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2008 Montgomery Advertiser
Boys All-Metro Soccer Team
Published June 13th, 2008
 

Coach of the Year:
    Rob Mitchell, Prattville
 

·         Forward: Jonathan Marable, Sr., Montgomery Academy

·         Forward: Colin Newmeyer, Sr., Catholic

·         Forward: Cheikh Robertson, Sr., LAMP

·         Forward: Brooks Blackmon, Sr., Trinity

·         Forward: Matt Wingo, Sr., Prattville

·         Midfield: Jackson Fendley, 8th, Trinity

·         Midfield: Brian Egan, Jr., Prattville

·         Midfield: Dallas Thomas, Sr., Alabama Christian

·         Midfield: Justin Hughes, Jr., Catholic

·         Midfield: Kyle Cannon, Jr., Prattville

·         Defense: Daniel Dunaway, Sr., Trinity

·         Defense: Travis Hughes, Sr., Montgomery Academy

·         Keeper: Clark Hankins, Sr., St. James

Honorable Mention: Chris Adams (Tallassee); Hunter Bush (Wetumpka); Pierce Cobb (Montgomery Academy); Leighton Long (Brew Tech); Justin Marshall (Prattville); Chancellor Maryland (Catholic); Tony Nuffer (Holtville); Kory O'Brien (Holtville); Brennan Parker (Catholic); Greg Rhodes (Catholic); Zack Sprague (Trinity); Matt Stacey (Trinity); Will Warren (Prattville)
 

2008 Montgomery Advertiser
Girls All-Metro Soccer Team
 

Coach of the Year:
   Wulf Koch, Montgomery Academy

 

·         Forward: Erin Katz, 8th, Montgomery Academy

·         Forward: Nini Smith, 8th, Montgomery Academy

·         Forward: Caitlin Sears, Fr., Catholic

·         Midfield: Haley Andreades, Fr., Montgomery Academy

·         Midfield: Laura Andreades, Sr., Montgomery Academy

·         Midfield: Kelsey Curtis, Fr., St. James

·         Midfield: Megan Collins, Fr., Montgomery Academy

·         Midfield: Chelsea Eisemann, Jr., Prattville

·         Midfield: Meredith Vigilant, Jr., St. James

·         Defense: Kyndal Curtis, Sr., Trinity

·         Defense: Alice Mclemore, Sr., Trinity

·         Defense: Candace Meeks, Sr., Prattville

·         Keeper: Sarah Story, So., LAMP

Honorable Mention: Mae Mae Johnson (Trinity); Katie Leisy (LAMP); Lauren Marsh (Prattville); Carrie McCann (Montgomery Academy); Mary Grayson Nix (Trinity)

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ALL-METRO SOCCER TEAM: Freshman Collins, coach help MA girls soar 

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Montgomery Academy girls soccer coach Wulf Koch wanted to boost his team to the top of the region this season.

The task became that much easier when freshman Megan Collins took the field. With Collins in the fold as an attacking midfielder, Koch guided the Eagles to a 21-2 record and the second round of the Class 1A-4A playoffs.

Collins is this year's Montgomery Advertiser All-Metro Player of the Year and Koch is the Coach of the Year. Catholic senior Colin Newmeyer and Prattville coach Rob Mitchell are the boys Player and Coach of the Year.

Collins scored 18 goals and set a state record with 40 assists. Koch said her long-distance shooting ability makes her a good player, but her passing ability is what makes her stand above the others.

"She can drop a 25-to-30 yard pass right on a dime," Koch said. "She's very, very good with that."

MA was 11-0 against local teams this season, outscoring St. James, LAMP, Catholic, Trinity, Prattville and Lee by a combined score of 55-6.

"Last year we lost a couple games to Catholic and lost a game to Trinity," said Koch, who is also the head coach for the AUM's men's soccer program. "Being at AUM, we're the prime institute in soccer in the city and I want MA to be the same. (AUM's) men's team went to Final Four and I want the same for the girls."

While the Eagles' playoff run ended prematurely, Prattville's boys team nearly reached the pinnacle after several close misses. For the fifth straight year, the Lions returned to the state tournament. They made it to the finals, where they dropped a 3-2 decision to Oak Mountain.

"Making it to the Final Four is what we try to do every year," said Mitchell, who is 91-24-13 in five seasons at Prattville. "Now we want to get to the highest point and win a state championship one year. We've got to keep working at it."

"We're getting closer every year. In the past, Oak Mountain and Shades Valley are dynasty teams that everybody talks about. They used to beat us pretty hands-down and this year they only beat us by one. We're just trying to get over the hump."

While Mitchell and the Lions narrowly missed new heights in 2008, Catholic's Colin Newmeyer found them. Newmeyer became just the fifth player in AHSAA history to score 100 career goals.

Newmeyer scored 42 goals and had seven assists in 24 games this year and scored once every three times he shot the ball. In doing so, he led the Knights to their first playoff trip in 10 years and nearly guided Catholic to a win in the playoffs as well.

He scored the team's only goal in a 2-1 overtime loss to Bayside. By season's end, he had racked up seven hat tricks (finishing with 16 in his career) and 115 total goals. Newmeyer, who will play for Tusculum College next year, was held scoreless in just five games.

More impressively, he racked up all the statistics and accolades while playing with a sports hernia. Newmeyer underwent surgery this past Monday and is currently suffering through a week of bedrest.

"I found out about it in the early winter and the doctor said it could have gotten worse, but it couldn't be more painful than it already was," Newmeyer said.

Newmeyer said it wasn't a tough decision to play his senior year -- a season he had waited on since joining the Knights.