For the second year in a row, Santa Barbara High’s Juan Carlos Torres was named the Channel League boys soccer Offensive MVP.
Diego Reynosa of Santa Ynez was honored as the Defensive MVP.
Torres, a senior forward, scored 16 goals and had eight assists in leading the Dons to their fifth straight league championships. He finishes a brilliant four-year career in which he scored 58 goals and assisted on 23 more.
Santa Barbara led the first-team selections with five players. Senior goalkeeper Connor Lambe is a repeat selection to the team. He’s joined by senior Alberto Vargas, juniors Miguel Alvarado and Jackson Wolf and sophomore Luke Goodman.
Santa Ynez, the league runner-up, had four players on the first team: senior Nico Rocha and juniors Erik Guerrero, Decklan Pollenz and Ricky Romero.
Dos Pueblos, which finished third, placed seniors Aldo Becerril, Scott Buie and Hayden Carlson on the first team. Becerril is a repeat selection.
Rounding out the team is Cabrillo senior Eli Pellot and Lompoc seniors Aldalberto Anguiano and Anthony Morales. Anguiano also made last year’s first team.
ALL CHANNEL LEAGUE BOYS SOCCER
Offensive MVP: Juan Carlos Torres, Senior Santa Barbara
Defensive MVP: Diego Reynoso, Senior, Santa Ynez
First Team
Eli Pellot, Cabrillo, Senior, Cabrillo
Aldo Becerril, Senior, Dos Pueblos
Scott Buie, Senior, Dos Pueblos
Hayden Carlson, Senior, Dos Pueblos
Adalberto Anguiano, Senior, Lompoc
Anthony Morales, Senior, Lompoc
Miguel Alvarado, Junior, Santa Barbara
Luke Goodman, Sophomore, Santa Barbara
Connor Lambe, Senior, Santa Barbara
Alberto Vargas, Senior, Santa Barbara
Jackson Wolf, Junior, Santa Barbara
Erik Guerrero, Junior, Santa Ynez
Deklan Pollenz, Junior, Santa Ynez
Nico Rocha, Senior, Santa Ynez
Ricky Romero, Junior, Santa Ynez
Second Team
Jireh Velasquez, Soph., Cabrillo; Roberto Montalvo, Sr. Dos Pueblos: CJ Rodriguez, Sr., Dos Pueblos; Jorge “Kokis” Silva, Jr., Dos Pueblos; Alejandro Bobadilla, Jr., Lompoc; Sergio Diaz, Soph., San Marcos; Sam Friedman, Jr., San Marcos; Miguel Mondragon, Soph., San Marcos; Sebastian Alvarez, Soph., Santa Barbara; Erick Hernandez, Soph., Santa Barbara; Luisangel Jeronimo, Soph., Santa Barbara; Grant Fieldhouse, Soph., Santa Ynez; Fernando Juarez, Sr., Santa Ynez; Jack Stevens, Jr., Santa Ynez.
Honorable Mention
Cabrillo: Diego Cardenas, Soph; Noe Gaona, Soph; Gerardo Mendoza, Jr.; Bennett Richards, Soph.
Dos Pueblos: Jorge Dominguez-Soto, Sr.; Anthony “Bubba” Gutierrez, Sr.; Leo Rubio, Sr.; Carlos Santiago, Sr.
Lompoc: Erik Jimenez, Fr.
San Marcos: Isaac Estrada, Sr.; Julio Montes, Sr.; David Satchwell, Sr.
Santa Barbara: Diego Espinoza, Sr.; Cason Goodman, Soph.; Jesus Hernandez, Sr.; Jorge Ochoa, Sr.
Santa Ynez: Carson Gann, Jr.; Edgar Guerrero, Sr.; Aiden Tapia, Sr.