The 2025 high school boys' soccer season has wrapped up, and it's time to vote for postseason awards.
Gray's Creek excelled to the deepest Fayetteville-area playoff run with a third-round visit, falling to Franklinton 2-0.
Cape Fear secured the Tri-County conference title, while South View earned a co-conference championship in the Eastern Sandhills for its first league title in 20 seasons.
After a week of voting, 70,243 votes, Seventy-First's Emerson Alvarado collected 36,384 (51.8%) votes after his Eastern Sandhills Conference POY honor.
The Falcons' senior forward finished top-10 in the 6A in points with 68, and nailed 28 goals in his final high school season.
Fans' Choice Boys' Soccer Player of the Year nominees:
Kobi Asante, Village Christian — Asante, an all-conference selecti

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