New coach on the block, Connor Astley, helped craft the Celtics spread offense as an assistant to former head coach Jeff Auvinen, but now Astley takes the reins to lead a McNary squad that graduated nine all-conference players
The first two matches are in the books, and McNary volleyball is off to a good start.
With wins at Tualatin and Lakeridge, the Celtics (2-0) are among 10 6A teams that remain undefeated, and are ranked No. 3 by OSAA at the time of this story.
McNary heads up to Lakeridge to open the 6A football season on Friday to face a Pacers squad that has had consecutive quarter finals appearances.
The boys and girls soccer seasons were scheduled to start today against Century High School, but both games have been postponed due to the potentially high heat index.
Temperatures are predicted to reach the mid to high-90s in both Keizer and Hillsboro, prompting the “extreme caution” classification from the National Weather Service.
McNary cross country opened the season along with 47 other Oregon schools at Wilsonville High School on Friday, Aug. 26, in the Night Meet.
The Celtics’ best finishes in the 3,000 meters boys novice B names N-Z and the 3,00 meters girls novice B where they placed third as a team.
The 2022 McNary High School softball season started with uncertainty, and ended with a semifinal appearance. A week before the start of the season, head coach Kevin Wise stepped down, and Athletic Director Scott Gragg had to begin a vastly truncated coaching search. It…