14 area boys’ soccer players named first team all-state

Fourteen Gazette-area boys' soccer players earned first-team honors on the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association's all-state teams, released Monday.

In Class 3A, seniors Ben Johnson of Linn-Mar and Iowa City High's Adam Nicholson were selected to the first team. along with Cedar Rapids Prairie junior Seth Rinderknecht. Johnson had 19 goals and 14 assists to lead the Lions to the state championship. Nicholson scored 11 times for the Little Hawks in a 16-4 season that ended in the state tournament. Rinderknecht had eight goals and six assists, helping Prairie to its first state tournament berth.

Seniors Connor Ramlo of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Adrian Castanon of South Tama and Jon Jacobson of Clear Creek-Amana were selected to the Class 2A first team. Ramlo led the Saints with 14 goals and 22 assists this season, helping them to their seventh state championship after a 1-0 victory over DeWitt Central. Castanon scored an impressive 30 goals this year with 25 assists as South Tama advanced to the state semifinals before losing to DeWitt Central. Jacobson had 14 goals as Clear-Creek Amana ended the season at 11-7.

Eight area players were selected to Class 1A first team, including Joey Philipp of Cedar Valley Christian. Andrew West from Solon, Carter Boekholder of Dyersville Beckman, Jordan Ulin from Mid-Prairie, Emilio Tovar and Michael Adam of Iowa City Regina and Evan Moeller and Hunter Hermsen of Benton Community.

Boekholder led Beckman to the Class 1A state championship, scoring 20 goals. Tovar scored 19 goals for Regina and Adam had 12 goals and 10 assists. Regina lost in the first round of the tournament to Gilbert, ending with an 11-7 record. Moeller scored 19 goals for Benton, which ended the season at 16-5. Philipp had 14 goals and seven assists and Ulin scored 10 times with two assists.

The full teams provided by the IHSSCA are listed below.

Class 3A, First TeamAlex MacGregor (So., Johnston), Jeff Bell (Sr., Pleasant Valley), Adam Nicholson (Sr., Iowa City High), Camden Schulte (Sr., West Des Moines Dowling), Luke Johnson (Sr., Johnston), Addison Parrish (Jr., West Des Moines Valley), Seth Rinderknecht (Jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie), Colton Page (Sr., Ankeny Centennial), Tristan Coaldrake (Sr., Johnston), Austin Adamson (Sr., Pleasant Valley), Garrett Culligan (Sr., Ankeny Centennial), Nathan Seaberg (Jr., Bettendorf), Ben Johnson (Sr., Linn-Mar), Bobby McCaw (Sr., Dubuque Hempstead), Adam Bahnsen (Sr., Waukee), Mark Broderick (Jr., West Des Moines Valley), Jared Dow (Sr., Boone), Preston Kamara (Sr., Muscatine)

Class 3A, Second TeamGunnar Lenzen (Sr., Cedar Rapids Washington), Scott Tribbey (Sr., Iowa City High), Josh Engelken (Sr., Ames), Nikolas Newcamp (Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy), Josh Breed (Sr., West Des Moines Dowling), Jack Ramsey (Jr., Linn-Mar), Michael Hegelheimer (Sr., Ames), Ryan Walker (Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy), Gilbert Garcia (Sr., Sioux City West), Nick Schwake (Jr., Pleasant Valley), Ryan Johnston (So., West Des Moines Valley), Leroy Enzugusi (So., Linn-Mar), Antonio Hernandez (Jr., Sioux City West), Darius Doswell (Sr., Johnston)

Class 3A, Honorable MentionKory Ford (Sr., Ankeny Centennial), Alec Balta (Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie), AJ Thompson (Sr., West Des Moines Valley), Mark Schulz (Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy), Logan Rinderknecht (Sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie), Jordan Perry (Sr., Western Dubuque), Fred Frimpong (Jr., Ankeny), Kenan Smajlovic (Jr., Ankeny Centennial), Nermin Kremic (Sr., Ankeny Centennial)

Class 2A, First TeamJake Potratz (Jr., Norwalk), Karson Olerich (Sr., Norwalk), Colton Jessen (Sr., North Scott), Ryan Wichhart (Sr., Pella), Connor Ramlo (Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier), Kason Crall (So., Norwalk), Will Warner (Jr., Pella), Sam Steenhoek (Sr., Norwalk), Derek Gushiken (Sr., ADM), Seth Johnson (Sr., Pella), Jon Jacobson (Sr., Clear Creek-Amana), Kullen Neyens (Sr., Dallas Center-Grimes), Adrian Castanon (Sr., South Tama)

Class 2A, Second TeamJorge Soto (Sr., Perry), Connor Luther (Sr., ADM), Ian Velasco (Sr., Perry), Dody Kim (Jr., Dallas Center-Grimes), Trey Godbolt (So., Clear Creek-Amana), Michael Rirodan (Sr., Norwalk), Alex Birely (Sr., North Scott), Luke Koechner (Sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier), Luke Duball (So., Cedar Rapids Xavier), Ferre Devos (Sr., DeWitt Central), Solomon Constant (Jr., Fairfield), Jerry Lowe (Jr., South Tama), Brett Schwemm (Sr., Waverly-Shell Rock), Will Hannigan (Fr., Cedar Rapids Xavier)

Class 1A, First TeamHunter Hermsen (Sr., Benton Community), Andrew West (Sr., Solon), Jackson Webster (Sr., Des Moines Christian), Emilio Tovar (Jr., Iowa City Regina), Jake DeRiuter (Sr., Pella Christian), Evan Moeller (Sr., Benton Community), Grant Kilburg (Sr., Bellevue Marquette), Carter Boekholder (Sr., Dyersville Beckman), Caleb Gray (Sr., Albia), Ernest Miszewski (Sr., Clear Lake), Jordan Ulin (Sr., Mid-Prairie), Joey Philipp (Sr., Cedar Valley Christian), Tyler Banowetz (Sr., Bellevue Marquette), Michael Adam (Sr., Iowa City Regina)