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On Tuesday Gada Ambo will go for the state’s biggest prize when West High faces top-ranked Waukee in the Class 3A state title match.

Monday Ambo was awarded for the work he did during the regular season.

Ambo was named Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division athlete of the year on Monday when the conference announced its postseason awards.

It was the second consecutive season Ambo has earned divisional player of the year honors after direction West High to an unbeaten conference season and Valley Division title.

Senior Zach Albright was named Valley Division keeper of the year and West High had four players named to the Valley Division first team.

Ambo led the all-division honorees for West High after scoring a team-high 16 goals through 19 matches this season.

The senior forward has also added seven assists which is tied for the most on the team.

Albright earned keeper of the year honors after making 39 saves and allowing just seven goals while helping West High post 10 shutouts, including seven in MVC play.

Senior defender Joey Kuehn was a first-team all-division selection for the second straight season while Brody Schilling and Roberto Machado each earned first-team MVC honors for the first time.

Schilling ranked second on the team with 13 goals and seven assists while earning first-team Valley Division honors after being named to the second team a year ago.

Machado ranked second on the team with five assists.

Junior Micah Frisbie and sophomores Yulong Shao, Andy Lu and Marko Migambi were all second-team selections for West High while Tomas Sanchez and Matthew McDonnell both earned honorable mention honors.

Liberty High junior Ayi Ajavon was named to the Valley Division second team after scoring 13 goals and adding 13 assists for the Lightning in their first season in the MVC conference.

Sophomores Kolby Godbolt and Jacob Mascardo were each honorable mention selections for Liberty High.

City High had three players named to the Mississippi Division first team.

Juniors Adam Engelbrecht and Quincy Ott each earned first-team honors along with senior John Geerdes.

Englebrecht had six goals and led the Little Hawks with two assists while Geerdes had five goals and an assist and Ott had one goal.

Senior Lucas Ribble and junior Temesgen Schumm were both second-team picks for City High and senior Ben Steve and junior Acheke Mausa were each honorable mention honorees.

Mississippi Valley Conference All-Division Boys Soccer Teams

Valley Division

Athlete of the year – Gada Ambo, Sr., West High

Coach of the year – Adrian Evans, Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Keeper of the year – Zach Albright, Sr., West High

First team – Blaze Bouzek, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Elijah Lingren, Soph., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Alan Kim, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Curtis Ratzer, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Holden DeVore, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Jared Block, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Diego Lopez, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; Cameron Haugen, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Joey Kuehn, Sr., West High; Gada Ambo, Sr., West High; Roberto Machado Guzman, Soph., West High; Brody Schilling, Jr., West High; Ryan Johnson, Jr., Linn-Mar; Bas Jordaan, Jr., Linn-Mar

Second team – Exoce Amisi, Soph., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Jacob Cross, Soph., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Ombeni Mubake, Soph., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Sam Earl, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Matt Williams, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Zach Berning, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Nathan Donovan, Soph., Dubuque Wahlert; Ayi Ajavon, Jr., Liberty High; Micah Frisbie, Jr., West High; Yulong Shao, Soph., West High; Marko Migambi, Soph., West High; Andy Lu, Soph., West High; Brandon Raus, Jr., Linn-Mar; Edvin Rizvic, Sr., Waterloo West

Honorable mention – David Niyogushima, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Alex Maldonado, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Ian Corkery, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Reed Foster, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Tim Robertson, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Carter Welbes, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Trenton Dodds, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Nick Kutsch, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Kolby Godbolt, Soph., Liberty High; Jacob Mascardo, Soph., Liberty High; Tomas Sanchez, Jr., West High; Matthew McDonnell, Sr., West High; Ethan Fish, Sr., Linn-Mar; Jake Voss, Jr., Linn-Mar; Harun Tricic, Soph., Waterloo West; Riley Sloyer, Jr., Waterloo West

All-academic (Area athletes only) – Matthew McDonnell, Sr., West High; Joey Kuehn, Sr., West High; Jordan Barry, Sr., Liberty High

Mississippi Division

Athlete of the year – Andy Mijatoric, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Coach of the year – Amir Hadzic, Cedar Rapids Xavier

Keeper of the year – Matthew Cook, Sr., Cedar Falls

First team – Oskar Brocka, Sr., Cedar Falls; Tanner Tangen, Sr., Cedar Falls; Randev Goonesekeve, Sr., Cedar Falls; Mateaus Lewis, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Grant Knutson, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Keaton Woods, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Brooks Papendick, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Andy Mijatovic, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Michael Glavan, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Kristijan Smolcic, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Adam Wessels, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Adam Engelbrecht, Jr., City High; John Geerdes, Sr., City High; Quincy Ott, Jr., City High

Second team – Harrison Hall, Sr., Cedar Falls; Nathan Le, Jr., Cedar Falls; Caleb Halleran, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Jayce Berger, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Anders Bergstrom, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Rami Scheetz, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Merci Ngiriweneza, Jr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Brennan Lloyd, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Ren Schroud, Soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Arnold Mutasingwa, Soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Sam Noel, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Lucas Ribble, Sr., City High; Temesgen Schumm, Jr., City High; Gabe Ulrichs, Jr., Western Dubuque

Honorable mention – Trenton Miller, Sr., Western Dubuque; Cade McCann, Jr., Cedar Falls; Benny Bundi, Sr., Cedar Falls; Andrew Russell, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Alex White, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Nico Font, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Exauce Kaya, Jr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Carson Jeffery, Fr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Owen McCarron, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Hunter Preston, Soph., Dubuque Senior; Jacob Konrardy, Soph., Dubuque Senior; Ben Steve, Sr., City High; Acheke Mausa, Jr., City High; Jack Haverland, Jr., Western Dubuque; Melecio Zacarias-Cano, Soph., Waterloo East; Ahkil Muhammad, Jr., Waterloo East

All-academic (Area athletes only) – Alex Greimann, Sr., City High; Miguel Sola Mercado, Sr., City High

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