The year of 2012 proved to be another strong boys soccer season for Warren County.
The Warren Dragons rolled to a 14-5 record and captured another Region 4 championship while a young Eisenhower team impressed with a strong 9-6-1 mark.
On Wednesday, several players from each team were credited with region all-star status for their performances in 2012. The list included three first-team Region 3 all-stars for the Eisenhower Knights and two first-team Region 4 all-stars for the Dragons. Warren also was credited with three second-team Region 4 all-stars.
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Though Eisenhower had a young team in 2012, the club was led by its senior leadership. All three all-star selections for the Knights were seniors, including Jake VanHouten, Andrew Decker and Ben Perkins.
The trio were the top three scorers for the blue and gold with VanHouten leading the way with 24 goals. Decker had his most successful offensive season to date with 14 goals and Perkins finished with eight. Perkins was a two-sport athlete in the fall, also contending as one of the top runners for the Ike cross country team.
Warren had another strong regular season in winning the Region 4 championship, the the Dragons suffered heartbreak in the postseason with an opening round exit. Still, the team boasted first-team all-stars in Matt Sandberg and Liam Boger and second-teamers in Hunter Mohney, Shane Burns and Phil Hachula.
Sandberg was a force for the Dragons' team, finishing with a county-best 30 goals. A senior, Sandberg finished his Warren career with an impressive 71 goals. His classmate Boger also had quite a career despite finishing with just eight goals in 2012. Boger tallied 52 goals, scoring in all four years of his career for the Dragons.
Mohney had a breakthrough year in his senior season with Warren. Entering 2012 with just six goals in his career, Mohney was second on the club with 16 goals this season. Burns wasn't a big scorer, but that isn't his game. The senior helped anchor one of the strongest defenses in District 10 for each of his four seasons. Hachula - a foreign exchange student - was a pleasant surprise for the Dragons, finishing with five goals and adding several important assists in tight games.
Here are the District 10, Region 3 and Region 4 boys soccer all-stars for the recently completed 2012 season:
All-District 10 Team
(Name, School, Year, Position)
Kirk Dillen General McLane 12 GK
Eric Campbell Harbor Creek 11 OFF
Joshua Ott Mercyhurst Prep 12 OFF
Koltin Hammer Harbor Creek 11 OFF
Teddy Martin Cathedral Prep 11 OFF
Miguel Navarro McDowell 11 OFF
Chase Hoffman Mercer 11 OFF
Cory Kuzilla Harbor Creek 12 DEF
Alex Mong McDowell 12 DEF
Mac Tompkins Fairview 12 DEF
Erik Little Kennedy Catholic 12 DEF
District 10 player of the year: Eric Campbell, Harbor Creek
Region 3 all-stars
First Team
(Name, School, Year, Position)
Ian Pertz Mercyhurst Prep 12 GK
Joshua Ott Mercyhurst Prep 12 OFF
Ryan Roggie North East 12 OFF
Joe Neff North East 12 OFF
Andrew Decker Eisenhower 12 OFF
Jake VanHouten Eisenhower 12 OFF
Tyler Shumaker Mercyhurst Prep 11 OFF
Kyle Strickenberger Seneca 12 DEF
Trung Kitchener North East 11 DEF
Mac Tompkins Fairview 11 DEF
Ben Perkins Eisenhower 12 DEF
Second Team
Mitchell Keith North East 11 GK
Justin Eby North East 12 OFF
Nick Pfeffer Fairview 12 OFF
David Michaels Mercyhurst Prep 11 OFF
Ben Irwin Fairview 12 OFF
Greg Berdis Fairview 12 OFF
Anthony Martone Fairview 11 OFF
Chase Doyle North East 12 OFF
Ethan Sowers North East 12 DEF
Caleb Payne Mercyhurst Prep 12 DEF
Geoffrey Mayes Mercyhurst Prep 11 DEF
Jakub Blank Fairview 12 DEF
Region champion - Mercyhurst Prep
Region Player of the Year - Joshua Ott, Mercyhurst Prep
Region 4 all-stars
First Team
(Name, School, Year, Position)
Ryan Walsh Corry 12 GK
Matt Schenberg Saegertown 11 OFF
Liam Boger Warren 12 OFF
Matt Sandberg Warren 12 OFF
Jonathan Obermeyer Bradford 10 OFF
Joshua Schrecengost Corry 11 OFF
Cody Bly Bradford 11 OFF
Aaron Marsh Titusville 12 DEF
Jeff Mattocks Saegertown 12 DEF
Greg Bras Saegertown 12 DEF
Chris Borland Bradford 12 DEF
Second Team
Ross Ferguson Saegertown 12 GK
Henry Kennedy Titusville 12 OFF
Eric Brocious Saegertown 12 OFF
Garrit Oxley Bradford 12 OFF
Pat Asinger Bradford 12 OFF
Phil Hachula Warren 11 OFF
Hunter Mohney Warren 12 OFF
Bailey Patten Corry 11 DEF
Dustin Coles Bradford 11 DEF
R.J. Jordan Bradford 11 DEF
Shane Burns Warren 12 DEF
Region champion - Warren
Region Player of the Year - Ryan Walsh, Corry