Sam Durbin
FREMONT – The improvement of Ross’ boys soccer team has not gone unnoticed by the other coaches in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. The league’s coaches met on Sunday to determine all-conference honors and a half-dozen Little Giants were recognized for their seasons.
Senior Mikey Contreras was named Goalkeeper of the Year/ First Team all-TRAC for his play for the Little Giants, making official what Ross coach Alex Coressel has believed to be the case for a couple of years now.
“For Mikey, it was overdue, I think and also in some of the other coaches’ minds,” Coressel said. “…He got six out of the seven votes he was able to get, it was nearly unanimous.”
Joining Contreras on the First Team is junior forward Dylan Brady. Brady, who just missed First-Team honors a year ago, left no doubt as to his place in the conference as he led the Little Giants with 15 goals and adding five assists.
“Dylan just missed out on First Team last year, he was basically a shoo-in this year,” Coressel said. “He was a solid first-team guy, not one of those guys right on the bubble, so it was nice to see him get recognized.”
Senior midfielder Sam Durbin scored 14 goals with eight assists this season and earned Second Team status.
Alec Slemmer
“There are so many guys spread out across the league that get points when we vote, so it’s difficult to get First Team,” Coressel said. “Your own coach can’t vote for you and it depends on what you do in a game-by-game basis. He scored four against Lima Senior but when we don’t score against teams like St. John’s, it’s hard to get recognized in those games, sometimes.”
Senior forward Drew Miesle, junior defender Charlie Corthell and sophomore forward Alec Slemmer earned honorable mention status.
“Well deserved, for all of them,” Coressel said. “Charlie stepped up big time on the defensive end.
“Alec did a great job this year scoring nine goals and got an assist, had a few he could have finished in the back of the net, but he’s still extremely young, only a sophomore, and to get on there is a good thing.
“And Drew Miesle, over the last four years, everything he’s put into the program and what he’s done for us this year and the adversity he battled through off the field, it’s good for him to get recognized for all he’s done for us.”
Ross has a record of 8-7 overall and closes out its regular season Monday at home against Marion Harding at 5 p.m. before beginning the district tournament Wednesday at Ashland.
Charlie Corthall
Drew Miesle