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McNary sole winner in CVC's openers Central Valley Conference coaches took a good long look at their personnel and made some strides in firming up their starters, but didn't come up with many wins in their opening football games August 31, going 1-4 in contests involving CVC teams. McNary 17, David Douglas 14 After losing their last six games of the 2006 season, McNary started 2007 on an upnote, recording their first victory for new coach Rick Ward at home. David Douglas, out of East Portland, had a 14-9 halftime advantage, thanks to a pair of big plays, including a 53 yard touchdown pass behind the McNary secondary. But a stifling McNary defense didn't allow the Scots much offense the rest of the way, as David Douglas only recorded two first downs the entire contest.
The Celtics return to action next Friday at Sandy.
Lake Oswego 29, West Salem 28 The Titans bolted to a 21-0 lead against the host Lakers, but were outscored 29-7 the rest of the way as Lake Oswego's Zach Young overcame a tough first quarter to rush for over 200 yards and four touchdowns on 38 carries in the win.
In the second half, Jordan Bishop's 95 yard kickoff return with ten minutes left in the game was the only scoring the Titans could muster. West (0-1) plays at home next week against Mount Hood Conference power Barlow of Gresham. Canby 28, Sprague 14 The host Cougars ran wild through Sprague's defense to start the game, jumping out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter, and 21-7 at half time.
The Cougars shut the down on Sprague's chances for a win by muscling 48 yards on 12 plays to score their final touchdown with just under five minutes left in the game. Canby's rushing attack ran up 307 yards on 39 carries for the game, led by T.J. Gorman, who accounted for 152 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns. Wilson had 73 yards on 10 carries and recorded both touchdowns for Sprague (0-1). Sprague hosts McMinnville next week on their new artificial turf. Mountain View 10, McKay 7 All the scoring was done by halftime, but the game at McKay between the host Scots and Mountain View of Bend was intriguing as both offenses struggled against strong defensive efforts by the opposition. The visiting Cougars scored the first ten points of the game.scoring on the opening drive of the game with a 70 yard drive that culminated with a 38 yard TD pass from Pat Cashman to Scott Plants. Another extended drive by Mountain View resuled in a 27 yard field goal by Cashman early in the second quarter to push the lead to 10-0.
The second half was marked by mistakes and missed opportunities for McKay. Penalties throttled two Scot drives in the third quarter. McKay recorded a pass interception and long punt returns in the fourth to set up scoring chances in Mountain View territory, but the offense could not move the football. McKay travels to Springfield next week. Grants Pass 21, Redmond 13 The host Panthers spotted Grants Pass two early touchdowns, but rallied to make things interesting. Grants Pass quarterback Zach Morgan threw a pair of early TD passes put his team up 14-0 just five minutes into the game. But Redmond didn't panic.
The visiting Cavemen added a late score to make 21-7 at the half.
But the Panthers could not get over the hump. They turned the ball over four times in the game, and Johnson was sacked seven times. Clayton York led the Redmond rushing attack with 103 yards on 19 carries. Redmond plays at Bend in another non-league matchup next Friday. Of note: North Salem and South Salem play their first games next week.
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Zach Brown scored the game winning touchdown for McNary on a 22 yard reception from Brent Williams in the fourth quarter. He finished the game with 3 catches for 50 yards. 
West led 21-12 at halftime, thanks to a 35 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Aaron Hire to Chase Sexton, a one yard run by Jordan Jenkins, and 62 yard TD pass from Hire to Jenkins.
But the Olys recovered in the second half to make a ball game of it, cutting the Canby lead 21-14 late in the third quarter on Tony Wilson's eight yard TD run.
Late in the half, McKay mounted an 80 yard drive of their own. Despite penalties that marred their performance the entire ballgame, the Scots got on the board when quarterback John Brewer found Cole Mahaffey with a 15 yard TD pass. Mahffey's extra point cut the lead to 10-7.
Redmond quarterback Cody Johnson, last year's CVC first team all-conference QB, found Christian Arsenault for a 31 yard TD pass near the start of the second quarter to cut the Grants Pass lead to 14-7.
Redmond cut the lead to 21-13 early in the third quarter, when Johnson hooked up again with Arsenault on a 69 yard TD pass.