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B-U’s Cale receives All-State Class AAA soccer honors

Chloe Cale

TENNERTON – Buckhannon-Upshur’s Chloe Cale was the lone Lady Buc to be recognized on the 2022 WVHSSCA Girls Class AAA All-State soccer team.

The senior forward was named to the Honorable Mention squad.

Cale recently was named to the Big 10 All-Conference First Team and was a Region I First Team selection.

Cale had four goals and four assists for the Lady Bucs who compiled an 11-9-2 record.

Morgantown, who won the Class AAA title downing Parkersburg South, by a 2-1 score in overtime, had three First Team selections.

Parkersburg South and Hurricane also had three First Team selections.

2022 WVHSSCA GIRLS AAA ALL-STATE SOCCER TEAM

FIRST TEAM

FORWARDS

Gracie Brown (Jr.) – Morgantown

Olivia Charles (Sr.) – Cabell Midland

Lauren Dye (Sr.) – Hurricane

MIDFIELDERS

Adlie Abraham (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

Chloe Miller (Sr.) – Washington

Maggie Oduor (Sr.) – Hurricane

Regan Shockey (Soph.) – Parkersburg South

Ava Tretheway (Sr.) – George Washington

Mya Wooton (Soph.) – Woodrow Wilson

DEFENDERS

Jenna Barnett (Sr.) – George Washington

Kylie Bender (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Georgia Blake (Sr.) – Morgantown

Madison Francis (Sr.) – Hurricane

Mia Miller (Sr.) – Parkersburg South

Samantha Rechter (Sr.) – University

KEEPERS

Isabella Melton (Jr.) – St. Albans

Mackenzie Mott (Sr.) – Parkersburg South

Madysen Scheler (Sr.) – Morgantown

SECOND TEAM
FORWARDS

Jenna Carpenter (Sr.) – Parkersburg

Merritt Delk (Jr.) – Wheeling Park

Deryn Doamekpor (Soph.) – George Washington

Gabby Reep (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Ashleigh Weaver (Sr.) – Morgantown

MIDFIELDERS

Adrienne Altizer (Soph.) – Parkersburg

Anna Hutchinson (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Cailyn Lowe (Sr.) – Cabell Midland

Sarah Rader (Sr.) – Spring Mill

Haylee Sherman (Sr.) – Martinsburg

Hannah White (Sr.) – Oak Hill

DEFENDERS

Katherine Akers (Sr.) – George Washington

Kaylee Davis (Jr.) – Wheeling Park

Taylor Hodge (Sr.) – Spring Valley

Montana Johanssen (Soph.) – University

Kyra Poore (Jr.) – Capital

Jordyn Taylor (Jr.) – Cabell Midland

Sydney Vaught (Sr.) – Woodrow Wilson

KEEPER

Kadence Whitehair (Soph.) – Preston

HONORABLE MENTION

FORWARDS

Alena Armstrong (Sr.) – Riverside

Lorelei Bangit (Sr.) – Jefferson

Chloe Cale (Sr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Megan Cantley (Soph.) – Washington

Emily Carpenter (Jr.) – Morgantown

Kylie Criddle (Sr.) – Greenbrier East

Lauren Gongola (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

Avery Hale (Jr.) – Hurricane

Addi Morrison (Jr.) – Ripley

Maggie Rose (Sr.) – Capital

Emma Shields (Jr.) – Cabell Midland

Emerson Tracy (Jr.) – Jefferson

MIDFIELDERS

Chloe de Moulin (Jr.) – Jefferson

Elisa Dinaldo (Soph.) – Bridgeport

Sophia Hall (Sr.) – Woodrow Wilson

Claire Johnson (Soph.) – Huntington

Abby Johnson (Soph.) – Spring Mill

Maddy Lanna (Sr.) – Woodrow Wilson

Carissa Ring (Jr.) – Spring Mill

Gabriella Savage (Soph.) – Jefferson

Reagan Southers (Sr.) – Princeton

Sophie Weiler (Jr.) – Huntington

Ryan White (Soph.) – Greenbrier East

DEFENDERS

Molly Colbert (Soph.) – Jefferson

Sierra Davis (Sr.) – Preston

Samantha Dean (Jr.) – Oak Hill

Brenna Hocksnsmith (Sr.) – Spring Mill

Grace Huntzinger (Jr.) – Brooke

Chelsea McIntosh (Sr.) – Spring Mill

Bailey Nicely (Jr.) – Greenbrier East

Chloe Thomas (Sr.) – Martinsburg

Peyton Willingham (Soph.) – Washington

Emma Yost (Soph.) – Martinsburg

Grace Yost (Soph.) – Martinsburg

KEEPER

Erica Schnable (Soph.) – Washington

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