Iowa high school all-state soccer 2021: Xavier boys and girls have multiple first-teamers
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s 2021 boys’ state soccer champions had talent throughout the lineup.
The Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association all-state teams released last week offer more proof.
Xavier, which went 15-5 and beat Bondurant-Farrar 2-0 in the Class 2A final for its eighth state title, had a state-best three first-team honorees, all at different positions: goalkeeper Carson Jeffery, defender Trysten Vasquez and midfielder Ren Schroud.
Schroud, also the 2A all-tournament captain, led the team with 19 assists and was named all-state captain. The senior assisted on Xavier’s first goal of the state tournament in a 1-0 win over Marion and scored the Saints’ last goal of the week in the final.
“It feels amazing after all the hard work, all that we’ve been through as a team,” Schroud said after the state title game. “We had a three-game losing streak at some point in the season. For us to bounce back and continue winning, continue the motivation, it feels awesome to actually see it pay off and win the championship.”
Jeffery didn’t allow a goal throughout the Saints’ state-tournament run, making 12 saves in three wins. He had 58 saves during the season and gave up just 13 goals in 20 games. Vasquez, a center back, helped limit opposing teams’ chances. Both are juniors.
“It just shows where hard work goes,” Jeffery said of the state-tournament shutout streak. “It’s just impressive for our team because I can’t do it without our defense. We had a pretty solid defense. Without them, it wouldn’t have been zeroes this whole state tournament. I have to give it all to the defense. It shows that hard work can get you somewhere. This is the result of hard work.”
Iowa City West and Cedar Rapids Prairie had multiple first-team honorees in Class 3A.
Senior defender Andy Lu and senior forward Kolby Godbolt represented West, the state runner-up. Prairie, which was ranked No. 2 in 3A before bowing out in the state quarterfinals, put a pair of juniors on the first team, defender Kayden McMaster and midfielder Blake Halleran.
Three Gazette-area forwards were named to the Class 1A boys’ first team, including Division I football recruit Jahsiah Galvan, who scored 38 goals as a junior for state semifinalist West Liberty.
Alec Wick, a soon-to-be Division I football player himself as a University of Iowa walk-on, was named first-team all-state for the second time after scoring 31 goals for state semifinalist Iowa City Regina.
Junior Peyton Miller scored 40 goals for a West Branch team that climbed into the state rankings for the first time at the end of the season and earned first-team honors.
Solon senior midfielder Gabe Yetley, who led a substate-finalist team with 25 goals and 13 assists, also earned first-team honors.
Sam Brueck of Burlington Notre Dame/West Burlington was named Mr. Iowa Soccer 2021. The senior led the Class 1A state champion Nikes with 35 goals and 22 assists.
The IAHSSCA’s all-state girls’ teams had the most Gazette-area representation in Class 2A, including a Cedar Rapids Xavier defensive duo who gave eventual state champion Waverly-Shell Rock its toughest postseason test in a 1-0 quarterfinal that was decided in overtime.
Xavier senior Maggie Conrad, a Tennessee Tech commit, was the 2A all-state goalkeeper. She made 93 saves throughout the season and allowed only 13 goals in 19 games. Senior left back Amanda Ross was the only defender named to the 2A first team. She led the Saints with 19 assists and also scored nine goals.
The scorer of the golden goal that ended Xavier’s season, Kenzie Roling, was named Miss Iowa Soccer. The Iowa signee totaled 76 goals in 21 games, including three in a state-semifinal win and another four in WSR’s 5-1 win over Dallas Center-Grimes in the 2A final.
Class 3A Boys
FIRST TEAM
Goalkeepers
Gabe Johnson, sr., Pleasant Valley
Evan Nidey, sr., Waukee
Defense
Joe Brown, sr., Norwalk
Kayden McMaster, jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie
Joe Krueger, sr., Ankeny Centennial
Andy Lu, sr., Iowa City West
Midfield
Jaren Obia, sr., West Des Moines Valley
Colton Costello, jr., Lewis Central
Blake Halleran, jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie
Armin Dedic, jr., Waterloo West
Forwards
Wilmont Manneh, jr., Johnston
Anders Bergstrom, sr., Cedar Rapids Washington
Truman Unruh, jr., Cedar Falls
Kolby Godbolt, sr., Iowa City West
CJ Coppola, jr., Waukee
SECOND TEAM
Goalkeepers
Kyle Gappa, sr., Lewis Central
Ronan Murphy, sr., Des Moines Roosevelt
Defense
Yona Abdulahi, sr., Des Moines Roosevelt
Parker Stork, sr., West Des Moines Dowling
Ayden Hall, sr., West Des Moines Valley
Evan Larson, jr., Ankeny Centennial
Reillyl Tabares, sr., Bettendorf
Jack Roemer, sr., Pleasant Valley
Seth Barker, sr., West Des Moines Valley
Midfield
Jordan Corrieri, sr., Ames
Will Devine, jr., Lewis Central
Spencer Taylor, jr., Norwalk
Rhys Ward, jr., Pleasant Valley
Oscar Perez, jr., Sioux City West
Forwards
Ombeni Mubake, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Brandon Toledo, sr., Council Bluffs Lincoln
Chase Green, jr., Davenport North
Chris Carrillo, sr., Des Moines East
Jacob Konrardy, sr., Dubuque Senior
Max Egger, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie
HONORABLE MENTION
(Area only)
Goalkeepers
Aiden Neumann, fr., Cedar Rapids Prairie
Jacob Cross, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Defense
Will Bickel, sr., Cedar Rapids Washington
Midfield
Elijah Lingren, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Benjamin Joens, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Gavin Lewis, fr., Cedar Rapids Prairie
Gasonga (CJ) Nsengiyumva, sr., Cedar Rapids Washington
Class 2A Boys
FIRST TEAM
Goalkeeper
Carson Jeffery, jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier
Defense
Zach Schippers, sr., Adel ADM
Trysten Vasquez, jr., Cedar Rapids Xavier
Evan Reha, jr., Bondurant-Farrar
Midfield
Ren Schroud, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier
Kyle Dillon, sr., Grinnell
Zach Kline, jr., Bondurant-Farrar
Jacob Yanacheak, sr., Adel ADM
Forwards
Isaac Semini, jr., Pella
Kendall Bickford, jr., Dallas Center-Grimes
Calvin Jaworski, jr., Grinnell
Oskar White, sr., Bondurant-Farrar
SECOND TEAM
Goalkeeper
Mason Holland, sr., Pella
Defense
Mason Holland, sr., Pella
Ethan Rollinger, sr., Vinton-Shellsburg
Midfield
Wade Forret, sr., Adel ADM
Sam McClintock, jr., Bondurant-Farrar
Mitchell Pothitakis, jr., Fort Madison
Brady Schaap, sr., Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Forwards
Josh Pike, sr., Adel ADM
Kaden Baxter, jr., Carlisle
Nathan Donovan, sr., Dubuque Wahlert
Jeremie Poudrier, sr., Waverly-Shell Rock
HONORABLE MENTION
(Area only)
Midfield
Liam Ngo, sr., Marion
David Lapan-Islas, sr., Vinton-Shellsburg
Forwards
Levi Murphy, sr., Marion
Zac Stout, sr., Washington
Class 1A Boys
Goalkeeper
Caden Murphy, sr., Burlington Notre Dame/West Burlington
Defense
Daniel Pranger, sr., Waterloo Columbus
Danny Kinsella, fr., Treynor
Dawson Gach, sr., Burlington Notre Dame/West Burlington
Luke Hubbard, sr., Council Bluffs St. Albert
Midfield
Gabe Yetley, sr., Solon
Gavin McIntosh, sr., Council Bluffs St. Albert
Evan Honan, jr., Underwood
Forwards
Keaton Mann, sr., Treynor
Will Curtis, sr., Denver
Jahsiah Galvan, jr., West Liberty
Sam Brueck, sr., Burlington Notre Dame/West Burlington (Mr. Iowa Soccer 2021)
Alec Wick, sr., Iowa City Regina
Petyon Miller, jr., West Branch
SECOND TEAM
Goalkeeper
Zach Lawrence, sr., Albia
Defense
Aidan Krell, jr., Burlington Notre Dame/West Burlington
Ethan Trimpe, sr., Mid-Prairie
Thomas Schwartz, jr., Treynor
Midfield
Jez Rodriguez, sr., Waterloo Columbus
Andre Fuentes, fr., North Fayette Valley
Bailey Baccam, sr., Western Christian
Forwards
Landon Noe, sr., Albia
Brayden Shepard, fr., Council Bluffs St. Albert
Raydden Grobe, jr., Avoca AHSTW
Marvin Marroquin, jr., Postvile
Dillon Bruck, jr., Solon
Juan Mateo, soph., West Liberty
HONORABLE MENTION
Goalkeepers
Cael Fiderlein, sr., West Branch
Defense
Jackson Pennington, jr., Mid-Prairie
Forwards
Sam Nefzger, sr., North Fayette Valley
Class 3A Girls
Goalkeeper
Ceci Villa, sr., West Des Moines Dowling
Defense
Courtney Kovacs, jr., Ankeny Centennial
Brookelyn Buttolph, jr., West Des Moines Valley
Macy Davis, soph., Waukee
Addie Kerkhoff, jr., Pleasant Valley
Midfield
Catie Johnson, sr., West Des Moines Valley
Elizabeth Overberg, sr., Ankeny Centennial
Maggie Gundersen, jr., Council Bluffs Jefferson
Haley Horman, sr., Waukee
Forwards
Anna Van Wyngarden, jr., West Des Moines Valley
Hannah Schimmer, jr., Council Bluffs Lincoln
Rachel Christmann, sr., Ankeny
HONORABLE MENTION
Goalkeepers
Waverly Patterson, sr., Linn-Mar
Defense
Emma Casebolt, sr., Linn-Mar
Midfield
Hallie Peak, sr., Linn-Mar
Forwards
Delaney Holtey, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Class 2A Girls
Goalkeeper
Maggie Conrad, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier
Defense
Amanda Ross, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier
Midfield
Ashlyn Watt, sr., Adel ADM
Kendall Knisley, soph., North Scott
Kylie Knief, fr., Dallas Center-Grimes
Forwards
Kenzie Roling, sr., Waverly-Shell Rock (Miss Iowa Soccer 2021)
Maia Bentley, jr., Mount Vernon
Lauren Riggle, sr., Clear Creek Amana
Avery Korsching, jr., Dallas Center-Grimes
Jocelyn Bice, jr., Norwalk
Jada Jensen, soph., Atlantic
Abby Warner, jr., Pella
Alexa Johnson, jr., Spencer
HONORABLE MENTION
Midfield
Ellen Austin, sr., Clear Creek Amana
Forwards
Grace Coates, sr., Marion
Class 1A Girls
FIRST TEAM
Goalkeeper
Ashley Van Heukelom, sr., Des Moines Christian
Defense
Katie Currans, sr., Gilbert
Midfield
Megan Miller, sr., Des Moines Christian
Alyssa Kellar, sr., Treynor
Sara Hansen, sr., Hudson
Joslyn Terpstra, soph., Pella Christian
Marissa Ring, jr., Tri-Center
Forwards
Makenna Shepard, sr., Council Bluffs St. Albert
Clara Tiegland, soph., Treynor
Jordyn Foelske, sr., Denver
Miranda Ring, jr., Tri-Center
Jade Jackson, jr., Davenport Assumption
Camille Landphair, soph., Dike-New Hartford
