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The Chisago Lakes Wildcats boys’ soccer awards dinner took place at Trapper’s Restaurant in Chisago City Monday, November 14.

The Wildcats finished their first season as a member of the North Suburban Conference with a 14-5-2 overall record and a 5-4-1 record in the conference. They lost to St. Thomas in the Section 3A finals 3-2 in a penalty kick shootout after playing to a 0-0 tie through regulation and two overtimes.

Head coach Mark Leigh talked about how much fun he had coaching the team this year, and how proud he was of his team for playing hard, practicing hard, working together as a unit and coming within one game of the state tournament. He mentioned how much he’ll miss the seniors. He said, “Even though it’s not a large group, there are a number of key players that we’ll have to work hard to replace next season.” Leigh also thanked his assistant coaches – Andy Brink, Travis Delzer and Roy Knafla – for their contributions to the team’s success, and he thanked Steve Jones for helping to develop this year’s team over the years through coaching them in the Chisago Lakes Youth Soccer Association.

This year’s awards (seniors noted with an asterisk):

Team Awards

Most Valuable Player Tom Fitzer, Goalkeeper

Most Improved Player Troy Aadland, Defense

Mr. Defense Ross Jones, Sweeper

Mr. Positive *Brady Huber, Midfield

Mr. Hustle *Brian Jones, Midfield

Rookie of the Year Troy Aadland, Defense

Wildcat Award *Chris Hernick, Defense

Scoring Award Chris Golv, Forward

All Conference

*Brady Huber, *Blane Maher, Chris Golv

Honorable Mention All Conference

*Andy Olness, *Brian Jones, Tom Fitzer

Academic All Conference (Given to seniors only)

*Andy Hendricks, *Chris Hernick, *Brady Huber, *Brian Jones, *Kurt Jung

Pioneer Press Second Team All State

Chris Golv

Pioneer Press All State Honorable Mention

*Blane Maher, *Andy Olness

Coaches’ All State Honorable Mention

Chris Golv, *Blane Maher

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