2011 Boys Soccer Preview

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GOSHEN — After winning their fourth consecutive Northern Indiana Soccer Conference title and the second sectional in school history in 2010, the Bruin boys soccer team will look to continue its winning ways in the upcoming season. In the state tournament series, Bethany will get one major piece of help: class soccer. For the first time, the 2011 tournament will feature competition in two classes, so former foes Goshen and Wawasee will no longer line October’s path from Bodiker Field to Kuntz Stadium; West Noble and Bethany, the two remaining teams, could not meet until semi-state on October 22.

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The Bruins graduated eight seniors off last season’s 13-5-2 team, which held its opponent to two or fewer goals in 18 of the season’s 20 games. While half of the starting backfield has graduated, the last line of defense, senior Jeff Yoder, returns for his third season in goal. Since taking over for an injured Seth Kauffman in September 2009, Yoder has amassed 15 career shutouts, already enough for third in school history, and a record of 21-7-3 in 31 career starts. Also returning is senior Femi Hollinger-Janzen; the Indiana recruit tallied a team-leading 17 goals and 39 points last season and was named the Northern Indiana Soccer Conference Player of the Year. Fellow senior Drew Sylvester was second in both categories with 12 goals and 35 points. Junior Andrew Snyder is poised to make his return to the pitch as well; he was the Bruins’ second-leading scorer in 2009 (six goals, 19 points) before missing his sophomore year with injuries sustained in a car crash last summer.

Bethany opens its season Tuesday (5 p.m.) at Culver Community after their scrimmage against Concord Saturday morning; their home opener is Thursday (JV at 5, varsity at 6:45) against Elkhart Memorial. Full team rosters follow the "read more" link.

Head coach: Hank Willems (59-27-9 in five seasons)
Assistants: Marcelo Warkentin, Brant Williams, Mark Yoder, Ron Whiteford, Josh Leinbach
2010 record: 13-5-2, NISC and sectional champions
2010 state tournament series: def. West Noble 3-2, Wawasee 1-0 in Goshen sectional; lost 4-0 to Northridge in Westview regional
New opponents: Elkhart Central (Sat., Aug. 20, home); Mishawaka Marian (Mon., Aug. 23, home)
Opponents lost: Lakeland, Wawasee
Sectional host: LaVille

The 2011 boys soccer team.

*Previous varsity letterwinners; ^Previous JV letterwinners
First row, left to right

• JV #3 Isaac Brenneman (freshman midfielder)
• JV #2 Addison Dumford (freshman midfielder)
• JV #14 ^Corey Hostetler (sophomore defender)
• V/JV #17 ^Q Min Kim (junior forward)
• JV #9 Jesse Amstutz (freshman midfielder)
• JV #7 Young Kwang Sun (freshman defender)
• JV #8 Tylor Wilson (freshman defender)

Second row, left to right

• Manager *Chris Markham (senior)
• JV #4 ^Dwight Markham (sophomore forward)
• JV #13 Dylan Schlabach (sophomore midfielder)
• #3 ^Kevin Hawkins (junior midfielder)
• #15 Nate Nussbaum (freshman forward)
• #10 *Cody Yoder (senior defender)
• #8 *Bryce Rheinheimer (senior midfielder)
• #13 *Tyler Brenneman (junior midfielder)

Third row, left to right

• Assistant coach Mark Yoder
• #14 *Andrew Snyder (junior midfielder)
• #7 ^Lucas Morgan (junior midfielder)
• V/JV #16 ^Isaac Schertz (junior defender)
• #9 *Drew Sylvester (senior forward)
• #4 *Femi Hollinger-Janzen (senior midfielder)
• #11 Zac Zmudzinski (freshman defender)
• V/JV #18 ^Derek Christophel (senior forward)
• V/JV #22 Cristian Romero (freshman forward)

Back row, left to right

• Head coach Hank Willems
• #11 *Josh Stoltzfus (senior forward)
• #25 ^Jesse Loewen (junior defender)
• #6 *Caleb Morris (junior defender)
• #24 *Josh Plank (senior defender)
• #0 *Jeff Yoder (senior goalkeeper)
• V/JV #26 Ben Rudy-Froese (junior midfielder)
• #23 ^Jeremy Troyer (senior midfielder)
• #20 *Jared Nussbaum (senior defender)
• V/JV #1 Trent Yoder (freshman goalkeeper)
• Assistant coach Josh Leinbach

Not pictured

• JV #15 Ho Yeol Chang (sophomore midfielder)
• JV #19 Hee Won Cho (freshman midfielder)
• #12 Austin Mumaw (senior midfielder)
• JV #10 Joseph Mumaw (sophomore midfielder)
• JV #5 Logan Swartzendruber (freshman defender)
• JV coach Marcelo Warkentin
• Assistant coach Mark Whiteford
• JV #12 Jun Hee Yeh (sophomore midfielder)

Not returning

• *Ben Bontreger (graduated)
• *Cory Bowman (graduated)
• ^Ian Croyle (graduated)
• *Nik Diaz-Marquez (graduated)
• *James Helmuth (graduated)
• *Eder Paez (junior)
• *Brandon Sharkey (graduated)
• *Hamilton Thorne (graduated)
• *Matt Weaver (graduated)
• *Joel Yoder (graduated)