Section V Boys’ Soccer kicks off starting this week. Here are the previews for Churchville-Chili, Brighton, Irondequoit, Gates Chili, Webster Thomas and Spencerport.
CHURCHVILLE-CHILI SAINTS
Last year: 17-2-2, Class AA Sectional Champions, Class AA Regional Champions, Class AA NYS Final Four.
Head Coach: John Mahoney (16th Season, 180-22-27)
Top Returners: Lucas Cariola Sr. F (15 G, 13 A, All County, AGR, All-Tournament Team AA, Splinters Second XI); Bryce Wolf Sr. F (7 G, 12 A, All County, All-Tournament Team AA); Avery Ewell Sr. M (5 G, 5 A)
Top Newcomers: Preston Tensley Jr. F; Logan Vujanovic Jr. C
Sectional Titles: 8 (’25, ’23, ’90, ’73, ’72, ’65, ’56, ’45)
First Game: Thursday, Sept. 3 vs Fairport
BRIGHTON BRUINS
Last Year: 10-7, Lost to Webster Thomas in Class AA first round.
Head Coach: Adam Hiller (16th season, 153-94-30)
Top Returners: Henry Rush Sr. M; Adam Adeleke-Adedoyin Sr. M; Bobby Jones Sr. M; Jack MacMillan Jr. M
Top Newcomers: Charlie McIntyre Jr. D; PK Jones Jr. M
Sectional Titles: 9 (’18, ’12, ’11, ’03, ’78, ’75, ’74, ’50, ’49)
First Game: Thursday, Sept. 3 vs Aquinas
IRONDEQUOIT EAGLES
Last Year: 6-10, Lost in Class AA first round to Webster Schroeder
Head Coach: Zach Titus (2nd season)
Top Returners: Kassem Kassem Sr. M; Ryan Ensign Sr. M/F; Colin Ley Sr. D; Fin Hawn Jr. M
Top Newcomers: Adam Zaleski Jr. F
Sectional Titles: 1 (’10)
First Game: Thursday, Sept. 3 vs Webster Schroeder
GATES CHILI SPARTANS
Last Year: 2-14, 15th in Class AA, Lost in first round to Spencerport
Head Coach: Kristian Sarkis (2nd Season)
Top Returners: Khalil Kassem Jr. A; Justin Kelly Sr. M; Jahdel Thompson Jr. W; Tyler Adams Jr. W; John Montulli Sr. D
Top Newcomers: Brayden Sinclair Sr. GK; Nikola Repic Jr. M; Andre Groome Jr. M; Yusuf Charm Jr. W
Sectional Titles: 10 (’03*, ’95*, ’93, ’92, ’86, ’85, ’69, ’68, ’67, ’66)
First Game: Saturday, Sept. 5 vs East Rochester
WEBSTER THOMAS TITANS
Last Year: 5-9, Lost in Class AA quarterfinals to Spencerport
Head Coach: Jamie Berardicurti
Top Returners: Declan Lavrynenko Jr. M (9 G, 9 A, First Team All-League); Andy Naiko Jr. D; Jack Miller Jr. GK; Owen Ashe Jr. D; Liam DeSario Jr. M; James Fichera Sr. D; Andrew Andolsek Sr. M; Vincent Mabee Sr. M
Top Newcomers: Declan Dessara So. M; Maksym Babak Fr. M
Sectional Titles: 6 (’08, ’07, ’06, ’82, ’78, ’75)
First Game: Thursday, Sept. 3 vs Rush-Henrietta
SPENCERPORT RANGERS
Last Year: 2nd in Class AA, Lost in semifinals to Penfield
Head Coach: Jody Wyant (8th season, 88-30-9)
Top Returners: Jaden Allen Sr. D; Daniel Weiss Sr. A; Christian Arcara Sr. A; Dylan Cooke Sr. GK
Top Newcomer: Jackson Schneider Sr. M.
Sectional Titles: 14 (’24, ’22, ’12, ’11, ’10, ’07, ’04, ’79, ’78, ’74, ’73, ’72, ’71, ’70)
First Game: Tuesday, Sept. 1 at Pittsford Sutherland
*Denotes state champion or state co-champion.
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