Prep soccer: All-CIF soccer includes 14 locals

Barry Faulkner

Four repeat selections are among 14 Newport-Mesa boys and girls

soccer players named All-CIF Southern Section by coaches.

Newport Harbor High junior forward Amy Burlingham (Division I), as well

as Corona del Mar juniors Paige Janes and Lauren Shepherdson (Division

IV) are first-team honorees, after earning All-CIF recognition a year

ago.

CdM junior Elisha Morgan, a second-team honoree in Division IV, is

All-CIF for a third straight year.

Newport Harbor senior Tyson Wahl and Costa Mesa senior Eli Solis are

additional first-team picks in Division I and Division IV, respectively.

Senior Tory Manchester and freshman Erin Hardy represent Newport Harbor

on the Division II second team, while the Division IV second team

includes Costa Mesa junior Sharon Day, CdM junior Alivia Mazura, and the

aforementioned Morgan.

Costa Mesa senior Sarah Ronquillo, CdM junior Jenny Long, Costa Mesa

freshman Alfonso Pineda and Newport Harbor senior Kevin Campos are

third-team choices.

Shepherdson, who shared Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player honors

with Day, was the stopper for Coach Ron Evans’ Sea Kings. She was

third-team All-CIF and second-team All-PCL as a sophomore.

Burlingham, a Parade Magazine All-American, was the Sea View League

Player of the Year this season, helping the Sailors finish second and

advance to the CIF Division II quarterfinals. Burlingham, whose speed

sets her apart from her prep peers, was second-team All-CIF last season,

when she also earned first-team all-league recognition.

Janes was the sweeper for the three-time Pacific Coast League champions,

who advanced to the CIF Division IV semifinals for the third straight

time. She was third-team All-CIF as a junior. She has twice been

first-team All-PCL, after earning second-team all-league laurels as a

freshman.

Solis, also a forward, led the Mustangs to their second straight PCL

crown. He was a first-team all-league pick this season.

Wahl, who missed his junior season to train with the under-17 national

team in Florida, was second-team All-CIF as a sophomore. Bound for UC

Berkeley, he was a first-team all-league honoree, after earning

first-team laurels as a sophomore and second-team honors as a freshman.

Day, who led the Mustangs with 17 goals and added nine assists, receives

her first All-CIF recognition. She helped the Mustangs win the program’s

first CIF playoff game this season. She was first-team All-PCL as a

sophomore.

Mazura, a midfielder, was a first-team All-PCL performer this season.

Morgan, also a midfielder, was first-team All-CIF her first two varsity

seasons. Recovering from offseason knee surgery, which forced her to miss

much of the preleague season, Morgan has been a first-team all-league

honors the last three years.

Manchester, a midfielder for the Sailors, was a big reason behind the

recent resurgence of Coach Jason Sorrell’s squad. She was a first-team

All-Sea View choice this year, after earning second-team honors as a

junior.

Hardy, the Sailors’ extremely quick stopper, was a big reason the Tars

did not allow a goal the final seven of their eight league games and shut

out 13 opponents.

Campos, the Newport boys team’s sweeper, was a three-time All-Sea View

performer who led the Tars to second place in the rugged league wars this

year. His play also was pivotal in a first-round playoff win over Santa

Ana Valley.

Ronquillo blossomed this season as a forward, totaling 14 goals and nine

assists to help the Mustangs challenge CdM for the league title for a

second straight year. She was a first-team all-league pick this year.

Pineda, an explosive forward, was also a first-team All-PCL performer.

Long, another of the standout CdM midfielders, was a first-team All-PCL

performer this season, after earning second-team all-league recognition

as a sophomore.