NOVEMBER 19, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A17
McNary receiver Jesse Dyer stiff-arms his way to a first down in the Celtics 35-14 win over
Lake Oswego.
Photo by JOEY CAPPELLETTI of Keizertimes
Pierce Walker (16) and Zane Aicher (20) go up to try and break up a pass.
Photo by JOEY CAPPELLETTI of Keizertimes
brother in his fi nal game in a McNary
uniform.
“I didn't have the best game, which
sucks, but going out with two touch-
downs to my brother, I am going to
remember that forever,” he said.
But later in the third quarter, Olvera
caught his third touchdown of the
night, scoring from 35 yards out to
make it a 35-14 game, putting the game
out of reach for McNary.
“If we don't give up those two long
(touchdowns) in the second half it's
anyone's ball game,”Auvinen said.
McNary fi nishes the season with a
7-4 record.
“It was a good year. The kids battled
through all that adversity and really
bounced back,” Auvinen said. “We had
great senior leadership and I am really
pleased with how the kids progressed.
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the second quarter on a 20-yard touch-
down pass from Layne to Gabe Olvera,
putting Lake Oswego up 14-0.
The Lakers scored with less than
a minute remaining in the half after
another McNary turnover, extending
their advantage to 21-0.
“They got some playmakers over
there. They have about fi ve kids faster
than any kid that we have,” Auvinen
said.
Both teams showed off their play-
making ability in the third quarter.
On their fi rst drive of the second
half, McNary found the end zone for
the fi rst time as Tyler Copeland con-
nected with Braiden Copeland down-
fi eld for a 44-yard touchdown to make
it a two-score game.
“We made some blocking adjust-
ments that gave Tyler a little more
time to look for his brother, which
gave Braiden a chance to go up and
use his athletic ability and physicality,”
Auvinen said about McNary's halftime
adjustments.
However, on Lake Oswego's fi rst
play of the second half, Olvera took
a screen pass from Layne and raced
past the Celtics defense for an 80-yard
score.
After struggling with the Lake
Oswego pass-rush in the fi rst two quar-
ters, Tyler Copeland escaped pressure
with a pair of long runs on McNary's
following possession. Later in the
drive, Tyler found Braiden once again
for a touchdown, this time from 30
yards out, trimming the defi cit to 28-14.
Although he had three interceptions
on the night — he only had two on the
season coming into the game — Tyler
Copeland was proud that he was able
to throw a pair of touchdowns to his
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