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Soccer Bucs’ Gregory and Auvil named to Second Team All-State

Dalton Auvil and Josh Gregory (Brian Bergstrom/My Buckhannon).

TENNERTON – Buckhannon-Upshur’s Josh Gregory and Dalton Auvil both received honors on the 2022 WVHSSCA Boys Class AAA All-State soccer team.

Gregory, a senior defender, and Auvil, a senior keeper, both were named to the Second Team.

Gregory led the team with seven goals.

He recently was honored on the First Team All-Big 10 Conference and Region I squads.

Auvil started all 20 games for the Bucs as keeper and made 136 saves for a 1.87 goals against average. He also posted five shutouts.

Like Gregory, he was a member of Big 10 Conference and Region I First Teams.

The duo recently was invited to play in the WVHSSCA All-Star game at Davis & Elkins College.

The Bucs compiled a 7-11-2 record.

Greenbrier East defeated Spring Mills for the AAA title by a 2-0 score.

The Spartans led the All-State First Team with four selections.

2022 WVHSSCA BOYS CLASS AAA ALL-STATE SOCCER TEAM

FIRST TEAM

FORWARDS

Landon Bray (Sr.) – Hedgesville

Luke Dolin (Sr.) – Greenbrier East

Tresz McLeod (Soph.) – Wheeling Park

Landon Shedd (Jr.) – Parkersburg

MIDFIELDERS

Andrew Brewster (Sr.) – Huntington

Sam Clark (Sr.) – George Washington

Chase Mizia (Sr.) – Greenbrier East

Jackson Quattrone (Sr.) – Woodrow Wilson

Brody Wall (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

Thomas Wheeler (Sr.) – Cabell Midland

DEFENDERS

Connor Bush (Sr.) – Woodrow Wilson

Aiden Holbert (Sr.) – George Washington

Connor Mollohan (Sr.) – Woodrow Wilson

Adam Seams (Sr.) – Greenbrier East

KEEPERS

Joe Cochran (Jr.) – Greenbrier East

Brayden Scott (Sr.) – Capital

SECOND TEAM
FORWARDS

Jack Grimmett (Sr.) – Woodrow Wilson

Chase Hudson (Sr.) – Capital

Nathan Kirk (Sr.) – Hurricane

Alec Lockhart (Sr.) – Spring Valley

Michael Luechauer (Jr.) – George Washington

MIDFIELDERS

Jackson Ahebwa (Jr.) – Hurricane

Keegan Dardis (Sr.) – Washington

Mason Ekstrom (Sr.) – St. Albans

Tanner Marlow (Sr.) – Parkersburg

James Percifield (Sr.) – Morgantown

Brandon Redden (Sr.) – Hurricane

Ty Wilburn (Sr.) – Hurricane

DEFENDERS

Trace Adkins (Sr.) – Cabell Midland

Hayden Barbour (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

Levi Briggs (Jr.) – Spring Mills

William Cruny (Sr.) – Brooke

Brayden Deuley (Jr.) – Parkersburg

Josh Gregory (Sr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Sam Segura (Sr.) – Washington

KEEPERS

Christian Altizer (Sr.) – Parkersburg South

Dalton Auvil (Sr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Mason Hott (Sr.) – Hampshire

Grayson Maddox (Jr.) – Hurricane

HONORABLE MENTION

FORWARDS

Benjamin Blackwell (Sr.) – St. Albans

Riley Brabson (Soph.) – Morgantown

Isaiah Briggs (Soph.) – Spring Mills

Patrick Clouse (Sr.) – Huntington

Ben Ferguson (Jr.) – Brooke

Wilson Hanna (Fr.) – Wheeling Park

MIDFIELDERS

Andreas Garcia (Sr.) – Hedgesville

Johnny Aya-Ay (Jr.) – Huntington

Cordell Ayers (Jr.) – Preston

Aiden Bell (Jr.) – Woodrow Wilson

Zeke Briggs (Jr.) – Spring Mills

Stefan DeMoss (Sr.) – University

Jayson Gordon (Sr.) – Musselman

Jacob Gordon (Sr.) – Musselman

Andrew Landsberger (Jr.) – Spring Mills

Trent Lowe (Jr.) – Jefferson

Will Madden (Soph.) – Bridgeport

Colson Parker (Sr.) – Huntington

Brady Pyles (Sr.) – Hampshire

Dominic Strawn (Sr.) – Hampshire

Andrew Warner (Soph.) – Cabell Midland

DEFENDERS

Sam Fish (Sr.) – Washington

Tommy Galow (Sr.) – Jefferson

Casey Geso (Sr.) – Princeton

Michael Groh (Sr.) – Washington

Ezrieke Hirschfeld (Jr.) – University

Tyler McMahon (Sr.) – Brooke

Samuel Pacyna (Jr.) – Morgantown

Jarell Reese (Jr.) – South Charleston

Jeremiah Zelenski (Sr.) – Ripley

KEEPERS

Jace Bennett (Jr.) – Spring Mills

Levi Crayton (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Connor Montgomery (Jr.) – University

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