AT HIGHLAND PARK: Three Giants were named to the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association (IHSSCA) all-sectional team: Zach Kohn, Carlos Pineda and Omar Rodriquez.
The all-conference picks were Kohn, Pineda, Rodriquez, Tony Barrios, Juan Marban and Eamonn Moore.
The Giants, who finished 13-7-4, were led in scoring by Tommy Quirk. The sophomore forward had 21 points on eight goals and five assists.
Kohn had 17 points (5 goals, 7 assists), while Barrios had 16 points (6 goals, 4 assists. Moore was credited five goals and two assists for 12 points.
Pineda finished the season with a 0.92 goals against average. He had 8 ½ shutouts.
Highland Park’s Omar Rodriquez. Photography by Joel Lerner
AT LAKE FOREST: Hunter Moore collected a number of postseason honors for the Scouts (8-12-3). The senior was first-team all-sectional, all-conference and all-academic. He was the team MVP.
Junior Keegan Kullby was named first-team all-conference and honorable mention all-sectional.
The other Chicago Fire All-State/All-Academic players were Paul Passalino (2nd team), Brian Roper (special mention), Scott Dent (honorable mention), Parker Marsh (honorable mention) and John O’Connor (honorable mention).
Moore, Passalino, Roper, Dent, Marsh, O’Connor, Paul Ankenman, Wil Audley, Luke Bauder, William Pintas, John Schlachtenhaufen and Julius von Borcke made the NSC all-academic team.
Ryan Murray received the Christopher Quon Unsung Hero Award, while Dent claimed the Christopher Chouinard Sportsmanship Award.
Kullby (7 goals, 6 assists) got the Golden Boot, while Passalino (5 goals, 6 assists) was given the Silver Boot. The other leading scorers were O’Connor (10 points), Matthew Mick (9 points) and Daniel Hanson (9 points).
The NSCAA Senior Excellence award went to Roper.
Lake Forest’s Hunter Moore. Photography by Joel Lerner
AT LAKE FOREST ACADEMY: Two Caxys were honored by the IHSSCA.
Senior midfielder Stephen Payne earned all-state honors. Sophomore forward Luis Arreola made the all-sectional team.
AT LOYOLA ACADEMY: It was a season of honors for George Kanelitsas.
The senior defender wrapped up his season by claiming all-sectional and all-conference honors. He also was the team MVP.
The team’s other all-league selections were JP Escalante, Pat Fuller, Jack Nicholls and Salim Yakubu.
AT NEW TRIER: Following their 24-4-2 fall campaign, the Trevians placed four players on the IHSSCA all-sectional team. The first-teamers were Steven Childs, Duncan Gill and Spencer Farina. Goalkeeper Jonathan Jaggard was honorable mention.
The team’s all-conference selections included Childs, Farina, Gill, Jaggard, Jamey Minturn, Tim Moriarty and Connor Rife.
Gill finished the season with 23 goals and 11 assists. Farina had seven assists to go along with a team-high 17 assists.
The other goal leaders were Mike Gallo (9) and Will Belliel (5), while Childs had seven assists.
New Trier’s Steven Childs. Photography by Joel Lerner
AT NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY: Junior midfielder Ben Potter was rewarded for his play this fall. He not only earned all-sectional honors, but he also was named Player of the Year in the Independent School League.
Alex Karmin was the league’s Goalkeeper of the Year.
The other all-league players were Andrew Conlon, AJ Formolo, Will Lawler and Cam Macpherson.
