Henry Clay star, 8 other Lexington players among high school soccer All-State honorees

Kentucky boys and girls high school soccer’s respective coaches associations recently named their All-State Teams with top honors going to nine Lexington players.

In addition, Henry Clay’s Marco Messerli was named boys offensive player of the year by the Kentucky High School Soccer Coaches Association.

Messerli scored 20 goals and had a team-high 18 assists for the Blue Devils, who on Saturday captured the school’s fourth boys state championship with a 6-1 win over Louisville Collegiate.

Blue Devils head coach Jason Behler was named large school coach of the year.

Henry Clay’s Connor Taylor and Braden Cundiff joined Messerli on the first team, as did Frederick Douglass goalkeeper Delfin Iteriteka, Lafayette’s Max Jacobs and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Walter Claudio and J.T. Martin.

Two Lexington girls players — Henry Clay’s Ava Wilson and Douglass’ Maddi Merryweather — earned first-team All-State honors from the Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Coaches Association.

Other boys individual awards went to Collegiate’s Josh Rairick for defensive player of the year and teammate Crew Hartlage for goalkeeper of the year. Their coach, Chad Wozniak, was named private school coach of the year. Murray’s Jared Rosa was named small school coach of the year.

The girls coaches do not give additional individual honors like the boys do, but they do have an honorable mention list, which the boys do not. All-state honorees received their awards at Saturday’s state championship games in Lexington.

Both the boys and girls associations will hold All-State games pitting their East honorees against the West’s on Saturday.

The Boys All-State Games will be held at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville with the Second Team game kicking off at 9 a.m. and the First Team game at 11 a.m.

The Girls All-State Game will kick off at 5 p.m. Saturday at Central Hardin High School in Cecilia.

Boys All-State East

First team: Parker Byland and Bo Little, Boyle County; Austin Bush, Campbell County; Maddox Pemberton, Cooper; Tanner Robertson and David Do, Covington Catholic; Donovan Lameier, Dixie Heights; Grant Menix, East Carter; Delfin Iteriteka, Frederick Douglass; Marco Messerli, Connor Taylor and Braden Cundiff, Henry Clay; Harrison Gamble and Sam Lang, Highlands; Max Jacobs, Lafayette; Grant Abner, North Laurel; Walter Claudio and J.T. Martin, Paul Laurence Dunbar; Ben Totten, Russell; Andrew Tomlinson and Tyson Absher, Somerset; Henry Clarke, West Jessamine.

Second team: Alex Runge, Bishop Brossart; Salem Mayala, Boone County; Carlos Marquez, Campbell County; Chris Wessels, Covington Catholic; Sam Finke, Danville; Trevor Bolte, Dixie Heights; Stephane Bebe, Frankfort; Camdyn Harrison, George Rogers Clark; Carter Dascher, Great Crossing; David Rodriguez, Lafayette; Andrew Vinson and Ricky Mynhier, Lawrence County; Reilly Stuber, North Laurel; Christian Delgado, Paul Laurence Dunbar; Matt Mullins, Pikeville; Axel Vasquez and Dylan Trent, Powell County; Wesley Besselman, Rowan County; Diego Lakkis, Ryle; Braeden Collett, Sayre; Landen Lonesky, Somerset; Spencer Brown, West Jessamine.

Girls All-State East

First team: Megan McGraw, Notre Dame; Izelee Kerns, Conner; Reagan Buchert, Conner; Reese Patrick, George Rogers Clark; Jozie Holmes, Campbell County; Rachel Shewmaker, Bishop Brossart; Tatum Borman, Scott County; Ava Wilson, Henry Clay; Maddi Merryweather, Frederick Douglass; Tori Robertson, Somerset; Raegan Britt, Boyle County; Ally Welch, Conner.

Second team: Kamdyn Hamilton, Cooper; Abby Parsons, Dixie Heights; Reece Wilkens, Highlands; Riley Robertson, Notre Dame; Laney Frazier, George Rogers Clark; Ryan Weghorn, Campbell County; Katherine Monohan, Sayre; Izzy Skinner, Lexington Catholic; Natalie Knecht, Madison Central; Maggie Gnann, Boyle County; Faith Burnside, Boyd County; Sophie Bolton, West Jessamine.

Honorable mention: Avery Pleiman, St. Henry; Makayla Berger, Beechwood; Kaylee Mills and Kendall Graves, Highlands; Zoey Woosley and Kaitlyn Kramer Bishop Brossart; Kacie Thompson, Campbell County; Lauren Willoughby, Montgomery County; Ileanna Wilson, Lafayette; Sara-Kate Barnes, Lexington Catholic; Jentry Bertram, Lexington Christian; Jojo Williams, Frederick Douglass; Joey Tucker, West Jessamine; Ellery Taylor, Boyle County; Kylie Marcum, West Jessamine; Autumn Sawyers, Whitley County; Haley Combs, North Laurel; Kaylee Powell-Norton, Estill County; Faith Caldwell, Martin County; Laura Hale, Martin County; Emily Burchett, Prestonsburg; Addison Tiller, East Carter; Ellie Thomas, East Carter; Maddie Redmon, George Rogers Clark; Joelle Hentz, Notre Dame.

Boys All-State West

First team: Braden Widener, Byaombe Matendo and Henderson Wiggins, Bowling Green; Leo Dorticos and Bele Kanzulu, Butler; Nolan Thomas, Central Hardin; Thomas Weinrich, Josh Rairick and Crew Hartlage, Collegiate; Jack Lingo, Collins; Cameron Bell, Daviess County; Colton Summers, DeSales; Kobe Ryan, Elizabethtown; Jax Benton, Henderson County; Eli Redpath, Madisonville; Ibrahim Piracha, Manual; Max Rosa, Murray; Jack Robson, Oldham County; Stone Work and T.J. Kaskocsak, St. Xavier; Grayson Travis and Eli Been, Trinity; Silas Damm, Woodford County.

Second team: Cameron Kiasatpour, Bowling Green; Enoch Fanesi, Butler; Ayden Allen, Ryder Bowman, Central Hardin; Andrew Caborn and Max Shelley, Collegiate; Carter Payne, Daviess County; Parker Collins, DeSales; Jagger Ireland, Elizabethtown; Jace Benton and Elliott Pryor, Henderson County; Logan Terry, Madisonville; Nolan Stevens and Yassin Mohamed-Hassan, Manual; Nate Wyatt, Murray; Jack Price, North Oldham; Peter Mbayo and Ryan Sovar, Owensboro; Bryson Burke, South Oldham; Grant Tatum, South Warren; Adnan Al-Sari, Spencer County; Grayson Petty, St. Xavier; Daniel Rivas, Warren Central.

Girls All-State West

First team: Caitlin Chase, Lilly Lund and A.J. Hendrick Sacred Heart; Kendyll English, Murray; Abigayle Hammons, South Oldham; Katelyn Heider, McCracken County; Madison Hill, Madisonville; Kate McCain, Daviess County; Tessa Miles, Bethlehem; Adison Welsh, South Oldham; Zippi Willgruber, Bowling Green; Hannah Hayden, Assumption.

Second team: Kennedy Carter, Elizabethtown; Lillian Coombs, Daviess County; Whitney Cooper, Assumption; Shelby Eidson, Central Hardin; Blair Hartman, South Oldham; Olivia Hass, Assumption; Maddy Ledgerwood, McCracken County; Macy Scott, Marshall County; Taylor Touche, Christian Academy-Louisville; Campbell Wallace, Elizabethtown; Reagan Wheeler, Bowling Green; Amira Hendrick, Sacred Heart.

Honorable mention: Bella Acosta, Manual; Molly Bryan and Gabbie Callahan, Central Hardin; Marley Collins, Henderson County; Caroline Drexel, Greenwood; Noelle Garcia, Elizabethtown; Anna Graves, Assumption; Chloe Groemling, Manual; Audrey Haley, McCracken County; Kendall Hancock, University Heights; Alexis Howard, Simon Kenton; Audrey McGee, Central Hardin; Savannah Mooney, Bullitt East; Trista Morris, Brown; Sophie Paul, Woodford County; Anna Ramsey, Mercy; Erica Skrodzki, North Oldham; Ella Smith, Simon Kenton; Bria Stiff, Murray; Zoe Thurmond, Bethlehem; Anna Tinelli, Bullitt East; Maryevelyn Wiman and Kaelin Labhart, Daviess County; Marissa Bates, Elizabethtown.

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