Searles, Wyche earn Sunset League soccer honors

Marina High’s J.T. Searles and Jane Wyche of Edison earned two of the

top honors on the 2003 All-Sunset League boys’ and girls’ soccer team

selections.

Searles was named the boys’ Outstanding Offensive Player and Wyche

was dubbed the girls’ Outstanding Defensive Player.

Four of Searles’ Marina teammates were named to the boys’

all-league team, including seniors Anthony Ordonez, John Valerio and

Keith Heyward, and junior Noe Osario.

Senior Sacha Kljestan of Huntington Beach and Edison junior A.J.

Benton were the other local played named to the boys’ team.

Timmy Jepson of Esperanza was named the boys’ Outstanding

Defensive Player.

Wyche was one of three players to earn top billing on the girls’

team which was headed by Most Valuable Player Veronica Ambort and

Outstanding Offensive Player Erin Empting, both of Fountain Valley.

Edison also was represented on the team by seniors Heather Hutton,

Vanessa Crowell and Stacia Hoover, and junior Kelsey Bowman.

Marina senior Erin McDannold and Huntington Beach junior Jessica

Abdou also made the girls’ team.