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St. Benedict's Prep
Newark, NJ
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19-1-0
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Season Complete. New Jersey Prep A state champion.
School Facts: Private, all-boys, 650 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Anderson Asiedu scored the lone goal as St. Benedict's Prep defeated Peddie School 1-0 to claim its 26th straight state title. Asiedu, one of the nation's top prospects -- rated No. 37 in the IMG 150 for the Class of 2015, is one of likely six NCAA Division I signees on this year's St. Benedict's squad. John Antunues and Zach Pereira have committed to Monmouth, Wilber Nunez has committed to Seton Hall. Asiedu has offers from North Carolina, UCLA, Saint Louis and Monmouth, among others. The Gray Bees defeated teams from eight states this year and outscored the opposition 77-8. |
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Canton
Canton, MI
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24-0-3
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Season Complete. Michigan Division 1 state champion.
School Facts: Public, 2,100 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Jason Ren netted the lone goal as Canton capped an undefeated season with a 1-0 state final win over Rochester Adams in windy, 34-degree weather. The teams had tied 1-1 late in the regular season. Canton keeper Andrew Loehnis recorded his 16th shutout of the season as Canton claimed the school's second state title, both under head coach Mark Zemanski. |
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Air Academy
USAF Academy, CO
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20-0-0
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Season Complete. Colorado Class 4A state champion.
School Facts: Public, 1,400 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: David Louthan and James Sims converted penalty kicks in the second half as Air Academy capped a perfect season with a 2-0 win over The Classical Academy in the state final. Both penalty kicks were drawn by the team's leading scorer, Austin Dewing, who was named MVP for the title match. Air Academy outscored its opponents 102-5 playing in the middle of the state's three classification brackets. Air Academy's key regular-season win was a 2-1 decision over Pine Creek, which reached the Class 5A state quarterfinals. Dewing ended the season with 34 goals and 22 assists. |
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Washington Township
Sewell, NJ
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24-1-0
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| St. Joseph's commit Derek MacKinnon scored the match-winner as Washington Township edged Toms River North 1-0 to advance to this week's state semifinals. Washington Township is 52-2 over the past two seasons, and next up is a match against regionally ranked Manalapan. |
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Commack
Commack, NY
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21-1-1
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Season Complete. New York Class AA state champion.
School Facts: Public, 2,500 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Anthony Izzo scored both goals as Commack defeated Fairport 2-0 in the state final. The win reinforces the quality and depth of Long Island soccer as four different Long Island schools have claimed the large-school state title over the past five seasons. Commack and perennial state title challenger Brentwood split their regular-season matchups, but Commack got hot in the postseason to deliver the program its first outright state title. |
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St. Ignatius
Cleveland, OH
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20-2-1
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Season Complete. Ohio Division I state champion.
School Facts: Private, all-boys, 1,450 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Junior John Duldner scored both goals as St. Ignatius defeated Olentangy Liberty 2-1 for the program's sixth state title in the last 11 seasons. Senior keeper Mikal Outcalt, a Pitt commit who named to first-team Division I all-state and selected for the High School All-American Game, made a crucial save if the first half to keep the match scoreless. St. Ignatius split its matches with Copley and pinned the only defeats on FAB 50-ranked Olentangy Liberty this season. |
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Milwaukee Marquette
Milwaukee, WI
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23-1-2
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Season Complete. Wisconsin Division 1 state champion.
School Facts: Private, all-boys, 1,085 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Ted Bieser scored the first two goals as Milwaukee Marquette rolled to a 4-1 win over conference rival Menomonee Falls in the state final. The result marked Marquette's 10th state title since joining the WIAA in 2000. The last five titles have come under head coach Steve Lawrence. Marquette outshot Menomonee Falls 25-5. Marquette's lone loss in 2014 was to Chaminade (Mo.). |
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Olathe East
Olathe, KS
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20-1-0
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Season Complete. Kansas Class 6A state champion.
School Facts: Public, 2,300 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Shane Kopplin and Mark Vanlandingham scored the goals to stake Olathe East to a 2-0 lead before the team held on for a 2-1 win over FAB 50-ranked Washburn Rural in the state final. The win marked Olathe East's third state title, each coming nine years apart -- 1996, 2005, 2014. |
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Copley
Copley, OH
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20-1-1
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Season Complete. Ohio Division I state semifinalist.
School Facts: Public, 1,150 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Copley's season ended with a 1-0 loss to St. Ignatius in the state semifinals. Copley defeated St. Ignatius 2-0 during the regular season. The senior-heavy Copley squad outscored its opponents 88-13 and keys wins included pinning the only defeat on regionally ranked Avon. Junior forward Christopher Brennan was named Mr. Soccer for Ohio and the state's Division I Player of the Year. Senior Harter Skye was named to the Division I all-state first team. David Antal was named the state's large school coach of the year. |
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River Hill
Clarksville, MD
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18-0-1
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Season Complete. Maryland Class 3A state champion.
School Facts: Public, 1,450 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Gabe Quintero gave River Hill the lead and Robert Dass converted a deciding penalty kick as River Hill handed Huntingtown a 2-0 setback in the state final. Huntingtown entered the match 18-0. The win marked the ninth state title for River Hill, which opened 18 years ago. |
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Wheaton Academy
West Chicago, IL
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25-1-1
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Season Complete. Illinois Class 2A state champion.
School Facts: Private, 650 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Lucas Hoepner and Reid Culberson each scored twice as Wheaton Academy routed St. Joseph 5-1 in the state final. Ty Seager, who ended the year with 39 goals, scored three in the team's 4-0 state semifinal victory. The win marked the first state title for Wheaton Academy, which placed fourth the two previous seasons. Wheaton Academy is 68-14-2 over the past three seasons. |
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DeMatha Catholic
Hyattsville, MD
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15-1-4
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Season Complete. Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champion.
School Facts: Private, all-boys, 1,000 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Freshman Justin Gielen headed home the winning goal in overtime as DeMatha won a second straight WCAC crown with a 2-1 decision over Bishop O'Connell (Va.). Senior James Gielen scored the Stags' other goal. High Point commit Keegan Meyer recorded the victory in goal to cap a season where the team allowed only six goals and posted 15 shutouts. DeMath's lone loss was to Prep School power South Kent School (Conn.). |
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Peters Township
McMurray, PA
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22-2-0
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Season Complete. Pennsylvania Class AAA state champion.
School Facts: Public, 1,500 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Twin brothers Nicco and Mario Mastrangelo each scored a second-half goal as Peters Township claimed the program's first state title since 2007 with a 2-1 win over Great Valley. The victory marks the third straight year a Pittsburgh-area team has won the state's large-school title. |
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Haverford School
Haverford, PA
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16-3-2
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Season Complete. Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association semifinalist; Inter-AC champion.
School Facts: Private, 450 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Haverford competes in the PISAA playoffs, which is a combination of private high schools and prep schools programs, with post-grad players. Haverford's season ended with an overtime loss to Prep School Top10-ranked Mercersburg Academy. Haverford had wins over St. Benedict's (N.J.) and Loyola (Md.) early in the season. Junior forward Connor Gregory was named the conference's co-MVP. Senior defender Brandon Shima and junior defender Shane Bradley were first-team picks. |
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Loyola
Towson, MD
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15-4-1
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Season Complete. Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference champion.
School Facts: Private, all-boys, 1,000 students, grades 6-12.
NOTES: Ryan Conrad, the nation's top lacrosse prospect who committed to the University of Virginia three years ago, scored both goals as Loyola stunned top-seeded McDonogh 2-0 in the conference final. Loyola lost both regular-season meetings to McDonogh, but the second one happened while Penn commit Gavin Barger missed the match while training with the US Under-18 National Team. Barger also missed the team's early season loss to Haverford School (Pa.). Loyola's lineup featured three players from the Baltimore Celtic Under-16 club team that won the US Youth Soccer national title over the summer. Senior Riley Collins has committed to UMBC. Junior midfielder Grant Robinson is a top prospect for 2016. |
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McDonogh School
Owings Mills, MD
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19-1-0
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Season Complete. Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference runner-up.
School Facts: Private, 1,300 students, grades K-12.
NOTES: McDonogh's bid for a second straight SIMA FAB 50 No. 1 finish was denied in a 2-0 setback to Loyola in the conference final. McDonogh beat Loyola twice during the season. McDonogh's lineup features Maryland commit Connor Smith and national recruits Tunde Akinlosotu, Michael DeShields and Eremuse Momoh. Six members of McDonogh's starting lineup played for Baltimore Celtic's national title-winning club team during the summer. |
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Hinsdale Central
Hinsdale, IL
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19-4-4
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Season Complete. Illinois Class 3A state champion.
School Facts: Public, 2,800 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Will McGowen delivered the match-winning goal with eight minutes left as Hinsdale Central defeated Normal Community 1-0 in the state final. Hinsdale Central started the season in the SIMA FAB 50 Top 10, but a rough start bounced it from the rankings for most of the season. However, the postseason run justified a leap back into the Top 25 as Hinsdale knocked off previous Top 10 Morton and undefeated Normal Community on its way to the program's second state title, the other coming in 1975. Hinsdale Central keeper Wes Bergevin has been selected for the High School All-American Game. Senior defender Evan Floersch was named to the all-state squad. Bergevin, senior Jack Baderman and junior Bryan Loebig were named to the all-section team. |
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Lee's Summit
Lee's Summit, MO
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21-3-0
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Season Complete. Missouri Class 4 state champion.
School Facts: Public, 2,000 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Goakeeper Roman Pena made a save in the fifth round of penalty kicks, then converted the game-winner as Lee's Summi stunned Chaminade in the Missouri state final. The win gave Lee's Summit its first soccer state title, and the marked the first time a public school has won the Missouri large-school since 2000. |
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Chaminade
Creve Coeur, MO
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25-3-1
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Season Complete. Missouri Class 4 state runner-up.
School Facts: Private, all-boys, 500 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Despite a postseason run that featured wins over perennial state powers SLUH, Vianney and Rockhurst, Chaminade came up one result short, falling to Lee's Summit in penalty kicks in the final match. Chaminade has been the state runner-up two of the past three seasons. |
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St. Thomas Aquinas
Overland Park, KS
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19-2-0
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Season Complete. Kansas Class 5A state champion.
School Facts: Private, 965 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Lasse Nilsen and Luke Kutey both scored twice as St. Thomas Aquinas rolled to a 6-0 state final win over J.C. Harmon, marking the program's second straight title, 10th in the past 12 years and 16 overall since the school opened in 1988. |
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Normal Community
Normal, IL
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23-1-2
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Season Complete. Illinois Class 3A state runner-up.
School Facts: Public, 1,950 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Normal Community's undefeated run ended with a 1-0 loss to Hinsdale Central in the state final. Normal twice beat 2013 state champion Edwardsville en route to the program's best-ever state finish. Forward Eddie Plesha, goalkeeper Josh Millmore and defender Connor Oltman were named to the Illinois all-state team. Mason Maier earned all-section honors. All four are seniors. |
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Wesleyan Christian
High Point, NC
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21-0-2
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Season Complete. North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 3A state champion.
School Facts: Private, 1,350 students, grades K-12.
NOTES: Wesleyan Christian used an own goal early and a score by Andrew Moebius in the second half en route to a 2-0 state final win over Charlotte Country Day. The win marked Wesleyan's third title in four years. The team ended the season with 14 straight shutouts. Cooper Robbins, Connor Bell, Matt Owens, Moebius and Brady Bronico were named to the NCISAA Class 3A all-state team.
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Oak Ridge
El Dorado Hills, CA
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15-4-1
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Season Complete. California Sac-Joaquin Division I champion.
School Facts: Public, 2,250 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Oak Ridge stunned favored Jesuit in the semifinals on penalty kicks, then rallied for a 2-1 victory over Davis in the championship match. Connor Hountalas, a junior who shared goalkeeping duties during the season, was subbed into the match as a forward and scored the game-winning goal as the Trojans claimed their first-ever section championship. The team entered postseason as the No. 5 seed, but its playoff run was capped by back-to-back wins over teams that spent time in the SIMA FAB 50 this season. |
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Jesuit
Carmichael, CA
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24-2-1
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Season Complete. California Sac-Joaquin Division I semifinalist.
School Facts: Private, all-boys, 1,070 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Jesuit's season ended with a penaty kick setback to Oak Ridge. During the season, Jesuit had wins over eventual Oregon large-school champ Central Catholic and California section champ Marin Academy. |
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Cicero Morton
Cicero, IL
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23-2-2
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Season Complete. Illinois Class 3A sectional runner-up.
School Facts: Public, 6,800 students, grades 9-12.
NOTES: Morton, although two schools yet compete together as one in athletics, spent most of the 2014 season ranked among the nation's elite. Morton's season ended with a 3-2 loss to eventual state champion Hinsdale Central. Morton won a regular-season contest between the Illinois powers 3-0. Senior keeper Ian Chacon and senior midfielder Mario Romero were named to the all-state team. Senior midfielder Edgar Garcia was an all-section pick. |
