From the Sidelines

I had a few All-League teams get clogged up in the blog queue, so without further adu, here they are.

All-KingCo 3A Soccer
Player of the Year: Ryan Herman, Mount Si
Coach of the Year: Darren Brown, Mount Si
Team of the Year: Sammamish

All-KingCo First Team
Midfielders – Brett Hightower, Jr., Bellevue; Mike Kunz, Sr., Mount Si; Garrett Lee, Sr., Juanita; Doug Silvius, Sr., Mount Si; Eric Baumgardner, Jr., Mount Si; Taylor Backous, Sr., Sammamish. Forwards – Race Sciabica, Sr., Bellevue; Andy Fordyce, Sr., Interlake; Tyler Ybarra, Sr., Mercer Island; Danny Strome, Sr., Mercer Island; Dyson Fowler, Sr., Mount Si. Defenders – Dean Byron, Sr., Liberty; Matt Johnson, Sr., Mercer Island; Taylor Ward, Sr., Mercer Island; Sam Evans, Sr., Mount Si; Nick Rooney, Jr., Sammamish. Keepers – Ryan Herman, Jr., Mount Si; Stuart Ellsworth, Jr., Sammamish.

All-KingCo Second Team
Midfielders – Miguel Castillo, Soph., Interlake; Kevin Baretto, Sr., Liberty; Jene-Wook Shin, Sr., Mercer Island; James Kashima, Sr., Mercer Island; Kyle Bauman, Jr., Mount Si; Taylor Berg, Jr., Sammamish. Forwards – Niccolo Piancentini, Sr., Bellevue; Nick Ward, Sr., Mercer Island; Sammy Gonzalez, Soph., Sammamish; Duncan Dickerson, Sr., Sammamish. Defenders – Max Lyon, Jr., Bellevue; Christian Schultz, Sr., Interlake; Austin Tran, Sr., Juanita; Tanner Klein, Sr., Juanita; Jay Haberman, Sr., Liberty; Dane Aldrich, Soph., Mount Si; Beau Blanchard, Fr., Sammamish; Chris Lider, Jr., Sammamish. Keepers – Alex Quintana, Jr., Interlake; Seth Kuhns, Sr., Juanita.

Honorable Mention
Bellevue – Ahmed Namrouti, Will Rattigan. Interlake – Erik Fergerstrom, Matt Grinnell. Juanita – Nick Horne. Liberty – Blake Kessler, Riley Mackey. Mercer Island – David Yount, CT Crow. Mount Si – Jonathan Cramer, Sam Joselyn. Sammamish – Isaac Velarde, Kittredge Hawkins.

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All-KingCo 3A/2A Softball

MVP – Brielle Buhner, Sr., 1B, Mount Si
Co-Coaches of the Year: Jesse Brown (Interlake) and Kristian Dahl (Juanita)
Team Sportsmanship: Sammamish

First Team
P Kylie Sparks, Sr., Juanita; C Danielle Massengill, Jr., Mount Si; 1B Brielle Buhner, Sr., Mount Si; 2B Kellie Shinstrom, Sr., Juanita; 3B Maddy Schiappa, Sr., Interlake; SS Kelly Meggs, Sr., Bellevue; SS Chandler Smidt, Sr., Interlake; OF Lexy Faist, Jr., Juanita; OF Aris Califano, Sr., Liberty; OF Lauren Smith, Fr., Mount Si; OF Marika McCarthy, Soph., Bellevue; UTIL Kasey Hormel, Fr., Sammamish.

Second Team
P Emily Fleischman, Soph., Bellevue; C Anjani Briggs, Soph., Bellevue; 1B Katie Savard, Soph., Bellevue; 1B Jessica Leach, Sr., Juanita; 2B Taylor Cooke, Soph., Bellevue; 3B Alexis Court, Sr., Liberty; SS Brooke Rychard, Sr., Juanita; SS Denise Blohowiak, Soph., Liberty; SS Maura Murphy, Soph., Mount Si; OF Rachel O’Neill, Soph., Juanita; OF Erin Scott, Fr., Interlake; OF Lisa Bennett, Jr., Bellevue; UTIL Stefanie Rabitoy, Sr., Interlake.

Honorable Mention
P Allison Rhodes, Soph., Juanita; P Alex Johnson, Jr., Mount Si; C Tania Quijada, Sr., Sammamish; C Sierra Harden, Soph., Interlake; 1B Marissa Jeffers, Jr., Liberty; 2B Shelby Scott, Jr., Interlake; 3B Corri McAllister, Sr., Bellevue; SS Taylor Ferleman, Fr., Sammamish; OF Amie Huynh, Jr., Sammamish; OF Ana Faoro, Soph., Liberty; UTIL Kajsa Sporseen, Sr., Juanita; UTIL  Patti Chew, Mercer Island.