Sports - High Schools

POSTED: Tuesday, Jun. 02, 2009

PREP BOYS' SOCCER: Sowers named the NWC Player of the Year

Ferndale junior Caden Sowers was selected the 2009 All-Northwest Conference Boys' Soccer Player of the Year.

Golden Eagles' coach Scott Browne was also tapped as the co-coach of the year, along with Mount Vernon's Tony Dabbs.

Also representing Ferndale as a first-teamer is Chris Reimer at goalkeeper.

Squalicum senior Connor Shipman was named a first-team forward for the third straight year. Shipman helped lead the Storm to the Class 2A state title last weekend. Mount Vernon's David Navarro, Sehome's Nino Tursic and Lynden's Andrew Blair were also named first-team forwards.

Mount Vernon's Ivan Ocampo and Ricky Rodarte were both chosen as first team defenders, as was Andrew Furney of Burlington-Edison, Sehome's Cole McIlvaine and Bellingham's Dylan Langei.

Squalicum senior Brad Klees was selected to the first team as a midfielder. Also chosen were Mount Vernon's Rene Caro and Cesar Marin, Sehome's Andy Mihovilovich and Meridian's Izzy Ryan.

2009 All-NWC boys' soccer

Coach of the year

Scott Browne Ferndale

Tony Dabbs Mount Vernon

Player of the year

Caden Sowers Jr Ferndale

Goalkeeper

First team

Chris Reimer Jr Ferndale

Dakota Huntley Jr Meridian

Defender

First team

Ivan Ocampo Jr Mount Vernon

Andrew Furney Jr Burlington-Edison

Ricky Rodarte Jr Mount Vernon

Cole McIlvaine Sr Sehome

Dylan Langei Jr Bellingham

Second team

Leigh Robinette Sr Bellingham

Nick Rader Jr Bellingham

Corbin Warner Sr Ferndale

Ryder Chance Sr Meridian

Evan Brunhaver Sr Squalicum

Midfield

First team

Rene Caro Jr Mount Vernon

Andy Mihovilovich Jr Sehome

Izzy Ryan Sr Meridian

Brad Klees Sr Squalicum

Cesar Marin Sr Mount Vernon

Second team

Jack Morgan Jr Bellingham

Sean Williams Sr Ferndale

Jesse Gonzalez Jr Lynden

Max Dewees Jr Sehome

Jed Givens Sr Sedro-Woolley

Forward

First team

Connor Shipman Sr Squalicum

David Navarro Sr Mount Vernon

Nino Tursic Sr Sehome

Andrew Blair Jr Lynden

Second team

Ari Vanderstaay Fr Bellingham

Travis Unema Sr Lynden Christian

Johnny Rocha So Mount Vernon

Mike Klein Sr Sehome

Honorable mention

Anacortes

Anders Rodin Jr Def

Jon Sherman Sr Mid

Matt Cole Sr Fwd

Michael Cortright Fr Mid

Nick Miles So Def

Shane Phipps Sr GK

Burlington-Edison

Gabe Martin Sr Def

Jory Vandermeulen Sr Mid

Juan Munoz Jr Mid

Marco Ramirez Sr Mid

Bellingham

Andrew Thomas Jr GK

Matt Schmidt Jr Mid

Tristan Bosman Jr Mid

Blaine

Phil Harezlak Sr Mid

Ferndale

Heath Sowers Fr Def

Jake Dunn Jr Def

Jesus Aguila Sr For

Mark Hansey-Butler Sr Def

Trevor Rubright Jr Mid

Lynden Christian

Brock Blaske Jr Mid

Erik Hansen Sr Mid

Lynden

Daniel Huante So Def

Lucas Gonzalez Jr Mid

Matt Hicks Jr Fwd

Matt Keiper Jr Def

Ryan Seto Jr GK

Mount Baker

Antony Urbano So Fwd

Jimmy Calhoun Jr Def

Jose Mata Jr Fwd

Keegan Chapman Sr Mid

Michael Johnson So Fwd

Meridian

Marco Zamora So Mid

Vitaliy Datskiy So Mid

Mount Vernon

Ben Bell Fr Fwd

Carlos Badillo Jr Def

Eric Estrada Fr Mid

Francisco Valdez Sr Fwd

Luis Castro Jr GK

Miguel Garcia So Def

Nate Barber So Mid

Nooksack Valley

Travis Upper So GK

Sehome

Jordan Smith Sr GK

Patrick Cole So Mid

Sean Keyes Sr Def

Squalicum

Dimitri Polichronakis Jr Mid

George Karadimas Jr Fwd

Hunter Robles Sr Fwd

Sedro-Woolley

Alan Van Cleeve Sr GK

Joey Curry Jr Fwd