets from bench, the Celtics gained O’Connor extended the the most momentum after KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings McNary’s Nate Meithof cocks the ball back with his left hand as he attacks the glass in the Celtics 70-51 win over McKay. taking multiple charges — McNary drew four offensive fouls throughout the game. “The charges we were taking started to bring the energy up. We were starting to play really well together,” O’Connor said. While McKay attempted mightily to get back in the game, Meithof rattled off 10 third quarter points to help the Celtics put the game away. McNary will host their senior night against South Salem at 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28. If the Celtics can pull off the victory against the third-ranked Saxons, they would earn at least a share of second place in the Mountain Valley Conference. “We just want to focus in practice and make sure that we game plan well,” Meithof said. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Zane Aicher locks in on defense against McKay point guard Malachi Sterling. Celtics pick up impressive victory over Royal Scots KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings Kenzie Proctor goes up for a shot in traffi c. Proctor had nine points in McNary’s 66-35 victory on Friday, Feb. 21. By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes With the regular season winding down, the McNary girls basketball team put to- gether their best offensive performance of the year. Leah Doutt lead the way with 18 points, Bekah Grim- mer added 14 and Kennedy Buss chipped in with 13 points as the Celtics had their highest scoring night of the season with their 66-35 victory over McKay on Fri- day, Feb. 21. It was also McNary’s larg- est margin of victory of the season. “We just played togeth- er really well. We made sure that we have everyone in- corporated in our offense,” Buss said. Grimmer came out hot to start the contest, hitting her fi rst three shots to score sev- en straight for the Celtics — the junior forward fi nished the quarter with 10 points. “I came out fi red up and I just wanted to play as hard as I could,” Grimmer said. Coming into the game, McNary’s goal was to stop McKay star Skye Miller, a junior shooting guard that transferred in from Alaska. Even though Miller scored eight in the opening period, including a pair of triples that quarter. Three-pointers from were far beyond the three- Buss and Kenzie Proctor, a point line, the Celtics held jumper from Doutt and a Miller to just six points for layup from Madi Alt helped the remainder of the contest. put the Celtics on the 15-0 run. “Our en- “We want- tire scout was ed to make around Skye “ All season sure that we and how we were doing were going long we have eve r y t h i n g to handle her worked on we could to on both ends be successful of the court. sharing the ball in this game,” We just tried better and I Buss said. to deny her “We’re going the ball, even thought tonight when she was our passing was to have the mindset that way out on we’re going the perimeter. on point. We put every- We wanted to also did a good to thing we got do our best to on the fl oor.” make things job of getting McNary diffi cult for ended up out- her,” McNary into the paint scoring the head coach and getting to Royal Scots Elizabeth the free throw 23-4 in the Doran said. second peri- M c K a y line.” od and took a had cut the McNary lead — Elizabeth Doran, 40-14 lead at McNary head coach the break. to one more “All season than half- long we have way though the opening period, but the worked on sharing the ball Celtics ended the quarter on better and I thought tonight our passing was on point. We a 9-2 run to go up 17-10. The Celtics continued also did a good job of getting their offensive explosion in into the paint and getting to the second period, scoring Please see CELTS, Page A10 the fi rst 15 points of the
