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Boys All-Area Soccer
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Boys Player of the Year: West Hall's Juan Arbalaez

Coach of the Year: West Hall's Wolfgang Jager

Girls Player of the Year: North Hall's Mary Mancin

Girls All-Area Team

First Team All Area 

Juan Arbelaez

West Hall

Grade, position: Sr.,
Midfield

Notable: 22 goals, 22 assists on the season

Rudy Vazquez

West Hall

Grade, position: Sr.,
Forward

Notable: 27 goals, 8 assists on the season

Memo Rodriguez

Flowery Branch

Grade, position: Sr.,
Forward

Notable: 18 goals, 10 assists on the season

Nolan Hemmer

Habersham Central

Grade, position: Jr.,
Midfield

Notable: 24 goals, 10 assists on the season

Alex Vang

Banks County

Grade, position: Sr.,
Midfield

Notable: 14 goals, 11 assists on the season

Vincente Trujillo

Johnson

Grade, position: Jr.,
Midfield

Notable: All-Region 7-AAA first team

Inmer Venegas

Johnson

Grade, position: Jr.,
Defender

Notable: Co-MVP of the NE GA Mountains Cup

David Medina

Chestatee

Grade, position: Sr.,
Defender

Notable: Averaged 6.2 steals per game

Isreal del Toro

West Hall

Grade, position: Sr.,
defender

Notable: Led a defense that had 13 shutouts

Newt Turk

Habersham Central

Grade, position: Sr.,
Defender

Notable: Led a defense that allowed only 12 goals in 2009

Jamie King

West Hall

Grade, position: Senior, Keeper

Notable: 72 saves, 13 shutouts

Second Team All-Area

Daniel Vergara

School: Riverside

Grade: Sr.

Notable: 25 goals, 2 assists in 2009

Juan Vargas

School: Habersham Central

Grade: Sr.

Notable: Accounted for 23 goals in 2009

Jonny Yang

School: Banks County

Grade: Jr.

Notable: 11 goals, 15 assists in 2009

Juan Morfin

School: Johnson

Grade: So.

Notable: 12 goals, 3 assists in 2009

Jimmy Hatch

School: Chestatee

Grade: Sr.

Notable: Named 1st team All-Region 7-AAA

Chris Henry

School: Johnson

Grade: Jr.

Notable: Accounted for 11 of team’s goals.

Alex Munoz

School: West Hall

Grade: Sr.

Notable: 6 goals, 1 assist from defender position

Jesus Penaloza

School: Gainesville

Grade: Sr.

Notable: Led a defense that had 6 shutouts

Brandon Brooks

School: Habersham Central

Grade: Sr.

Notable: Starter on a defense that had 14 shutouts

Sawyer Hemmer

School: Habersham Central

Grade: Jr.

Notable: Starter on a defense that gave up 4 goals in region play

Phillip Gaines

School: Gainesville

Grade: Sr.

Notable: 1.3 goals allowed per game

Honorable mentions

Russ Puckett, Jr., Gainesville

Angel Granados, Sr., White County

Philip Abrahamson, Jr., Flowery Branch

Stephens Brown, Sr., Habersham Central

Monish Lahiry, So., Gainesville

Zach Clark, Sr., Flowery Branch

Brannon Lloyd, Jr., Flowery Branch

Gabriel Osorio, So., Gainesville

Gerardo Damian, Jr., Gainesville

Donald Jordon, Jr., Banks County

Marco Monreal, Jr., Banks County

Gabriel Carillo, Jr., Johnson

Ruben Castro, Jr., Johnson

Ariel Mejia, So., Johnson

Diego Cuevas, Jr., Johnson

Rigo Mojica, Jr., Johnson

Christian Moctezuma, Jr., Johnson

Alan Garcia, Sr., Johnson

Adam Stokes, Jr., Riverside

Joe Heath, Sr., Riverside

Tobi Ogunbanjo, Sr., Riverside

Choi Yun Bae, Sr., Riverside

Chris Gaines, Sr., White County

Mark Bardenwerper, Jr., White County

Robert Jones, Sr., White County

Bart Ziccardi, Jr., White County

Dane Trosterud, Sr., Dawson County

Chris Lewis, Sr., West Hall

Gerson Mejia, Sr., West Hall

Payne Wright, Sr., North Hall

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