2024 All-County Soccer: The Vicksburg Post girls All-County soccer team

Published 3:50 am Saturday, March 16, 2024

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Warren Central's Gloria Hall, left, and Jeremy Lawrence, right, are the 2024 Vicksburg Post girls soccer Player and Coach of the Year, respectively. The duo led the Lady Vikes to the MHSAA Region 2-6A championship and the Class 6A semifinals. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Midori Allen/Vicksburg, Jr. — Versatile player saw time at midfielder, defender and keeper ... scored two goals

Ashley Bowser/Warren Central, Jr. — Junior fullback helped the Lady Vikes record 11 shutouts in 21 games and win the MHSAA Region 2-6A championship

Melissa Herrle/Warren Central, Jr. — Defensive midfielder helped the Lady Vikes record 11 shutouts on the way to the MHSAA Class 6A semifinals ... had three goals and two assists

Amari Johnson/Vicksburg, So. — The 2023 Vicksburg Post Player of the year had another excellent season, with 10 goals at striker

Taryn Lusby/St. Aloysius, So. — All-MAIS Division II selection scored four goals and helped anchor the defense

Allie Mason/Warren Central, 8th — Young forward was third on the team with 11 goals

Trinity McGloster/Vicksburg, Jr. — The 2022 Vicksburg Post Player of the Year scored a team-high 11 goals ... five-year starter has 63 goals in her high school career

Maddy McSherry/St. Aloysius, Sr. — Senior helped anchor the Lady Flashes’ defense that recorded six shutouts

Kennedy Mullins/Vicksburg, Jr. — Defensive midfielder and center back was also a potent scorer, with eight goals

Rachel Opperman/Warren Central, Jr. — Junior forward was a solid offensive threat with seven goals and five assists

Lilli Perniciaro/St. Aloysius, Sr. — Senior forward was a driver for the Lady Flashes’ offense, with 10 goals and four assists

Jordan Polk/Warren Central, So. — Excellent young forward led Warren County with 21 goals and 11 assists

Sarah Smith/St. Aloysius, 7th — Seventh-grader broke out as a keeper with six shutouts, and also scored five goals while playing in the field

Brooke Steed/Warren Central, So. — Part of a talented young group for the Lady Vikes, she contributed seven goals and six assists to the team’s deep playoff run

Grace Windham/St. Aloysius, Sr. — Senior captain led St. Al to the MAIS Division II playoffs by scoring a team-high 11 goals

Each year, The Vicksburg Post selects the top local athletes in a number of sports for its All-County teams. Fifteen players were selected for the 2023 girls’ All-County soccer team, led by Player of the Year Gloria Hall of Warren Central.

Hall, a senior, is the Player of the Year for the second time. She also won it as a freshman in 2021. This season she had 14 goals and 10 assists to lead Warren Central to the MHSAA Region 2-6A championship and the Class 6A semifinals. The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College signee finished her high school career with 64 goals.

Warren Central girls coach Jeremy Lawrence was also selected as the Co-Coach of the Year, along with WC boys’ coach Greg Head.

The other All-County players represented their schools — Vicksburg, Warren Central and St. Aloysius — well. Congratulations to all of them!

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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