The area was well represented on the Northern Tier League’s boys soccer all-star team. North Penn-Liberty’s Zach Wilcox, a senior, received all-state honors while Williamson’s Kyle Adriance was named Coach of the Year. Jordan Monroe of Williamson was named NTL Defensive Player of the Year and Northeast Bradford’s Josh Stanton was NTL Offensive Player of the Year.
Williamson’s Brady Colwell earned Rookie of the Year honors.
Monroe was a first-team defender, as was Wellsboro’s Micah Vickery and Williamson’s Ayren Morgan. On the first team for strikers were Wellsboro’s Miciah Fitch, Galeton’s Zach Pagano and North Penn-Liberty’s Brady Stetted.
Wilcox was a first-team midfielder. Williamson’s Will Gehman earned first-team midfield honors as did Wellsboro’s Lucas Cuneo.
The area swept the goalkeeper honors as Logan Strickler of Williamson was a first-team selection, Wellsboro’s Mitchell Butler was a second-team selection and North Penn-Liberty’s Carter Grinnell was a third-team selection.
Wellsboro’s Caden Smith, Williamson’s Kade Ficks, Hayden Plunkert and Brady Codwell, and Galeton’s Gavin Shutt were all second-team strikers. North Penn-Liberty’s Tate Strange was an honorable-mention striker selection. Earning second-team defender honors were Wellsboro’s Gabe Sprouse, Galeton’s Matt Zur and Williamson’s Clayton Webster. Honorable mention defensive all-stars included Wellsboro’s Jack Bryant. Wellsboro’s Jacob Abadi and David Seeling, Williamson’s adynn Wheeland, and Galeton’s John Martin were all honorable mention midfielders.
NTL BOYS ALL-STARS
All-state: Zach Wilcox, sr., N.P.-Liberty
Coach of the Year: Kyle Adriance, Williamson
Offensive Player of the Year: Josh Stanton, Northeast Bradford
Defensive Player of the Year: Jordan Monroe, jr., Williamson
Rookie of the Year: Brady Colwell,, so., Williamson
FIRST TEAM
DEFENSE: Jordan Monroe, jr., Williamson; Alex Campbell, jr., Athens; Micah Vickery, jr., Wellsboro; Ayren Morgan, so., Williamson; Conner Barnes, jr., Towanda. STRIKERS: Josh Stanton, sr., NEB; Micaiah Fitch, jr., Wellsboro; Zach Pagano, jr., Galeton; Brady Stetted, jr., N.P.-Liberty. MIDFIELD: Zach Wilcox, sr., N.P.-Liberty; Brady Spalding, sr., Troy; Lucas Cuneo, jr., Wellsboro; Will Gehman, sr., Williamson. GOALIE: Logan Strickler, jr., Williamson.
SECOND TEAM
DEFENSE: Gabe Sprouse, jr., Wellsboro; Eli Stanton, so., NEB; Matt Zur, sr., Galeton; Clayton Webster, jr., Williamson. STRIKERS: Caden Smith, sr., Wellsboro; Kade Ficks, jr., Williamson; Hayden Plunert, so., Williamson; Brady Cowell, so., Williamson; Gavin Shutt, so., Galeton. MIDFIELD: Cesar Alvarez, sr., NEB; Nick Grazul, so., Athens; Jack Wheaton, jr., Towanda; Korey Miller, sr., Athens. GOALIE: Mitchell Butler, sr., Wellsboro
HONORABLE MENTION
DEFENSE: Brendon Allen, sr., NEB; Trent Dawson, sr., N.P.-Liberty; Rian Hennessy, jr., Townada; Dash Bishop, sr., Athens; Jack Bryant, jr., Wellsboro. STRIKERS: Tate Strange, jr., N.P.-Liberty; Marco Quiros, jr., Athens; Michael Ferulli, sr., Towanda; Westen Perkins, sr., NEB. MIDFIELD: Jacob Abadi, jr., Wellsboro; David Seeling, so., Wellsboro; Liam Kies, so., Williamson; Aden Wheeland, jr., N.P.-Liberty; John Martin, sr., Galeton. GOALIE: Carter Grinnell, sr., N.P-Liberty