03/27/2024
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Freddy Wooten (23, center) and Jake Evans (right) were East Bladen players named to the All-Three Rivers Conference boys’ soccer team. [Kenneth Armstrong photo]


East Bladen’s Gabe Barber, Freddy Wooten, Jake Evans, Jay McKoy and Will Hester and West Bladen’s Keni Verdugo-Gomez and Jonathan Santana-Dominguez have been named to the All-Three Rivers Conference Boys Soccer Team.

East Bladen coach Jay Raynor

Eagle Coach Jay Raynor was named the Three Rivers Coach of the Year after his East Bladen team won the league championship with a perfect 14-0 record and 17-4-1 overall mark. Raynor’s Eagles have won three straight league titles while posting a 41-1 record in league play.

Barber was named the Three Rivers Conference Player of the Year, finishing the season with 24 goals, 22 assists and 423 steals.

Wooten, a junior, anchored the backline defense that allowed only 11 goals in 22 games and was credited with 342 steals. Evans, a senior, dished out 22 assists, scored 9 goals and made a team-high 443 steals.

McKoy, a junior, was another key defender who came up with 401 steals. Hester, a junior, aided the defensive effort with 411 steals.

West Bladen’s Keni Verdugo-Gomez (17, left) [Kenneth Armstrong photo]
Verdugo-Gomez, a junior, fired in a team-high 21 goals, dished out 6 assists and made 48 steals. Santana-Dominguez, a senior, led the Knights with 112 steals and added 3 assists and a goal.

Receiving Honorable Mention for East Bladen were: freshman Malcolm Bolden (9 goals, 6 assists, 289 steals); junior Jacob Priest (41 saves, 14 shutouts in goal); senior Jon Von Rupp (9 goals, 5 assists, 254 steals); junior Garrett Melvin (16 goals, 5 assists, 311 steals); senior Jay McGill (4 goals, 3 assists, 214 steals); senior Angel Martinez (5 goals, 7 assists, 252 steals).

Honorable Mention nominees from West Bladen were: senior Brandon Labra (72 steals, 3 goals, 2 assists); senior Wilmer Garcia (6 goals, 6 assists, 41 steals); senior Eric Sandoval (77 steals).

East Bladen’s Jay McKoy (21, right) [Kenneth Armstrong photo]

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