The Mother Lode League All-League Team includes, from left, Co-Coach of the Year Roque Mireles, Ivan Miranda, Luis Duran, Offensive Player of the Year Manuel Perez, Chris Whitesides, Ricardo Ordaz, Scott Birkestrand, Andrew Graves, Borck Montgomery, Cole Przybyla, Midfielder Player of the Year Dakota Stockert, Defensive Player of the Year Mathias King, Andrew Corsaletti and Co-Coach of the Year Rudolf Von Heiningen. Not present were Alex Fischer and Nick Benz. The Mother Lode League soccer all-star first teamers, players and coaches of the year gather for a team photo on Calaveras High School's football/soccer field Monday in San Andreas. Mathias King, left, and Andrew Corsaletti Ricardo Ordaz Roque Mireles

Mustangs' Ricardo Ordaz, coach Roque Mireles join Herd's Alex Fischer, Andrew Corsaletti in All-MLL soccer first team honors

Amador High School senior goalkeeper Mathias King was voted by Mother Lode League coaches as the MLL Defensive Player of the Year for the 2007 varsity soccer season, the coaches announced last week.

On Monday, King and teammate, senior forward Andrew Corsaletti and senior defender Alex Fischer, joined the ranks of the First Team All-MLL for the team photo on the Calaveras High School football/soccer field.

The Amador goalkeeper King finished with 149 saves, while allowing 15 goals in 19 games played for the Thundering Herd of Sutter Creek. Corsaletti, also a first-teamer, finished with seven goals, tied for third in the MLL, in helping Amador to a 6-10-7 overall record and a 4-6-5 finish for third place in the MLL. Corsaletti finished with three assists and King also had one assist and recorded four shutouts.

Amador also had two players make second team all league and two make the honorable mention squad. Three from the Herd also made the all-academic team.

Junior midfielders Joey Wall and Tanner Scholtes were named to the Second Team All-League squad for Amador. Wall had two goals for Amador and Scholtes had three. Both had an assist.

Getting Honorable Mention were junior defender Matt Stevens and junior forward Nico Andriani. Andriani finished with four goal and four assists in eight games for the Herd.

Making the all-academic squad for Amador were Caleb Fountain, Scholtes and Wall.

Argonaut coach Roque Mireles named co-coach of the year in MLL soccer

Argonaut High School coach Roque Mireles was selected Mother Lode League co-coach of the year by league coaches and was joined in all-star honors by the Mustangs' first-team all-league senior forward Ricardo Ordaz.

The Mustangs also had two freshmen selected to the Section Team All-League squad. Both midfielders, freshmen Russ Ellyson and Matt Riebe were named second teamers.

Argonaut also had two players receive honorable mention awards from MLL coaches' voting. Sophomore Craighton Hancock, the second-year Mustang goalkeeper took honorable mention, as did junior defender Sergio Valencia.

Four other players from Argonaut made the All Academic Team.

They were Mike Adair, James Common, Travis McDaniel and Riebe.

The Mother Lode League All-Star Team announcement included four Linden High School players taking first team honors, including Offensive Player of the Year Manuel Perez.

Perez, a junior at Linden was second in MLL scoring with 22 goals and was tied for third in assists with seven in helping lead the Lions to the league championship, finishing 17-4 overall and undefeated in MLL play with a 15-0 record.

Joining Perez on the first team were junior midfielders Luis Duran and Ivan Miranda. Duran led league scoring with 23 goals and second in assists with eight in 18 games. Miranda was tied for third in assists with seven and also hit seven goals.

Also on the first team all-league squad was Linden junior defender Chris Whitesides, who led the league in assists with 17.

Second place MLL finishers Calaveras High School also had four first-team all-stars, including Midfielder of the Year Dakota Stockert, a senior.

Defensive Player of the Year was Mathias King, an Amador High School senior, who had 149 saves and allowed 15 goals in 19 games with four shutouts and an assist.

Co-Coaches of the Year were Roque Mireles of Argonaut High School and Rudy van Heiningen of Calaveras.

First Team All League

1. Luis Duran, junior midfielder, Linden

2. Ivan Miranda, junior midfielder, Linden

3. Chris Whitesides, junior defender, Linden

4. Andrew Graves , senior goalkeeper, Calaveras

5. Brock Montgomery, senior forward, Calaveras

6. Cole Przybyla-Williams, senior defender, Calaveras

7. Alex Fischer, senior defender, Amador

8. Andrew Corsaletti, senior forward, Amador

9. Nick Benz, senior midfielder, Bret Harte

10. Ricardo Ordaz, senior forward, Argonaut

11. Scott Birkestrand, senior defender, Summerville

Second Team All League

1. Lorenzo Ahumada, junior defender, Linden

2. Zack Martinez, senior defender, Linden

3. Daniel van Heiningen, senior forward, Calaveras

4. Sean McTeer, junior forward, Calaveras

5. Joey Wall, junior midfielder, Amador

6. Tanner Scholtes, junior midfielder, Amador

7. Carlos Montoya, senior defender, Bret Harte

8. Ben Garcia, senior defender, Bret Harte

9. Russ Ellyson, freshman midfielder, Argonaut

10. Matt Riebe, freshman midfielder, Argonaut

11. J.D. Yeisley, senior forward, Summerville

12. Ryan Gilmore, junior goalkeeper, Summerville

Honorable Mention:

1. Martin Carbajal, junior midfielder, Linden

2. Juan Ortiz, senior midfielder, Linden

3. Nathadet Apirakkulwong, senior defender, Calaveras

4. Ravi Leite, junior midfielder, Calaveras

5. Cody Jones, junior midfielder, Calaveras

6. Matt Stevens, junior defender, Amador

7. Nico Andriani, junior forward, Amador

. Alex Durante, freshman defender, Bret Harte

9. Samir Elouahagi, senior forward, Bret Harte

10. Jonathon Celli, junior goalkeeper, Bret Harte

11. Craighton Hancock, sophomore goalkeeper, Argonaut

12. Sergio Valencia, junior defender, Argonaut

13. Mike Tarantino, senior midfielder, Summerville

14. Mason Ramet, junior defender, Summerville

All Academic Team

1. Nathadet Apirakkulwong, Calaveras

2. Andrew Graves, Calaveras

3. Cameron Kokines, Calaveras

4. Jonathon Long, Calaveras

5. Gary Parks, Calaveras

6. Cole Przybyla-Williams, Calaveras

7. Daniel van Heiningen, Calaveras

8. Caleb Fountain, Amador

9. Tanner Scholtes Amador

10. Joey Wall Amador

11. Tim Minton, Bret Harte

12. Andrew Gilbert Bret Harte

13. Mike Adair, Argonaut

14. James Common, Argonaut

15. Travis McDaniel, Argonaut

16. Matt Riebe, Argonaut

17. Ian Friewald, Summerville

18. Jeff Germain, Summerville

19. Tom Reel, Summerville

20. Mike Tarantino, Summerville

21. Andrew Koskela, Summerville