SoMECK 7 all-conference teams for spring sports are announced

Langston Wertz Jr.
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Ardrey Kell infielder Jacob Kirby throws out a Porter Ridge baserunner in a first round NCHSAA 4A playoff game in Indian Trail, N.C., Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

Here are the 2023 all-conference spring sports teams for the SoMECK 7 conference as voted by league coaches.

Baseball

  • Anthony Dorner (Ardrey Kell)

  • Michael Craft (Ardrey Kell)

  • Corbin Mickle (Ardrey Kell)

  • Tyler Smith (Ardrey Kell)

  • Dylan Veverka (Ardrey Kell)

  • Luke McGrath (Myers Park)

  • Reid Sapp (Myers Park)

  • Ike Schmidly (Myers Park)

  • Jim Johnson (Myers Park)

  • Daniel Shuta (Myers Park)

  • Mason VanFossen (Olympic)

  • Elijah Holmes (Olympic)

  • Isaiah Street (Olympic)

  • Tyler Dovel (South Meck)

  • Brody Taylor (South Meck)

  • Micah VanFossen (Palisades)

  • Wilber Carraway (Berry)

Conference Player of the Year:

  • Cam Bagwell (South Meck)

Conference Pitcher of the Year:

  • Jacob Kirby (Ardrey Kell)

Coach of the Year

  • Sean Thomas (Ardrey Kell)

Boys Golf

  • Eli Schmidly - 70 (Player of the Year) - MP

  • Dean Lowery - 71 - MP

  • Ben Chase - 72 - AK

  • Grant Caldwell - 72 - SM

  • Robert Thompson - 73 - MP

  • Michael Switzer - 73 - AK

  • Reid Heaton - 74 - MP

  • Jack Pelletier - 77 - AK

Conference Player of the Year:

  • Eli Schmidly (Myers Park)

Conference Coach of the Year

  • Jason Lockwood (Myers Park)

Girls Soccer

1st Team All-Conference Selections:

  • Ally Casey (Ardrey Kell)

  • Lyla Chadd (Ardrey Kell)

  • Carly Montgomery (Ardrey Kell)

  • Ellie Riechman (Ardrey Kell)

  • Taylor Suarez (Ardrey Kell)

  • Amaya Falzarano (Myers Park)

  • Chayla McDaniel (Myers Park)

  • Delilah Pinkney (Myers Park)

  • Charlotte Simas (Myers Park)

  • Sara Grace Simas (Myers Park)

  • Nadia Bolden (South Meck)

2nd Team All-Conference Selections:

  • Kayley Newman (Ardrey Kell)

  • Bliss Hoyle (Berry)

  • Veronica Bofah (Harding)

  • Karsyn Ballard (Olympic)

  • Grace Wright (Olympic)

  • Ava Childress (Palisades)

  • Ayre Cupid (Palisades)

  • Kyrah Garvin (Palisades)

  • Kandis Calvin (South Meck)

  • Mary Liese Grier (South Meck)

  • Lily Nixon (South Meck)

Conference Player of the Year:

  • Taylor Suarez (Ardrey Kell)

Coach of the Year

  • Taylor Waddell (Berry)

Softball

  • Hannah Hubbard (Myers Park)

  • Blythe Phillips(Myers Park)

  • Amy Lautenschlager (Myers Park)

  • Eva Hall (Myers Park)

  • Kate Obringer (Myers Park)

  • Shyann Powell (Myers Park)

  • Taylor Barlow (South Meck)

  • McKenna Jones (South Meck)

  • Tia Montgomery (South Meck)

  • Josie Goodchild (South Meck)

  • MC Millikan (South Meck)

  • Grace McKee (Ardrey Kell)

  • Maddie Christensen (Ardrey Kell)

  • Allison Smith (Ardrey Kell)

  • Mia Vasquez Garcia (Palisades)

  • Janiya Johnson (Palisades)

  • Kian Chisholm (Berry)

  • Amber Hay (Olympic)

  • Abigal Marshall (Harding)

Conference Player of the Year:

  • Taylor Barlow (South Meck)

Conference Pitcher of the Year:

  • Hannah Hubbard (Myers Park

Coach of the Year

  • Emily Turybury (South Meck)

Boys Tennis

  • First Seed Players:

  • Second Seed Players:

  • Third Seed Players:

  • Wild Card Players:

  • Conference Player of the Year:

  • Connor Yett (Myers Park)

  • Conference Coach of the Year:

  • Ed Flynn (Myers Park)

Boys Track & Field

  • Xavier Branker (Ardrey Kell)

  • Jackson Carpenter (Ardrey Kell)

  • Ben Eckert (Ardrey Kell)

  • Andrew Davis (Ardrey Kell)

  • Ismael Frometa (Ardrey Kell)

  • Nicholas Grace (Ardrey Kell)

  • Raghav Gopalakrishnan (Ardrey Kell)

  • Dorian Carter (Berry)

  • Isaiah Hanes (Berry)

  • La’Savion Kinard (Berry)

  • Jaidyn McKinnon (Berry)

  • Isaac Wabela (Myers Park)

  • Solomon Young (Myers Park)

  • Vernon Benjamin (Olympic)

  • Jemmott Duncan (Olympic)

  • Sterling Greene (Olympic)

  • Nikyan Hodge (Olympic)

  • Jean Mayoko (Olympic)

  • Malachi Morrison (Olympic)

  • Chris Brown (South Meck)

  • Caleb Roesch (South Meck)

Conference Distance Athlete of the Year:

  • Caleb Roesch (South Meck)

Conference Sprints Athlete of the Year:

  • Malachi Morrison (Olympic)

Conference Field Athlete of the Year:

  • Solomon Young (Myers Park)

Coach of the Year

  • Rachial Parrish (Ardrey Kell)

Girls Track & Field

  • Tyler Glover (Ardrey Kell)

  • Alexandra Inogoglia (Ardrey Kell)

  • Chazmine Johnson (Berry)

  • Sanai Forte (Harding)

  • Molly Barber (Myers Park)

  • Mary Bonner Dalton (Myers Park)

  • Charlotte Britt (Myers Park)

  • Claire Dixon (Myers Park)

  • Kristen Gaines (Olympic)

  • Journee Gordon (Olympic)

  • T’Sheylah Moore (Olympic)

  • Carmen PenaSoto (Olympic)

  • I’Ja Walter (Olympic)

  • Jahaila Wright (Olympic)

  • Kierra Jones (Palisades)

  • Naraya Nesbit (Palisades)

  • Mahkyah Pittman (Palisades)

  • Laila Singleton (Palisades)

  • Sky Bleu Tyson (Palisades)

  • Alana Wheeler (Palisades)

Conference Distance Athlete of the Year:

  • Mary Bonner Dalton (Myers Park)

Conference Sprints Athlete of the Year:

  • I’Ja Walter (Olympic)

Conference Field Athlete of the Year:

  • Tyler Glover (Ardrey Kell)

Coach of the Year

  • Lemaar Shakir (Olympic)