Salesianum senior Jake Ross is the Player of the Year and leads the All-State boys soccer team, selected by the Delaware High School Soccer Coaches Association.
Ross was voted No. 1 on the Top XI team, which recognizes the state’s most elite players, and earned national All-American status.
The next five players – Appoquinimink senior T.J. Hastings, Caravel senior Miles Hood, Indian River senior Jordan Illian, Caesar Rodney senior Thaddeus Glasser and Charter of Wilmington senior Matthew Capretto – received regional All-American honors.
The other players on the Top XI team are Delcastle junior Cristofer Torres-Romero, Middletown senior Jaden Howard, Tower Hill senior Thomas Vanni, Caravel senior Zain Akhtar and Saint Mark’s senior Jon Lennon.
Delcastle’s Todd Lehman was named the overall Coach of the Year after guiding the Cougars to a 15-0 regular season and the Blue Hen Flight A championship.
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Lehman was also named large schools coach of the year, while Indian River’s Brandt Mais won the small schools honor and Salesianum’s Scott Mosier won the private/parochial award.
Adam Martin of Smyrna was named the overall Assistant Coach of the Year, and also won the large schools honor. Delmar’s Casey Bellamy earned the small schools award and Saint Mark’s Brittany Quynn won the private/parochial honor.
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All-State boys soccer team
Selected by the Delaware High School Soccer Coaches Association
Top XI
Jake Ross, sr., Salesianum, Player of the Year
T.J. Hastings, sr., Appoquinimink
Miles Hood, sr., Caravel
Jordan Illian, sr., Indian River
Thaddeus Glasser, sr., Caesar Rodney
Matthew Capretto, sr., Charter of Wilmington
Cristofer Torres-Romero, jr., Delcastle
Jaden Howard, sr., Middletown
Thomas Vanni, sr., Tower Hill
Zain Akhtar, sr., Caravel
Jon Lennon, sr., Saint Mark’s
Division I
First team
Lance McNally, sr., Appoquinimink; T.J. Hastings, sr., Appoquinimink; Thaddeus Glasser, sr., Caesar Rodney; Trevor Sullivan, so., Caesar Rodney; Aldo Hernandez-Beccera, jr., Cape Henlopen; Nicholas Panyko, sr., Cape Henlopen; Gavin Newcombe, so., Charter of Wilmington; Matthew Capretto, sr., Charter of Wilmington; Alan Guzman-Orozco, jr., Delcastle; Cristofer Torres-Romero, jr., Delcastle; Roberto Delgado-Teodoro, sr., Delcastle; Jaden Howard, sr., Middletown; Jake Ross, sr., Salesianum; Sean Duffy, jr., Salesianum; Tanner Brentlinger, sr., Salesianum; Zachary Bittner, sr., Salesianum; Jacob Simpson, sr., St. Georges; Javier Escobar-Perez, sr., Sussex Central
Second team
Paris Repolle, sr., Appoquinimink; Pierce Cheslock, jr., Caesar Rodney; Dru Schneider, sr., Cape Henlopen; Jorge Lagunes, sr., Cape Henlopen; Ben Chen, sr., Charter of Wilmington; Michael Capretto, fr., Charter of Wilmington; Daniel Perez-Bernal, sr., Delcastle; Juan Carlos Pedroza-Luna, sr., Delcastle; Rolando Betancourt, sr., Dover; Klein Gyamfi, jr., Middletown; Michael Prall, sr., Middletown; Thompson Burke Jr., jr., Milford; Aiden Gonzalez, jr., Salesianum; Darius Gavris, sr., Salesianum; Gianluca Marrioni, jr., Salesianum; Zion Attakrah, jr., Smyrna; Brian Rios Saldivar, sr., William Penn; David Trujillo-Reyes, sr., William Penn.
Division II
First team
Gabe Pust, sr., Brandywine; Alex Marte, jr., Caravel; Michael Cooke, sr., Caravel; Miles Hood, sr., Caravel; Zain Akhtar, sr., Caravel; Zayd Akhtar, sr., Caravel; Mathias Vazquez, so., Conrad; Declan Kirby, sr., DMA; Evan Peterson, sr., Indian River; Jordan Illian, sr., Indian River; Jonathan Daniel, sr., MOT Charter; Jackson Laznik, jr., Newark Charter; Dan Otlowski, jr., Saint Mark’s; Jon Lennon, sr., Saint Mark’s; Alex Jaimes, jr., Sussex Academy; Thomas Vanni, sr., Tower Hill; Alessio Cristanetti-Walker, sr., Wilmington Friends; Philip Manolakos, sr., Wilmington Friends.
Second team
Jason Lotkowski, jr., Archmere; Sean McKenna, sr., Brandywine; Finlay Lum, so., Caravel; Mason Csapo, so., Caravel; Ian Macturk, sr., Concord; Carson Pusey, sr., Delmar; Damian Kunie, sr., Delmar; Nick Oberhausen, jr., DMA; Caleb Galbreath, sr., Indian River; Diego Berduo-Gutierrez, sr., Laurel; Vicente Lopez-Camacho, sr., McKean; Lucas Parks, sr., Newark Charter; Emmanuel Appenteng, sr., St. Andrew’s; Chad Dohl, sr., Saint Mark’s; Matt Cox, jr., Saint Mark’s; Ryan Luo, sr., Tower Hill; Kato Connor, so., Wilmington Friends; Ian Hayes, sr., Woodbridge.
