By CAIT McCLARE

Justin Arilotta led Hilton to a sectional title and back-to-back Division I crowns for the first time in program history. Colby Egan and Churchville-Chili claimed a share of the Division II championship. Sam O’Connor helped Brighton to a sectional title and a spot in the NYS Class semifinal. Dylan Ange and Parker Ange led Greece Odyssey to its first divisional championship and top seed in sectionals. For their excellence, the five garnered Player of the Year honors as voted upon by Monroe County boys’ soccer coaches.

Arilotta scored 11 goals and collected five assists for the Cadets (15-2-2, 9-1). The midfielder garnered First Team honors after Hilton’s Division I title in 2017 after a decade-old drought. As a senior, Arilotta led his team to another title, while leading Division I scoring.

Cadets joining Arilotta on the Division I First Team are Tommy Callery (defender; four goals, one assist), Noah Malta (midfielder; two goals, four assists), and Jack Gombatto (defender; two goals, one assist). Fairport’s Brandon Manz (defender; one goal, three assists), Alex Christidis (defender; one goal, one assist), sophomore Jude Rouhana (midfielder; five goals, three assists), and Will Hughes (44 saves, 0.293 goals-against average) earned first team nods. Hughes’s 0.293 goals-against average topped Monroe County goalies. For Rush Henrietta, Bill Urbanski (midfielder; one assist) and Curtis Rowe (forward; six goals, three assists) landed on first team. Penfield’s Jackson Vogt (midfielder; four goals, five assists), Webster Schroeder’s Alex Ortiz (forward; nine goals, two assists) and Colin Merkey (midfielder; six goals, four assists) as well as Victor’s Ethan Ashe (defender; one assist) rounded out the Division I honors.

2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Christian Burkhart video highlight taken from @TrabsMatt Twitter account. 

Egan was a prime contributor to Churchville-Chili’s (17-3-0) dominant offense. The midfielder knocked in 13 goals and marked ten assists during his senior campaign to take Division II player of the year honors.

Egan is joined by three of his high-scoring teammates on the first team, including the Division II lead scorer Dylan Rippe (forward; 19 goals, ten assists) as well as Andrew Vannest (midfielder; 13 goals, 11 assists) and Mario Cozzo (midfielder; 12 goals, nine assists).

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The Saints shared the 2018 Division II league title with Spencerport. Representing the Rangers are Ajan Rajamohan (midfielder; one goal, five assists), Justin Hockenberger (forward; 11 goals, three goals), Max LaRosa (forward; nine goals, five assists) and Jadon Schlierf (78 saves, 0.744 goals-against average). Gates Chili’s Kristian Annibali (midfielder; seven goals), Irondequoit’s Keegan VanKerkhove (midfielder; five goals) and Cole Senecal (defender; one goal, one assist) along with Webster Thomas Titan Cameron Webb (defender; one goal, one assist), and Canandaigua’s John Herrick (forward; 12 goals, two assists) and Aden Forcier (forward; six goals, two assists) join the co-champs on the first team.

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Brighton earned the Division III title, Section V Class A crown and advanced to the NYS semis beating Williamsville in the Far West Regional Championship game. The Barons filled in four spots on the first team, including the player of the year. O’Connor, a senior midfielder with ten goals and three assists. O’Connor’s scoring counterpart Connor McQuillan landed a spot on the first team with his ten goals and seven assists. Caio De Medeiros (attack; eight goals, ten assists) and Luke Charlesworth (defender; two goals, two assists) round out the Barons’ first-teamers.

Greece Athena and Pittsford Sutherland filled out the team with three players each. C.J. Takatch (midfielder; seven goals, one assist), Othman Belhsiene (attack; 15 goals, 11 assists), and sophomore Dylan Rice (midfielder; nine goals, three assists) represented Athena. Sutherland’s young stars garnered the honors with sophomore Dylan Kladstrup (midfielder; eight goals, 12 assists), sophomore Nik Riewe (midfielder; ten goals, four assists), and junior Will Bowen (midfielder; 11 goals, six assists). Division III leading scorer and 2017 Division II Player of the Year Tyler Lewandowski earned a spot with his 24 goals and five assists for Greece Arcadia. His teammate Ryan Karker landed a spot as well. Brockport’s Calvin Moulton (defense) and Mendon’s Matthew Bamford (forward; 16 goals, three assists) rounded out Division III’s First Team.

Twin brothers Dylan and Parker Ange led Greece Odyssey (14-4-0) to its first division title and the programs first No. 1 seed. Dylan Ange’s 27 goals on the season led all of Monroe County and landed tenth in Section V. Parker Ange played solid, game-changing defense, while tallying three goals and eight assists.

Two of their teammates landed on the elite squad as well, Josh Haff (midfielder; two goals, one assist) and Kyle Pezzulo (goalkeeper; one assist, 142 saves, 0.824 goals-against average). Joining them are three Eastridge Lancers (7-9-1): Mohamed Assefa (midfielder; nine goals, five assists), sophomore Alex Wood (midfielder; five assists), and defender Jacob Lynch. Batavia’s Mathew Grover (forward; ten goals, five assists) and Liam Miller (midfielder; two goals, three assists), Greece Olympia’s Gidyon Chane (midfielder; seven goals, four assists) and Martin Erdal (midfielder; ten goals, five assists) along with HF-L’s Jack Emerson (forward; four goals, six assists) earned spots on the Division IV First Team.

First Team All-County Division I
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Justin Arilotta	Hilton	MF	12
Tommy Callery	Hilton	D	12
Noah Malta	Hilton	MF	12
Jack Gombatto	Hilton	D	12
Brandon Manz	Fairport	D	12
Alex Christidis	Fairport	D	12
Jude Rouhana	Fairport	MF	10
Bill Urbanski	Rush Henrietta	MF	12
Curtis Rowe	Rush Henrietta	F	12
Jackson Vogt	Penfield	MF	12
Alex Ortiz	Webster Schroeder	F	12
Colin Merkey	Webster Schroeder	MF	12
Ethan Ashe	Victor	D	12
Will Hughes	Fairport	GK	12
Second Team All-County Division I
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Joshua Ranke	Hilton	MF	11
Hussian Ali	Hilton	MF	12
Ryan Collins	Fairport	MF	11
Kingsley Malcolm	Fairport	F	11
Zack Koops	Rush Henrietta	D	12
Hunter Kassel	Rush Henrietta	F	11
Joe Vogt	Penfield	D	10
Cullen Masters	Penfield	MF	11
Milton Birmajer	Penfield	MF	12
Ben Conrow	Webster Schroeder	MF	12
Garrett Hungerford	Webster Schroeder	MF	12
Justin Graham	Victor	F	11
Tyler Bernhardt	Victor	MF	12
Joey Gombatto	Hilton	GK	12
Division Winner
Hilton
Coach of the Year-
Mike Ellicott, Hilton
Sportsmanship Award
Victor
Player of the Year
Justin Arilotta

First Team All-County Division II
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Ajan Rajamohan	Spencerport	M	12
Justin Hockenberger	Spencerport	F	12
Max LaRosa	Spencerport	F	11
Jadon Schlierf	Spencerport	GK	11
Kristian Annibali	Gates Chili	MF	12
Colby Egan	Churchville-Chili	MF	12
Andrew Vannest	Churchville-Chili	MF	12
Dylan Rippe	Churchville-Chili	F	12
Mario Cozzo	Churchville-Chili	MF	11
Keegan VanKerkhove	Irondequoit	MF	12
Cole Senecal	Irondequoit	D	11
Cameron Webb	Webster Thomas	D	11
John Herrick	Canandaigua	F	12
Aden Forcier	Canandaigua	F	12
Second Team All-County Division II
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Greg Ranieri	Spencerport	D	11
Robbie Streicher	Spencerport	D	12
Tristan Szczepanski	Spencerport	MF	10
Adam Blackwell	Gates Chili	MF	10
Nick Furino	Gates Chili	MF	11
David Perkins	Churchville-Chili	D	12
Connor Starr	Churchville-Chili	D	12
Seamus Parker	Churchville-Chili	MF	12
Frank Polito	Irondequoit	D	12
RJ Beh	Irondequoit	D	12
Ilya Yurovskiy	Webster Thomas	D	12
Isaac Buckley	Webster Thomas	MF	10
Andrew Boseck	Canandaigua	MF	12
Josh Fitzpatrick	Canandaigua	D	12
Co-Division Winners- Churchville Chili and Spencerport
Coach of the Year
Tom Etsler
Sportsmanship Award
Churchville-Chili
Player of the Year
Colby Egan MF Churchville-Chili

First Team All-County Division III
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Sam O’Connor	Brighton	MF	12
Caio De Medeiros	Brighton	A	12
Connor McQuillan	Brighton	MF	12
Luke Charlesworth	Brighton	D	11
Calvin Moulton	Brockport	D	12
Matthew Bamford	Pittsford Mendon	F	12
C.J. Takatch	Greece Athena	MF	12
Tyler Lewandowski	Greece Arcadia	F	12
Ryan Karker	Greece Arcadia	D	12
Dylan Kladstrup	Pittsford Sutherland	MF	10
Will Bowen	Pittsford Sutherland	MF	11
Nik Riewe	Pittsford Sutherland	MF	10
Othman Belhsiene	Greece Athena	A	11
Dylan Rice	Greece Athena	MF	10
Second Team All-County Division III
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Mat Ochs	Brighton	MF	11
Gabriel Barraclough-Tan	Brighton	MF	12
Rikki Nord	Brighton	D	12
Vander Hart	Brockport	MF	12
Connor Krapf	Pittsford Mendon	D	12
Alex Morley	Pittsford Mendon	MF	12
Theo Viggiani-Cole	Brighton	D	11
Carter Englert	Greece Arcadia	D	12
Cooper LaValley	Greece Arcadia	MF	11
Jake Petrone	Pittsford Sutherland	D	12
Sam Smillie	Pittsford Sutherland	Gk	12
Dylan McDermott	Greece Athena	MF	12
Ryan Burns	Greece Athena	D	12
Yakup Simsek	Greece Athena	D	12
Division Winner- Brighton
Coach of the Year- Adam Hiller
Sportsmanship Award- Athena/Brockport
Player of the Year- Sam O’ Connor

First Team All-County Division IV
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Dylan Ange	Greece Odyssey	Forward	12
Parker Ange	Greece Odyssey	Defender	12
Josh Haff	Greece Odyssey	Midfield	12
Kyle Pezzulo	Greece Odyssey	GK	12
Mohamed Assefa	Eastridge	Midfield	12
Alex Wood	Eastridge	Midfield	10
Jacob Lynch	Eastridge	Defender	12
Mathew Grover	Batavia	Forward	12
Liam Miller	Batavia	Midfield	12
Gidyon Chane	Greece Olympia	Midfield	12
Martin Erdal	Greece Olympia	Midfield	12
Jack Emerson	HF-L	Forward	12
Second Team All-County D IV
Player Name	School	Position	Grade
Blake Eby	HF-L	Forward	12
Hayden Smith	HF-L	Defender	11
Chris Goetz	HF-L	Midfield	11
David Brassi	HF-L	Midfield	9
Abdual Muthana	Eastridge	Defender	12
Garrett Silva	Eastridge	Midfield	12
Justin Hiscock	Eastridge	Midfield	11
Guy Kagde	Greece Olympia	Forward	12
Andrew Balch	Greece Olympia	Midfield	11
Tristan Caruana	Greece Olympia	Defender	11
Julian Voltaire	Greece Odyssey	Midfield	12
Jordan Staub	Greece Odyssey	Defender	12
Division Winner- Greece Odyssey
Coach of the Year- Scott Mikulski, Greece Odyssey
Sportsmanship Award- Batavia & HFL
Players of the Year
Dylan Ange	Greece Odyssey	Forward	12
Parker Ange	Greece Odyssey	Defender	12