Ryan Murken

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West High seniors Kaleab Wendy and Jacob Gilliam earned Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division player of the year and keeper of the year honors to highlight a group of 10 Trojans honored when the conference released its postseason honors on Monday.

Wendy was named the Valley Division player of the year after scoring 14 goals and added eight assists.

Gilliam earned keeper of the year honors after making 71 saves and allowing just 12 goals in 23 matches while posting 11 shutouts.

Seniors Haider Nasr and Nathan Heenan and junior Daniel Fuentes joined Wendy on the Valley Division first team.

Funtes led West High with 24 goals and eight assists, Nasr had six goals and two assists and Heenan had an assist.

Juniors Liam Teghanemt, Christian Kim and Caden Crabtree were all named to the Valley Division second team.

Teghanemt had six goals and two assists while Crabtree and Kim each had three assists.

Seniors Ismail Mohamed and Meshaal Mohamed were both Valley Division honorable mention picks for West High.

City High had six players earn all-division honors in the Valley Division after a 12-4 season that included a trip to the 4A state tournament.

Juniors Jack Dancer and Jackson Nichols-Lindsey were both named to the Valley Division first team while juniors Jonah Bowen-Burt and Lucas Riley were each second-team selections.

Dancer ranked second on the team with seven goals while Riley had four goals and an assist and Bowen-Burt had two goals and an assist.

Juniors Alex Chappell and Tatum Born were each named to the Valley Division honorable mention team for City High.

Liberty High had seven players earn all-division honors in the Mississippi Division led by Flori Gembo, junior Conley Sundblad and sophomore Finn O’Toole who were all first-team picks.

Gembo led the Lightning with 14 goals and nine assists and O’Toole added two goals.

Sundblad made 48 saves and allowed 23 goals in 14 matches.

Sophomore Collin Weis and freshman Ben Johnson were each second-team picks.

Johnson had two goals and three assists for Liberty High.

Liberty High seniors Quinlan Lawrence and Dean Cho were both Mississippi Division honorable mention selections.

Mississippi Valley Conference All-division Boys Soccer Team

Mississippi Division

First team – Gavin Lewis, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Mudrac Mugenyi, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Reece Lerch, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Colin Moyle, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Ian O’Laughlin, Sr., Cedar Falls; Rentse DeJong, Sr., Cedar Falls; Carter Pickar, Sr., Cedar Falls; Jean Ngoma, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Thomas Cavin, Soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Wyatt Herting, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Flori Gembo, Sr., Liberty High; Conley Sundblad, Jr., Liberty High; Finn O’Toole, Soph., Liberty High; Seth Connolly, Sr., Dubuque Senior

Second team – Drew DeSmidt, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Lane Heathman, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Tavin Ague, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Garrett Eskelson, Jr., Cedar Falls; Jesus Alonzo, Jr., Cedar Falls; Ryan Hoefer, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Anthony Trotla, Fr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Collin Weis, Soph., Liberty High; Ben Johnson, Fr., Liberty High; Soren Obermueller, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Biniam Andrews, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Emmanuel Olivier, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Chris Schmitt, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert

Honorable mention – Xanti Castillo, Sr., Cedar Falls; Brayden Frey, Sr., Cedar Falls; Aidan O’Connor, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Jilles Aklassou, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Easton Mai, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Sam Dahlem, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Will Dybvig, Soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Ty Weiss, Fr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Quinlan Lawrence, Sr., Liberty High; Dean Cho, Sr., Liberty High; Ethan Callahan, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Jeremy O’Rourke, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Ted Kann, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; Alex Shade, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert

Athlete of the year – Ian O’Loughlin, Sr., Cedar Falls

Keeper of the year – Aidan Neumann, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Coach of the year – Sho Takoaka, Cedar Rapids Xavier

Valley Division

First team – Kaleab Wendy, Sr., West High; Haider Nasr, Sr., West High; Nathan Heenan, Sr., West High; Daniel Fuentes, Jr., West High; Mitch Tackney, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Drew Lewis, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Joel Ostola, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Holden Smith, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Jacob Klein, Jr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Jack Dancer, Jr., City High; Jackson Nichols-Lindsey, Jr., City High; Blake Whitlow, Sr., Linn-Mar; Devin Bormann, Sr., Linn-Mar; Isaac Kelgbeh, Sr., Waterloo West

Second team – Liam Teghanemt, Jr., West High; Christian Kim, Jr., West High; Caden Crabtree, Jr., West High; Denis Masinovic, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Aiden Rhoad, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Fernar Kiza, Fr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Mwema Tambwe, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Jonah Bowen-Burt, Jr., City High; Lucas Riley, Jr., City High; Joel Sheets, Soph., Linn-Mar; Seth Comer, Jr., Linn-Mar; Michael Perez, Jr., Waterloo West; Aidin Bajramovic, Soph., Waterloo West

Honorable mention – Bogdan Breckenridge, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Isaac Davis, Soph., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Logan Barton, Fr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Cam Stroschine, Fr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Charlie Setter, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Bryce Roling, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Alex Chappell, Jr., City High; Tatum Born, Jr., City High; Ismail Mohamed, Sr., West High; Meshaal Mohamed, Sr., West High; Max Cassidy, Jr., Linn-Mar; Kadin Fry, Sr., Linn-Mar; Maxwell Ingalsbe, Jr., Western Dubuque; Brody Staner, Jr., Western Dubuque; Nyle Vallem, Jr., Waterloo West; Aziz Salihovic, Jr., Waterloo West

Athlete of the year – Kaleab Wendy, Sr., West High

Keeper of the year – Jacob Gilliam, Sr., West High

Coach of the year – Alex Lee, Dubuque Hempstead

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