Prep soccer: 10 locals All-CIF

Barry Faulkner

CERRITOS - The list of 10 Newport-Mesa players named to the All-CIF

Southern Section boys and girls soccer teams includes four first-team

honorees.

Corona del Mar High seniors Britta Vogele and Molly O’Meara, as well

as sophomore teammate Elisha Morgan, are first-team honorees among the

Division IV girls coaches’ selections, while Costa Mesa senior Trinidad

Hernandez is a first-team choice by the Division IV boys coaches.

CdM’s Allison Harvey and Costa Mesa’s Katie Roche are second-team

girls picks in Division IV, the same Division Costa Mesa’s Stephen Thomas

was named to the second team for his work with the Mustangs boys squad.

Newport Harbor sophomore Amy Burlingham is a second-team choice in

Division II, while CdM sophomores Paige Janes and Lauren Shepherdson are

third-team picks among girls Division IV honorees.

Vogele, a four-year starter in goal for the Sea Kings, helped Coach

Ron Evans’ squad reach the CIF Division IV semifinals, where it fell in

overtime to Harvard-Westlake, 2-1, to finish 26-2-3.

With the University of Iowa-bound keeper making highlight-reel saves,

the Sea Kings posted 15 shutouts. Vogele earned first-team all-league

honors each of her four varsity seasons.

O’Meara, the CdM sweeper, was a dominant force on a dominant back

line. Her physical presence helped limit opposing teams to just 19 goals

in 31 games and she scored two goals in the playoffs, including the lone

tally against Harvard-Westlake. She was MVP of the Pacific Coast League

as a junior and was a first-team All-PCL choice as a senior.

Morgan, a sophomore midfielder, repeats as a first-team All-CIF

selection. She helped the Sea Kings hold the ball-control advantage

against virtually every opponent. She was first-team All-PCL as well and

had two playoff goals.

Hernandez was the scoring leader for first-year Coach Eugene Day’s

Pacific Coast League champions. It was the first league title in school

history for Mesa, which lost in the second round of the Division IV

playoffs to Bishop Montgomery, to finish 14-6-1. He shared PCL MVP honors

in a breakthrough senior campaign.

Harvey, a junior forward, was limited by a knee injury in the

playoffs, but scored a team-high 25 goals in the regular season. A

first-team All-CIF selection as a sophomore, she shared PCL MVP laurels

this year with Roche.

Roche, a senior sweeper, helped the Mustangs post a 14-5-6 record. Her

steady play all four years at Mesa helped Coach Dan Johnston’s team

progress into a perennial postseason participant.

Janes, a sophomore fullback, typically marked the opponents’ most

dangerous forward and did not allow her target to score all season. She

was also a first-team All-PCL performer.

Shepherdson, a sophomore who spent time at midfield as well as up

front, helped CdM outscore its opponents a combined 108-19. With

Shepherdson making plays, the Sea Kings earned the Division IV’s top seed

and entered the semifinal with a 26-game unbeaten streak. She scored

twice in the playoffs, after earning second-team All-PCL recognition.

Burlingham, a sophomore forward, was the leading scorer for the

Sailors, whom she led to the CIF Division II playoffs as the Sea View

League’s third-place entry. Burlingham’s explosive speed up front, helped

Newport earn the school’s first two playoff victories in its first

postseason appearance since 1994. The Sailors fell to Edison in the

second round to finish 12-7-4. She was a first-team All-Sea View League

selection.

Thomas was a junior defender and a first-team All-PCL honoree for the

Mustangs.