Wood River High School varsity soccer teams fared well when season ending All-League honors were handed out in the Great Basin Conference West.
Fourth-year Wolverine girls' coach Greg Gvozdas (61-14-5) earned All-Great Basin West "Coach of the Year" honors for the third time in his four seasons at the Hailey varsity helm.
Gvozdas guided the Wolverines to their fourth consecutive Great Basin West soccer championship. Wood River (12-5-1) also won the State 4A tournament consolation title for the second time in four years.
"Player of the Year" in the Great Basin West was Wolverine senior sweeper Michelle McMurdo, a Camas County High School student and Wood River Valley native who played four seasons of soccer for Wood River High School in Hailey.
A number of Wolverine girls and boys also earned honors on All-Great Basin squads for the 2007 season. Team honors announced at Thursday night's team banquets will be revealed in next Wednesday's Express.
Here are All-League teams:
Great Basin West girls
Player of the Year: Michelle McMurdo, Wood River.
Coach of the Year: Greg Gvozdas, Wood River.
All-League first team: Sam Johnson, Aimee Evans, Tanner Dredge and Laura Elgee (WR); Cynthia Rios, Kim Ashton and Diana Blauer (Burley); Aubree Callen, Bri Conrad and Sarah Nutsch (Jerome); Ariel Belnap, Lacy Van Every and Shaleece Brown (Minico).
All-League second team: Delaney Fox, Jasmine Campbell, Makayla Cappel and Bailey Ireland (WR); Kadi Baggett, Kassie Heiner and Meagen Warner (Burley); Marion Bowler, Allison Bruckner, Molly Reid and Sarah Stephens (Jerome); Bianca Santana and Maria Lilleskog (Minico).
Honorable mention: Elsa Sweek, Taylor Hayes and Madison Gove (WR); Vanessa Ward, Kelsee Wassom, Jenna Williams and Natasha Landrith (Burley); Hannah Doherty, Alexis Folkinga, Stephanie Govea, Elizabeth Johnson and Lety Juarez (Jerome); Kelsie Halverson and Mona Merrill (Minico).
Great Basin West boys
Player of the Year: Gustavo Sanchez, Burley.
Coach of the Year: Robert Garcia, Jerome.
All-League first team: Kyler VanDyck, Ross Parsons, Axel Peterson and Erwin Roman (WR); Gustavo Sanchez, Luis Magana, Danny Martinez, Carlos Gil and Pablo Marin (Burley); Michael Laurian, Gabriel Pulido, Sergio Martinez, Fermin Martinez and Sergio Mendoza (Jerome); Alex Olmos, Martin Ruiz, Francisco Martinez, Saul Martinez, Jorge Carillo and Raul Navarette (Minico).
All-League second team: Colter Brehmer, Cody Phelps, David Dredge, Morgan Pike and Chris DeLaCruz (WR); Uriel Anguiano, Alex Magana, Victor Del Toro and Jorge Rios (Burley); Roman Vasquez, Jaime Eudave, Tim Bowler and Inice Alejo (Jerome); Fabian Nunez, Oscar Simmental, Leo Lopez, Wesley McClary and Isaac Medina (Minico).
Honorable mention: Spencer Fullmer, Austin Cruz and Bruce Lopez (WR); Luis Miramontes and Kace Redder (Burley); Eduardo Ruiz and Salvador Mercado (Jerome); Ethan Cayle and Emmanuel Pulido (Minico).
Senior co-captain Ross Parsons was a stalwart player on the field and a steady influence off during the Wolverines? 2007 campaign. Photo by David N. Seelig
