Five East Texas Girls Soccer Players Selected to TASCO All-Region Teams

Five girls soccer players from East Texas were picked as all-region performers by the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches.

Lufkin senior midfielder Moriah Phillips led the East Texas contingent as a first-team all-region selection in Class 5A Region II. Teammate Shelby Smitherman, a senior forward, as a second-team all-region honoree.

Three Class 4A players -- Hallsville's Lacee Blakeley, Texas High's Cheyenne Sepulveda, and Palestine's Danielle Harroff -- were honorable mention picks.

Class 5A

All-Region II First Team

• Moriah Phillips, Sr., MF, Lufkin

All-Region II Second Team

• Shelby Smitherman, Sr., F, Lufkin

Class 4A

All-Region II Honorable Mention

• Cheyenne Sepulveda, Jr., D, Texas High
• Lacee Blakeley, Sr., F, Hallsville

All-Region III Honorable Mention

• Danielle Harroff, Jr., D, Palestine