Tumwater's Vuong snares league MVP honors
May 20-For the third consecutive spring, a Thunderbird was named as the Evergreen Conference's MVP. This season it was bestowed to junior midfielder Malachi Vuong, a prolific player that helped Tumwater win the regular season title in a competitive EvCo.
The program also had the Defensive Player of the Year in Thomas Williams and Goalkeeper of the Year in Grady Harroun. Those two, along with the rest of the T-Bird back line, were the catalysts in allowing just over one goal per game.
Black Hills earned the Sportsmanship Award for the league. Here are the complete all-league teams, as voted on by the coaches:
POY: Malachi Vuong, Tumwater
OPOY: Gonzalo Blanes, Aberdeen
DPOY: Thomas Williams, Tumwater
GKOY: Grady Harroun, Tumwater
Coaching Staff of the Year: Aberdeen
Sportsmanship Award: Black Hills
First team: Jendri Carrillo, forward, Shelton; Damian Corona, forward, Centralia; Yoanis Chignesse, forward, Aberdeen; Gabriel Cruz, midfielder, Centralia; Gibran Garcia, midfielder, Aberdeen; Gage Grisham, midfielder, W.F. West; Armando Navarrete, midfielder, Shelton; Jude Rauscher, midfielder, Tumwater; Gavin Sugarman, midfielder, Black Hills; Zachary Cammack, defender, Black Hills; Adrian Hernandez Ceja, defender, Centralia; Christhian Lopez, defender, Aberdeen; Lucas Oltion, defender, Tumwater; Ryker Scott, defender, Aberdeen; River Haydon, goalkeeper, W.F. West.
Second team: Ethan Badger, forward, Black Hills; Isaac Djigal, forward, Tumwater; Alex Mathuzima, forward, W.F. West; Aidan Aesby, midfielder, Tumwater; Angel Corona, midfielder, Aberdeen; Tony Hernandez, midfielder, Tumwater; Jax Holzgrove, midfielder, Shelton; Rafa Mendez, midfielder, W.F. West; Johnny Ruiz, midfielder, Centralia; Edgar Ceja, defender, Aberdeen; David Mendiola-Lopez, defender, Shelton; Daniel Rios, defender, Centralia; Fox Rogerson, defender, W.F. West; Jacob Silva, defender, Centralia; Jose Morales-Sanchez, goalkeeper, Shelton.
Honorable mention (locals only): Baabo Ba, Black Hills; Collin Camp, Black Hills; James Morgan, Black Hills; Asher Parascand, Black Hills; Andres Cruz, Centralia; Romario Mejia, Centralia; Evan Tackman, Centralia; Gabriel Burger, W.F. West; Riley Carter, W.F. West; Julian Casamiro, W.F. West; Yaden Quezada, W.F. West.
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