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By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
Conference champion Stevens Point had four players named to the first team of the 2021 All-Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Soccer Team, including Player of the Year Owen Williams.
Williams, a midfielder/forward, midfielder Gabe Perez, defender Nate Streveler and forward Colton Thielman were all unanimous first-team selections for Stevens Point, which won the conference title with a 10-1-1 record.
Wisconsin Rapids’ Brandon Kaup and Zilfi Aliu, Wasuau West’s Lucca Tonelli and Nick Rass, and D.C. Everest’s Jacob Lorge, Kyle Jablinski and Colin Belton rounded out the 11-player first team.
Marshfield junior midfielder Brett Mannigel was a second-team selection, and senior goalkeeper Seth Jonas, senior defender Gavin Young, and junior defender Braxton Kurth were honorable mention choices for the Tigers.
2021 All-Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Soccer Team
(*denotes unanimous selection)
First Team
Goalkeeper: Jacob Lorge, jr., D.C. Everest.
Midfielders: *Colin Belton, jr., D.C. Everest; *Gabe Perez, sr., Stevens Point; *Nick Rass, sr., Wausau West; *Brandon Kaup, sr., Wisconsin Rapids; Kyle Jablinski, sr., D.C. Everest.
Forwards: *Colton Thielman, sr., Stevens Point; *Zilfi Aliu, jr., Wisconsin Rapids.
Midfielder/forward: *Owen Williams, sr., Stevens Point.
Defenders: *Nate Streveler, sr., Stevens Point; *Lucca Tonelli, sr., Wausau West.
Second Team
Goalkeeper: Dalton Petersen, jr., Wisconsin Rapids.
Forwards: Sam Bunnell, sr., Wausau East; Gael Medina, sr., Wausau West; David DeLoye, sr., Wausau West.
Midfielders: Ethan Hafenbredl, jr., Wisconsin Rapids; Brett Mannigel, jr., Marshfield; Ben Omernik, jr., Stevens Point.
Defenders: Oliver Nazari-Witt, sr., D.C. Everest; Ben Klingforth, jr., Wisconsin Rapids; Luke Hinchcliffe, sr., Stevens Point; Alek Zavadowski, sr., Wausau East.
Honorable Mention
Goalkeepers: Seth Jonas, sr., Marshfield; Josh Henderson, fr., Merrill; Boah Lauritzen, sr., Wausau West.
Midfielders: Lennon True, jr., D.C. Everest; Garrison Peak, sr., D.C. Everest; Adin Schultz, jr., D.C. Everest; Abush Ficken, sr., Stevens Point; Luis Cortes, sr., Wausau West.
Forwards: Gabriel Ramos, sr., Wausau West; Ben Weidman, so., Wisconsin Rapids.
Defenders: Gavin Young, sr., Marshfield; Braxton Kurth, jr., Marshfield; Noah Hlavac, sr., Stevens Point: Brett Kohl, sr., Wausau East; Curtis Tinjum, sr., Wausau West; Adam Kaup, sr., Wisconsin Rapids; Aiden Dunn, jr., Wisconsin Rapids.
Player of the Year: Owen Williams, Stevens Point.