NOVEMBER 22, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
Barker and Walling take home top honors
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
While there were great foot-
ball players scattered through-
out the Mountain Valley Con-
ference this season, there were
two from that stood out above
the rest.
On Friday, Nov. 15 McNary
quarterback Erik Barker was
recognized as the Senior Of-
fensive Athlete of the Year by
the Salem Sports and Breakfast
Club, while his teammate, Ju-
nior Walling, earned Athlete of
the Year honors on the defen-
sive side of the ball
for his play at line-
backer.
Barker threw for
1,568 yards and six
touchdowns through
the air while adding
361 rushing yards
and four scores on
the ground. He was
named fi rst-team all-
league in the Moun-
tain Valley Confer-
ence.
Barker’s top play
of the season came in
the Celtics Oct. 25
matchup with West
Salem. Trailing 23-21 with 1:17
left in the contest, Barker con-
nected with Junior Nunez for a
65-yard touchdown that proved
to be the game-winning score,
as McNary defeated the Titans
27-23.
The victory propelled Mc-
Nary to their second straight
conference title.
“The most memorable as-
pect of my career at McNary
is how we battled through all
Barker
the adversity and still won two
league championships. And
also the fact that I did it with
my best friends who I’ve been
playing ball with since the very
beginning,” Barker said.
Walling, on the other hand,
garnered fi rst-team all-league
honors at linebacker for the
third straight season, ending the
year with 92 tackles (73 solo),
12 tackles for loss, four sacks,
two pass break-ups and an in-
terception. He was also named
MVC Defensive Player of the
Year and will be playing line-
backer at Oregon State Univer-
sity next season.
Walling was arguably just as
dominant on the offensive side
of the ball, rushing for 930 yards
and 14 touchdowns this season.
He also added 287 receiving
yards and two scores and was
named fi rst-team all-league
running back.
“It feels great to have the
confi dence of my coaches to
nominate me and the respect of
the other coaches in the league
to vote for me to be fi rst-team
linebacker and running back.
However, it is extra special to
get the Defensive Player of the
Year award, especially consider-
ing all the other players in the
league who must have been
nominated,” Walling said. “As
much as I am going to miss
playing running back, defense
has always been my passion and
it is a great honor to be selected
as player of the year.”
McNary had 12 other play-
ers receive all-conference rec-
ognition, including their entire
starting offensive line.
Nik Shepard was named to
the fi rst-team at offensive tack-
le and Gavin Anderson got an
honorable mention nod at
the other tackle position. Mi-
chael Ridgway was fi rst-team
at offensive guard and Nathan
Young was an honorable men-
tion center.
“It was a complete hon-
or and privilege to coach this
group of young men and I am a
better person for being around
them,” McNary offensive line
coach Dean Ables said. “They
were the best line in the confer-
ence, no doubt.”
Riley Flores and Noah Le-
lack each got honorable men-
tion recognition at receiver.
Lelack had 16 catches for 228
yards and two touchdowns.
Flores had 19 grabs for 306
yards on the season.
Dyami Rios got fi rst-team
honors at tight end to go along
with his second-team status at
linebacker. Rios led the team
with 97 tackles (63 solo), seven
tackles for loss and four sacks.
Drew Brown was named to
the fi rst-team at defensive line
while Spencer Delacruz earned
second-team honors.
Alex Tavera was named fi rst-
team cornerback. Junior Nunez
was honorable mention.
Zane Aicher was an honor-
able mention safety.
Ethan Martin was a fi rst-
team kick returner and Daniel
Mood was a second-team kick-
er.
McNary head coach Jeff Au-
vinen was awarded Coach of
the Year for the second straight
season.
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