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McNary can’t complete
comeback vs. West Salem
McNary quarterback Jack McCarty looks downfield after being forced out of the pocket in the
Celtics 28-20 loss against West Salem.
Photo by MATT RAWLINGS of Keizertimes
BY MATT RAWLINGS
turnover on their first possession and con-
Of the Keizertimes
verted it into points as Jackson Lowery
After trailing by double-digits for most connected with John Kenny on a 27-yard
of the second half, the McNary football fade for the score, giving the Titans the
team was able to come back to make it a early lead.
McNary couldn’t find a spark on offense
one possession game midway through
the fourth quarter, but a pair of key first in the first quarter, but a key West Salem
down runs late in
the period from West
Salem allowed the
Titans to run out the
clock as McNary fell
to their conference
foe by a score of
28-20.McNary head
coach Jeff Auvinen
said that he would
like his team to show
more
consistency
but was glad to see
much higher effort
and energy in
this game after a
poor performance
in their previous
McNary head coach
game
against
Sprague.
“A little more
consistency
would
be nice, but I was glad that we brought the turnover allowed the Celtics to gain the
energy this week. We weren’t perfect, but momentum. Logan Ready recovered a
it was nice to get a couple of turnovers,” punt that was muffed by the Titans return
Auvinen said. “As long as we are playing team and gave McNary the ball at the
with energy and giving everything we Titans 27-yard line.
“As soon as that happened everyone
have, we are going to compete.”
The Celtics struggled in the opening was pumped up. The nerves were gone
period for the second straight week as after that,” McNary running back Zane
West Salem took advantage of a McNary Aicher said.
A little more consistency
would be nice, but I was
glad that we brought the
energy this week. We
weren't perfect but it
was nice to get a couple
turnovers this week.
— JEFF AUVINEN