Portland Public Schools: Sports Update: PIL Honors Athletes In Fall Sports On All-League Teams

Portland OR

03 December, 2021

1:18 AM

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Press release from Portland Public Schools: December 2, 2021 With winter sports getting under way, the Portland Interscholastic League put a wrap on the fall season by announcing its all-league teams and awards. The all-PIL teams were chosen by a ballot of the league's coaches. Here are the award winners, notes and links to the full teams: Girls Soccer Player of the Year: Elle Frazier, Grant Co-Coach of the Year: Emmanuil Tjuanakis, Grant Co-Coach of the Year: Douglas Diller, Cleveland Notable: Grant, which won the first state championship in program history as well as the league title, placed three players on the all-league first team with Frazier, a senior forward, joined by junior midfielder Liv Frazier and senior midfielder Caprial Loescher. See also: Full all-league list Boys Soccer Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Seb Buscaglia, Cleveland Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Darren Green, Franklin Defensive Player of the Year: Sebastian Rangel, Grant Coach of the Year: Erik Miller, Grant Notable: Grant, which won the league title and reached the state semifinals, had three first-team picks. Rangel, a senior defender, was joined by senior midfielder Mitchel Munzing and senior goalkeeper Spencer Brown. See also: Full all-league list Football Offensive Player of the Year: Imarion Kelly, Roosevelt Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Max von Arx, Grant Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Jeremiah Matthews, Jefferson Coach of the Year: Ryan McCants, Roosevelt Notable: Grant and Roosevelt shared the PIL title and played one of the season's most dramatic games on Oct. 15, with Grant winning 42-41 after two overtimes. See also: Full all-league list  Volleyball Player of the Year: Avery Fraser, Ida B. Wells Co-Coach of the Year: Sydney Hammond, Cleveland Co-Coach of the Year: Kyla Henry, McDaniel Notable: Ida B. Wells and Grant shared the league title after splitting their season series. Both placed two players on the all-league first team, with Fraser joined by her fellow Ida B. Wells senior Aly Wright, and seniors Libby Robbins and Maci Dahl representing Grant. See also: Full all-league list This press release was produced by Portland Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author's own.