Rochester’s top scorer Backus named first-team All-TRC

Plascencia, Bailey named honorable mention

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Spencer Backus Grant Bailey Carlos Plascencia

Boys soccer

Rochester’s Spencer Backus was named first-team All-Three Rivers Conference, and fellow seniors Carlos Plascencia and Grant Bailey were named honorable mention in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media.

Backus led Rochester with 22 goals. The rest of the team combined scored just 20.

Plascencia was second on the team in goals with five and also the team leader with nine assists.

Bailey, a defender, also scored three goals.

Rochester went 6-12-1 overall and 1-4 in the TRC. They finished in fifth place out of six teams. Northwestern went 5-0 to win the conference title.

Rochester beat Tippecanoe Valley and Eastern (Greentown) in sectional play before losing to Maconaquah in the final.

Northfield, Southwood, Whitko and Lewis Cass do not have teams.

All-TRC

Joseth Manueles (Maconaquah), Ty Kidwell (Northwestern), Luis Mendoza (Maconaquah), Kobi Moore (Northwestern), Isaiah Acosta (Manchester), SPENCER BACKUS (ROCHESTER), Gavin Morrow (Northwestern), Oliver Rabe (Peru), Joel Loshnowsky (Maconaquah), Jayden Sichone (Peru), Carson Heath (Manchester), Prestyn Jones (Wabash), Kaden Hanson (Maconaquah), Jack Parado (Northwestern)

Honorable mention

Kobe Bowman (Maconaquah), Kade Nye (Maconaquah), Blake Abbott (Northwestern), Mateo Davis (Northwestern), Holden Posten (Manchester), Wyatt Schroll (Manchester), Andrew Dawalt (Peru), William Rodriguez (Peru), Jacob Vandegrift (Wabash), Derek Reed (Wabash), CARLOS PLASCENCIA (ROCHESTER), GRANT BAILEY (ROCHESTER)