FINAL STANDINGS
(Regular season)
Watauga 11-1-0
Hickory 11-1-0
S. Caldwell 5-6-0
Freedom 4-5-1
Alex Central 3-7-1
St. Stephens 3-7-2
McDowell 1-11-0
By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
After sharing the Northwestern 3A-4A boys’ soccer championship, Watauga High has won three of the league’s four major awards in the postseason.
Hickory and Watauga finished 11-1-0 each in the conference to tie for the league title.
The conference released All-Northwestern 3A-4A, led by 10 picks from Watauga and nine from Hickory.
Hickory’s Carter Holt was named the Offensive Player of the Year.
Watauga won Player of the Year (Hatch Sevensky), Defensive Player of the Year (Colter Conway) and Coach of the Year (Josh Honeycutt).
Hickory, as a No. 16 seed, reached the West 3A title match before falling 3-2 to No. 3 Weddington.
Watauga, as a No. 2 seed, made the third round before being eliminated 2-0 by Weddington.
ALL-NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A BOYS SOCCER
(as selected by conference head coaches)
Alexander Central: Austin Sink.
Freedom: Teague Miller, Beckham Ixchajchal, Cole Johnson.
Hickory: Patrick Ceccato, Jose Vallecillos, Ben Boston, Mackezine Tonks, Carter Holt, Spears Culpeppers, Nick Hutto, Lewis Tate, Cesar Rangel.
McDowell: Noe Oloqui.
St. Stephens: Eliseo Coronado, Chandler Buff.
South Caldwell: Asher Means, Alex Rundquest, Josh Adams, Evan Carter, Brady Haislip.
Watauga: Colter Conway, Matt Taubman, Owen Combs, Hatch Sevensky, David Sprague, Walker Franklin, Andrew Gurley, Reilly Riddle, Chase Perry, Ayden Franklin.
Player of Year: Sevensky, Watauga.
Offensive Player of the Year: Holt, Hickory.
Defensive Player of the Year: Conway, Watauga
Coach of the Year: Josh Honeycutt, Watauga.
