GIRLS PREP SOCCER: Millie Long named Olympic 2A MVP

Published 1:30 am Sunday, November 24, 2019

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Millie Long, left, was named the Olympic League 2A girls’ soccer MVP. Long scored 33 goals this season to go along with 11 assists.
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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Millie Long, left, was named the Olympic League 2A girls’ soccer MVP. Long scored 33 goals this season to go along with 11 assists.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Millie Long, left, was named the Olympic League 2A girls’ soccer MVP. Long scored 33 goals this season to go along with 11 assists.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles’ Millie Long, left, was named the Olympic League 2A girls’ soccer MVP. Long scored 33 goals this season to go along with 11 assists.

PORT ANGELES — Millie Long produced the greatest individual statistical season in Port Angeles girls soccer history this fall and has been rewarded with the Olympic League 2A Division Most Valuable Player Award.

Voting was conducted by league coaches.

A junior, Long scored 33 goals and added 11 assists to lead the Roughriders (16-3-1) to the most wins in school history, the first league title in 34 years and a trip to the state quarterfinals.

Long wasn’t alone, however, and was joined on the first-team by senior midfielder Delaney Wenzl, sophomore midfielder Bailee Larson and senior defender Lucah Folden.

Second-team selections for Port Angeles include senior goalkeeper Madi Roening, junior forward Hannah Reetz and freshman midfielder Anna Petty.

Sequim senior forward Hope Glasser was a first-team selection for the Wolves and junior goalkeeper Olivia Hare was a second-team pick for Sequim, which went 11-7-1 and qualified for the state tournament for the second straight season.

Port Angeles’ Long and Sequim’s Alexis Smith earned Sportsmanship honors from league coaches.

Long-time Bremerton coach Lance McCoy was voted Coach of the Year.

McCoy retired from coaching at the end of the season.

Olympic League 1A

PORT TOWNSEND — Two Port Townsend Redhawks made the Olympic League 1A Division All-League Girls Soccer team.

Junior midfielder Nylah Garling and junior defender Sorina Johnston were first-team picks.

Klahowya senior Alyssa Peters was voted league MVP. Peters will play soccer at the University of Idaho next season.