By Jeremy McDonald

jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com

SALEM, Ore.–  The McKay Royal Scots sure did give West Salem a run for their money Friday Night at West Salem High School to open up Josh Riddell’s tenure as Head Coach.

From the get-go, McKay jumped out to a 10-0 lead thanks to the foot of Adolfo Lua-Anaya from 30 yards out after a nice drive thanks to Matt Jarding and Noah Tavera who contributed nice plays on the drive before the Scots added a touchdown to their lead.

But errors allowed the Titans to cut McKay’s lead to three by halftime, 10-7.

West Salem would take the lead in the second half, 14-10.  But that was short-lived  as Tavera set up a go-head drive with about two minutes to go in the game.

With the Scots up 17-14 and with the game winding down, a few questionable calls happened that allowed the Titans to mount a game-winning drive for the 20-17 victory on the Black Turf known as ‘The Black Hole’.

UP NEXT-MCKAY (0-1, 0-1 Greater Valley Conference)- Vs. McMinnville 9/9 7p.  WEST SALEM (1-0, 1-0 GVC)-@Sprague 7p