Saint Thomas Aquinas Boys Soccer 2024

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS   Coach: Craig Ewing   Record: 11-6-1   Quarterfinal match: vs. Blue Valley Southwest (18-0-0), 6:30 p.m.   How they got here: beat Bonner Springs, 8-0; beat Turner, 3-1.   Key players: Joseph Befort, sr., M; Miles Laws, sr., CB; Bobby Bjorseth, sr., WB; Spencer Ragan, sr., CM; Jayden Janeway, jr., F; Brody Siebert, jr., F; Greyson Rutter, jr., CB.   Worth Noting: Aquinas is the most storied program in Kansas with 17 state championships in its history. … The last of those came in 2020. … Saints won state-record eight straight titles from 2003-10, the first two of those coming in Class 6A and the rest in 5A. … Program also has four runner-up finishes and four thirds, including a third-place in 2022. … Saints finished fourth last year. … Ewing has won  555-161-35  record as boys coach in his 37 th  and final year and also posted a  465-126-24 record in 32-year stint as Aquinas’ girls’ coach. … Saints finished third in the Eastern Kansas League this year with losses to

EKL Wins Losses Ties Wins Losses Ties % Blue Valley Southwest 7 0 0 1.000 16 0 0 1.000 Blue Valley West 5 2 0 0.714 10 4 1 0.700 Bishop Miege 4 2 1 0.643 11 3 2 0.750 Saint Thomas Aquinas 4 2 1 0.643 9 6 1 0.594 Saint James Academy 4 3 0 0.571 10 6 0 0.625 Blue Valley North  1 5 1 0.214 6 8 2 0.438 Blue Valley Northwest 1 5 1 0.214 5 8 2 0.400 Blue Valley 0 7 0 0.000 5 11 0 0.313 Major Awards EKL Goalie of the Year Azael Gamboa 12 Bishop Miege EKL Forward of the Year Crew Alvarez 12 BV Southwest EKL Midfielder of the Year Joseph Befort 12 Saint Thomas Aquinas EKL Defender of the Year Jarett Pechar 12 BV Southwest EKL Coach of the Year Erik Jones BV Southwest EKL Asst. Coach of the Year Tor Fornelli BV Southwest EKL Ref of the Year Gordon Wetmore First Team ALL EKL Crew Alvarez FW 12 BVSW Joseph Befort MF 12 STA  Nathan  Broekhuizen D 12 BVN Cooper  Burandt GK 12 BVNW Dane Christensen MF 11 BVSW Evan Ediger MF 12 SJA Azael Gamboa GK 12 BM Wyatt Garr F 11 BM Grady Herrington F 12 SJA Bra

  Games Per Game 19 Corners 116 6.11 Goals 44 2.32 Goals Allowed 30 1.58 Dead Ball G. ALL 9 0.47 Dead Ball Goals 23 1.21 Shots 224 11.79 Shots on Goal 139 7.32 SOG ALLowed 96 5.05 Scoring Halves Corners  Dummies Assists Goals Points Miles Laws (C) 38 10 0 6 10 26 Joseph Befort (C) 38 16 1 5 9 24 Brody Siebert 38 35 1 4 8 21 Omar Sarmiento 36 13 0 7 4 15 Jaden Janeway 18 6 0 7 3 13 Spencer Ragan (C) 38 6 0 5 4 13 David Weinberg 33 1 1 5 2 10 Bobby Bjorseth (C) 19 4 1 6 0 7 Alex Fuentes 30 11 0 2 2 6 Michael Doerfler 33 3 0 2 0 2 Santiago Wendell 13 0 0 0 1 2 Owen Kitts 31 3 0 1 1 3 Noah Morgan 16 0 0 0 0 0 Oliver Sarmiento 26 1 0 0 0 0 Grady Richlin 17 2 0 0 0 0 Jacob Zinkus 36 1 0 0 0 0 Greyson Rutter 29 1 0 0 0 0 Liam Lynch 36 3 0 0 0 0 Andsew Yibekal 9 0 0 0 0 0 Parker Lehn 36 0 0 0 0 0 Hank Gassel 9 0 0 0 0 0 Elian Perez 2 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Park 4 0 0 0 0 0 Brady Scheinkoenig 2 0 0 0 0 0 Cole Meyer 3 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 116 4 50 44 142 Goalkeeping Games Saved Goals Shutouts GAgainst P