Oxford Hills senior Eli Soehren has been voted the 2022 Maine Class A Football Coaches All-State Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Soehren, who led the Vikings to their first state championship earlier this month, also was chosen as the MaxPreps Maine High School Football Player of the Year. Both honors were announced earlier this week.
Oxford Hills’ Elias Soehren stiff arms Thornton’s Ryan Camire during the Class A state championship football game Nov. 19 at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. Brewster Burns photo
Soehren passed for 1,776 yards and 24 touchdowns this season for the 11-0 Vikings, who finished the season ranked No. 1 in the Varsity Maine football poll. He completed 110 of 167 passes and threw only five interceptions. He also ran for 349 yards and six touchdowns on 61 carries. In the class A championship game against Thornton Academy, a 21-7 Oxford Hills victory, Soehren ran for two scores and completed 15 of 26 passes for 259 yards.
Soehren also was voted by the Class A coaches at the All-State First-team quarterback and first-team punter, both for the second season in a row, and first-team placekicker.
Oxford Hills had a nearly clean sweep of the individual Class A awards. Along with Soehren’s Dave Allen Player of the Year honor, lineman Zach Louvat shares Gerry Raymond Lineman of the Year honors with Thornton’s Brent Paulin. Vikings head coach Mark Soehren, Eli’s father, was chosen as the Mike Landry Coach of the Year for the second straight season, and Joe Oufiero is the Guy Lajeunesse Assistant Coach of the Year.
Louvat, a senior, also was selected to the first-team offense as a lineman and, like last year, was picked for the second-team defense.
Oxford Hills wide receivers Teigan Pelletier and Tanner Bickford also are on the first-team offense, as are Vikings tight end Lincoln Merrill and offensive lineman Holden Shaw.
Lewiston senior running back Eli Bigelow also is on the first-team offense.
Oxford Hills defensive tackle Finn Winning and linebacker Jake Carson were voted to the first-team defense along with Edward Little linebacker Drew Smith and Lewiston’s Wyatt Vallee, who was selected as a defensive utility player.
Lewiston sophomore Joseph Dube earned All-State honors for the second year in a row as an offensive and defensive lineman. Teammate Farid Mohammed-Aceto is a second-team running back along with Trey Morrison of Oxford Hills. Vikings center Alex Bartlett and Edward Little offensive lineman Caden Gerry also are on the second-team offense.
Dube and Gerry join Louvat and Shaw as second-team defensive ends. Bickford, Merrill and Pelletier were voted second-team defensive backs — Merrill for the second year in a row — and Edward Little’s Hunter LaChance is on the second team as a defensive utility player.
2022 Maine Class A Football Coaches All-State Honors
Gerry Raymond Lineman of the Year: Brent Paulin (Thornton Academy) and Zach Louvat (Oxford Hills)
Dave Allen Player of the Year: Elias Soehren (Oxford Hills)
Mike Landry Coach of the Year: Mark Soehren (Oxford Hills)
Guy Lajeunesse Assistant Coach of the Year: Joe Oufiero (Oxford Hills)
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback: Elias Soehren, Oxford Hills, Senior
Running Back: Eli Bigelow, Lewiston, Senior
Running Back: Hayden Whitney, Thornton, Senior
Wide Receiver: Tanner Bickford, Oxford Hills, Senior
Wide Receiver: C.J. Cooper, Bonny Eagle, Sophomore
Wide Receiver: Teigan Pelletier, Oxford Hills, Junior
Tight End: Lincoln Merrill, Oxford Hills, Senior
Center: Brent Paulin, Thornton, Senior
Offensive Lineman: Jack Brochu, Thornton, Senior
Offensive Lineman: Zach Louvat, Oxford Hills, Senior
Offensive Lineman: Andrew Moore, Scarborough, Senior
Offensive Lineman: Holden Shaw, Oxford Hills, Junior
Offensive Lineman: Tucker Walker, Sanford, Junior
Offensive Utility: Jordan Bissonnette, Sanford, Junior
Placekicker: J.P. Baez, Thornton, Junior
Placekicker: Elias Soehren, Oxford Hills, Senior
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive End: Dominic Gordon, Bonny Eagle, Senior
Defensive End: Maclain Lowe, Thornton, Senior
Defensive Tackle: Sam Guite, Scarborough, Junior
Defensive Tackle: Finn Winning, Oxford Hills, Junior
Linebacker: Jake Carson, Oxford Hills, Junior
Linebacker: Nick Riker, Bonny Eagle, Senior
Linebacker: Drew Smith, Edward Little, Junior
Defensive Back: Hayden Campbell, Bonny Eagle, Senior
Defensive Back: L.J. McFarland, Sanford, Senior
Defensive Back: Charlie Murray, Scarborough, Senior
Defensive Back: Caden True, Thornton, Junior
Defensive Utility: Wyatt Vallee, Lewiston, Senior
Punter: Thomas Hassett, Scarborough, Senior
Punter: Elias Soehren, Oxford Hills, Senior
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback: Cam Marcello, Bonny Eagle, Senior
Running Back: Farid Mohammed-Aceto, Lewiston, Senior
Running Back: Trey Morrison, Oxford Hills, Senior
Wide Receiver: Cade Dixon, Bonny Eagle, Senior
Wide Receiver: Carlos Eboli Fernandez, Thornton, Senior
Wide Receiver: Henry Lausier, Thornton, Senior
Tight End: Carter Lucca, Thornton, Sophomore
Center: Alex Bartlett, Oxford Hills, Junior
Center: Cam Penney, Sanford, Senior
Offensive Lineman: Joseph Dube, Lewiston, Sophomore
Offensive Lineman: Brody Ernst, Bonny Eagle, Senior
Offensive Lineman: Caden Gerry, Edward Little, Senior
Offensive Lineman: Isaac Glidden, Scarborough, Senior
Offensive Utility: Timmy Crockett, Scarborough, Senior
Placekicker: Caleb Wandell, Scarborough, Junior
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive End: Caden Gerry, Edward Little, Senior
Defensive End: Joseph Dube, Lewiston, Sophomore
Defensive End: Isaac Glidden, Scarborough, Senior
Defensive End: Zach Louvat, Oxford Hills, Senior
Defensive End: Holden Shaw, Oxford Hills, Junior
Defensive Tackle: Jack Brochu, Thornton, Senior
Defensive Tackle: Brent Paulin, Thornton, Senior
Defensive Tackle: Tucker Walker, Sanford, Junior
Linebacker: Jordan Bissonnette, Sanford, Junior
Linebacker: Harry Bunce, Thornton, Junior
Linebacker: Timmy Crockett, Scarborough, Senior
Linebacker: Connor McAvoy, Bonny Eagle, Junior
Defensive Back: Tanner Bickford, Oxford Hills, Senior
Defensive Back: Henry Lausier, Thornton, Senior
Defensive Back: Lincoln Merrill, Oxford Hills, Senior
Defensive Back: Teigan Pelletier, Oxford Hills, Junior
Defensive Back: Keegan Weed, Scarborough, Senior
Defensive Utility: Hunter LaChance, Edward Little, Senior
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