Broughton High boys and girls soccer coach Izzy Hernandez has been named as one of eight high school coaches in North Carolina who makes a difference.
Hernandez will be one of eight high school coaches presented the annual Homer Thompson Memorial Award by the NCHSAA at its annual meeting on May 5.
NCHSAA Eastern boys soccer semifinals
4-A: Southern Pines Pinecrest at Durham Jordan, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
3-A: Jacksonville at Cardinal Gibbons, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
2-A: East Duplin at Carrboro, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
1-A: Durham Science & Math and Hendersonville already have advanced to Saturday's championship game.
Earlier in the week, Millbrook’s soccer team fell to Wake Forest-Rolesville 3-2 in the first round of the Cap Eight tournament. The upset was surprising because the Wildcats (14-3-4) are one of the best teams this season in the Triangle.
One of the reasons Millbrook lost was because of Spencer LaCivita, Millbrook’s starting goalkeeper who has a scholarship to play at Virginia next year, missed the match after being suspended indefinitely.
Last Friday, LaCivita was charged with injury to real property, second-degree trespassing and misdemeanor conspiracy for vandalizing Leesville Road High School before the two schools play each other in football. Three other students were also charged.
As of now, the school has not made a decision on whether LaCivita will return to the team or not before Tuesday’s first-round playoff match at home. Scott McInnes, the school’s athletic director, said the school will make its decision sometime Monday morning.
East Chapel Hill defeated Chapel Hill 2-1 on Friday night in boys soccer
Heritage soccer coach Scott Sloan doesn’t like to use inexperience as an excuse, but he couldn’t resist mentioning it during his team’s 5-1 loss to Leesville Road on Wednesday night.
After Pride forward Fernando Castellanos outmuscled Heritage defender Matt Sattler in the air to head in the Pride’s final goal, Sloan summed up the Huskies’ plight perfectly.
“That’s just a difference of 15 to 20 pounds,” Sloan said to Sattler. “That’s all that is.”
RALEIGH – A.J Liames scored. Then C.J. Tikvart and Lukas Janes scored. So did Cenorino Martinez. Even Lassiter Tollison had two goals.
In a match where both boys soccer teams focused on possessing the ball, Broughton capitalized on almost all of its scoring opportunities in a 6-1 victory over Wakefield on Wednesday night.
“They kept mounting pressure, but I thought we moved the ball really well,” Broughton coach Izzy Hernandez said. “We allowed people to get open because our transition from offense to defensive was pretty sharp.”
High school preseason stories begin on Sunday and continue through Thursday.
Leesville Road boys soccer coach Chip Stone said the Cap Eight will be loaded with boys soccer teams that will rank among the state's best.
Only four can advance to the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs.
Mike Dunphy, the Cary High athletics director and former soccer coach, will return to the sidelines as the boys soccer coach.
Sanford Lee Christian's Robert Sandidge has scored 58 goals in 19 games.
