By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural, which captured its 28th straight Centennial League boys championship (outright or shared) and finished fourth in the Class 6A state tournament, leads the 2022 Topeka All-City boys soccer team with four first-team picks.
Senior forward Easton Bradstreet was one of four Washburn Rural players named to the All-City boys soccer first team after scoring 29 goals this fall and 57 in his career. [File photo/TSN]
Highland Park senior Vellamy Diaz was an All-City first-team repeat pick after being named the All-Meadowlark Conference soccer co-player of the year. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights senior Jordan Garvin (9) was a first-team All-City pick after earlier being named the United Kansas Conference player of the year. [File photo/TSN]
The Junior Blues are represented on the 15-member first team by senior forward Easton Bradstreet, senior defender Rishi Sandir, senior midfielder Ty Stead and junior forward Devon Rutschmann while veteran Washburn Rural coach Brian Hensyel was named the city coach of the year after leading Rural to a 16-5 record and a third straight trip to the 6A final four.
Bradstreet ended his high school career with a share of Rural's career scoring record with 57 goals, including 29 goals his senior season.
Topeka High, which went 11-6 on the season, put three players on the All-City team -- sophomore forward CJ Brown, senior forward Aidan Morrison and senior defender Alexis Salas-Garcia.
United Kansas Conference champion Shawnee Heights (11-6-1) is represented by on the first team by senior forward Jordan Garvin, the UKC player of the year, and senior midfielder Isaac Wilson while Hayden (8-9-1) put senior midfielder Chris Hayes and senior forward Jake Muller on the first team and Seaman (3-12-2) is represented by senior defender Joseph Budge and senior goalkeeper Ayden Thompson.
Senior forward Vellamy Diaz, the Meadowlark Conference co-player of the year, made the All-City team for Highland Park (10-7-1) while Topeka West is represented by junior defender Isaac Gonzalez-Talavera.
Diaz, Muller and Wilson are all first-team All-City repeat picks while Hayes, Thompson, Garvin, Brown, Morrison, Salas-Garcia, Bradstreet and Rutschmann all received honorable mention in 2021.
The All-City team was determined by a vote of city coaches.
TOPEKA ALL-CITY SOCCER
First team
Name, school Class Position
Easton Bradstreet, Washburn Rural Sr. Forward
CJ Brown, Topeka High So. Forward
Joseph Budge, Seaman Sr. Defense
Vellamy Diaz, Highland Park Sr. Forward
Jordan Garvin, Shawnee Heights Sr. Forward
Isaac Gonzalez-Talavera, Topeka West Jr. Defense
Chris Hayes, Hayden Sr. Midfield
Aidan Morrison, Topeka High Sr. Forward
Jake Muller, Hayden Sr. Forward
Devon Rutschmann, Washburn Rural Jr. Forward
Alexis Salas-Garcia, Topeka High Sr. Defense
Rishi Sandir, Washburn Rural Sr. Defense
Ty Stead, Washburn Rural Sr. Midfield
Ayden Thompson, Seaman Sr. Goalkeeper
Isaac Wilson, Shawnee Heights Sr. Midfield
Honorable Mention
Hayden: Ty Schroeder, sr. Highland Park: Estevan Aguirre, jr.; Ismael Salinas, sr.; Seaman: Kaelin Loy, so. Shawnee Heights: Jesus Cardona, sr.; Carter Freeman, so.; Jose Guajardo-Arizpe, sr. Topeka High: Jaime Alvarado, so.; Chris Gomez, jr.; Billy Lutz, fr.; Thomas Schmidt, sr. Topeka West: Lenny Njoroge, sr.; Giann Perez, sr.; Jackson Snyder, sr. Washburn Rural: Cayden Lee, sr.; Jaxon Padilla, sr.; Ethan Uhlrig, jr.
Coach of the Year -- Brian Hensyel, Washburn Rural.
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