Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

One of the best seasons in program history is already producing some big-time individual accolades for the Clear Creek Amana girls soccer team.

Clear Creek Amana had nine players earn all-division honors when the WAMAC announced its postseason awards highlighted by senior Lauren Riggle who was selected as the West Division player of the year.

Riggle led a list of four Clippers to earn first-team all-division honors joining seniors Ellen Austin and Peyton Grafft and freshman Eva Plathe on the West Division first team.

A three-year varsity starter Riggle led the WAMAC West Division and ranked third among all WAMAC players with 26 goals and 62 total points this season while helping the Clippers to a 15-3 record and a spot in the 2A regional final.

Riggle had 10 assists to go with her team-high 26 goals.

Austin led the West Division and ranked second in the entire conference with 19 assists and ranked second on the team with 10 goals.

Grafft had six assists and scored two goals while Plathe had one assist.

Senior Eliza Evans, junior Maddie Shade and freshman Halle Bormann were all named to the West Division second team.

Bormann ranked third on the team with eight goals and added 10 assists while Evans had seven goals and two assists.

Shade had a goal and an assist for the Clippers.

Senior Gabrielle Bedford and sophomore Leah Evans were both honorable mention honorees.

Solon had six players earn all-divisional honors in the East Division following a 14-6 season that included a trip to a regional final.

Freshman Gabby Knipper and sophomore Morgan Link were both named to the East Division first-team while senior Stella Mesch and sophomore Maria Milliman were second-team selections.

Link led the Spartans and ranked third in the WAMAC East with 25 goals and had a team-high five assists while Knipper scored seven goals and had an assist.

Mesch was second on the team with 12 goals and three assists while Milliman scored two goals.

Sophomore Izzy Paisley and freshman Grace Yetley were both honorable mention picks in the East Division.

WAMAC Conference All-Division Soccer Teams

East Division

Player of the year – Maia Bentley, Jr., Mount Vernon

First team – Maia Bentley, Jr., Mount Vernon; Sydney Schultz, Sr., Mount Vernon; Emma Rodman, Sr., Mount Vernon; Anna Hoffman, Jr., Mount Vernon; Grace Coates, Sr., Marion; Stacey Sloan, Sr., Marion; Jeralyn Wessel, Sr., Marion; Kennedy Arens, Sr., Dyersville Beckman; Isabelle Kluesner, Sr., Dyersville Beckman; Gabby Knipper, Fr., Solon; Morgan Link, Soph., Solon; Addison Michel, Jr., Maquoketa; Alissa Holtz, Sr., West Delaware

Second team – Paige Roos, Sr., Mount Vernon; Avery Plathe, Jr., Mount Vernon; Sabrina Bleile, Sr., Mount Vernon; Ana Schuttloffel, Sr., Marion; Morgan Hangartner, Sr., Marion; Lauren Osterhaus, Jr., Dyersville Beckman; Olivia Hogan, Jr., Dyersville Beckman; Maria Milliman, Soph., Solon; Stella Mesch, Sr., Solon; Caitlin Yeager, Jr., Maquoketa; Mazie Gardner, Sr., Maquoketa; Emily Prier, Jr., West Delaware

Honorable mention – Madi Cranston, Sr., Mount Vernon; Chiara Blythe, Sr., Mount Vernon; Selah Hill-Dale, Fr., Marion; Gabby Foster, Sr., Marion; Trista Schmidt, Soph., Dyersville Beckman; Reese Osterhaus, Fr., Dyersville Beckman; Izzy Paisley, Soph., Solon; Grace Yetley, Fr., Solon; Anaka Hosch, Fr., Maquoketa; Kasedi Frazier, Soph., Maquoketa; Taylor Hammer, Sr., West Delaware; Hannah Pederson, Fr., West Delaware

West Division

Player of the year – Lauren Riggle, Sr., Clear Creek Amana

First team – Ellen Austin, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Lauren Riggle, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Peyton Grafft, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Eva Plathe, Fr., Clear Creek Amana; Nicole Lutz, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; Madison Daily, Soph., Center Point-Urbana; Sierra Davis, Sr., Center Point-Urbana; Shakayla Lamer, Sr., Benton Community; Caitlin Keiper, Sr., Benton Community; Erin Francis, Sr., Williamsburg; Lizzie Greene, Jr., Williamsburg; Lucy Howes-Vonstein, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Easten Miller, Fr., Independence

Second team – Maddie Shade, Jr., Clear Creek Amana; Eliza Evans, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Halle Bormann, Fr., Clear Creek Amana; Keely Frank, Jr., Center Point-Urbana; Cassie Davis, Soph., Center Point-Urbana; Grace Embretson, Jr., Benton Community; Kynzie Vollbrecht, Jr., Benton Community; Ellie Stanerson, Sr., Williamsburg; Kayla York, Sr., Williamsburg; Madison Atkinson, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Abby Davis, Soph., Vinton-Shellsburg; Maya Douglas, Jr., Independence; Ashlynn Ellenbecker, Sr., South Tama

Honorable mention – Leah Evans, Soph., Clear Creek Amana; Gabrielle Bedford, Sr., Clear Creek Amana; Ryley Goebel, Jr., Center Point-Urbana; Ava Winger, Fr., Center Point-Urbana; Sami Yardley, Jr., Benton Community; Alison Newton, Jr., Benton Community; Kyrah Sissel, Soph., Williamsburg; Carly Campbell, Sr., Williamsburg; Jaden Voshell, Sr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Charlee Johnson, Jr., Vinton-Shellsburg; Samantha Yexley, Sr., Independence; Macey Krivanek, Soph., Independence; Martha Flores, Soph., South Tama; Joselin Nunez-Ramos, Sr., South Tama

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