Among the nine boys soccer teams in the Eastern Maumee Bay community, there were no league champions, but there were three teams that finished as runner-up, narrowly missing on a title.
After leading Genoa to a Northern Buckeye Conference championship, Genoa junior forward Aiden Hemmert is the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Player of the Year.
The Lake and Oak Harbor boys soccer teams were not league champions, but they came as close as a team can get, finishing as runners-up in their respective leagues. A break in one or two league games could have made the difference for either team.
Last year, Genoa senior Corey Welsh was a first team Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press boys soccer selection and his younger brother, Tyler, was a first team All-Press goalkeeper.
There was never any doubt that Genoa graduate Dillon Sims would play collegiate soccer it was just a matter of where. Sims is heading to Angola, Indiana to play NCAA Division III soccer at Trine University. It wasn’t entirely about soccer, however.