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PAGE A14, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 13, 2020 $ 14,000 OFF MSRP!* * OR 0%x60 ** *MSRP $53,370, Sale price $39,370 after $5,000 Skyline Discount, $3,000 Retail Customer Cash, $1,500 Bonus Customer Cash, $750 Select Inventory Cash, $1,000 Special Package Bonus Cash, $250 Retail Bonus Cash, $1,250 NW Edition Cash, $500 Trade Assistance, $750 Ford Motor Credit, plus license, tax, title and doc fee. Must trade a ‘95 or newer. Must finance with Ford Motor Credit, on approved credit. 1 at this price. Subject to prior sale. Stk #6370P, VIN E07956. Art is for illustration only. Offer expires 3/31/2020. **0%x60=$48,370 to finance after Skyline Discount. Must trade 95 or newer. Must finance with FMCC OAC. 3555 River Road N, Keizer (503) 463- 4853 www.skylineforddirect.com KEIZERTIMES.COM Doutt leads McNary’s all-conference recipients ball, has great court vision By MATT RAWLINGS and is our leading offensive Of the Keizertimes The McNary girls bas- threat. She is instrumental to ketball team had four players our team on both ends of the receive all-Mountain Valley court. She is a leader on the Conference recognition for fl oor. We are a different team the 2019-20 season, led by without her,” McNary head coach Eliza- first-team beth Doran all-leaguer said. Leah Doutt. “Leah takes B e k a h Despite Grimmer re- missing eight care of the ball, ceived sec- games due has great court ond-team all- to injury and league status illness, Doutt vision and is and had a huge was still able our leading boost in her to establish scoring pro- herself as one offensive duction from of the best threat. She is the previous guards in the season. league. Doutt instrumental After aver- a v e r a g e d to our team on aging 2.6 ppg 13.3 points last year, Grim- per game and both ends of mer had the led the team the court...” second highest in three- point makes. — Elizabeth Doran, scoring average for the Celt- D o u t t McNary head coach ics this season, also was the coming in at Celtics assist leader, averaging over four just under 10 ppg. She shot a game — she was the only 42.4 percent from the fi eld, player on the team with a 71.4 percent from the foul positive assist-to-turnover line and easily lead the squad in total minutes. ratio. Along with being the On the defensive end, Doutt was third on the team team’s leading rebounder in steals and second in blocks. “Leah takes care of the Please see HONORS, Page A11 File McNary point guard Leah Doutt averaged over 13 points and 4 assists per game, earning herself fi rst-team all-league honors in the Mountain Valley Conference. Celtics season comes to an end against West Linn By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The West Linn boys bas- ketball team has been one of the strongest athletic pro- grams in the state over the last decade. McNary found that out fi rst-hand. West Linn had their sec- ond highest point total in a postseason game since 2017 in their 95-52 trouncing of McNary on Wednesday, March 4 in the fi rst round of the playoffs. Nate Meithof had a game-high 21 points for the Celtics. “Give them credit, they are incredibly skilled. Our guys competed and played hard and we had some pret- ty good possessions. I think we were just a little over- whelmed,” McNary head coach Ryan Kirch said. After missing their fi rst fi ve shots to start the game, McNary got back on track offensively with a tough hoop from Meithof and a jumper from Gunner Smedema. Moments later, Tyler O’Connor scored off an of- fensive rebound to put Mc- Nary within two. But thanks to forcing a litany of Mc- Nary turnovers, the Lions responded with an 8-0 run to go up 14-6. Despite having 10 turn- overs in the fi rst quarter, Meithof was able to keep the game close early on. The junior shooting guard completed a three-point play after fi nishing a layup be- tween two defenders, then hit a deep triple on the next possession to trim the defi cit to 14-12. Meithof then hit a step- back jumper late in the peri- od, but picked up his second foul with under a minute re- maining in the quarter. West Linn increased their advantage to 25-16, but Ty- ler Copeland continued McNary’s hot shooting by knocking down a 3-point- er from the baseline to get within six. However, McNary cooled off in the second quarter. But the turnovers continued. The Celtics gave the ball away three times to open the next period, which eventual- ly led to a 9-0 run from West Linn. Even on made baskets, McNary couldn’t keep the Lions from getting out in transition. “They are big, strong and fast. We had a pretty good idea of what they were go- ing to do. Turnovers led to easy baskets,” Kirch said. “It seemed like as soon as we made a shot, they were scor- ing on the other end. We just didn’t quite do what we had Please see CELTICS, Page A11 ATHLETE of the Week presented by NATE MEITHOF Junior at McNary High School #23 - Shooting Guard, Boys Basketball Meithof was named the Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year after averaging more that 23 points and nine rebounds a game — he was fourth in the state in both catergories. KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings TOP: Kyler Rodriguez draws contact while going up for a shot. BOTTOM: Jando Gonzalez looks for a teammate after picking up his dribble. WHAT HIS COACH SAYS “Nate had one of the best seasons ever for a McNary basketball player. Nate wants to be great. Often times, I have to tell him to take time off. A lot of guys say they want to be great, but not many put in the time necessary to achieve it...” — Ryan Kirch, McNary Boys Basketball Head Coach
