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2026 Times boys soccer preview: A look at Ottawa, Streator, Sandwich and our teams in the Little Ten · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six Times Boy Soccer preview. A look at Ottawa,
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  Speaker 1: Streeter Sandwich and our teams in the Little Ten Written
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  Speaker 1: by Brian Hoxey. This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Ottawa coach Gregory Hughes.
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  Speaker 1: First season twenty twenty five record ten to eleven, three
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  Speaker 1: seven Interstate eight, Top attorneys Alixa Fernandez, srmf Ian Fulkerson SRD,
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  Speaker 1: Landry b. Berenberger SRGK Luca Fernandez, mf Key, newcomers Joey
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  Speaker 1: Tipple frmf Worth noting a longtime assistant. Hughes takes over
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  Speaker 1: the program with former coach Kevin Oleson moving to coach
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  Speaker 1: the Pirates girls tennis team. Ottawa returns a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: talented players, including Fernandez six goals, nine assists, I eight
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  Speaker 1: All Conference last season, Fulkerson Honorable mention i eate All Conference,
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  Speaker 1: Fernandez five goals, four assists, and bren Barger started all
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  Speaker 1: twenty one games in net. Depth and experience are strength
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  Speaker 1: for our team this season, Hughes said. We return thirteen
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  Speaker 1: seniors along with many talented underclassmen to complete our twenty
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  Speaker 1: man roster we have full confidence in each of our
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  Speaker 1: athletes to contribute, whether they are in the starting eleven
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  Speaker 1: or coming off the bench. We'll need to work on
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  Speaker 1: consistency and the ability to put together a complete eighty
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  Speaker 1: minute performance as we go. If we stay focused and
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  Speaker 1: play to our potential for an entire game, we can
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  Speaker 1: compete with anyone on our schedule. Ottawa opens its season Monday,
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  Speaker 1: hosting Princeton Streeter coach J. T. Huey sixth season twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five record three twenty two to one zero six
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Central eight Top retornees Colin Buyer's SRGK D Brendan
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  Speaker 1: Fleming sr, Dcmdero SRW, Adrian Granados SRD, Evangraft, Jare dot Commas,
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  Speaker 1: Mason Decker, so CMF key newcomers Danny Archando SRCM, Enrique Rodriguez, SRK,
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  Speaker 1: Diego Flores SRMF, Landon Zaragosa SRMF Worth noting the Bulldogs
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  Speaker 1: return a number of solid experienced players, including Fleming, Illinois
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  Speaker 1: High School Soccer Coaches Association Section thirteen Honorable Mention, leading
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  Speaker 1: goalscorer Decker six goals, four assists, and top assister Graf
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  Speaker 1: three goals, five assists. We were in a reset in
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  Speaker 1: the last two seasons and we are now very senior heavy.
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  Speaker 1: The struggles we had the last two years with first
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  Speaker 1: time varsity athletes should translate to field experience and athleticism,
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  Speaker 1: hue said. We also have a very hard working group
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  Speaker 1: who know when it is time to lock in and
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  Speaker 1: get to work. I do see that experience making us
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  Speaker 1: much more competitive. Hughey says, while maintaining a solid defense,
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  Speaker 1: his team will also have to find more ways to
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  Speaker 1: put the ball in the net this season. We have
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  Speaker 1: been a very defensive minded team the last few years,
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  Speaker 1: and Streeter is sort of known as having a traditional
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  Speaker 1: defensive game, But that landscape is changing and we need
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  Speaker 1: to start building out of our middle third again, Huey said.
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  Speaker 1: Our defense works hard, so we need to pay that off.
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  Speaker 1: Our on frame shot to finish percentage was quite low
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  Speaker 1: the last few years, and we lost close games because
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  Speaker 1: we struggled with finishing the ball. Streeter begins the season Monday,
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  Speaker 1: hosting Rock Island. Earlville coaches Mike Gast second season and
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  Speaker 1: Doug moorehead first season. Twenty twenty five record two eighteen
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  Speaker 1: zero six Little Ten Top returners Colt In Fruit SR,
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Peterson SR, Alvin Hernandez SR, Braden Leppert, Soderic Farley, SO,
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  Speaker 1: Bryce Mark So, Rob Tinson, SO, GK Key. Newcomers Tony Milton,
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  Speaker 1: Reuben Muno's worth noting the Red Raiders return top scorers
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  Speaker 1: in Farley five goals and Peterson three goals. Gas list Peterson,
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  Speaker 1: Fruit and Hernaz is the players who will be expected
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  Speaker 1: to lead the way on and off the pitch this season.
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  Speaker 1: We will be quick and hard to defend. Gas said.
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  Speaker 1: We are young, but work well together. We need to
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  Speaker 1: work on finishing to the goal. Earlville opens the season
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  Speaker 1: on Monday, hosting Oregon Serena coach Jeremy Foreman. Third season
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five record nine to fifteen to three overall
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  Speaker 1: two four Little ten. Top returners Nolan Muffler SR, DMF
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Peveril, d Ethan Stark, SSR, MFF, Joey TUFTSRMF Easton
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  Speaker 1: Butch Junior F, Tucker Whiteacre Junior DMF, Justin Delgado Junior F,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan de Bernardi Junior DMF, Troy Cyberlick Junior GK, Connor Hollandbach,
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  Speaker 1: so D Sampson, Siblix so MF key newcomers Kayden Niles,
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  Speaker 1: fr D Hudson de bernarda FRMF Worth, noting the Huskers
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  Speaker 1: return a solid core from a season ago, including Muffler
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  Speaker 1: Little Ten All Conference Team MVP and Butch eleven goals,
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  Speaker 1: five assists. Our strengths this year are going to be
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  Speaker 1: our experience and our depth, Foreman said. We only lost
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  Speaker 1: two starters off last year's squad, and the guys returning
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  Speaker 1: have each improved tremendously since last fall. We have the
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  Speaker 1: ability to have five or six guys come off the
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  Speaker 1: bench and have an impact at any time, which will
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  Speaker 1: help keep Legs fresh throughout the game. We have we
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  Speaker 1: talk to the team about the importance of slowing down
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  Speaker 1: and take what is given to them instead of wanting
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  Speaker 1: to be in a rush. If we can maintain possession
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  Speaker 1: and make good decisions throughout the game, we should be
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  Speaker 1: in pretty good shape. Serena begins at season Tuesday, hosting
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  Speaker 1: Reid Custer, Somanoch Slash Lyland Slash Near coach Jonathan Litch
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  Speaker 1: eleventh season twenty twenty five record June second, fourteen six
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  Speaker 1: zero one, Little Ten Top returnees Tristan Reid, SRGK Tristan Garcia,
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  Speaker 1: D Brady Andrews, srm Worth, noting the Bobcats, which captured
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  Speaker 1: the regular season Little Ten Conference title and finished runner
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  Speaker 1: up in the league's tournament last fall, return a solid
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  Speaker 1: core including Red, Garcia and Andrews, all of whom were
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  Speaker 1: named LTC All Conference. I feel her strength will be
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  Speaker 1: work ethic and relentless effort. We are going to work
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  Speaker 1: really hard every time we step on the field. We
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  Speaker 1: want to hold ourselves to our own high standards and
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  Speaker 1: let the scoreboard take care of itself. We'll need to
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  Speaker 1: work on consistently getting better, better every single day. Sonoch
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  Speaker 1: Slash Slash Newark starts its season on Tuesday, hosting Genoah
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  Speaker 1: Kingston Sandwich coach Ian Shiline, fourth season twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: record one, twenty zero six, Kishwaukee River. Top attorneys Miguel
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  Speaker 1: Quevas Junior, MF Dilannguaer Junior GK, Julian Buciaga, Soo F
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  Speaker 1: Key newcomers Josh Marks Junior, D. Harrison O'Neill, FRGK Joey
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  Speaker 1: BUDTZEF for f Worth, noting Shyline, says the roster is
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  Speaker 1: bigger than last season and he also has a number
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  Speaker 1: of experienced players returning that work well together. I see
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  Speaker 1: the cohesion of the team being a huge asset to
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  Speaker 1: the team this year. Shyline said, we went from having
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  Speaker 1: eighteen players last year to twenty six this year. The
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  Speaker 1: guys work well with one another and have been playing
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  Speaker 1: together in Park District and middle school for a few
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  Speaker 1: years now, so the team dynamic will definitely be stronger
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  Speaker 1: this year than in the past. I'm hoping that this
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  Speaker 1: year is the program's first steps towards a solid foundation
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  Speaker 1: for a successful soccer program that will last well into
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  Speaker 1: the future. Sandwich opens season Thursday at Byron