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Williams highlights area NBC girls soccer awards
Genoa forward Adrianna Williams was named the Northern Buckeye Conference Player of the Year. She was joined by her teammates Izzy West and Ava Houghtaling on the First Team All-NBC list, while area players such as Eastwood’s Piper Sutton and Karissa Nelson; Lake’s Brooke Wiley and Sagan Schroyer; and Oak Harbor’s Kaitlyn Meloche and Brooke Tabbert also made the team.
Area second team All-NBC honorees are: Oak Harbor’s Claire Blausey and Kendall Gaines; Genoa’s Malani Smith, Tatum Szych, and Addi Moritz; Eastwood’s Karly Wasserman, Kenna Nelson, and Lauren Schuerman; and Lake’s Morgann Blandin and Macey Maguire.
Honorable mention All-NBC selections include: Oak Harbor’s Avery Mikolas, Emma Lewis, Kennedy Slates, and Haylee Robinson; Genoa’s Lyla Edens, Sydney Harp, and Ali Mahler; Eastwood’s Kenzie Chaffee and Grace Meter; and Lake’s Tabitha Balsmeyer, Allie Byington, and Penelope Garcia.
Lake boys earn four on First Team All-NBC squad
Lake’s Preston Snyder, Mason Sneed, Thomas Oehlers Richard, and Mitchell Maguire were named First Team All-NBC in boys soccer. Genoa’s Jayden Kutchenriter also landed a spot on the team, along with Oak Harbor’s Joey Judge, and Eastwood’s trio of Cody Lutz, Jonas Bushman, and Austin Miller.
Area second team All-NBC team selections include: Genoa’s Max Huss and Gavin Goodman; Oak Harbor’s Zavier Hess and Owen Gradel; Eastwood’s Oliver Phommalee and Brady Mohr; and Lake’s Gabe Sarabia.
Honorable mention All-NBC team members are: Eastwood’s Nolan Taylor, Hunter Wilson, Caden Oberhouse, and Cody Hefflinger; Genoa’s Noah Fennewald and Isaac Schimmoeller; Lake’s Evan Barta, Andrew Solomon, and Keegan Perry; and Oak Harbor’s Aidan Boss and Billy Zunk.
Kaylor, Woodmore headline SBC girls soccer awards
The Woodmore girls soccer team, which has opened the season 17-1-1 and will compete in an upcoming district final, had six players earn First Team All-Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC) recognition.
Senior forwards Kelsey Kaylor and Izzy Helmke, senior midfielder Camille Strong, junior midfielder Rylie Hesselbart, senior defender Keira Travis, and junior defender Taylor Hill were the six award winners.
Kaylor leads the Wildcats offensively with 45 goals and eight assists. Helmke is second on the team in points with 35, by way of 10 goals and 15 assists. Hesselbart is third in goals with eight while having added 13 assists.
The Wildcats weren’t done as junior defender Addie Pleasnick and junior midfielder Emma Hahn landed Second Team All-SBC recognition. Hahn has seven goals and 12 assists.
Northwood senior midfielder Marissa Johanns was named Honorable Mention All-SBC.
Northwood’s Genson named First Team All-SBC
Caiden Genson, a junior midfielder for the Northwood boys soccer team, was the area’s lone First Team All-SBC selection.
He was also joined by four teammates who earned Second Team All-SBC recognition, including senior defenders Mason Hurley and Tae’Ve’ion Greene, and senior forwards Danny Genzman and Hunter Hagemann.
Northwood’s senior goalkeeper Brayden LaGrange landed Honorable Mention All-SBC honors.
The Rangers won a sectional championship over Huron before falling to Old Fort in the district semifinals.
Clay headlines NLL soccer awards
The Clay girls soccer team landed seven players on the Northern Lakes League (NLL) all-conference award list following their NLL Cardinal Division championship season.
Freshmen Alianna Rowe and Emily Threet, along with junior Jaelyn Rowe, were tabbed First Team All-NLL, while juniors Rily Chambers, Koren Stevens and Vanessa Wilk, along with freshman Chloe Miller, landed Second Team All-NLL accolades.
Meanwhile, the Clay boys soccer team saw junior Nikolai Cholin garner First Team All-NLL recognition. Senior Griffin Berning and sophomore Charles Harrison were tabbed Second Team All-NLL.
