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.
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