Cedar Falls goalkeeper Alex Clopton highlights a handful of Northeast Iowans to earn second-team all-state honors as voted on by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.
Clopton was a key component of a defense that helped carry the Tigers into this year's state tournament. In the first round at state, he made 19 saves and held top-seeded Ankeny to one goal.
In Class 1A, NU High's Jordan Lankford capped his senior season with second-team all-state honors. Waverly-Shell Rock teammates Jordan Broghammer and Kyle Sprain were second-team all-staters in Class 2A, along with Brandon Guenther, who helped lead Hudson to a third-place finish in its first-ever state tournament appearance.
Class 3A
FIRST TEAM - Tyler Brewer (Bettendorf); Matt Carlson (WDM Dowling); Reed Galbraith (CR Kennedy); Jacob Johnson (CR Washington); Husref Jupic (DM Hoover); Matt Kraciun (Pleasant Valley); Austin Otto (IC West); Bubu Palo (Ames); Kelly Rapp (WDM Valley); Taylor Wallen (Ankeny). Goalkeeper: Mike Schmidt (Ames).
SECOND TEAM - Edwin Arceo (Muscatine); Charles Barden (Linn-Mar); Alex Bedell (ICW); Eric Boyer (CRK); Jacob Canright (Davenport Central); Noel Medina (Urbandale); Nick Mimms (DC); Tanner Schilling (ICW); Scott Schleber (CR Prairie); Isaac Sheffield (ICW). Goalkeeper: Alex Clopton (Cedar Falls)
Class 2A
FIRST TEAM - Charlie Bales (CR Xavier); Jose Castanon (South Tama); Matt Dowie (Pella); Andy Kleen (Dallas Center-Grimes); Sam Koenig (Dubuque Wahlert); Eric May (Norwalk); Matt Miller (Norwalk); Neil Shields (Adel-DeSoto-Minburn); Alex Toay (Spencer); Jordan Wineland (DCG). Goalkeeper: Kyle Fitch (Spencer).
SECOND TEAM - Jordan Broghammer (Waverly-SR); Brandon Guenther (Hudson); Kevin Irr (Creston); Dylan Lockhart (ADM); Michael Schwery (Harlan); Kyle Sprain (Waverly-SR); Trent Wendt (Harlan); Zach Zenor (Glenwood). Goalkeeper: Ben Smiley (Norwalk).
Class 1A
FIRST TEAM - Jake Fahrenkrog (Solon); Blake Fostevedt (Council Bluffs St. Albert); Eric Kruse (CBSA); Teddy Larew (IC Regina); Jake McGruder (CBSA); Zach Pechous (IC Regina); Rylie Pruisman (Bondurant-Farrar); Vince Rhodes (Iowa Mennonite); Johnny Rummelhart (ICR); Mike Rummelhart (ICR); Mark Rushek (Davenport Assumption); Matt Waters (CBSA). Goalkeeper: P.J. Lanaghan (ICR).
SECOND TEAM - Pat Alt (Nevada); Matt Bickelhaupt (Ballard); Mark Gordon (Nevada); Ian Harris (Nevada); John Krause (Ballard); Jordan Lankford (NU High). Goalkeeper: Ian Hamilton (West Liberty).
Posted in Local on Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:00 am Updated: 6:02 pm.
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