Boys Soccer sets high goals

By Heather Spaulding • September 29, 2024 1:30 am
Heatehr Spaulding Staff photo Back Row from Right to Left:, Coach Colby Borders, Coach Dan Fuller, Gabriel Peppers, Jasper Mahn, Malachi Cullen, Forrest Goodremont, Matthew Van Dyck, Emilio Bayas, Milo Martin, Kaden Horn, Will Youngsman, Pablo Peralta, PJ Nixon, Maxwell Matsumura Middle Row Left to Right: Coach Brian Goodremont, Coach Mike Horn, Nick Roberson. Christopher Christopher. Kelly Donogh, Eli Lane, Jamison Maquire Front Row Right to Left: Riley Miller, Abdul Guzman, Isidro Churape, Henry Oswald, Oliver Grifo, Junye Lyu, Ngozy Vergara
Heatehr Spaulding Staff photo Back Row from Right to Left:, Coach Colby Borders, Coach Dan Fuller, Gabriel Peppers, Jasper Mahn, Malachi Cullen, Forrest Goodremont, Matthew Van Dyck, Emilio Bayas, Milo Martin, Kaden Horn, Will Youngsman, Pablo Peralta, PJ Nixon, Maxwell Matsumura Middle Row Left to Right: Coach Brian Goodremont, Coach Mike Horn, Nick Roberson. Christopher Christopher. Kelly Donogh, Eli Lane, Jamison Maquire Front Row Right to Left: Riley Miller, Abdul Guzman, Isidro Churape, Henry Oswald, Oliver Grifo, Junye Lyu, Ngozy Vergara

The Wolverines’ Boys soccer team is full of skilled players this year. With 16 varsity players and nine junior varsity and Brian Goodremont as head coach these athletes are focusing on the basics and are working hard to get to state.

“We are a young team and many of our players have not played together before,” Goodremont said. “So one of our main goals is to gel as a team, and work together on the fundamental elements of what makes our program strong.”

As a young team, this year’s boys’ soccer is full of rising stars. The Varsity Roster consists of two seniors, two juniors, seven sophomores, and five freshmen. “With Malachi still recovering from knee surgery we will be fielding only one senior in our starting line-up,” Goodremont noted. “The majority of the team and starting line-up will be sophomores and freshman. I’m excited to watch all of them put their hard work into action and compete next week in our first games of the 24’ season.”

Goodremont added that team captains senior Cole Curtis, senior Malachi Cullen, junior Emilio Bayas, and sophomore Isidro Churape deserved a shoutout. “They have all committed to exemplifying the hard work and winning mentality that are at the core of our team culture and making sure our young team continues down that path.”

There are a number of skills the team will be honing, according to Goodremont, including the fundamental elements of a strong soccer program; fitness, camaraderie, and refining personal players skills which contribute to team success.

While this is the first year Goodremont will act as head coach, he has been involved in the Wolverines boys soccer for a number of years. He was a volunteer assistant for Ron and Andy Duke back in the early 2000’s for the boys high school team, and was the first Co-ed JV coach during that time. The district only had the high school fields to play, meaning JV practiced before school under the lights from 7 to 8.am.

Goodremont began playing soccer when he was eight years old, in Ohio where he grew up. He continued playing through High School and early college. “ I continued playing because I enjoyed competing, and the camaraderie of team sports,” he explained. In this small community, he added playing sports is unique. “As a team we’ve been talking about enjoying the process and the moments together as friends and teammates. Enjoy the camaraderie in victory and defeat and support your peers,” he said.

When asked if there was a particular team they wanted to beat, Goodremont responded “talking with the players there is no individual team they would like to beat. They have set high goals including winning league, district, and even state this year and into the future. That means beating everyone in front of us.”