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PAGE A22, KEIZERTIMES, APRIL 9, 2021 McNary running back Zane Aicher plunges through the hole and into the end zone for a four-yard score. CELTS, Continued from page A15 “We game-planned really well and we had a good scout team this week. I knew where I was going on every play because I knew what look they were going to give us,” McCarty added. Smedema would get in on the McNary passing attack in the following posses- sion. After Grass recovered his second fumble of the night to put the Celtics in great fi eld position, Smedema took a lateral from McCarty and chucked it downfi eld for a 39-yard completion to Copeland, putting the McNary off ense inside the fi ve-yard line. Celtics running back Zane Aicher rumbled for a four-yard touchdown the next play to extend the McNary lead to 26-0. “I think we put in 10-plus plays this Photo by MATT RAWLINGS of Keizertimes week, including some trick plays. We defi - nitely opened up the playbook,” Copeland said. North Salem scored a season-high 41 points the week prior in an 11-point vic- tory over South Salem. But their Wing-T attack couldn’t muster much of anything against the stout Celtics defense — the Vikings only had two fi rst downs in the fi rst half. “The defense did a great job with our game plan. The big thing was physicality,” Auvinen said. “Our scout team must have given us a good look this week because we were prepared and dialed in.” Copeland got in the end zone again in the second quarter after he got behind the Viking defense and was hit in stride on a post by McCarty for a 37-yard touchdown. Dyami Rios scored his fi rst touchdown of the season on a 12-yard run in McNary’s next possession. It seemed that McNary’s only mistake in the fi rst two quarters came late in the fi rst half when McCarty fumbled while trying to get out of the pocket. But it didn’t take long for the Celtics defense to turn that negative into a positive. On the last play of the fi rst half, North Salem quarterback TC Manumaleuna appeared to be running an option to his right when he was stripped of the foot- ball before he could pitch it. Celtics line- backer Braiden Copeland scooped up and sprinted to the end zone as time expired to bring the McNary lead to 47-0. The Celtics will play host to South Salem in the season fi nale on Friday, April 9, making it a unique and special senior night for the Celtics upperclassmen. “It’s defi nitely going to be emotional. I’m just trying to enjoy every minute of football,” McCarty said. Due to many student-athletes graduat- ing early due to COVID-19, McNary only had nine seniors on the varsity roster this season, so Auvinen wants to make his seniors feel special in their fi nal game. “We have really taken a keen inter- est in the seniors this year. We are really going to honor those seniors that stuck with it. They have been great leaders for us,” Auvinen said. BARGAINS OF THE MONTH ® SALE PRICE $8.99 - $2.00 MAIL-IN REBATE* = FINAL PRICE $6.99 32.99 JB Instant Lawn® FINAL PRICE 6.99 7 lb, Sun & Shade Blend Miracle-Gro® 3 lb. $16.99 25 lb. = $93.99 1 cu. ft. Potting Mix *Limit 2 per offer. L 462 572 B65 48.99 Blue Buff alo® 30 lb. Life Protection Formula ® Adult Dog Food H 232 922 1 Four Seasons Courtyard® 2 pk. Solar Spot Lights or 6 pk. Solar LED Path Lights 14.99 SAVE OVER 18 $ T 241 590/353 © 2021 True Value Company LLC. While supplies last. Individual stores may choose not to participate. Participating stores have the right to limit quantities and set their own prices. Prices good through April 30, 2021, unless otherwise noted. Brooks True Value Hardware 5050 Brooklake Rd NE • Brooks, OR 97305 503-393-1251 • truevalue.com/brookshardware Call in your order, and we’ll bring it out to your car.
