Matthew Gorry | The Elkin Tribune

Elkin placed six players on the Mountain Valley Conference all-conference teams, with (from left to right): Daniel Cortez, Coley McCulloch, Ashton Gant and Jesus Rivera earning all-conference honors.

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Matthew Gorry | The Elkin Tribune

Six Rams were honored by the Mountain Valley Conference in the annual awards, including (from top to bottom, left to right): Jacob Shores, Luis Luna, Jonathan Catalan and Chandler Chappell, who were named All-MVAC performers.

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ELKIN - Local teams were well represented when the Mountain Valley Conference released its annual soccer conference awards last week.

Elkin and Starmount each placed six players on the all-conference lists after receiving berths in their respective playoff brackets, while East Wilkes had three players honored.

After guiding the Buckin’ Elks to the 1A Mountain Valley Conference Championship, Daniel Cortez, Ashton Gant, Coley McCulloch and Jesus Rivera earned All-MVAC recognition, while Chance Hogan and Josh Johnson were named honorable mentions.

Starmount, which earned the third 2A seed out of the conference, saw six players honored by the conference.

Jonathan Catalan, Chandler Chappell, Luis Luna and Jacob Shores were named all-conference performers, while Yair Alvarez and Juan Noveron were honorable mentions.

Despite a 1-18 season, East Wilkes placed three players on the final awards list.

Craig Alley was the lone All-MVAC nod, while Logan Combs and Jake Shore were named honorable mentions.

All-Conference

Craig Alley (East Wilkes)

Pat Archibald (Wilkes Central)

Jonathan Catalan (Starmount)

Chandler Chappell (Starmount)

Thomas Cline (West Wilkes)

Robert Cornelius (Forbush)

Daniel Cortez (Elkin)

Garrett Foster (West Wilkes)

Jacob Funk (Forbush)

Ashton Gant (Elkin)

Frank Ledezma (Ashe County)

Luis Luna (Starmount)

Coley McCulloch (Elkin)

Ryan Miller (Forbush)

Cristian Moreno (Forbush)

Alexis Ramos (Ashe County)

Miguel Ramos (Ashe County)

Rufy Rios (Forbush)

Jesus Rivera (Elkin)

Cesar Ruiz (Ashe County)

Jacob Shores (Starmount)

Ethan Wingler (North Wilkes)

Honorable Mention

Yair Alvarez (Starmount)

Juan Benitez (North Wilkes)

Jason Colop (West Wilkes)

Logan Combs (East Wilkes)

Junior Duran (North Wilkes)

Osmar Gomez (Forbush)

Denis Hernandez (Wilkes Central)

Chance Hogan (Elkin)

Josh Johnson (Elkin)

Tyler Miller (West Wilkes)

William Miller (Ashe County)

Juan Noveron (Starmount)

Jake Shore (East Wilkes)

Aaron Stinson (Forbush)

Cole Susi (Wilkes Central)

Braxton Treadway (Ashe County)