Boys' Soccer Capsules
Fri. November 16, 2012 at 5:19 p.m. | By Solange Reyner
All Saints
Coach: Nigel Boardman
Last Season’s Record: NA
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: NA
Scouting Report: Hoping for a better year than last year, we have scheduled more games against schools of a similar size to ASA. It involves more traveling but we are not having to play schools 4 to 5 times bigger than ASA.
Auburndale
Coach: Guy Jennings
Last Season’s Record: 19-6-1
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: top 16
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: Sr. Cole Clingerman, Sr. Saul Estrada, Sr. Baron Williams, Sr. Nathan Richard, Sr. Matt Colquhoune, Sr. Carlos Valdez
Scouting Report: Auburndale has a very deep team this year. Very talented 19 players led by captains Saul Estrada, Nathan Richard, Cole Clingerman (Florida Southern signee), and Baron Williams. This team should compete for a regional championship this year. Sophomores Deedrick Young and Calahan Warren along with juniors Kendy Pierre and Dalton Dowd and incoming freshman Chase Hovious should provide a very potent offense. Along with a very senior laden defense Auburndale looks to go deep in the playoffs.
Bartow
Coach: Matt Cooper
Last Season’s Record: 4-12-5
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: So. Alex Montes, So. William Gibson, So. Austin Guthrie, So. Nikolas Trejo, Jr. Jose Martinez, Jr. Christian Stowers
Scouting Report: Last season was a rebuilding year and the team is young again this year. We expect with hard work our guys will be able to compete with the other teams in our district.
Fort Meade
Coach: Lynn Haase
Last Season’s Record: 9-11-4
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: runner up
District Finish: 1st
Top Athletes: Sr. Eduardo Lopez, Sr. Jack Cortez, Jr. Dylan Linares, Sr. Erick Villalon, Sr. Abel Armijo
Scouting Report: With all the starters coming back from last season, I expect that we should have a decent season. I believe we have the talent and determination to do well in the district and into the playoffs. We came out of nowhere last season and advanced to the regional final match. Now the target is on our backs and I believe my boys can rise to the challenge.
Haines City
Coach: Chris Dolan
Last Season’s Record: 9-7-4
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: 4th
Top Athletes: Sr. Juan Acosta, Sr. Kenique Anderson, Sr. Frank Gonzalez, So. Ralph Presendiew, Jr. Whitz Dayoute, Sr. Chris Benitez
Scouting Report: Team should compete for district title. Senior heavy class. Great goalkeepers! Team needs to improve on offense and grow into a unit. Team plays street ball. Needs to accent their will to win.
Kathleen
Coach: Michael Locke
Last Season’s Record: 11-8-5
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: semifinals
Top Athletes: So. Diego Rodea, Sr. Fernando Rodea, So. Gildardo Mata Jr, Sr. Kolen Roberts, Sr. Addyson Salalila
Scouting Report: We have quite a few returners from last year and I have high hopes for my team this year. With both forwards returning, I feel like we have a strong returning attack and with senior leader Kolen Roberts, Fernando Rodea, and Addyson Salalila on the field, we will have the leadership for the team to work together and get the job done.
Lakeland Christian
Coach: Dane Grandin Streets
Last Season’s Record: 13-9
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: quarterfinals
District Finish: 2nd
Top Athletes: Sr. Blake Crosby, Sr. Alex Sessums, Sr. Josh Sessums
Scouting Report: The team will be coming off a second place finish to Fort Meade. Our schedule will be extremely difficult this year as we are playing tough, out of the district competition. This team will be comprised of two groups, with one being jr/senior laden and the other with 8 and 9th grade talent. With the loss of several key players, our team will be looking to find our soul and see who will lead the team offensively. We should be very organized and pretty defensively sound.
Lake Region
Coach: Mike Balata
Last Season’s Record: 16-4-3
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: runner up
Top Athletes: Sr. Brent Moore, Jr. Francisco Gonzalez, Sr. Carlos Tutivan, Jr. Brandon Guevara, So. Eithan Garcia
Scouting Report: We are expecting an exciting year! Although we lost 15 seniors from the team from last year, our JV program (who was undefeated last year) was able to fill in for this year. There is a lot of talent in all sectors of the field. "Speed and touch" is our motto for the season!
Lake Gibson
Coach: Dave Ulch
Last Season’s Record: 4-11-6
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: 7th
Top Athletes: Sr. Ivan Arroyave, So. Daniel Warshaw, Sr. Grant Weiss, Sr. Gilberto Menjivar, Sr. Nathan Zintal, So. Miguel Perez
Scouting Report: The 2012-13 Lake Gibson Braves look to gain experience for a very young team throughout this season. The main goal for the team is to build on the win total from last year (4) and try to accomplish 8 or more wins for this season.
Mulberry
Coach: Tim Goehring
Last Season’s Record: 11-9-3
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: 3rd
Top Athletes: Sr. Alek Alonso, Jr. Oscar Rosales, Jr. Noe Guillen, So. Christopher Gomez, Fr. Fernando Medina, So. Jehiel Felix
Scouting Report: The Panthers always try to be competitive with anybody but with only 5 returning players this season, it will be somewhat of a rebuilding year. We believe that the new talent is such that the Panthers can make a good run for a district championship and perhaps beyond. The players will need to come together as a team quickly in order to make that run though.
Ridge
Coach: Micheal T. Blethen
Last Season’s Record: 11-7-3
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: semifinals
Top Athletes: Sr. Antonio Arias, Sr. Johnathon Bentham, Sr. Israel Miranda, Sr. Abdel Martinez, Sr. Doroteo Luviano, Sr. Luis Mandujano
Scouting Report: After losing 4 starting seniors and 3 starting players to club ball during the off season, we have a lot of players that need to gel this season. Luckily we are returning 3 time All County Forward and All Time Ridge Scoring leader Antonio Arias, who is stepping up in his senior roll. Captain Israel Miranda provides the team of consistency, determination and a hard work attitude whole leader he defense. The work horse Johnathon Bentham was also expected to be playing club ball this season. Instead he refocused his commitment to Ridge and is back to shore up the midfield.
Santa Fe
Coach: Greg Hunt
Last Season’s Record: 4-12
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: lost in first round
Top Athletes: Jr. Nick Martinez, Fr. Joey Dotson, So. Felix Vassallo, Sr. Seamus McHugh, So. Coleman Cavannah
Scouting Report: Santa Fe Catholic will look to improve on last year’s four win season and overcome the loss of double digit seniors. SFC has added several strong young players (freshmen Joey Dotson and Brian Prisble as well as sophomore Felix Vassallo) and will look to start rebuilding the program. We have a good core to compete with many of the teams in the county and hope to surprise people by the end of the year and compete for the district title.
Winter Haven
Coach: Bill Desmond
Last Season’s Record: 1-15-1
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: Sr. Benjamin Smith, Sr. Andrew Calix, Sr. Aaron Kirin, Fr. Juan Bautista, So. Chris Desmond, So. Armani D'Agostino
Scouting Report: We are returning 6 seniors this year so we should have some good experience to build from. We also have additional depth from the returning sophomores and juniors. We the addition of freshman Juan Bautista and Widnier Nicholas we hope to be very competitive this year. We have 2 solid goalkeepers with sophomore Chris Desmond and senior Johnny Ramirez sharing the duties in goal. New players on varsity are Roldy Renfort and Ryan Smith.
