Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

Liberty High enjoyed the most successful season in program history this spring winning a school-record 15 matches and coming a win away from the state tournament.

On Monday the Lightning began to reap the rewards of its historic season.

Senior Jaxyn Logan was named keeper of the year, coach Sonny Travis was coach of the year and the Lightning had seven players earn all-division honors when the Mississippi Valley Conference released its postseason awards.

Travis directed Liberty High to a 15-4 record, including a 5-2 mark in MVC Mississippi Division play, and a spot in the Class 3A substate finals on his way to earning divisional coach of the year honors.

Logan, a starter at keeper since his freshman season, allowed just seven goals while posting 13 shutouts and making 62 saves while being named Mississippi Division keeper of the year.

Seniors Joslin Gembo and Amah Ajavon joined Logan on the Mississippi Division first team.

Ajavon led the Lightning with 15 goals and added six assists while Gembo had a team-high eight assists and ranked third on the team with 10 goals.

Junior Hayden Saul and sophomore Flori Gembo were each second-team picks for Liberty High while junior Forrest Saul and sophomore Cooper Saul earned honorable mention honors.

City High had seven players earn all-division honors highlighted by a trio of first-team selections.

Seniors Aaron Rutherford, Jacob Eisenberg and Benjamin Horwitz were all named to the Mississippi Division first team.

Juniors Emmitt Hansen and Jerry Mwenemkamba were second-team selections for the Little Hawks while juniors Andrew Lopez and Barick Macabi were honorable mention honorees.

Valley Division champion West High had nine players earn all-division honors after going 18-3 and advancing to the Class 3A state tournament.

Seniors Miguel Cohen-Suarez and Nick McDonnell, junior Michael Nelson and sophomore Adarsh Khullar were all named to the Valley Division first team.

Nelson set a West High single-season scoring record with 36 goals and had seven assists while Cohen-Suarez had 12 goals and six assists.

McDonnell allowed seven goals this season while making 61 saves in goal.

Khullar had two assists for the Trojans.

Seniors Teo Gonzalez and Bazz Vande Hey were second-team selections along with sophomore Haider Nasr.

Freshman Liam Teghanemt and Daniel Fuentes earned honorable mention honors for the Trojans.

Mississippi Valley Conference All-division Soccer Teams

Mississippi Division

Athlete of the year – Truman Unruh, Sr., Cedar Falls

Coach of the year – Sonny Travis, Liberty High

Keeper of the year – Jaxyn Logan, Sr., Liberty High

First team – Tyler Fear, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Gavin Lewis, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Blake Halleran, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Truman Unruh, Sr., Cedar Falls; Matthew Lehl, Sr., Cedar Falls; Ryan Marten, Sr., Cedar Falls; Aaron Rutherford, Sr., City High; Jacob Eisenberg, Sr., City High; Benjamin Horwitz, Sr., City High; Joslin Gembo, Sr., Liberty High; Amah Ajavon, Sr., Liberty High; Jaxyn Logan, Sr., Liberty High; Braylen Dietrich, Soph., Linn-Mar; Gabe Chapa, Sr., Linn-Mar; Calvin Hamer, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington

Second team – Will Vileta, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Dylan Schwarz, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Reece Lerch, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Ian O’Laughlin, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Simon Plossman, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Emmitt Hansen, Jr., City High; Jerry Mwenemkamba, Jr., City High; Hayden Saul, Jr., Liberty High; Flori Gembo, Soph., Liberty High; Bryce Rosene, Soph., Linn-Mar; Tristan Howard, Jr., Linn-Mar; Shabani Mabele, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Brant Perry, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Schuyler Ridenow, Jr., Western Dubuque

Honorable mention – Grant Simonson, Sr., Cedar Falls; Jake Witham, Sr., Cedar Falls; Hunter Wilson, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Kayden McMaster, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Jean-Paul Kahiku, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Jacob Klein, Fr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Jackson Haugen, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Alex Eisbach, Jr., Dubuque Wahlert; Andrew Lopez, Jr., City High; Barick Macabi, Jr., City High; Forrest Saul, Jr., Liberty High; Cooper Saul, Soph., Liberty High; Seth Comer, Fr., Linn-Mar; Nicholas Ahlers, Soph., Linn-Mar; Broday Staner, Fr., Western Dubuque; Caleb Willenbring, Sr., Western Dubuque

Valley Division

Athlete of the year – Lwings Kabula, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Coach of the year – Mike Penning, Waterloo West

Keeper of the year – Carson Jeffery, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

First team – Michael Nelson, Jr., West High; Miguel Cohen-Suarez, Sr., West High; Adarsh Khullar, Soph., West High; Nick McDonnell, Sr., West High; Armin Dedic, Sr., Waterloo West; Patrick Togba, Sr., Waterloo West; Isaac Kelgbeh Jr., Soph., Waterloo West; Reilly Moore, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Trysten Vasquez, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Connor Lenss, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Lwings Kabula, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Carter Newhouse, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Brady Robertson, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Jimmy Berna, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Jadon Lingren, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Second team – Teo Gonzalez, Sr., West High; Haider Nasr, Soph., West High; Bazz Vande Hey, Sr., West High; Relmin Cufurovic, Sr., Waterloo West; Jaxson Hoppes, Sr., Waterloo West; Spencer Kramer, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Wyatt Herting, Soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Alex Mackin, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; AJ Corkery, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Nyle Jenkins, Soph., Dubuque Senior; Kyle Konrardy, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Robert Martinez, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Caleb Christiansen, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Davis Lopez Chajob, Soph., Waterloo East

Honorable mention – Nestor Diaz, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Ronald Choute, Sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Tyler Hulet, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Bohdan Kutysov, Soph., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Ben Forman, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Abe Osterhaus, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Alex Tackney, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Aidan Rhoad, Soph., Dubuque Hempstead; Owen Hull, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Jose Rubio, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Liam Teghanemt, Fr., West High; Daniel Fuentes, Fr., West High; Anthony Sanchez Merlin, Fr., Waterloo East; Jason Yarce-Zamarron, Soph., Waterloo East; Grant Herbert, Sr., Waterloo West; Jackison Dimanche, Sr., Waterloo West

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