Ryan Murken

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West High and City High each reached the Class 4A state soccer tournament last week.

On Monday both teams earned some individual accolades for their team success this season.

West High had 10 players honored by the Mississippi Valley Conference and City High had eight players earn MVC recognition when the league released its postseason honors.

Liberty High had eight players earn all-division honors.

West High had four players named to the Mississippi Division first team and junior keeper Tito Lessa was named Mississippi Division keeper of the year to highlight the honors for the Trojans.

Lessa allowed 15 goals and had 44 saves with a 74.6 percent save percentage.

Senior Jack Eastvold and juniors Elias Ortiz, Owen Hughes and Caleb Hynek were all named to the Mississippi Division first team for West High.

Ortiz led West High with eight goals and seven assists while Hynek ranked second on the team with five goals and added an assist.

Eastvold had a goal and Hughes had three goals and two assists to help West High to a 9-6-2 record.

Seniors Zeid Alwahdani, Adam Salem and Tiago Gonzalez were all second team picks in the Mississippi Division.

Alwahdani had a goal, Salem had four goals and assist and Gonzalez ranked second on the team with five goals and had an assist for West High.

Seniors Asif Ali and Andres Sanchez each earned honorable mention status in the Mississippi Division for West High.

Senior Oscar Gates and juniors Taylor Salinas-Basquedano and Seth Zeithamel led the all-division picks for City High landing on the Valley Division first team.

Gates had a team-high nine goals and assist and Salinas ranked second on the team with six goals while leading the Little Hawks with four assists.

Zeithamel had two goals for City High.

Seniors Olli Witt and Jayden Le were each named to the Valley Division second team.

Le had a goal and Witt had three goals for City High.

City High seniors Ahmed Musa and Antoine Mwanza were both honorable mention picks in the Valley Division.

Liberty High had a trio of first team all-division picks among its eight honorees.

Senior Collin Weis and juniors Sam Lieu and Benjamin Johnson were all named to the Mississippi Division first team.

Weis tied for the team lead with eight goals and had two assists while Lieu had a goal and three assists.

Johnson had six goals and three assists for the Lightning.

Senior Finn O’Toole junior Tayson Cho and sophomore Victor Lira were all second team all-Mississippi Division selections.

O’Toole tied for the team lead with eight goals and three assists and Lira had five goals and three assists.

Juniors Cash Hennings and Andrew Strathman were both honorable mention honorees in the Mississippi Division for Liberty High.

Mississippi Valley Conference All-Division Soccer Teams

Mississippi Division

First team – Elias Ortiz, Jr., West High; Jack Eastvold, Sr., West High; Owen Hughes, Jr., West High; Caleb Hynek, Jr., West High; Thomas Cavin, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Oliver Pino, Soph., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Ty Weiss, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Vincent D’Amico, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Sam Lieu, Jr., Liberty High; Benjamin Johnson, Jr., Liberty High; Collin Weis, Sr., Liberty High; Kobe Hargrove, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Merrick Hull, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Layne Bowers, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Ryan Serhal, Jr., Linn-Mar

Second Team – Zeid Alwahdani, Sr., West High; Adam Salem, Sr., West High; Tiago Gonzalez, Sr., West High; Anthony Trotta, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Will Dybvig, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Logan Hada, Jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Finn O’Toole, Sr., Liberty High; Tayson Cho, Jr., Liberty High; Victor Lira, Soph., Liberty High; Jonah Lohrman, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Owen Eikamp, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Adam Marx, Jr., Dubuque Senior; Christian Maybanks, Jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Ehab Osmanali, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Kaden Theisen, Sr., Western Dubuque

Honorable mention – Jace Popenhagen, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Isaac Davis, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Abe Renze, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Owen Vasquez, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier; Graham Peat, Soph., Dubuque Senior; Gabe Smith, Sr., Dubuque Senior; Cash Hennings, Jr., Liberty High; Andrew Strathman, Jr., Liberty High; Asif Ali, Sr., West High; Andres Sanchez, Sr., West High; Joel Sheets, Sr., Linn-Mar; Kye Ketelsen, Jr., Linn-Mar; Jacob Jesenovec, Sr., Western Dubuque; Zack Simon, Sr., Western Dubuque

Player of the year – Vincent D’Amico, Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Keeper of the year – Tito Lessa, Jr., West High

Coach of the year – Brad Stiles, West High

Valley Division

First team – Owen Kahler, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Sam Dahlem, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Jack Lester, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Aris Phongo, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Oscar Gates, Sr., City High; Taylor Salinas-Basquedano, Jr., City High; Seth Zeithamel, Jr., City High; Elvin Bajrektarevic, Jr., Cedar Falls; Cael Harms, Sr., Cedar Falls; Aidin Bajramovic, Sr., Waterloo West; Mulbah Gbalah, Soph., Waterloo West; Holden Smith, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Cayden Burroughs, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Joe Valentine, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Second team – Caleb Eckert, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Ryland McMaster, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Trey Thompson, Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Olli Witt, Sr., City High; Jayden Le, Sr., City High; Logan Tibben, Soph., Cedar Falls; Easton Litzel, Sr., Cedar Falls; Daulton Kelling, Jr., Cedar Falls; Bo Tee, Sr., Waterloo West; Stephen Dei, Jr., Waterloo West; Lewis Foster, Soph., Cedar Rapids Washington; Cam Stroschine, Jr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Hayden Loewenberg, Sr., Dubuque Hempstead; Gracia Kabula, Soph., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Victor Ferreras Franco, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert

Honorable mention – Amar Bajrektarevic, Soph., Cedar Falls; Abram Patterson, Jr., Cedar Falls; Peter Niyomutabazi, Jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Faraja Claude, Fr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Amin Abdellatif, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Addox Daters, Soph., Cedar Rapids Prairie; Aiden Erickson, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Logan Barton, Jr., Cedar Rapids Washington; Xavier Anderson, Fr., Dubuque Hempstead; Will Callahan, Jr., Dubuque Hempstead; Connor Walsh, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Charlie Thole, Sr., Dubuque Wahlert; Ahmed Musa, Sr., City High; Antoine Mwanza, Sr., City High; Zacharie Majariwa, Soph., Waterloo West; Johnson Paye, Sr., Waterloo West

Player of the year – Sam Dahlem, Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Keeper of the year – Curt Lewis, Cedar Rapids Prairie

Coach of the year – Aiden Erickson, Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington

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