It was something of an uncommon girls soccer season in a lot of ways in the city, as only three Aurora area teams had winning records and only two (Cherokee Trail and Regis Jesuit) earned spots in the Class 5A postseason, while Aurora West College Prep Academy made it in 3A.

Those postseason qualifiers lend significant talent to a wide-ranging 2026 Aurora Sentinel All-Aurora Girls Soccer Team, which is chosen by the Sentinel in conjunction with balloting of city coaches.

The biggest struggles for city teams as a whole came in terms of scoring, as nine of the area’s 12 5A, 4A and 3A programs scored fewer goals than the previous season and five of those drops in production were by double-digit goals.

The outlier in the offensive struggles was Aurora West College Prep Academy, which had the highest win total (13) and goal total (81) of any area program by a wide margin and were a dramatic jumps from the 2025 season, in which it went 6-6-3 and scored 36 goals.

Pacing the attack for coach Narayan Niroula’s Spartans was sophomore midfielder Yosseline Silva Monsivais, who tied for seventh in the entire 3A classification with 27 goals, a total that she reached with a season that included five hat tricks, including a five-goal game against Sheridan. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s 3A All-State honorable mention performer added nine assists for an area-leading 63 points.

Among the Aurora area’s large schools, Cherokee Trail was the city’s top scoring team a year ago and repeated the feat in the first season under coach Chris Keller.

Despite playing one more game than in 2025, the Cougars (8-3-6) tallied 10 fewer goals with 30 in a season that ended with a 2-1 overtime loss to Rock Canyon in the second round of the 5A playoffs, a round they hadn’t reached since 2019.

Half of Cherokee Trail’s goal production came from senior midfielder Makayla Sellyei, who tallied a career-high 15 goals, which gave her more goals than five Aurora area programs scored combined for the season.

A University of North Texas signee, Sellyei had four multiple-goal games — including a hat trick against Smoky Hill and four-goal game against Vista PEAK Prep — and nearly doubled her total from her junior season (eight) en route to Centennial League Player of the Year honors.

Sellyei created for teammates as well, especially later in the season, as she recorded all four of her assists in the final seven contests and finished with a total of 34 points, which also helped her net a spot on CHSAA’s 5A All-State First Team.

The Cougars’ other major scoring threat was junior Selah Davis, a fleet-footed striker who stressed defenses tremendously. Davis accounted for all three of Cherokee Trail’s goals in two 5A state playoff games, as she scored twice in a 2-1 upset of 12th-seeded Horizon in the first round and put her team ahead in the second half of its second round overtime loss.

Davis had two-assist games against Smoky Hill, Vista PEAK Prep and Arapahoe to finish one off the pace among Aurora area players and the All-Centennial League second teamer finished with 18 points, sixth-most among locals.

While Cherokee Trail scored fewer goals than the previous season, it also allowed two fewer, as opponents only found the back of the net 15 times in 17 games. Some of that had to do with an outstanding back line keyed by All-Centennial League first team performer Raegan Mathews as well as the presence of senior Izzy Becker in the goal.

Mathews played the most minutes of any Cherokee Trail player — 1,203 — and helped key a very solid unit, while she also added an assist.

The Centennial League Player of the Year in softball in the fall, Becker made the All-Centennial League first team on the pitch with her command of the defense and athleticism that help defuse danger. Becker played more minutes than any other netminder in the city with 1,238 and finished third among locals with 121 saves, which included 15 in a 1-0 loss to eventual state champion Fossil Ridge on April 11 and 17 in the overtime loss to Rock Canyon in the playoffs.

Aided by nine shutouts Becker’s goals against average sat at a miniscule 0.582 for the season despite the Cougars’ difficult schedule that featured a healthy number of teams that qualified for the postseason. In four head-to-head games with Aurora area teams (Eaglecrest, Grandview, Smoky Hill and Vista PEAK Prep), Becker did not yield a single goal.

Regis Jesuit was one of just three Aurora area teams to increase its scoring as coach Rick Wolf’s group tallied 29 goals in 15 games after it managed 24 in 16 games in 2025.

Leading the way on the offense was senior Annabelle Turner, a tenacious midfielder, co-captain and four-year varsity player. Turner — who will attend the University of Missouri, but not play soccer — led all Aurora area players with seven assists and also sat in the top 10 among locals with five goals, which gave her a team-leading 17 points.

Turner had a goal or an assist in eight games, helping her team to a 5-1-2 mark when she recorded a point. The All-Continental League honorable mention honoree had an assist on the Raiders’ goal in an upset of Broomfield to open the state playoffs.

Smoky Hill finished with the same 4-10-1 record it had in 2025 despite scoring 12 fewer goals and allowing five more.

Junior midfield and captain Lauren Nesbitt saw a slight drop in her production from the previous season, but she remained the catalyst for coach Tony Borkowski’s Buffaloes. The All-Centennial League first team performer notched seven goals — including a hat trick against Rangeview — and was credited with game-winning scores in two of her team’s four victories. Nesbitt added a pair of assists to give her 16 points on the season.

The only other area large school player besides Sellyei at Cherokee Trail to tally double digits in goals this season was Gateway junior Sa’Mya Shazier, a tenacious striker who has been one of the Aurora area’s most prolific goalscorers over the past two seasons.

Coming off a strong season on the basketball court in the winter, Shazier earned All-Colorado League first team honors to help the Olys, who joined Cherokee Trail and Aurora West College Prep Academy as the only Aurora area programs with a winning record at 8-3-4, which included a 5-0 mark head-to-head with other local teams.

Coach Kevin Morales’ team played very well on the defensive end as it allowed just 12 goals (fewest among local programs), which allowed Shazier’s offensive impact to be magnified. She matched her total from her sophomore year with 12 goals and she accumulated them in nine games, which included two apiece in three straight contests. Shazier’s 24 points ranked second among local players.

Eaglecrest finished with the same total of three wins as in 2025, but made massive strides on one end of the field. Coach Jim Engel’s team shaved a whopping 30 goals off its total of goals allowed, as it ceded 31 in 15 games after it gave up 61 in the same number of contests last year.

Helping the defensive improvement was the arrival of some talented freshmen, including Kaia Evans, who performed at an All-Centennial League first team level in her debut season. The 5-foot-8 Evans provided a confident, physical presence on the back line that allowed the Raptors to stay in games like a 0-0 tie with Cherokee Trail.

Eaglecrest scored just nine goals, however, which kept it from winning more games.

Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at [email protected]. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports

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