All-KingCo soccer teams released

Several area players graced the All-KingCo First Team as teams were released Monday night.

Brad Jackson, Liam Kelly and Race Sciabica of Bellevue, Matt Lider and Leland Mattheaus of Sammamish and Jordan Con and Andy Fordyce of Interlake were all named to the first team.

Mercer Island, who swept through the KingCo Conference with a perfect record of 12-0, had the most representatives on the team with six first team selections, including player of the year, midfielder Chris Morris.

Mercer Island’s Steve Newman was named coach of the year.

All-KingCo First Team

Keeper: Cody Tipton, Sr., Mount Si; Forrest Marowitz, Sr., Mercer Island.

Defender: Jed Jacobsen, Sr., Mercer Island; Brad Jackson, Sr., Bellevue; Matt Johnson, Jr., Mercer Island; Matt Lider, Sr., Sammamish; Taylor Ward, Jr., Mercer Island; Dean Byron, Jr., Liberty.

Midfielder: Chris Morris, Sr., Mercer Island; Liam Kelly, Sr., Bellevue; Leland Mattheaus, Sr., Sammamish; Mason Bochner, Sr., Juanita; Jordan Con, Sr., Interlake.

Forward: Andy Fordyce, Jr., Interlake; Race Sciabica, Jr., Bellevue; Danny Strome, Jr., Mercer Island.

All-KingCo Second Team

Keeper: Issac Velarde, Jr., Sammamish; Alex Woehlbrandt, Sr., Liberty.

Defender: Troy Hightower, Sr., Bellevue; Sam Joselyn, Jr., Mount Si; Sam Evans, Jr., Mount Si; Jensen Brehm, Sr., Bellevue; Taylor Young, Sr., Bellevue; Nathan Wigley, Jr., Sammamish.

Midfielder: Garrett Lee, Jr., Juanita; Eric Baumgardner, Soph., Mount Si; Doug Silvius, Jr., Mount Si; Tyler Ybarra, Jr., Mercer Island; Taylor Backous, Jr., Mercer Island.

Forward: Dakota McKay, Sr., Liberty; Nick Ward, Jr., Mercer Island; Diego Corvaland, Sr., Mercer Island.

Bellevue-area Honorable Mention

Bellevue: Will Rattigan, Jr.; Max Lyon, Soph.

Interlake: John Northey, Sr.; Eric Fergerstrom, Jr.

Sammamish: Stuart Ellsworth, Soph.; Jonathan Matson, Sr.; Nick Rooney, Soph.; Duncan Dickerson, Jr.