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44-yard touchdown — Copeland fi nished
the game going 14-of-18 for 202 yards.
“I knew I had to scramble a lot because
I knew that they had good defensive ends.
I got to give a shoutout to my receivers
because they were always fi nding open
spots,” Tyler Copeland said.
“When Tyler is running around mak-
ing magic out there, you never know what
he is going to do, but he will make some-
thing happen,” Aicher added.
Braiden Copeland fi nished the game
with four catches for 92 yards and two
touchdowns while Smedema also had
four grabs for 75 yards and a pair of
scores.
Grants Pass tried a fake punt in their
own territory to try and gain a spark, but
the play was snuff ed out by the Celtics
defense. The turnover-on-downs eventu-
ally led to McNary's third score of the sec-
ond quarter — a two-yard touchdown run
by Dakota Dunagan — as McNary took a
27-0 lead into the locker room.
Tyler Copeland continued to air it out
in the second half, throwing a perfect
ball to Smedema on a corner route for a
26-yard touchdown on the opening drive
of the second half.
On the fi rst play of the fourth quarter,
Braiden Copeland got loose with a dou-
ble move and was wide open to haul in
a 37-yard touchdown for his second score
of the game
“It was a fake-bubble, and we had been
running bubbles a lot, so they bit down
on it and he was wide open over the top,”
Tyler Copeland said.
McNary begins conference play on
Friday, Sept. 24 when they go over the
mountain to take on Bend at 7 p.m.
Braiden Copeland (32) runs through a trio of Grants Pass defenders for a first down.
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