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McNary swimming preview
Celts look to build on last season’s success
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LEFT: Alex Beard is expected to be one of the top returning girls swimmers in the Moutain Valley Conference. RIGHT: Zander Rhoades hopes to have a breakout year for the McNary boys team.
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Although they weren’t able to send an athlete to state, both
of McNary’s boys and girls swim teams fi nished with a 5-2
record in dual meets last season. And with the majority of
kids coming back on each squad, head coach Casey Lewin
believes that this could be a a big year for the Celtics pro-
gram.
“We have a lot of raw talent and I think we have some kids
that could have some breakout seasons,” Lewin said.
Although the McNary boys lost some of their best swim-
mers in Harrison Vaughn, Jabez Rhoades and Wyatt Sher-
wood, the Celtics do return senior Kyle Hooper, who is ex-
pected to be one of the top swimmers in the Mountain Valley
Conference.
Hooper has fi nished in the top seven at districts the last
two years in the 200-yard individual medley and in the
500-freestyle. He is hoping to fi nally reach the state meet in
his fi nal season.
“He is defi nitely motivated and ready to go this year. Kyle
will be a big leader for us, so we’re hoping that this will be
the year for him,” Lewin said.
Tyshin Nguyen, Zander Rhoades, Ethan Whalen and
Brennan Whalen will also be returning after having some
success in the pool last season.
“Hopefully, our guys will be able to build off their suc-
cess from last year and just get faster and score more points,”
Lewin said. “We expect them to always be getting faster. With
them, we don’t want to to get too caught up in worrying
about state, but instead, just taking care of things one day at a
time and working on little things that they need to work on.”
While the boys do have some higher expectations coming
into this season, the Celtics girls squad arguably has the most
potential.
The McNary girls 200-medley relay team of Alex Beard,
Bella Beard, Paris Boyd and Alyssa Garvey took third at dis-
tricts last season, falling just short of nabbing a spot a state.
However, the Celtics return all four swimmers to this
year’s team and are hoping to secure a conference title in the
200-medley relay.
“They are very excited to see what they are able to do. I
don’t want to say that’s their main focus because they also
have all of their individual events that they can also do really
well in, but that relay brings them all together,” Lewin said.
“The relays are also just fun and I think their success in that
is a huge motivator.”
While the Beard sisters, along with Boyd and Garvey had
their most success in the relay, each swimmer also had some
signifi cant individual accomplishments last season as well.
Alex Beard was the only girls swimmer for McNary to
earn a pair of top-eight fi nishes at the district meet, as she
placed sixth in both the 200-IM and the 500-free at districts
last year. Bella Beard had the highest individual placing out
of all Celtic swimmers at the last district meet with her fi fth-
place fi nish in the 100-breaststroke.
Boyd, on the other hand, took seventh in the 50-free at
districts.
“Our girls are excited and hungry for this season. I think
all the confi dence they have gained from last year is going to
carry over,” Lewin said.
Overall, the Celtics might not be able to hang with some
of the mountain schools like Bend and Summit — who tra-
ditionally have strong programs. But Lewin believes that both
McNary teams have what it takes to be the best in the sa-
lem-Keizer area.
“With out success in duals over the past couple of years,
we have started to show that we have some good top-end
talent,” Lewin said.
At the end of the day, however, what Lewin really cares
about is seeing gradual improvement from each of his swim-
mers throughout the season.
“It’s just about taking care of yourself every day. There are
a lot of fast swimmers in the league. There are a lot of fast
swimmers in the state. But all you can control is you,” Lewin
said. “I know it sounds super basic and simple, but if you can
take care of yourself everyday and do what you need to do to
get better, good things will happen. Kids have really bought
into that. They know every day is a step towards that goal.”
Rios establishes himself as a top recruit
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McNary linebacker Dyami Rios has taken unoffi cal visits to four Pac-12 schools so far this fall and
is considered one of the best in-state recruits for the class of 2021.
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
In the current recruiting
landscape, McNary run-
ning back Junior Walling
and quarterback Erik Barker
have received a lot of atten-
tion from college scouts in
2019.
Walling committed to
play at Oregon State Univer-
sity in June, while Barker has
received offers from a couple
of Division I-AA schools.
But one kid who has qui-
etly become one of the best
players in the state is Mc-
Nary junior Dyami Rios.
For the second straight
season, Rios received sec-
ond-team all-league status at
linebacker, leading the team
with 97 tackles. He also was
named fi rst-team all-league
at tight end and helped the
Celtics win the Mountain
Valley Conference.
“I know I don’t get
brought up as much as
(Walling and Barker). But it
doesn’t bother me because I
know people that know the
game and watch football a lot,
they notice me and they no-
tice that I’m doing big things
on the fi eld,” Rios said. “I’m
proud of where I am at, and
I don’t need outside people
telling me whether I’m do-
ing well or not.”
Even though Rios may
not receive as much notori-
ety as a pair of his teammates,
his plays has garnered atten-
tion from some big schools
on the west coast.
So far this fall, Rios has
taken two unoffi cial visits
to the University of Oregon
and Oregon State. Over the
Thanksgiving weekend, he
also took visits to the Uni-
versity of California (Berke-
ley) and Stanford University.
During these visits, Rios
gets to not only tour the
campuses, but also be on
the sideline at games, chat
with coaches and learn more
about the football program.
“It’s been a lot of fun. I
have been watching all of
these Pac-12 schools on TV
for most of my life, so to
be able to check out differ-
ent places and talk to their
coaches and try on their gear
has been amazing,” Rios said.
On his visits to both Or-
egon schools, Rios walked
away impressed with what
each program had to offer.
“Oregon State has a great
family environment. It’s real-
ly tight-knit. Their program
is rebuilding right now, so if
I could be a part of it, that
would be big,” Rios said.
“At Oregon, it’s all really
impressive. They have some
expensive facilities. They
have some technology I’ve
never seen before. I know it’s
a top program, so it would
great to have an opportunity
to go there.”
One of the things that
separates Rios from others is
his versatility. While his pri-
mary position is linebacker,
Rios made a transition on
the offensive side of the ball
from running back to tight
end.
Even though Rios wasn’t
involved in the Celtics pass-
ing attack, the move to tight
end, which was initially
made by McNary offensive
coordinator Brad Emmert,
gave a boost to the McNary
offense. The Celtics averaged
more than 35 points per
game during league play.
“Emmert told me that I
wasn’t going to get a lot of
routs but he thought that I
was the best blocker on the
team and that I could have a
lot of success,” Rios said. “If I
can block and help the team,
I really don’t care if I’m get-
ting touchdowns or not.”
On the defensive side,
Rios feels like he showed
improvement from his soph-
omore year, coming away
with 28 more tackles than he
did the previous season.
“He loves to mix it up and
be as physical as possible and
he’s got really good instincts.
The sky is the limit for that
kid,” McNary head coach
Jeff Auvinen said of Rios.
While Rios has proven
himself to be an exceptional
football player, what he does
in the classroom is arguably
even more impressive.
Please see RIOS, Page A11