Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

Liberty High and West High each concluded memorable seasons with state championship match appearances on Saturday.

Monday the accolades for outstanding seasons began to roll in for both teams.

West High senior Michael Nelson and Liberty High senior Hayden Saul were named Mississippi Valley Conference divisional athletes of the year on Monday when the conference announced its postseason honors, highlight a long list of all-division honorees for both teams.

Class 4A runner-up West High had four first-team picks among nine players named to the MVC Valley Division team and Brad Stiles was named Valley Division coach of the year.

The Class 3A state champion, Liberty High had seven players earn all-division honors led by Saul who highlighted a trio of first-team picks with his player of the year honors.

Nelson was named Valley Division athlete of the year after scoring 12 goals and adding four assists for the Trojans.

Seniors Amre Ibrahim and Nathan Heenan and junior Kaleab Wendy joined Nelson on the Valley Division first team.

Wendy had a team-high 15 goals and added five assists and Heenan had a goal and seven assists.

Sophomore Daniel Fuentes, junior Ismail Mohamed and senior Corentin Charles were all Valley division second team picks for West High.

Fuentes had six goals and a team-high 10 assists and Mohamed had six goals and an assist.

Sophomore Christian Kim and senior Ruichar Medina each earned honorable mention honors for West High.

Saul was named Mississippi Division athlete of the year after leading the Lightning with 23 goals and added four assists while helping Liberty High win the first state title in program history.

Junior Haider Nasr and sophomore Roman Riggs joined Saul on the Mississippi Division first team.

Nasr had five goals and six assists and Riggs was third on the team with 11 goals and matched Nasr with a team-leading six assists.

Junior Flori Gembo and senior Forrest Saul were both second-team selections in the Mississippi Division.

Gembo ranked second on the team with 16 goals and had five assists and Saul had two goals.

Senior Zach Nielsen and junior Quinlan Lawrence were both honorable mention honorees for the Lightning.

City High had seven players earn all-division honors in the Valley Division.

Seniors Alima Mmunga and Emmitt Hansen and sophomore Jack Dancer were all first-team selections for the Little Hawks.

Hansen led City High with five goals and five assists while Mmunga had four goals and three assists.

Seniors Andrew Lopez and Jerry Mwenemkamba were both named to the Valley Division second team.

Lopez had a goal and Mwenemkamba had two goals and an assist for the Little Hawks.

Sophomore Jackson Nichols-Lindsey and senior Barick Makabi both earned honorable mention status.

Mississippi Valley Conference All-Division Boys Soccer

Mississippi Division

First team – Gavin Lewis, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Reece Lerch, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Colin Moyle, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Will Wray, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Hayden Saul, Sr., Liberty High; Haider Nasr, Jr., Liberty High; Roman Riggs, Soph., Liberty High; Jimmy Berna, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Nyle Jenkins, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Owen Hull, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Ian O’Loughlin, Jr., Cedar Falls; Rentse DeJong, Jr., Cedar Falls; Jadon Lingren, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Jonathan Amisi, Soph., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Second team – Drew DeSmidt, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Tadhg Thompson, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Hunter Wilson, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Dylan Schwarz, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Flori Gembo, Jr., Liberty High; Forrest Saul, Sr., Liberty High; Seth Connolly, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Biniam Andrews, Soph., Dubuque Senior; Ethan Beneke, Jr., Cedar Falls; Jesus Alonzo, Soph., Cedar Falls; Gerald Togbah, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Wyatt Herting, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Alex Eisbach, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert

Honorable mention – Brayden Frey, Jr., Cedar Falls; Garrett Eskelson, Soph., Cedar Falls; Jilles Aklassou, Soph., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Nolan Drager, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Jake Collett, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Max Penk, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Thomas Cavin, Fr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Ryan Hoefer, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Kyle Konrardy, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Soren Obermueller, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Connor Walsh, Fr., Dubuque Wahlert; John Paul Weber, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Quinlan Lawrence, Jr., Liberty High; Zach Nielsen, Sr., Liberty High

Athlete of the year – Hayden Saul, Sr., Liberty High

Keeper of the year – Aiden Neuman, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Coach of the year – Curt Lewis, Cedar Rapids Prairie

Valley Division

First team – Kaleab Wendy, Jr., West High; Nathan Heenan, Jr., West High; Amre Ibrahim, Sr., West High; Michael Nelson, Sr., West High; Lwings Kabula, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Carter Newhouse, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Joshua Morris, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Alima Mmunga, Sr., City High; Emmitt Hansen, Sr., City High; Jack Dancer, Soph., City High; Devin Bormann, Jr., Linn-Mar; Max Cassidy, Soph., Linn-Mar; Mitch Tackney, Soph., Dubuque Hempstead; Isaac Kelgbeh, Jr., Waterloo West; Mwena Tambwe, Jr., Cedar Rapids Washington

Second team – Daniel Fuentes, Soph., West High; Ismail Mohamed, Jr., West High; Corentin Charles, Sr., West High; Raymond Freund, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Adrian Fernandez, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Andrew Lopez, Sr., City High; Jerry Mwenemkamba, Sr., City High; Blake Whitlow, Jr., Linn-Mar; Jack Johnson, Sr., Linn-Mar; Alex Tackney, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Aiden Rhoade, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Aidin Bajramovic, Fr., Waterloo West; Jacob Klein, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Schuyler Ridenour, Sr., Western Dubuque

Honorable mention – Holden Smith, Fr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Makiaba Berenwa, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Anthony Walker, Fr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Isaac Davis, Fr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Joel Ostola, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Tyler Klaas, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Jackson Nichols-Lindsey, Soph., City High; Barick Makabi, Sr., City High; Christian Kim, Soph., West High; Ruichar Medina, Sr., West High; Nathan Fish, Jr., Linn-Mar; Parker Luense, Sr., Linn-Mar; CJ Kammiller, Sr., Western Dubuque; Caden Abresch, Jr., Western Dubuque; Aziz Salihovic, Fr., Waterloo West; Dino Vallem, Sr., Waterloo West

Athlete of the year – Michael Nelson, Sr., West High

Keeper of the year – Nick Ahlers, Jr., Linn-Mar

Coach of the year – Brad Stiles, West High

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