Argos’ Beldon, Winamac’s Stark named co-Hoosier North MVPs

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

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Kenyan Beldon Sean Stark

Boys soccer

Argos senior Kenyan Beldon and Winamac senior Sean Stark were named co-Hoosier North boys soccer MVPs in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media Tuesday.

Beldon had a team-high 15 goals for the conference and sectional Dragons and added six assists.

Stark led Winamac with 18 goals and nine assists. His 82 career goals are a Winamac school record.

In addition to Beldon, other Argos players making the first team included Yahir Fajardo, Carter Bauman and Angelo McMillen.

Fajardo had nine goals and nine assists. Bauman is a sophomore defender, and McMillen is a junior goalkeeper who stopped 59 of the 70 shots he faced.

Other Winamac players making the first team beside Stark included Jaybin Hines and Hutch Martin. 

Hines, a senior midfielder-forward, had nine goals and seven assists. Martin, a junior goalkeeper, had 77 saves in goal.

Senior Drew McGrew was the lone Caston player selected. He had eight goals and five assists for the 8-4-2 Comets.

Culver’s representatives were senior Johnny Villegas and junior Kael Buschman. Villegas led Culver with eight goals while Buschman had two.

Junior Brady Coppler, who led the team in goals and assists with 19 and six, respectively, was the lone player from North Miami selected.

Caston’s Myles Sherrick and Kaemen Lee, Argos’ Matthew Umbaugh and Winamac’s Kannon Hoover were named honorable mention all-conference.

Lee had three goals and tied for the Caston team lead with six assists. Fellow senior Sherrick was a top defender for the Comets.

Umbaugh, a freshman, scored three goals while playing in the Argos midfield.

Hoover, a junior, had nine goals and four assists.

Argos won the conference with a 5-0 record.

ALL-HOOSIER NORTH

KENYAN BELDON (ARGOS), YAHIR FAJARDO (ARGOS), CARTER BAUMAN (ARGOS), ANGELO MCMILLEN (ARGOS), SEAN STARK (WINAMAC), JAYBIN HINES (WINAMAC), HUTCH MARTIN (WINAMAC), DREW MCGREW (CASTON), KAEL BUSCHMAN (CULVER), JOHNNY VILLEGAS (CULVER), BRADY COPPLER (NORTH MIAMI)

Honorable mention

MATTHEW UMBAUGH (ARGOS), KANNON HOOVER (WINAMAC), MYLES SHERRICK (CASTON), Nick Wringer (Oregon-Davis), KAEMEN LEE (CASTON)

Hoosier North co-MVPs – KENYAN BELDON (ARGOS), SEAN STARK (WINAMAC)