Soccer stars net top honors as Bayside South announces boys and girls season awards
The 2023 Bayside South Soccer season has come to a close, but before things officially wrap up, coaches of each team came together to honor the top players from the season.
James M. Bennett's Noah Blankensop was named the Player of the Year for boys soccer, and Clippers head coach Gabe Kane was named Coach of the Year. In girls soccer, Mardela's Samantha Witte and Vicki McCann were named Player of the Year and Coach of the Year respectively.
Bayside South's soccer players and coaches of the year
Boys Soccer Player of the Year: Noah Blankensop (James M. Bennett)
Girls Soccer Player of the Year: Samantha Witte (Mardela)
Boys Soccer Coach of the Year: Gabe Kane (James M. Bennett)
Girls Soccer Coach of the Year: Vicki McCann (Mardela)
Boys soccer: All-Bayside South First Team
GK: Jake Ziervogel (James M. Bennett)
Def: Nick Pusey (Parkside)
Def: Ernort George II (James M. Bennett)
Def: Casey McLaughlin (James M. Bennett)
Def: Finn Ramnarian (Stephen Decatur)
MF: Ivan Polczynski (Parkside)
MF: Bren Sanchez-Sanchez (Wicomico)
MF: Brogan Eastlack (Stephen Decatur)
MF: Tristan Wieland (James M. Bennett)
F: Sam Ball (Parkside)
F: Noah Blankensop (James M. Bennett)
Second Team
GK: Nick Hernandez (Stephen Decatur)
Def: Connor Bailey (Parkside)
Def: Anfer Pedraza (Washington)
Def: Elijah Meier (James M. Bennett)
MF: Aaron Nelson (Pocomoke)
MF: Austin Tyler (Parkside)
MF: Jesus Zetina (Crisfield)
MF: Evan Creese (James M. Bennett)
F: Talan Thomas (Pocomoke)
F: Caleb Elliott (Snow Hill)
F: Yasseen Mohamed (Washington)
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Girls soccer: All-Bayside South First Team
GK: Lexi Guy (Mardela)
Def: Riley Wilson (Stephen Decatur)
Def: Morgan Neal (James M. Bennett)
Def: Taylor Matthews (James M. Bennett)
MF: Ella Briggs (James M. Bennett)
MF: Katelynn King (Stephen Decatur)
MF: Samantha Witte (Mardela)
MF: McKenzie Watson (Parkside)
MF: Jada Lloyd (Parkside)
F: Maddie Phommachanh (Parkside)
F: Riley Matthews (James M. Bennett)
Second Team
GK: Sophia Vaelzano (James M. Bennett)
Def: Payton Wilson (Stephen Decatur)
Def: Addison Derbyshire (Mardela)
Def: Karsyn Cylc (Snow Hill)
MF: Lacey Hoageson (James M. Bennett)
MF: Isabella Wieland (James M. Bennett)
MF: Deb Laguerre (Wicomico)
MF: Magnolia Harris-Blackburn (Snow Hill)
MF: Takira Townsend (Snow Hill)
F: Kayla Knoll (Parkside)
F: Camryn Dorr (Mardela)
Honorable Mention
Boys
Crisfield: Caleb Gragg, Braden Wieland, Orlando Tellez, Ryan Holland, AJ Swift, Conner Haynie
James M. Bennett: Gavin Core, Anthony Heath, Gavin Glushakow, Nick Kadera
Mardela: Eli Black, Fritzner Black, Connor McIntyre
Parkside: Douglas Bozman, Tanner Corry, David Harkins, Nathan Pusey, Rocco Tully, Jason Cramer, Dylan Hoang
Pocomoke: Eli Scott, Tony Martin, David Huerta, Joshua Huerta, Kevin Ball, Jakob Jarvi, Peyton Barnette
Snow Hill: Anthony Bevilacqua, Anthony Hulslander
Stephen Decatur: Gannon Eastlack, Juan Hinojosa, Jacob Hicks, David Janney, Sean O'Halloran, Matt Beck, Holden Bunting
Washington: Evan Dryden, Dawson Daniels, Ahmed Osman, Clinton Lankford
Wicomico: Anderson Dieujuste, Jestin Finney, Jeremiah Laguerre, Michael Rosas Rivera, Trezure Trader, Matthew Bier
Girls
Crisfield: Lizbeth Hernandez-Rojas, Mariah Lofland, Ralia Mateo-Martinez
James M. Bennett: Addison McCutcheon, Sadie Wilkins, Julia Ortiz, Amy Stiegler, Molly Boyd
Mardela: Rylan Rathel, Breyele Davis, Lynleigh Willing, Alayna Goslee, Abigail Campbell, Ava Twiller
Parkside: Katie Knapp, Ashley Garcia-Ramirez, Shannon Tayman, Ka'Mai Handy, Reese Webster, Esther Jean-Baptiste, Sarah Charles, Megan Underwood, Kendall Davis
Snow Hill: Violet Harris-Blackburn, Allie Suarezapecheche, Ava Rector, Rebecka Keller, Lauren Chapman, Riley Richardson
Stephen Decatur: Caitlin Shimko, Sam Ruppert, Morgan Sullivan, Laila Pascussi, Luca Russo
Wicomico: Daleska Ortiz Galvez
This article originally appeared on Salisbury Daily Times: Soccer stars saluted with Bayside South's boys and girls season awards