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red zone once again. McNary catch from T.J. Zimmerman, al-
faced another fourth-and-goal lowing West Albany to cut the
from the one-yard line seven lead to six in the second quar-
ter.
continued from Page A10 plays later, but
this time, Mc-
West Alba-
ny had an op-
The McNary defense forced Carty kept the “ It takes a
to
the Bulldogs into a punting sit- ball himself on special group of portunity
a
zone-read
take
the
lead
uation near midfi eld on their
plunged guys to come
before halftime
fi rst drive. But the long snap and
when they got
went through the hands of the into the end together when
down to the
West Albany punter and rolled zone, putting
the
Celtics
on
Celtics
one-
it’s tough and
all the way to the Bulldogs 10-
top
13-0
mid-
yard
line
with
yard line, which is where Mc-
way through the red zone
17 seconds re-
Nary took over.
maining in the
After McNary quarterback the fi rst quarter. is a tough
“They
gave
second quarter.
Jack McCarty’s fi rst completion
zone
where
us
a
short
fi
eld
The Bulldogs
to Gunner Smedema brought
threw a pair of
the Celtics down to the fi ve- a couple of everything
incompletions
yard line, two straight runs times and we
shrinks.
It’s
one
were
able
to
and then had
from Dunagan got the ball to
take
advantage,”
their run up the
the one. On fourth-and-goal,
of those areas
middle stuffed
the Celts called the junior run- McCarty said.
The Celtics where the
by the McNary
ning back’s number once again.
looked
to
be
in
West
Dunagan was met at the line-
tough guy wins. defense.
total
control
af-
Albany
tried
of-scrimmage by a pair of West
another throw
Albany defenders but was able ter the defense Luckily, we had
another
to the end zone
to get across the goal line with got
a lot of tough
stop,
which
was
on fourth-and-
the second effort, giving Mc-
followed
by
goal which fell
guys.”
Nary the early lead.
incomplete as
Dunagan was a workhorse a trio of fi rst
— Jeff Auvinen, the fi rst half
in the backfi eld in his fi rst ever down comple-
McNary head coach
clock expired
varsity start, rushing for 97 tions by Mc-
Carty.
But
after
as the Celtics
yards on 27 carries.
still clung to a
“Dakota has earned his time the drive stalled
and took full advantage. He’s on the Bulldogs fi ve-yard line, 13-7 lead going into the locker
got a low center of gravity and Logan Ready pushed his 23- room.
While the Celtics new
sees the fi eld really well,” Au- yard fi eld goal attempt to the
right, keeping the score at 13-0. no-huddle offense sputtered in
vinen said.
The Bulldogs proceeded to the second and third quarters,
Two possessions later, a
go
on their only scoring drive McNary’s defense continued
muffed exchange from West
of
the
game, marching 95 yards to shut down any West Albany
Albany led to Rios recovering
a fumble, allowing the Celtics down the fi eld and ending the threat as they came away with
to start their possession in the possession with a touchdown their second red zone stop late
in the third quarter.
“It’s about having that bend-
but-don’t break mentality. We
gave up some yards, but we
were able to keep them out of
the end zone for the most part.
It was big-time for us,” Rios
said.
Even though McNary held
the lead for most of the con-
test, the momentum complete-
ly changed at the start of the
fourth quarter.
Facing a third-and-seven
near midfi eld, McCarty was
fl ushed out of the pocket and
ran to his right to buy time. Just
before he was about to throw
on the run, McCarty had the
ball stripped from him as he
was sacked to the turf. West Al-
bany defensive lineman Hunter
Hampl scooped the ball up and
rumbled 50 yards for the score
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Jack McCarty (3) and Tyler Copeland chest bump after as the Bulldogs took their fi rst
McCarty’s touchdown run in the fi rst quarter.
lead of the game at 14-13.
The Celtics were then
stuffed on fourth-and-inches
on their next possession and
were forced to give the ball
back to West Albany in their
own territory. The Bulldogs,
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McCarty had endured his
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Zane Aicher (20) runs for a fi rst down after catching a pass in the open fi eld.
rty had attempted to connect
with speedster Ethan Martin
twice on a wheel route down-
fi eld. The two fi nally hooked
up on the fi rst play of the drive
when McCarty hit Martin in
stride down the sideline for a
31-yard gain.
“I really felt like that play
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We were ahead most of the
game, but energy wise, we felt
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said.
McCarty then hit Zane Aic-
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yard line. After a fi rst down run
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passing 14-of-25 for 130 yards.
“I think Jack got some con-
fi dence going and just started
rifl ing the ball around,” Auvin-
en said.
McNary got the ball back
after West Albany went three-
and-out but couldn’t overcome
a holding penalty and had to
punt the ball back to the Bull-
dogs with less than two minutes
to play.
West Albany, who had no
timeouts left, got the ball on
their own 40-yard line and
drove inside the red zone. A
pass interference penalty gave
the Bulldogs the ball at the Mc-
Nary 10-yard line with 16 sec-
onds remaining.
But for the third time in the
game, McNary was able to get
a red zone stop as Cale threw
four consecutive incomple-
tions, sealing the Celtics win.
It was the least amount of
points given up by McNary
since the 2017 season.
“It takes a special group of
guys to come together when
it’s tough, and the red zone is
a tough zone where everything
shrinks. It’s one of those areas
where the tough guy wins.
Luckily, we had a lot of tough
guys,” Auvinen said.
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