Wildcat girls soccer earns nine spots on all-league

Louisburg sophomore Bailey Belcher scorched the net this season as she finished with a team-high 33 goals and added four assists to earn first team all-Frontier League honors. The Wildcats earned nine spots on the team overall.

The Louisburg High School girls soccer team made quite an impression on the rest of the Frontier League in its first year.

Louisburg racked up 14 wins, won a regional title and advanced to the state quarterfinals in the Lady Cats’ inaugural season. It was quite the feat and the league coaches made sure Louisburg was recognized for it.

The Lady Cats were awarded with nine selections on the all-league team that was released last week. Sophomore Bailey Belcher, along with seniors Maddie McDaniel and Rylee Bergh, led the way as each earned first team honors.

Junior Madisen Simpson, junior Shay Whiting (goalie), sophomore Georgia Wilde and freshman Camdyn Clark were named to the second team. Senior Lilly Scott and sophomore Izzie Ford were selected as honorable mentions.

“I was extremely happy with how the league viewed our girls,” Louisburg coach Kyle Conley said. “Of course I always feel we could have had more kids, but I am thankful for the honors that these young ladies received. These girls worked their tails off.”

Center back Rylee Bergh was named first team all-league as she led the Wildcat defense.

Belcher was one of the top scorers in the Frontier League this season as she finished with 33 goals to go along with four assists from the midfield spot. Also when team awards were announced following the season, she was named as the team’s Most Outstanding Player and earned the Golden Boot award for the most goals.

“Bailey had an exceptional year,” Conley said. “I don’t envision that record of 33 goals getting broken any time soon.”

As for McDaniel, the Louisburg senior ended the season with nine goals and led the Lady Cats with 13 assists. She was also named as the team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player.

Maddie McDaniel recorded nine goals and 13 assists to earn first team all-league honors.

“Maddie was a great leader on our team,” Conley said. “She was an individual who knew how to keep things light at practice, but also knew when it was time to work.”

Bergh was the Lady Cats’ leader on the defensive side as she helped post eight shutouts from the center back position and kept Louisburg’s defense organized. Bergh was also awarded the team’s Defensive MVP honor following the season.

“Rylee was an awesome center back and saved us countless times back there,” Conley said. “She was aggressive and relentless in the back. She was a major reason why we were able to post eight shutouts and a 1.06 goals against average.”

Simpson played well at the midfield spot, and while she wasn’t on the attack much, she finished with one goal and two assists.

As a first-year goalie, Whiting left quite the mark as she posted eight shutouts and also had 86 saves on the year.

Clark and Wilde were key parts to the Wildcat defense as they helped out Bergh and Whiting from the outside back positions. Clark was also named the team’s Freshman of the Year and added four goals, while Wilde also finished with one goal.

Before her season was halted to an injury, Ford was among the team leaders in goals scored, but still added six goals and five assists on the season from the forward position.

As for Scott, she finished with two goals and two assists. She was also given the Wildcat Award at the end of the year, which is for the best leader and attitude on the team.

ALL-FRONTIER LEAGUE GIRLS SOCCER

First team

Mikayla Smith, Spring Hill, senior

Tarah Phongsavath, De Soto, junior

Bailey Belcher, Louisburg, sophomore

Tanith Beal, De Soto, junior

Bailey Billings, De Soto, senior

Hailey Jones, Spring Hill, senior

Madison Plake, De Soto, junior

Maddie McDaniel, Louisburg, senior

Rylee Bergh, Louisburg, senior

Erica Petry, Baldwin, senior

Goalie: Taylor Rogers, De Soto, sophomore

Second team

Alyssa Hargrove, De Soto, junior

Madisen Simpson, Louisburg, junior

Emily Girrens, Spring Hill, senior

Sara Watson, Spring Hill, sophomore

Carmen Rush, De Soto, junior

Caitlin Countryman, Baldwin, freshman

Madeline Keleher, De Soto, senior

Georgia Wilde, Louisburg, sophomore

Isabel Tiller, Baldwin, freshman

Camdyn Clark, Louisburg, freshman

Goalie: Shay Whiting, Louisburg, sophomore

Honorable mention

Olivia Young, De Soto, senior

Amanda Wray, Ottawa, sophomore

Izzie Ford, Louisburg, sophomore

Megann Lawrenz, Baldwin, senior

Lilly Scott, Louisburg, senior

Chloe Brown, Ottawa, senior

Goalie: Mallory Fredricks, Ottawa, senior

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