Here’s the 2021 Lexington All-City Boys’ Soccer Team
Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Issac Cano is Player of the Year in Lexington boys’ high school soccer, according to votes gathered by the Herald-Leader for the 2021 All-City Boys’ Soccer Team from the city’s nine coaches.
Cano, a senior forward, helped lead the Bulldogs to this year’s KHSAA boys’ state soccer championship, the fifth state crown for the program, and had a goal and an assist in the title game, a 2-1 win over Covington Catholic. He was named the tournament’s most valuable player. He led Dunbar with 34 goals and 10 assists this season.
Dunbar had three first-team selections, the most of any school, as Kasen Johnston and Reese Calhoon joined Cano for top honors. Lexington Catholic’s Catesby Clay took second in the voting and was joined by teammate Wells Durham. Rounding out the first team were Henry Clay’s Zakariah Shendera and Markieus Hill Jr., Frederick Douglass’ Cooper Ranvier, Bryan Station’s Evan Amend, Lexington Christian’s Zach Workman and Lafayette’s Angel Montiel.
Here are Lexington’s 2021 All-City Boys’ Soccer Teams. Players were nominated and voted on by the city’s coaches who ranked their first- and second-team choices with 22 points allotted to their player of the year, 21 to the next player, etc.
2021 All-City boys’ soccer teams
First- and second-team players listed in order of coaches’ vote points
FIRST TEAM
Player of the Year: Issac Cano, sr., Paul Laurence Dunbar, 171.
Catesby Clay, sr., Lexington Catholic, 163.
Kasen Johnston, so., Paul Laurence Dunbar, 162.
Zakariah Shendera, sr., Henry Clay, 160.
Cooper Ranvier, so., Frederick Douglass, 139.
Evan Amend, sr., Bryan Station, 138.
Wells Durham, sr., Lexington Catholic, 129.
Zach Workman, sr., Lexington Christian, 114.
Markieus Hill Jr., sr., Henry Clay, 101.
Reese Calhoon, sr., Paul Laurence Dunbar, 99.
Angel Montiel, so., Lafayette, 93.
SECOND TEAM
Jair Leal-Gutierrez, jr., Tates Creek.
Andrew Dobbs, sr., Lexington Christian.
Luke Wiles, so., Frederick Douglass.
Bennett Kirn, sr., Lexington Catholic.
Mario Fuentes, sr., Bryan Station.
Jake Oser, jr., Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Brady Atkins, jr., Sayre.
Jonathan Ryan (GK), jr., Tates Creek.
Sawyer Trowel, so., Lafayette.
Josh Carr, jr., Frederick Douglass.
Elliott Blanche, jr., Henry Clay.
HONORABLE MENTION
Bryan Station: Daniel Mutanzala, Kendrick Rhodes, Juan Mina.
Frederick Douglass: Gavin Jones, Ombeni Shendera.
Henry Clay: Diego Sanchez, Andrew Hoten.
Lafayette: Josiah McKinney, Emmany Bandamuna.
Lexington Christian: Grayson Collins, Aaron White, Patrick Duff.
Lexington Catholic: Bigabo Jackson, Brandon Seabaugh.
Paul Laurence Dunbar: John Sader (GK).
Sayre: Mason Dunn, Braeden Collett, Daniel Hunt, Whitt Wood.
Tates Creek: Connor Bates; Drake Poole; Anton Viarenich.
This story was originally published November 1, 2021 at 6:40 AM.
