Soccer: Howard, Schmitt voted Coaches of the Year in 7-AAA

GAINESVILLE -- On the heels of guiding the Gainesville boys soccer team to its second state title in 2010, Rick Howard was voted the 2010 Region 7-AAA Boys Coach of the Year, as voted on by the region coaches.

The Elephants finished a perfect 19-0 and won the Class AAA title in dramatic fashion beating Woodard Academy 5-4 in penalty kicks for a 3-2 win.

For the girls, Creekview's Kerri Schmitt was named the Girls Region 7-AAA Coach of the year, as voted on by the region coaches. The Lady Grizzlies advanced to the Class AAA title game before falling to 5-0 to St. Pius.

Here is the Boys All-Region Team:

Ian Smith - Lambert
Chandler Ligas - West Hall
Russ Puckett - Gainesville
Irving Salgado - Gainesville
Phillip Abrahamson - FloweryBranch
Chris Henry - Johnson
Josh Leitch - Creekview
Marcos Monreal - Gainesville
Kyle Billington - West Forsyth
Fidel Reyes - Chestatee
Inmer Venegas - Johnson
Monish Lahiry - Gainesville
Paul Murray - Lambert
Fidel Reyes - Chestatee

Smith and Ligas were unanimous choices.


The girls' All-Region Team is:

Whitley Dover - Creekview
Allie Wright - North Hall
Megan Hill - Creekview
Raquel Castillo - Gainesville
Heather Lacy - Lambert
Rachel Adams - Lambert
Tess Patten - North Hall
Tania Perez - West Hall
Kaityly Hooper - White Co.
Cassidy Elrod - Flowery Branch
Lindsay Porter - Flowery Branch
Hong Tran - Gainesville
Anallely Contreras - Johnson
Jessica Estes - Creekview
Aly Laughlin - West Forsyth

Dover was the only unanimous girls' pick.