Article submitted by Bob Palazzo:
Farmington boys soccer wins it again! The Farmington boys soccer team won the Class L State Championship with a decisive 4 – 0 victory over # 2 seeded Joel Barlow. What makes this state championship so special is that it is the first time in Farmington soccer history that the Indians won back-to-back state championships. The 2013 team added another first earlier in the season with a CCC Conference Championship, making the “Farmington Indians” the first name to be inscribed on the championship trophy.
In Saturday’s Class L Championship game, Sabri Akter was awarded MVP, scoring 2 goals. The first goal from Akter came 42 seconds into the game after hustling for a cleared ball. The second, coming at the 8 minute mark, set the pace early in the game. Colin Cheesman and Matt Sroka added one goal each. Farmington controlled the game to the finish with solid performances from the defense, midfielders, and forwards.
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Farmington outscored their state tournament opponents 14 to 2 and only gave up 11 goals all season. Farmington’s strong defense was bolstered by seniors, Ben Palazzo, Jon Mezzanotte, Evan Peluso, Nick Mello and Ben Grabowski-Clark. Juniors Derek Fern and Justin Marsh, and sophomore Jared Edelson provided strong minutes on mid-field and defense. At the goalkeeper position, Juniors Jeffrey Crook and Mike Weber, and sophomore Jake Mezzanotte had strong performances and will continue to support the team next season. The mid-field was solid, winning possessions and working the field to feed passes to the forwards led by seniors Matt Sroka, Bradley Druzinsky, Kamil Kolacz and sophomore Evan Hughes. Valuable minutes were provided during the season by seniors, Mike Lathrop and Adrian Sokolowicz. Farmington’s offensive score making was led by seniors Colin Cheesman, Sabri Akter, Guido Schutz and Tommy Frescher.
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The returning players for the 2014 season have the opportunity to bring back another trophy and have a 3 peat.
2013 Tournament Roster: Jeffrey Crook, Mike Weber, Jake Setzco, Ben Palazzo, Derek Fern, Nicholas Mello, Bradley Druzinsky, Adrian Sololowicz, Thomas Frescher, Matt Sroka, Evan Peluso, Kamil Kolacz, Michael Lathrop, Jon Mezzanotte, Sabri Akter, Ben Grabowski-Clark, Justin Marsh, Guido Schutz, Mike Fienberg, Connor Schreck, Evan Hughes, Jared Edelson, Ryan Koziol, Colin Cheesman, Peter Dunst, Francisco Astiasaran, Jake Mezzanotte
