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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