“We’re looking to be more consistent because we had some games that just weren’t very level, either because we had the lead and lost it or got behind then played great, but were already losing,” head coach Joe Toigo said.
The Panthers will feature fifteen seniors and about three juniors on varsity this year. Leading the offensive attack will be senior forward Joe Sbarro, who set a school record for goals scored last season, midfielder Jacob Fischer, and midfielder Mirsad Halili. Defensively, South will feature seniors Ryan Harris and Cody Mortenson, along with junior Tyson McGuire.
“We’ve got a lot of players that saw significant minutes last year,” Toigo said.
With South returning the school’s record-holding goal scorer in Sbarro, it would be easy to say the Panthers will be strong on the offensive side, but they believe they have some good players overall to the point where both sides can be strengths.
“They’re just really good soccer players. So hopefully when we have the ball we’ll be good at attacking and when we don’t then we’ll be good at defending too,” said Toigo.
Follow the Panthers this year as they build on last year’s district run which includes match-ups against Park Hill and Oak Park, both conference and district contenders.
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