BSoc STATE FINALS: Preview

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Three top-ranked teams will be chasing state championships Oct. 29 as the 18th Annual IHSAA Soccer Tournaments culminate at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis.

This year’s state tournament has been conducted in two separate classes for the first time, evolving from the non-class format of the previous 17 years. The Class A girls final will begin the day at 10:30 a.m. ET, followed by Class A boys at 1 p.m., 2A girls at 3:30 p.m., and the 2A boys match at 6 p.m.

Two of the four championship matches pit No. 1 against No. 2 in their respective poll, with a third featuring the No. 1 and No. 5 teams.

Top-ranked in Class A, Fort Wayne Canterbury (17-1-4) returns to the state finals for the first time since 2006. The Cavaliers will face No. 2 Evansville Mater Dei (17-5-1). Greg Mauch, who also serves as the president of the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association, has guided Canterbury to its sixth championship match appearance, having won it all three times (1997, 1998, 2001). Canterbury defeated No. 5 Guerin Catholic, 2-0, and No. 3 Bethany Christian, 1-0, in the semistate.

Mater Dei survived a pair of one-goal matches to win its first regional championship this season before breezing through its semistate encounters. Three of the Wildcats’ five losses came to out-of-state competition.

The finale on Saturday night pits a pair of teams – No. 16 Columbus North (18-2-2) and Crown Point (15-6-2) – that have defied the odds to this point, and one will make off with its first soccer state championship trophy in school history. Columbus North makes its second state finals appearance in three years and third overall but weren’t able to advance beyond the semifinal round in either of its two previous visits. The Bull Dogs upset two higher-ranked teams in the semistate in No. 12 Center Grove and No. 6 Avon.

Crown Point will make its first trip to Kuntz Stadium riding the momentum of winning its first regional Oct. 15. These Bulldogs avenged a pair of regular-season setbacks at the regional, including a 2-1 victory over No. 2 Lake Central, the defending state champion. CP survived two more penalty-kick shootouts at the semistate, including a win over No. 5 Warsaw, a 2010 state finalist, on the Tigers’ home field.

Here’s a thorough look at the Saturday lineup:

STATE FINALS
Date: Saturday, Oct. 29
Times: All times ET
Admission: $10
Site: Kuntz Stadium, 1502 West 16th Street, lndianapolis

Class A (girls): #5 Mishawaka Marian (18-2-1) vs. #1 Providence (20-0-2). SAT 10:30a
Class A (boys): #1 Fort Wayne Canterbury (17-1-4) vs. #2 Evansville Mater Dei (17-5-1). SAT 1p
Class 2A (girls): #2 Hamilton Southeastern (20-0-2) vs. #1 Carmel (21-0-1). SAT 3:30p
Class 2A (boys): Crown Point (15-6-2) vs. #16 Columbus North (18-2-2). SAT 6p

CLASS A: #1 Fort Wayne Canterbury (17-1-4) vs. #2 Evansville Mater Dei (17-5-1)
Team Facts
City/Town: Fort Wayne
County: Allen
Headmaster: Jonathan Hancock
Principal: Bob Schantz
Athletic Director: Ken Harkenrider
Asst. Athletic Director: Kevin Vanden Akker
Head Coach: Greg Mauch
Assistant Coaches: Michael Clark, Rob Goetz, Joe Bellavance, Cam Jordan
Colors: Royal Blue and Kelly Green
Conference: Independent
Enrollment: 335
Last Year’s W-L Record: 12-5-2

Season Results (17-1-4)
8/18 at FW Bishop Luers T 0-0
8/20 vs. North Central (Indpls.) L 1-2
8/23 at Carroll (Fort Wayne) T 1-1
8/25 at Fort Wayne Snider W 5-0
8/27 at Homestead W 5-1
9/1 vs. FW Concordia Lutheran W 4-1
9/3 Summit Country Day (OH) W 2-0
9/9 at Carmel T 1-1
9/10 at Bloomington North W 6-1
9/13 at FW Blackhawk Christian W 3-2
9/16 Columbus North W 3-0
9/17 Northridge T 2-2
9/20 at Warsaw Community W 2-0
9/22 at Fort Wayne Northrop W 8-0
9/28 FW Bishop Dwenger W 4-0
10/1 Merrillville W 9-1

Fort Wayne Canterbury Sectional
10/5 Manchester W 7-0
10/8 FW Concordia Lutheran W 4-0

Garrett Regional
10/13 Lakeland W 8-0
10/15 FW Bishop Luers W 5-0

LaVille Semistate
10/22 Guerin Catholic W 2-0
10/22 Bethany Christian W 1-0

Team Roster & Statistics
Lt. Dk. Name Ht. Pos. Grade Matches Goals Assists Points
1 1 Al Stoval 5-6 M 11 19 1 5 -
4 4 Vincent Ross 5-10 B 12 19 2 3 -
5 5 Ian Bruggeman 5-11 B 12 19 3 0 -
6 6 Shane Crines 5-7 M 11 7 0 1 -
7 7 Steve Li 5-7 B 11 8 0 0 -
8 8 Bradley Yurkanin 6-0 B 12 20 1 4 -
9 9 Rece Buckmaster 5-6 M 9 20 4 2 -
10 10 Austin West 6-0 F 12 20 15 10 -
11 11 Thomas Newlin 5-11 M 11 6 0 0 -
12 12 Jacob Fritz 5-7 B 9 10 0 0 -
14 14 Alex DeGroff 5-6 M 10 9 1 0 -
15 15 John Hyndman 6-0 B 11 7 1 0 -
16 16 Vincent Schantz 5-10 B 10 8 0 0 -
17 17 Adam Antalis 6-0 M 12 19 10 2 -
18 18 Cole Walker 5-8 M 11 20 5 12 -
19 19 Riley Heller 6-4 M 12 19 1 0 -
21 21 Max Rowley 5-7 M 10 7 3 0 -
22 22 Spencer Heller 6-4 M 11 20 2 3 -
23 23 Eric Emerick 5-9 M 12 15 5 2 -
24 24 Sam Stronczek 6-1 B 11 20 3 0 -
26 26 Chase Moyle 6-0 M 11 20 10 8 -
27 27 Britt Watts 5-7 F 10 20 12 11 -
Totals 79 63 -

Goalkeepers
Name Ht. Gr. Mat. Min. GA GAA Saves Shutouts
Chase Walker 5-8 11 17 1040 77 0.54 37 10
Kai Foday 6-3 12 8 380 3 0.63 9 5
Jasmin Habibic 5-10 11 5 170 2 0.94 6 2
Totals 1590 82 0.70 - 17

State Finals History
State Champion: 1997, 1998, 2001
Runner-Up: 1996, 2002
Appearances: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011 (A) Greg Mauch

Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats
Team Facts
City/Town: Evansville
County: Vanderburgh
Superintendent: Daryl Hagan
Principal: Chris Tanner
Athletic Director: Joe Herrmann
Asst. Athletic Directors: Joe Dippel and Jeff Jewell
Head Coach: Matt Settles
Assistant Coaches: Tim Pigman, Lance Kollker, Stan Atherton, Kyle Messersmith, Aric Kennedy
Colors: Red and Gold
Conference: Southern Indiana Athletic
Enrollment: 501
Last Year’s W-L Record: 14-6-1

Season Results (17-5-1)
8/22 vs. Evansville Memorial L 0-4
8/25 Heritage Hills W 10-2
8/29 vs. Evansville Day W 5-0
9/2 Lexington Tates Creek (KY) W 3-2
9/3 Greenwood (KY) L 1-2
9/3 Christian Academy (KY) T 1-1
9/6 vs. Evansville Bosse W 8-1
9/8 vs. Evansville Harrison W 8-2
9/13 vs. Evansville Reitz W 13-0
9/17 Jasper L 1-2
9/21 vs. Evansville Central W 9-0
9/22 Forest Park W 4-0
9/27 vs. Evansville North W 4-0
9/28 Castle W 2-1
9/30 at Glenbrook North (IL) L 1-3
10/1 at Rockwood Summit (MO) L 1-2 (2OT)
10/1 at Lexington Dunbar (KY) W 3-2 (OT)

Heritage Hills Sectional
10/5 Heritage Hills W 3-1
10/8 Evansville Day W 8-1

Gibson Southern Regional
10/13 Washington Catholic W 2-1
10/15 Gibson Southern W 1-0 (PK)

Evansville Harrison Semistate
10/22 Greencastle W 6-3
10/22 Lawrenceburg W 5-0

Team Roster & Statistics
Lt. Dk. Name Ht. Pos. Grade Matches Goals Assists Points
2 2 Bryan Roales 5-8 M 11 20 8 5 21
3 3 Joe Hayden 5-6 M/F 11 23 9 4 22
4 4 Andy Hamilton 6-0 D 12 13 1 2 4
5 5 Austin Hoefling 5-9 M 11 23 4 3 11
7 7 Austin Kennedy 5-10 D 12 23 0 0 0
8 8 Kyle Wilson 6-0 M/F 12 23 27 20 74
9 9 Josh Hammett 5-10 D 12 23 2 1 5
10 10 Josh Weinzapfel 6-0 D 12 23 13 7 33
11 11 Travis Wannemuehler 5-8 F/M 11 18 21 14 56
12 12 Brennan Murphy 5-6 M 11 23 3 6 12
13 13 Aaron Costlow 5-7 M 11 18 1 1 3
14 14 Dylan Ambrose 5-8 D/M 11 17 1 0 2
15 15 Adam Kissel 6-1 M 10 23 6 5 17
16 16 Sam Goad 6-2 D 11 22 0 0 0
17 17 Jacob Elpers 5-9 D 10 23 0 0 0
19 19 Sam Bartek 5-7 M 9 8 1 0 2
20 20 Josh Price 5-7 F/M 9 14 0 0 0
23 23 Brandon Keller 5-9 D 10 2 0 0 0
24 24 Riley Shanks 5-8 D 9 2 0 0 0
25 25 Anthony Ross 5-11 D 11 2 0 0 0
Totals 97 68 262

Goalkeepers
Name Ht. Gr. Mat. Min. GA GAA Saves Shutouts
Jered Schenk 5-9 10 23 1814 29 1.28 - 7
Zach Price 6-2 11 1 40 1 2.00 - 0
Totals 1854 30 1.29 - 7

State Finals History
First Appearance

CLASS 2A: Crown Point (15-6-2) vs. #16 Columbus North (18-2-2)
Crown Point Bulldogs
Team Facts
City/Town: Crown Point
County: Lake
Superintendent: Sr. Teresa Eineman
Principal: Dr. Eric Ban
Athletic Director: Bill Dorulla
Asst. Athletic Director: Mike Malaski
Head Coach: J.R. Rosenbaum
Assistant Coaches: Terry Zapinski, Milan Marinkovich, Mike Bazin, Zach Kekelik, Jacob Tasher
Colors: Red and White
Conference: Duneland Athletic
Enrollment: 2,597
Last Year’s W-L Record: 11-4-3

Season Results (15-6-2)
8/15 Lowell W 10-1
8/17 at Lake Central L 1-2
8/22 Boone Grove W 8-2
8/24 Portage W 6-0
8/27 at Highland W 4-3
8/29 at Munster L 2-3
8/31 at LaPorte W 1-0
9/2 vs. Oldham County (KY) T 1-1
9/3 vs. Lex. Henry Clay (KY) L 1-4
9/3 vs. Greenwood (KY) L 0-2
9/7 at Chesterton L 0-3
9/10 at Concord W 2-1
9/10 at Penn T 1-1
9/14 Valparaiso W 1-0
9/21 Merrillville W 7-2
9/24 Andrean L 1-5
9/28 Michigan City W 8-0

Merrillville Sectional
10/5 Merrillville W 6-0
10/8 Lowell W 6-0

Merrillville Regional
10/17 Lake Central W 2-1
10/19 Munster W 2-1

Warsaw Semistate
10/22 Noblesville W 1-0 (PK)
10/22 Warsaw W 1-0 (PK)

Team Roster & Statistics
Lt. Dk. Name Ht. Pos. Grade Matches Goals Assists Points
1 1 Bay Kurtz 5-10 M 10 22 11 12 34
2 2 Michael Martin 5-10 D 12 19 1 0 2
4 4 Nyle Fuerstenberg 5-4 F 12 15 6 0 12
5 5 Vasko Najdeski 6-0 M 12 6 2 0 4
6 6 Joey Davis 5-6 M 12 20 4 7 15
7 7 Zach Sneiderwine 5-11 F 11 22 14 3 31
8 8 Alex Fenn 5-10 M 11 20 2 3 7
9 9 Payton Darnstaedt 6-1 M 11 16 0 1 1
10 10 Nico Garcia-Vicente 5-6 M 11 6 3 2 8
11 11 Carmelo Morales 5-8 F 10 10 8 5 21
12 12 Dan Naumoski 5-11 D 12 22 5 4 14
13 13 Martin Mitreski 5-4 M 11 21 4 5 13
14 14 Cody Williams 5-9 F 12 9 0 1 1
15 15 Spase Dorsuleski 5-10 D 10 22 1 2 4
16 16 Brett Bayer 5-10 D 12 21 0 2 2
19 19 Johnny Vargas 5-7 F 11 17 1 4 6
20 20 Nathanael Brower 5-6 F 10 9 4 0 8
21 21 Goran Trimoski 5-6 M 9 7 1 0 2
23 23 Anthony Zervos 5-6 D 11 22 1 2 4
24 24 Erik Eksten 6-1 M 9 9 1 0 2
28 28 Joe Bushemi 5-9 F 10 5 0 0 0
30 30 Garret Small 5-9 D 9 4 0 0 0
33 33 Tod Oram 6-2 D 10 8 0 0 0
99 99 Ben Tomko 6-0 D 9 3 0 0 0
Totals 70 55 193

Goalkeepers
Name Ht. Gr. Mat. Min. GA GAA Saves Shutouts
Aleksandar Trifunovic 6-0 11 19 1347 27 1.60 59 6
Christian Lomeli 5-10 12 4 345 2 0.46 16 2
Arthur Chmielewski 5-9 10 5 65 1 1.20 4 0
Zach Sneiderwine 5-11 11 1 23 0 0.00 1 0
Totals 1780 30 1.48 83 8

State Finals History
First Appearance

Columbus North Bulldogs
Team Facts
City/Town: Columbus
County: Bartholomew
Superintendent: Dr. John Quick
Principal: David Clark
Athletic Director: Jeff Hester
Asst. Athletic Directors: Wayne Roberts, Jason Speer
Head Coach: Andy Glover
Assistant Coaches: Brian Pence, Chris Morlock, Dane Whitley, John Sadler
Colors: Blue and White
Conference: Conference Indiana
Enrollment: 2,073
Last Year’s W-L Record: 11-6-5

Season Results (18-2-2)
8/18 Indpls. Cathedral T 1-1
8/20 at Jasper W 7-0
8/27 at Columbus East W 5-0
8/30 Bloomington North W 2-0
9/1 at Franklin Central W 2-1
9/2 vs. Westfield L 0-2
9/3 vs. Carmel T 0-0
9/8 Lawrence Central W 3-2
9/10 at Pike W 2-1
9/13 at East Central W 3-1
9/15 Perry Meridian W 2-0
9/16 at Fort Wayne Canterbury L 0-3
9/17 vs. Northridge W 4-0
9/20 Bloomington South W 2-0
9/22 at Southport W 5-1
9/27 Seymour W 5-0

Seymour Sectional
10/5 Scottsburg W 6-0
10/8 Columbus East W 4-1

Columbus North Regional
10/8 East Central W 3-2
10/15 Bloomington North W 3-2 (OT)

North Central (Indpls.) Semistate
10/22 Center Grove W 3-0
10/22 Avon W 2-1

Team Roster & Statistics
Lt. Dk. Name Ht. Pos. Grade Matches Goals Assists Points
1 1 Steven Benson 5-9 F 12 0 0 0 0
2 2 Devon Orben 5-4 M 12 12 2 7 17
3 3 Reid Wilson 5-7 F 11 10 5 5 15
4 4 Keaton Voegerl 5-9 B/F 10 2 1 0 2
5 5 Riley Belding 5-4 M 10 6 1 2 4
6 6 Ethan Smith 6-1 F 10 13 13 4 30
7 7 Jackson Grimm 6-1 B 12 5 1 1 3
8 8 Andre Abedian 5-6 M/F 10 7 1 2 4
9 9 Alex Kaiser 5-5 B 12 10 5 7 17
10 10 Nathan Kaplan 5-5 M 12 14 12 6 30
11 11 Chris Gorbett 5-6 F 11 9 3 3 9
12 12 William Bridgeman 5-5 B/M 10 1 0 0 0
13 13 Brad Shaw 5-9 F 11 15 14 8 36
14 14 Jake Stewart 5-8 B 11 0 0 0 0
16 16 Mcclain Goggin 5-9 B 11 4 0 0 0
17 17 Eric Perry 5-10 B 12 5 2 1 5
18 18 Parker Hirsch 5-6 M/F 10 2 1 0 2
19 19 Tony Gonzalez 5-7 F 11 0 0 0 0
20 20 Andy Conrad 5-9 B 12 6 0 4 4
Totals 62 51 178

Goalkeepers
Name Ht. Gr. Mat. Min. GA GAA Saves Shutouts
Cameron Robertson 6-2 12 21 1431 15 0.84 37 9
Chase Francouer 6-4 11 8 187 3 1.28 6 4
Ben Davis 5-10 10 1 50 - 0.00 3 0
Totals 1668 18 2.12 46 10

State Finals History
Appearances: 2001, 2009, 2011 (2A)