By: BHS Sports Staff
October 31, 2024
Happy Halloween, everyone. A great present for us Clevelanders occurred last night when the Dodgers sent the Yankees home without a World Series Championship. Next year, it is the Guardians’ year!
Now, back to Hurricanes athletics. Last week, we did a girls’ Fall sports recap, and today, we will shift gears over to the boys and recap both the soccer and football teams.
Football
The football team finished with a record of 2-8 with wins against Oberlin and Beachwood. The team was led by many senior leaders including Nick Supinski, Aiden Starr, Kevin Nguyen, Nate Hernandez, Christian Douglas, and Tyler Cox. They left a lasting impact on-and-off the field, but it was not just seniors leading as junior Jonny Treska led the defense and dominated each opponent he lined up against and freshman Lennox Atanacio was a major contributor on offense with many big run plays this year. Starr led the team in rushing yards, receiving yards, and touchdowns this season.
Even though the record was not what anyone wanted it to be, first-year head coach Travis Agnew is proud of the team and looks forward to the future of Hurricanes’ football.
“As a unit, we are most excited about getting back to work and establishing a culture with consistent winning habits. We have individual goals and plans for improvement for each athlete who participated this year. This off-season will be dedicated to developing leaders in the community, strength in the weight room, and skills on the field that translate to success on Friday nights.”
We would like to recognize seniors Tyler Cox, Christian Douglas, Nate Hernandez, Kevin Nguyen, Aiden Starr, Nick Supinski, and Shamus Harper for their leadership throughout the season.
Underclassmen, the off-season begins now!
Boys Soccer
Even though this team lost a lot of seniors from last year, they still improved significantly throughout the season, finishing 4-14 with wins against Garrett Morgan, Bard Early College, Clearview, and Independence. Their win against Independence was the first win against them in Brooklyn’s soccer history. The team was led by senior captains Jadyn DeLuca, Phil Banaszak, and Jeff Helmick. Also, they had big contributions from senior Jaime Villasmil-Leon, a free-kick guru, and sophomore Ben Denovchek, who in his first year was a reliable asset in the goal and the backline.
First-year head coach John Grigson is proud of his guys for their growth and is ready to see the underclassmen step-up next year.
“We have a great group of leaders ready to have a successful season next year, including current juniors Youssef Elouardighi, Angel Torres, Jayden Chin, and Rocco Spiewacki, plus current sophomore Jayden Torres. I am excited to see the strength of leadership continue. I am also excited to work in the offseason in the weight room with conditioning and doing futsal (smaller and fasted-paced). Having a large portion of time to ‘fine-tune’ our team will be exciting and will leave lasting impacts on the field.”
This being Coach Grigson’s first year, he wanted to thank the boys for welcoming him with open arms, and he looks forward to building the program for years to come.
We would like to recognize seniors Jadyn DeLuca, Jaime Villasmil-Leon, Levon Miller, Jeff Helmick, and Phil Banaszak for being leaders who continued to grow this team throughout the season.
These were solid seasons for the boys and both first-year varsity coaches, who did an excellent job. For all Fall athletes, keep working for next year.
This will conclude the Fall sports season. Now, we turn our attention to Winter sports, which have already started for both boys and girls basketball, hockey, wrestling, and bowling. Winter sports previews will be in the coming weeks.
Go Canes!
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