DULUTH — It’s always easy to throw around words like “best ever” or “this will never happen again” and that would be a bold statement about this year’s News Tribune All-Area Girls Soccer team, considering the athletes selected in the previous four seasons alone.

Still this was among the most competitive selection processes over that time — just look at who was left off the list.

Anna Stellmaker, Kayleigh Wilmot and Julia Davis were all key contributors for repeat Section 7AAA champions Duluth East and Cloquet/Carlton’s Tenique Moose was the Lumberjacks’ “best most consistent player,” according to coach Dustin Randall, but they just missed inclusion on the 2025 team.

The same could be said for Grand Rapids’ Kylie DeBay, “a special kind of athlete,” according to coach Brooke Moses, who sc

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