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Soccer Bucs land five players on Region I team

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TENNERTON – Josh Gregory and Dalton Auvil were named to the 2022 WVHSSCA Boys Region I First Team for the Buckhannon-Upshur soccer Bucs.

B-U’s Christian Dowell, Noah Radabaugh and Caleb Haney were named to the Region I Second Team.

Gregory, a senior defender, led the team with seven goals.

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

Dowell, a sophomore midfielder, played in 18 games and scored three goals and accumulated three assists.

Radabaugh, a junior midfielder, had three goals and four assists in 17 games.

Haney, a senior defender, played in 20 games and recorded three goals and two assists.

Wheeling Park won both won individual awards as Tresz McCloud was named the Region I Player of the Year while Mario Julian was selected as Region I Coach of the Year.

REGION I BOYS SOCCER TEAM

FIRST TEAM

FORWARDS

Riley Brabson (Soph.) – Morgantown

Ben Ferguson (Jr.) – Brooke

Wilson Hanna (Fr.) – Wheeling Park

Tresz McLeod (Soph.) – Wheeling Park

MIDFIELD

Cordell Ayers (Jr.) – Preston

Stefan DeMoss (Sr.) – University

Will Madden (Soph.) – Bridgeport

James Percifield (Sr.) – Morgantown

Brody Wall (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

DEFENSE

Hayden Barbour (Sr.) – Wheeling Park

William Cruny (Sr.) – Brooke

Josh Gregory (Sr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Ezrieke Hirschfeld (Jr.) – University

Tyler McMahon (Sr.) – Brooke

Samuel Pacyna (Jr.) – Morgantown

KEEPER

Dalton Auvil (Sr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Levi Crayton (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Connor Montgomery (Jr.) – University

SECOND TEAM
FORWARDS

Joel Beeson (Jr.) – Morgantown

John Dumas (Jr.) – Bridgeport

Alex Lopez-Maldonado (Jr.) – University

MIDFIELD

Dylan Black (Jr.) – Brooke

Christian Dowell (Soph.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Burhan Khosa (Sr.) – Bridgeport

Noah Radabaugh (Jr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

DEFENSE
Luke Dunaway (Jr.) – Wheeling Park

Caleb Haney (Sr.) – Buckhannon-Upshur

Niko Monroy (Sr.) – Morgantown

HONORABLE MENTION

Robert Harris (Jr.) – Bridgeport

Gavin Heaney (Soph.) – Preston

Nick Sagan (Jr.) – Brooke

Jacob Williams (Jr.) – Preston

Player of the Year – Tresz McCloud (Wheeling Park)

Coach of the Year – Mario Julian (Wheeling Park)

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