(KMAland) — The Martin Blog Spring Sports Preview series continues with a look at Hawkeye Ten Conference Boys Soccer.
SPRING SPORT PREVIEWS
3/5: Western Iowa Conference Boys Soccer
3/3: Corner Conference Girls Athletics
3/2: Missouri River Conference girls’ soccer
02/28: KMAland girls tennis
2/24: Hawkeye Ten Conference Girls Soccer
2/23: Missouri River Conference boys soccer
2023 HAWKEYE TEN CONFERENCE BOYS SOCCER PREVIEW
Lewis Central played football reasonably well last year, winning an undefeated Hawkeye Ten Conference championship before winning the Class 2A state title with a run through Humboldt, Newton and Pella. This is what the 2022 table looked like:
1. Lewis Central Titans – 18-3 on aggregate, 7-0 conference
2. Glenwood Rams – 15-3 on aggregate, 6-1 conference
3. Denison-Schleswig Monarchs – 7-9 on aggregate, 5-2 conference
4. Harlan Cyclones – 10-8 overall, 4-3 conference
5. Creston Panthers – 7-8 overall, 3-4 conference
6. St Albert Falcons – 7-11 overall, 2-5 conference
7. Kümper Catholic Knights – 1-12 overall, 1-6 conference
8. Atlantic Trojans – 2-14 overall, 0-7 conference
TRAINER
• Atlantic: Mark Andersen
•Creston: Chad Malmanger
•Denison-Schleswig: Nate Desy
•Glenwood: Cort Lovato
•Harlan: Dave Voge
• Catholic Kümper: Ken Massey
•Lewis Central: James Driver
• St. Albert: Todd Tarbox
HIGHEST GOALSKER
1. Caden Johnson, senior, Glenwood (30 goals)
**The conference’s top scorer is among the state’s top scorers.
2. Ian Shelton, Junior, Harlan (11 goals)
3. Richard Gonzalez, Sophomore, Denison-Schleswig & Boston Hensley, Senior, Lewis Central & Brayden Shepard, Junior, Lewis Central (10 goals)
**Hawkeye Ten’s next seven goalscorers graduated after Johnson, but there are still four who scored at least 10 goals last year.
6. Even Jeronimo, Senior, Denison-Schleswig (8 goals)
7. Adam Severn, Junior, Glenwood & Mason Anderson, Senior, Harlan & Gabriel Barajas, Sophomore, St Albert (6 goals)
**We round out the top nine recurring goalscorers in the league with one each from Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Harlan and St Albert.
10. Kyler Edie, Junior, Atlantic & Jackson Saravia, Sophomore, Denison-Schleswig & Edin Barrios, Senior, Denison-Schleswig & Cort Lovato Jr., Junior, Glenwood (5 goals)
**Two more by the Monarchs in the top 10 along with an Atlantic Trojan and another Glenwood Ram.
14. Gershon Segura, Sophomore, Atlantic & Jesus Espinoza, Senior, Denison-Schleswig (4 goals)
**The last two in the top 15 come from Atlantic and Denison-Schleswig and it seems like a lot of firepower is returning for the Monarchs.
TOP RETURNING SUPPORTS
1. Boston Hensley, Sr., Lewis Central (12 assists)
2. Caden Johnson, Sr., Glenwood & Brayden Shepard, Jr., Lewis Central (10 assists)
**Three returning players with double-digit assists after eight in the conference had at least 10 a year ago.
4. Cort Lovato Jr, Junior, Glenwood (9 assists)
5. Nolan Clark, Junior, Glenwood (6 assists)
**Two more Glenwood Rams round out the top five returning assists.
6. Richard Gonzalez, sophomore, Denison-Schleswig & Gabriel Barajas, sophomore, St Albert (5 assists)
8. Gershon Segura, sophomore, Atlantic & Mason Anderson, senior, Harlan & Reese Koch, sophomore, Harlan & Dylan Voudry, junior, Lewis Central (4 assists)
**The remaining top 11 returns in overall assists include two from Harlan and one each from Denison-Schleswig, St Albert, Atlantic and Lewis Central.
12. Even Jeronimo, Senior, Denison-Schleswig & Tommy Fitzsimmons, Junior, Kuemper Catholic (3 assists)
**Last season six players had exactly three assists. Two of them are back.
TOP RETURNING GOALKEEPER (BY MINUTES)
1. Casey Godbout, Junior, Glenwood (1383 minutes)
2. Tyrell Williams, Junior, Atlantic (1211 minutes)
**Only two of last season’s four goaltenders who clocked 1,000 minutes are back. Godbout had a saving rate of 84.7, while Williams had a saving rate of 70.8.
3. Quentin McDowell, Junior, Harlan (951 minutes)
4. Jace Pruitt, Junior, Catholic by Kuemper (769 minutes)
5. Felipe Saldana, sophomore, Harlan (456 minutes)
6. Ethan Fitzsenry, Junior, Catholic by Kuemper (175 minutes)
**The only four other goalkeepers with at least 100 goal minutes in the past season. McDowell recorded the highest savings percentage of this quartet at 62.0%.
OTHER RETURNS
There is more to life than goals, assists and goalkeepers. There are defenders who collect a lot of minutes and make sure the ball never crosses their zone. Here are some of them returning with at least two starts and/or 10 games played (with a few exceptions).
Atlantic
-Taye Jordan, junior – 16 games, 8 starts
-Hadin Thompson, sophomore – 16 games, 16 starts
-Trahyger Carey, junior – 15 games, 15 starts
-Franco Castillo, senior – 14 games, 9 starts, 3 goals, 2 assists
-Rickie Fields, sophomore – 11 games
-Talon LaJeunesse, sophomore – 11 games, 1 start
-Mason McFadden, junior – 6 games, 6 starts
Creston
-Brennan Hayes, junior – 15 games, 14 starts, 3 goals
-Gavin Evans, junior – 15 games, 15 starts, 1 assist
-Bryce Hull, junior – 15 games, 15 starts
-Nolan Pryor, senior – 15 games, 15 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Dillon Starlin, Junior – 15 games, 15 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Tristan Evans, sophomore – 15 games, 7 starts, 1 goal
-McCoy Haines, junior – 14 games, 14 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Jack Walter, Junior – 14 games, 0 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Logan Weland, junior – 11 games, 9 starts
Denison Schleswig
-Jesse Velasquez, senior – 16 games, 16 starts, 1 assist
-Christopher Magana, junior – 16 games, 16 starts
-Jesus Hernandez, junior – 15 games, 14 starts, 1 goal
-Christopher Campos, senior – 14 games, 13 starts, 2 goals
-Alex Garcia, senior – 12 games, 12 starts, 1 goal, 2 assists
-Emmanuel Prado, Junior — 11 games, 1 start, 2 goals
Glenwood
-Renner Bardsley, senior – 18 games, 18 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Cameron King, junior – 17 games, 2 goals, 1 assist
-Jack McMullen, senior – 15 games, 13 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Blake Sneed, sophomore – 10 games, 1 assist
-Virginio Rangel Gonzales, sophomore – 10 games, 1 goal
Harlan
-Garrett Assmann, senior – 18 games, 17 starts
-Caleb Smith, senior – 18 games, 7 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Elmer Argueta, junior – 18 games, 17 starts, 2 assists
-Spencer Fink, sophomore – 18 games
-Seth Anderson, senior – 17 games, 2 starts, 3 goals
-Noah Schmitz, junior — 17 games, 16 starts
-Ian Kearney, Junior – 17 games, 1 start, 3 goals, 1 assist
-Finn Skrybeck, senior – 16 games, 10 starts, 2 goals, 1 assist
– Wyatt Powell, junior – 15 games, 1 goal
-Josue Argueta, sophomore – 12 games
-Felipe Saldana, sophomore – 10 games, 8 starts, 1 goal
Kümper Catholic
-Justin Schulte, junior – 13 games, 10 starts
-Logan Rial, sophomore – 13 games, 13 starts
-James Janssen, sophomore – 13 games, 11 starts
-Joseph Masching, sophomore – 13 games, 4 starts
-Aden Böll, Junior — 13 games, 8 starts
-Kyle Schulte, sophomore – 13 games, 4 starts
-Emiliano Nava, senior – 12 games, 9 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-DJ Vonnahme, Junior — 12 games, 3 starts, 1 goal, 1 assist
-Matthew Borkowski, senior – 12 games, 11 starts
-Carson Kanne, sophomore – 12 games, 8 starts
-Edson Reynosa, sophomore – 11 games, 1 start
-Michael Kasperbauer, Junior — 10 games
-Jase Hoffman, Junior – 10 games
Lewis Central
-London McSorley, junior – 13 games, 4 starts, 3 goals, 2 assists
-Landon Duff, sophomore – 13 games, 2 starts
-Derrick Gregory, sophomore – 13 games, 1 start
-Jayke McKern, senior – 9 games, 2 goals, 2 assists
-Brandon Hoss, sophomore – 9 games, 2 assists
-Sam Adkins, sophomore – 4 games, 2 goals
St Albert
-John Helton, senior – 17 games, 17 starts, 1 assist
-Jesus Barajas, junior – 17 games, 17 starts, 1 game, 1 assist
-Andrew Crawley, senior – 17 games, 17 starts
-Aaron Kiley, sophomore – 17 games, 7 starts, 2 goals, 2 assists
-David Helton, senior – 16 games, 16 starts
-Adam Denny, senior – 16 games, 16 starts, 1 assist
-Matthew Crawley, junior – 16 games, 6 starts, 1 assist
-Brandon McCall, junior – 15 games, 13 starts, 2 assists
-Grant Springman, senior – 11 games, 1 start
-Garrett Tarbox, junior – 10 games, 2 starts, 2 assists
PROJECTED END
These are not predictions from KMA Sports. They’re a collection of top-returning players + other returning contributors + 2022 conference wins.
1.Harlan (22)
2. Glenwood (19)
3. Denison-Schleswig & Lewis Central (18)
5. Kümper Catholic (17)
6. St Albert (15)
7. Atlantic & Creston (12)
Thoughts: Oh man. The projection system could die, depending on how this thing is oriented. The defending Class 2A champions are in a tie for…the third? I don’t know if I have much faith in that. Lewis Central may have lost a legendary senior class, but I find it hard to believe they won’t be fighting for the conference title again. The Titans have had at least a share of the championship title in the past five seasons.
Right now, Harlan has the greatest mix of returning scorers, assists and other contributors from last season. That puts them at the top, but I figured the projection system would be all over Glenwood to make the jump to the top of the league. You or Denison-Schleswig. Still, Harlan is the projection to make the jump from a solid No. 4 to the top. They’ve been right there in the recent past (they shared the championship with LC and Denison-Schleswig in 2019) so it might not be too much of a proposition. I just know I’m pretty excited to see how it turns out.
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