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

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

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