With Senior Night approaching, the Woodford County High School boys’ soccer team has plenty to celebrate.
Woodford dominated Pleasure Ridge Park Sept. 15 in an 8-0 win. Chili Seitz had a hat trick, while Angel Aguilar and Hudson Deaton scored two goals apiece. Andry Bo Cac added a goal.
The Jackets enter their Sept. 17 home game against West Jessamine with an 8-2 record and remain unbeaten in district play. Woodford will recognize nine seniors before the match. Kieran Towe, Luke Howard, Eion Burke, Asiel Lamas, George Esquivel, Leonel Ayala, Deaton, Juan Marroquin and Alexis Juan Moreira will make their senior walk.
While the senior class has helped the Jackets across the field, Aguilar has led Woodford’s offense.
Aguilar has scored a team-high 15 goals and added three assists for 33 points. He has accounted for more than 40% of Woodford’s 37 reported goals.
Seitz has provided another scoring threat with nine goals and a team-high four assists. Deaton has six goals and three assists, while Bo Cac has scored four times and added an assist.
Together, Aguilar, Seitz, Deaton and Bo Cac have accounted for 34 of Woodford’s 37 reported goals.
The Jackets have also received contributions throughout the lineup. Junior Ellis Endicott and sophomore Jeronimo Pardo have each scored once, with Pardo adding two assists, while junior Oscar Leon has also found the back of the net.
Lamas, Howard and junior Ethan Hudson have each recorded an assist, while Burke and junior Tanner Johnson have also contributed assists.
Woodford had totaled 19 assists entering the Pleasure Ridge Park game, with seven different players finding the back of the net this season.
The Jackets have relied on a pair of juniors in goal. Drake Godman had recorded nine saves and Guillermo Ruvalcaba seven in the previously reported statistics.
Woodford has also been steady on the defensive end. Towe, Howard, Ayala, Deaton, Marroquin and Moreira are among the Jackets listed along the back line, giving Woodford an experienced defensive group in front of Godman and Ruvalcaba.