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February 14, 2023
(CR News) - With the new boy’s soccer season coming up in a few weeks, there is a lot to unpack. Last fall, girl’s soccer took 1st place at state with head coach Filomon Afenegus. The girl’s went an impressive 20-3-1, winning two close away games to finish out the season. The girls had a total goal differential of +51 points during their successful state title run. With all the team’s success, there were many girls to make the WSSCA league teams. Amelie Miller, Andie Buckley, Avah Eslinger, Logan Dukes, made the first team all state. For the 2nd team all state team, Ava Lapinskas, Kinzi Drake, and Lilli Mickel made it. Then, some honorable mentions for the WSSCA all state team were Peyton Dukes, and Alia Rust.
If you are interested in joining boy’s soccer for the upcoming season, or are interested in joining any spring sport, sign up on river.vansd.org. The first practices are on February 27th, and some sports require try-outs; so sign up before it is too late, you won’t regret it!_____________________________________
(CR News) - With the new boy’s soccer season coming up in a few weeks, there is a lot to unpack. Last fall, girl’s soccer took 1st place at state with head coach Filomon Afenegus. The girl’s went an impressive 20-3-1, winning two close away games to finish out the season. The girls had a total goal differential of +51 points during their successful state title run. With all the team’s success, there were many girls to make the WSSCA league teams. Amelie Miller, Andie Buckley, Avah Eslinger, Logan Dukes, made the first team all state. For the 2nd team all state team, Ava Lapinskas, Kinzi Drake, and Lilli Mickel made it. Then, some honorable mentions for the WSSCA all state team were Peyton Dukes, and Alia Rust.
However, in spite of the amazing season the girl’s season had, head coach, Filomon Afenegus announced that he was stepping down as the boy’s head coach on January 31st. “Filly” (his nickname in the program), led the boy’s soccer team to a lot of success in his tenure. Coach Afenegus coached the boys for 14 years, leading them to a state title back in 2018, and leading the team to a 3rd place finish last year.
With Filly’s departure from coaching the boys, assistant head coach, Matt Newman, steps in for the head coach spot. Newman has been with the program for many years now, and has helped the team win many state, league, and district titles. Newman used to be the main goalkeeping coach, but is now thrilled for the opportunity to take over the boy’s head coach position.
Therefore, there is a lot of optimism in the program for the upcoming season. Despite Filomon Afenegus stepping down from the head coach position for boy’s soccer, Matt Newman has high aspirations and is excited to start what is said to be a new chapter for boy’s soccer.
If you are interested in joining boy’s soccer for the upcoming season, or are interested in joining any spring sport, sign up on river.vansd.org. The first practices are on February 27th, and some sports require try-outs; so sign up before it is too late, you won’t regret it!_____________________________________
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