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Soccer players and coaches from area high schools were honored for their performance this season, earning recognition after the Arizona Interscholastic Association recently released its All-Section teams.
The following is a list of players, by school, who were named by the AIA:
POSTON BUTTE
AIA Division III Section III Girls’ Coach of the Year – Keith Johnson.
AIA Division III Section III Girls’ First Team – Vianca Neiswanger (Defender), Ashley Nelson (Forward), and Hannah Bueler (Goalie).
AIA Division III Section III Girls’ Second Team – Lexi Hopkins (Defender).
AIA Division III Section III Girls’ Honorable Mention – Kasey Caberto (Forward), Desariee Gorbea (Midfielder), Marlia Johnson (Midfielder), Madison Kurko (Forward), Taylor Lipscomb (Midfielder), and Halen Stephens (Defender).
AIA Division III Section III Boys’ Honorable Mention – Adrian Alonzo (Midfielder), Cherno Baye (Midfielder), Edgar Mendoza (Midfielder), John Nuno (Defender), David Redondo (Defender), and Moritz Reusch (Forward).
QUEEN CREEK
AIA Division II Section III Girls’ Coach of the Year – Abel Corral.
AIA Division II Section III Girls’ First Team – Alyssa Dominguez (Defender), Brooke Baldwin (Midfielder), and Micah Wilson (Midfielder).
AIA Division II Section III Girls’ Second Team – McKay Wright (Defender).
AIA Division II Section III Girls’ Honorable Mention – Hannah Bomgaars (Defender), Krista Cross (Forward), Lindsay Hunt (Midfielder), and Jillian Lawler (Forward).
COMBS
AIA Division III Section III Girls’ Second Team – Teresa Swinehart (Defender), Stacy Sanchez (Forward), Debra Cozatt (Forward), Brookie Williams (Forward), Claudia Swinehart (Midfielder), and Kayla Fairbanks (Midfielder).
AIA Division III Section III Girls’ Honorable Mention – Natalie Amestoy (Forward), Brianna Gomez (Midfielder), Hadli Hancock (Defender), Yanitsa Mendivil (Defender), Vanessa Mendoza (Forward), Madison Simmons (Goalie), and Willow Zimmerman (Midfielder).
AIA Division III Section III Boys’ First Team – Josh Brinkman (Defender), Fernando Leal (Forward), and Oscar Barales (Goalie).
AIA Division III Section III Boys’ Second Team – Sam Casillas (Forward) and Alonzo Loza (Midfielder).
AIA Division III Section III Boys’ Honorable Mention – Cris Salinas (Defender).
Andrew Luberda began writing for Copper Area News Publishers (CANP) in February 2013 after working 15 years in Healthcare Financial Management. Andy covers sports for 11 high schools. His stories are published in Copper Basin News, San Manuel Miner and Superior Sun, in addition to the San Tan Valley Daily PRSS and CopperArea websites. Additionally, he has written human interest stories and business profiles. In May 2012, he earned an AAS in Sports Management at Central Arizona College before graduating with a BS in Communication from Arizona State University in 2014. He and his wife, Kelli, have three sons – AJ, Kyle, and Kade.
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