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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