2016 Lexington All-City boys’ soccer team

The race for 2016 Lexington Boys’ Soccer Player of the Year came down to a single point.

While Paul Laurence Dunbar senior Harrison Grabmeyer received four first-place votes, more than any other player in the balloting, it was Lafayette senior Nick SirLouis who finished first among a vote of Lexington’s eight soccer coaches. SirLouis finished with two first-place votes while Dunbar’s Jack Sheroan and Caleb Norris each finished with one apiece.

Sheroan was named to the First Team along with Dunbar keeper Josh Szydlik, giving the state semifinalist Bulldogs three first-team members. Dunbar plays Daviess County for a state finals berth Thursday night.

Lafayette, which fell to Madison Central in a shootout in the first round of the 11th Region Tournament, also placed three players on the First Team. Holden Treadway and Evan Bunch joined Grabmeyer as selections.

Henry Clay’s Nick Whitehouse and Ethan MacGillivray were named to the First Team. Sayre’s Will Newton, Lexington Catholic’s Tyler Kenney and Tates Creek’s Ben Kaindu rounded out the First Team choices.

How voting worked: Coaches were asked to submit up to five of their players as nominations. Those nominations were then compiled and sent to each of the coaches, who were asked to rank their top 11 players from that list without selecting any of their own players. Point values were assigned based upon the rank (one point for first place, two points for second place, etc.) and players were assigned a spot on the All-City team based on their total point value (players received 12 points for each ballot they did not appear on except for their own coach’s submission).

This story was originally published November 3, 2016 at 11:55 AM with the headline "2016 Lexington All-City boys’ soccer team."