CONGRATULATIONS
to U16 Div 1 and U12 Div 2 Teams
Two Newton Teams
Represented NYS at the MTOC Tournament
CONGRATULATIONS!
MTOC 2nd Div U12
State Champions June 2009
Newton
Boys U12’s win Soccer’s State Title (MTOC S'09)
On
Sunday in
Lancaster
, Newton Boys U12 team won the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions (MTOC)
2nd Division
soccer title with a 2-0 victory over Cold Spring. The spring season started
slowly for
Newton
, who despite losing their first 2 games went from strength to strength on
to win the next 15 culminating with the State title. Qualifying for the
Tournament as wildcards the Newton Lions defeated
Weymouth
and
Plymouth
on Friday, beat a spirited side
from Norton on Saturday to go through the semi finals on Sunday. The semi saw
them pitted against their strong rivals, Concord-Carlisle, with whom they split
their previous two games. Tied 0-0 after full time and another 10 minutes of
extra time the game went to a nail biting penalty shootout. Level after 8
penalties Newton’s goalkeeper Joe” The Cat” Esbenshade made a diving save
to put Newton into the final. Their 2-0 win in the final was all the more
impressive as
Newton
had no substitutes for the
final game as players headed out on family vacation commitments. It was a great
display of skill and stamina from the Newton team, Joe Esbenshade, Shawn
Suzuki, Noah Levine, Nat Brown, TJ Melendez, Koby Antwi, Rohan Doherty, Alex
Kiritsy, Nick Kieran, Sam Detjen, and Balazs Bonyhay, - congratulations to the
team and the coaches Mike Detjen and Istvan Bonyhay for a fantastic season and a
State title victory for Newton.
U12
Semi Finals:
Concord Carlisle
0 Newton
1
Cold Spring
2
Norton 1
U12
Final:
Newton
2
Cold Spring 0
NYS
is very proud to be represented by the U16 and U12 teams despite strong
competition throughout Massachusetts.
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