Argos’ Beldon named Hoosier North MVP, 4 other Dragons make all-conference

4 Winamac players make first team; 3 Caston players, Culver’s Buschman make honorable mention

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys soccer

Led by conference MVP Kenyan Beldon, five players from conference champion Argos and four players from runner-up Winamac made first-team All-Hoosier North in boys soccer in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media Monday.

Corbin Rex, Kyle Penn, Ioan Petz and Yahir Fajardo joined Beldon on the first team.

Winamac’s Sean Stark, Jaybin Hines, Carter Ulerick and Liam Burton also made the first team.

No Caston or Culver players made the first team, but Caston’s Kaemen Lee, Mack Mappin and Myles Sherrick made honorable mention along with Culver sophomore Kael Buschman.

Beldon, a junior, had a team-high 16 goals and three assists, and Fajardo, a sophomore, added 15 goals and three assists. Petz, a senior forward, had nine goals and four assists. Rex and Penn, both seniors, were among Argos’ top defenders.

Stark set the Winamac single-season goals record with 38 and ranked third in the state. Hines set the single-season assists record at Winamac with 17 and added 15 goals. Ulerick, a senior, and Burton, a sophomore, were among Winamac’s top defenders.

Argos won the conference title with a 5-0 record and improved from nine wins last year to 12 this year. Winamac improved their conference record from 2-3 last year to 4-1 this year.

Mappin, a freshman, had a team-high six goals for the Comets. Lee, a junior, had 188 saves in goal. Sherrick, a junior, was a top defensive player.

Buschman had six goals and three assists for the Cavaliers.

ALL-HOOSIER NORTH

KENYAN BELDON (ARGOS), CORBIN REX (ARGOS), KYLE PENN (ARGOS), IOAN PETZ (ARGOS), YAHIR FAJARDO (ARGOS), SEAN STARK (WINAMAC), JAYBIN HINES (WINAMAC), CARTER ULERICK (WINAMAC), LIAM BURTON (WINAMAC), Brady Coppler (North Miami), Casey Koch (Oregon-Davis)

HONORABLE MENTION

KAEMEN LEE (CASTON), MACK MAPPIN (CASTON), MYLES SHERRICK (CASTON), Nick Wringer (Oregon-Davis), Bayze Swanson (Oregon-Davis), KAEL BUSCHMAN (CULVER), Tristan Armstrong (North Miami)

MVP – KENYAN BELDON (ARGOS)

Final Hoosier North standings

ARGOS 5-0, WINAMAC 4-1, CASTON 2-3, North Miami 2-3, Oregon-Davis 2-3, CULVER 0-5