Section V Boys’ Soccer gets into full swing this week. Here are season previews for Fairport, Hilton, Penfield, Rush-Henrietta, Victor and Webster Schroeder.
FAIRPORT RED RAIDERS
Last year: Finished 10-5-2 / Class AAA Champion
Head Coach: Bill Teasdale (43-16-3 / Year 5)
Top Returners: Zach Buys Sr. Mid/D (First-Team All-County, First-Team All Greater Rochester, All State, Messiah University commit); Ryan Mathis Sr. Mid/A (Second-Team All-County, Second-Team All Greater Rochester, All Sectional Team in 2023); Alex Grejda Jr. D (First-Team All County, Honorable Mention All Greater Rochester, in 2023); Tim Donner Jr. D; Danny Lustica Jr. D; Austin Stephany Sr. A
Top Newcomers: Sean Griffin Jr. A
Program Sectional Titles: 11 (’23, ’19, ’16, ’14, ’13, ’09, ’08, ’07, ’98, ’97, ’96)
First Game: Sept. 5 vs. Webster Thomas
HILTON CADETS
Last year: Finished 14-4-1/ League Champion / lost in Class AA Semifinal
Head Coach: Mike Ellicott (105-48-11 / Year 10)
Top Returners: Jack Turner Sr. Mid Captain; Jordan Johnson Sr. D Captain; Nathan Meyer Sr. Mid Captain; Cooper Nichols Jr. F Captain.
Top Newcomers: Devon Skirment So. Mid; Wolfgang Drake So. GK; Shawn Fisher Jr. F.
Program Sectional Titles: 4 (’21, ’15, ’18, ’87)
First Game: Sept. 4 vs. Churchville-Chili
PENFIELD PATRIOTS
Last year: Finished 10-6-1 / lost in Class AA Semifinal
Head Coach: John Cotsonas (87-71-17 / Year 11)
Top Returners: Jackson Kuby Sr. D/Captain (Second Team All-League 2023); Dylan Zimmermann Jr. D; Mason Vallow Jr. Mid; John Lampe Jr. F; Ryder Lucas Jr. GK; Dylan Finocchario So. Mid
Top Newcomers: Adam Sokolowski Jr. Mid; Connor Walsh Jr. F
Program Sectional Titles: 20 (’20, ’10, ’04*, ’02*, ’01*, ’00, ’99, ’94, ’91, ’90, ’89, ’88, ’77, ’76, ’70, ’66, ’58, ’55, ’52, ’49)
First Game: Sept. 4 vs. Spencerport
RUSH-HENRIETTA
Last year: Finished 5-10-1 / lost in Class AAA Semifinal
Head Coach: Jake Falci (Year 8)
Top Returners: Zayden Patel Jr. D (Two-time All Monroe County Team Selection; Jacob Wood Sr. D; Sam Sharma Sr. Mid; Marlo Rogers Sr. Mid; John Pampoukidis Sr. F (Two-time All Monroe County Team Selection)
Top Newcomers: Kaleb Assefa Fr. D; Caiden Noble So. D; Dimitri Lebron Jr. F.
First Game: Sept. 7 vs. Hilton
VICTOR BLUE DEVILS
Last year: Finished 3-12-2 / lost in Class AA first round
Head Coach: Steve Fish (172-189-29 / Year 24)
Top Returners: Liam McPhee Sr. D; Andrew Aparo Sr. D/Mid; Reid Strassner Jr. D; Sammy Tripp Jr. Mid/F.
Top Newcomers: Kellen VanHouten Jr. Mid; Maddox Burger Jr.
First Game: Sept. 5 vs. Pittsford Mendon
WEBSTER SCHROEDER WARRIORS
Last year: Finished 4-11-1/lost to Hilton in Class AA first round
Head Coach: David Urbanski (147-174-15/ Year 20)
Top Returners: Sam Burton Sr. Striker ( 7 goals, 4 assists); Brayden Chase Sr. F (1 goal, 3 assists); Leo Cannon, Jr. GK; Aidan Ramirezk Sr. Mid
Top Newcomer: Daniel Musovski Jr. F
Program Sectional Titles: 4 (’12, ’11, ’10, ’77)
First Game: September 7th vs. Victor
*Denotes state champion or co-champion.
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