East Lincoln leads All-Southern Piedmont soccer team

East Lincoln’s Justin Williams was voted Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference soccer player of the year and the Mustangs’ Jason Dragoon coach of the year as the conference champions swept the SPC’s postseason awards.

East Lincoln finished 18-7-1 after a third-round playoff loss to Salisbury.

All-Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference soccer

Player of the year — Justin Williams, East Lincoln

Coach of the year — Jason Dragoon, East Lincoln

All-conference team:

Chad Salter, Sr., East Lincoln

Justin Williams, Fr., East Lincoln

Nik Geerken, Sr., East Lincoln

Eian Fowler, Sr., East Lincoln

Tyler Matner, Jr., East Lincoln

Rolando Miranda, So., East Lincoln

Colin Bish, Jr., North Lincoln

Steven Harrison, Jr., North Lincoln

Nate Smith, Jr., North Lincoln

Dylan Lawing, Sr., North Lincoln

Moises Rivera, Jr., Lincolnton

Manuel Ibarra, Sr., Lincolnton

Fernando Ibarra, Jr., Lincolnton

Rodolfo Hernandez, Sr., Lincolnton

Jose Trejo, So., Lincolnton

Jorge Rosales, So., Lincolnton

Ethan Bumgarner, Fr., West Lincoln

Juan Barajas, So., West Lincoln

Meng Lee, Sr., Challenger

Mario Xiong, Jr., Challenger

Mitch Vodanacharski, Sr., Highland Tech

Andrew Harris, Jr., Highland Tech

Aaron Marlowe, Fr., Highland Tech

North Carolina All-Region 9 team (2A)

Colin Bisch, North Lincoln, CM, Jr.

Eithan Bumgardner, West Lincoln, CM, Fr.

Jonas Nadar, Piedmont, CM, Sr.

Logan Polk, Piedmont, CB, Sr.

Chad Salter, East Lincoln, CM, Sr.

Robert Salzar, West Stanley, ST, Jr.

Jamie Baker, West Stanley, Mid, So.

T.J. Doster, Piedmont, ST, Sr.

Andrew Gebhardt, Cuthbertson, CM, So.

Nik Geerken, East Lincoln, CM, Sr.

Trent Johnson, Cuthbertson, K, Jr.

John Lewthwaite, Cuthbertson, CB, Jr.

Tyler Matner, East Lincoln, CM, Jr.

Chase Sasser, West Stanley, CB, Sr.

Justin Williams, East Lincoln, ST, Fr.

Jeremy Yepsen, West Stanley, Mid, Sr.

Israel Zapata, Forrest Hills, Mid, Jr.

Coach of the year — Nelson Garner, Cuthbertson

Assistant coach of the year — Darryl White, East Lincoln