High school soccer seasons get under way this weekend. Patch looks ahead at what the season might hold for the girls and boys teams at Westminster and Winters Mill.
Westminster Girls
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Robert Brown enters his second season as coach of the Owls. Westminster was 6-8-1 overall and 3-4 in the county.
Brown has two forwards returning in Mackenzie Murray and Becca Peak. Also back are defender Jess Carde and midfielder Ariana Rinda. Murray had nine goals last year.
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Westminster takes to the field for the first time Friday in Frederick County at a tournament at Oakdale High School at 6:45 pm.
Westminster Boys
Coach Fran McCullin returns for his 12th year as head coach and 31st season as a coach in Carroll County. Last year the Owls were 6-7-1 overall and 3-2-2 in the county.
Returning for the Owls this year are Matt Chrencik, Alex Demetrakis, Alex Fiore, Brian Lowe, Ben Twery, Ryan Drenner and Jeremy Jaworski.
Newcomers for the Owls are Greg Fultz, Patrick Cropne, Gene Barrett, Austin Angles and Matt Keffer.
Looking ahead to the regular season, McCullin said, "We must replace a good portion of our scoring from last year, as well as an all county goalkeeper. How quickly the juniors gel into the team will go a long way to determining how this team does this season.’’
The team has 13 juniors on the roster.
Coach McCullin said that Liberty is the team to beat in the county.
"My team is a great group of young men. Through hard work we will be competitive in the county,’’ said McCullin.
The Owls open the season Saturday at 3 p.m. at Oakland Mills in Howard County.
Winters Mill Girls
Andy Hicks returns for his third year at Winters Mill as coach. He was 7-8-1 overall and 3-3-1 in the county.
The big win for the Falcons was being the only team to score on South Carroll last fall which knocked them out of the state playoffs.
The top returning scorer for Hicks is forward Madison Cyr. Also back is defender Maddie Bodden.
Winters Mill is also in the Oakdale tournament playing Middletown at 5 pm Friday.
The boys soccer season kicks off this weekend as Westminster travels to a tournament and Winters Mill starts Tuesday.
Winters Mill Boys
Tim Pennell is starting his 10th season as coach of the Falcons. Last year Winters Mill was 3-10-1 overall and 1-6 in the county.
Leading the Falcons are midfielder Ben Morse and goalie David Myers.
Winters Mill gets on the bus for the ride to Smithsburg for their opening game Tuesday at 7 p.m.
