Three soccer Bucs land on Big 10 All-Conference team

Duane Carpenter
November 20, 2022

TENNERTON – Three Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers earned honors on the 2022 Big 10 All-Conference Soccer Team.

Josh Gregory and Dalton Auvil earned First Team honors while Christian Dowell was named to the Second Team.

Gregory made First Team as a defender while Auvil was selected as a keeper.

Dowell earned his Second Team honors as a midfielder.

Gregory played in 19 games and tallied seven goals.

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

Dowell played in 18 games and scored three goals and accumulated three assists.

The Bucs compiled a 7-11-2 record.

Fairmont Senior landed four players on the First Team while Grafton and Robert C. Byrd each had three.

Nate Flower of Fairmont Senior was named the Big 10 Conference Player of the Year while Chris Meighen of Robert C. Byrd was named the Big 10 Conference Coach of the Year.

2022 BIG 10 ALL-CONFERENCE BOY’S SOCCER

First Team

Forward

Grant Broadhurst – Fairmont Senior

Layne England – Grafton

Max Jackson – Elkins

Brayden Thomason – Robert C. Byrd

Midfield

Kaelen Armstrong – Fairmont Senior

Spencer Copeland – Grafton

Landen Hulley – Grafton

Will Madden – Bridgeport

Evan Parr – East Fairmont

Defense

Josh Gregory – Buckhannon-Upshur

Nate Flower – Fairmont Senior

Charles Hawkins – Robert C. Byrd

Kaden Meighan – Robert C. Byrd

Caleb Young – Fairmont Senior

Keeper

Dalton Auvil – Buckhannon-Upshur

Levi Crayton – Bridgeport

Second Team

Forward

Braydon Christopher – East Fairmont

Leon Racines Cuevas – Lewis County

Jake Davies – Philip Barbour

John Dumas – Bridgeport

Midfield

Joey Aman – Lewis County

Cordell Ayers – Preston

Anthony Corsini – Robert C. Byrd

Christian Dowell – Buckhannon-Upshur

Aymeric Gryompre – Lewis County

Gavin Heaney – Preston

Colton Sanders – Grafton

Connely Sparks – Philip Barbour

Trevor Williams – Lincoln

Defense

Jared Flanigan – Lewis County

Keeper

Trevin Price – Fairmont Senior

Ty Williams – Lincoln

Player of the Year – Nate Flower (Fairmont Senior)

Coach of the Year – Chris Meighen (Robert C. Byrd)

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