ALL OLYMPIC BOYS SOCCER: Port Angeles’ Miller and Close, Sequim’s Feik make first team

Port Angeles’ Landon Close, left, goes up and over Highline’s Yonatan Garcia-Arevalo on Tuesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles’ Landon Close, left, goes up and over Highline’s Yonatan Garcia-Arevalo on Tuesday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ Matthew Miller and Landon Close, and Sequim’s Colin Feik all made the Olympic League all-league first team for boys soccer.

Miller, just a freshman, led the Roughriders with 14 goals and four assists. Close was a senior defender and Feik a freshman center-back.

Making the second team were Port Angeles senior midfielder Hannes Spieker, who had six goals for the Riders and Jacob Miller, a senior midfielder who had two goals and five assists. The Miller brothers, Spieker and Close led the Riders to a third-place finish in league and a postseason berth.

Also making the second team were Sequim left-back Nova Barrett and goalkeeper Nolan Valenzuela.

Named to the sportsmanship team were Sequim forward Ethan Anderson and Port Angeles goalkeeper Marcus Hogan.

The league most valuable player was Damoni McKenna-Greenawalt of Bainbridge.

The full Olympic League All-league boys soccer teams

MVP — Damoni McKenna-Greenawalt, Bainbridge.

First team — Matt Miller, PA; Landon Close, PA; Colin Feik, Seq.; Damoni McKenna-Greenawalt, Bain.; Zach Schramling, Bain.; James Bruyere, Bain.; Harper Sabari, NK; Mason Chmielewski, NK; Logan Anderson, NK; Brennan Galloway, Brem.; Evan Falk, Bain.; Danny Moran, King.; Miguel Nolasco, NM; Mariano Pena, Oly.

Second team — Jacob Miller, PA; Hannes Spieker, PA; Nolan Valenzuela, Seq.; Nova Barrett, Seq.; August Peterson, Bain.; Auden Moyer, Bain.; Christopher Fowler, Bain.; Aaron Lopez, NK; Blake Hoepfinger, NK; Diego De Luna, NK; Jerry Santos-Reyes, Brem.; Silas Erwin, Brem.; Tony Haroz, King.; Alvaro Anglas, King.; Pedro Salvador, NM; Javier Ruano, NM; Gavin Christianson, Oly.; Andres Manriquez, Oly.

Sportsmanship — Ethan Anderson, Seq.; Marcus Hogan, PA; Will Moseley, NK; Carlos Field-Bennett; Noah Walter, King; Pedro Zacarias-Zacarias, NM; Jeremiah Swain, Oly.; Alex Saquimux, Brem.

Sequim’s Colin Feik dribbles against Bremerton. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim’s Colin Feik dribbles against Bremerton. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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