All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Five Lady Bucs earn Region I soccer honors

TENNERTON – Five Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs were named to the 2022 WVHSSCA Girls Region I soccer team.

Chloe Cale was a First Team selection while Ava Hollen, Hannah Boyles, Allison Andrew and Kyndal Davis were named to the Second Team.

Cale, a senior, was named to the First Team as a forward. She tallied four goals and four assists for the Lady Bucs.

Hollen, a junior, was selected as a forward. She led the team with 16 goals and six assists.

Bolyes was selected as a midfielder as a sophomore. She tallied four goals and one assist.

Andrew was a defensive selection as a junior. She didn’t record any offensive statistics from her defensive center back position.

Davis was named as a keeper as a junior. Davis made 158 saves while recording nine shutouts.

Morgantown swept the individual Region I honors as Gracie Brown as named as the Player of the Year while her coach Stirlin Rivers was tabbed as Coach of the Year.

REGION 1 GIRLS SOCCER TEAM

FIRST TEAM
FORWARDS

Gracie Brown (Jr.) – Morgantown

Chloe Cale (Sr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Emily Carpenter (Jr.) – Morgantown

Merritt Delk (Jr.) – Wheeling Park

Lauren Gongola (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

Gabby Reep (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Ashleigh Weaver (Sr.) – Morgantown

MIDFIELD

Adlie Abraham (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

Elisa Dinaldo (Soph.) – Bridgeport

Anna Hutchinson (Sr.) – Bridgeport

DEFENSE

Kylie Bender (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Georgia Blake (Sr.) – Morgantown

Sierra Davis (Sr.) – Preston

Kaylee Davis (Jr.) – Wheeling Park

Grace Huntzinger (Jr.) – Brooke

Montana Johanssen (Soph.) – University

Samantha Rechter (Sr.) – University

KEEPER

Kadence Whitehair (Soph.) – Preston

SECOND TEAM
FORWARD

Ava Hollen (Jr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Johnna Lahita (Jr.) – Brooke

MIDFIELD

Hannah Boyles (Soph.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Ella McCullough (Jr.) – Brooke

DEFENSE

Allison Andrew (Jr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Maya Kusic (Fr.) – Brooke

KEEPER

Hannah Buterbaugh (Sr.) – Brooke

Kyndal Davis (Jr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Keira Klingensmith (Soph.) – Bridgeport

Madysen Scheller (Sr.) – Morgantown

Player of the Year – Gracie Brown (Morgantown)

Coach of the Year – Stirlin Rivers (Morgantown)

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