WEST ORANGE — The West Orange High School boys soccer team received the No. 2 seed in the Essex County Tournament. The top seed is St. Benedict’s (Newark).
The Mountaineers, who had a 14-1 record on the season with 11 straight shutouts through Monday, Oct. 12, received a bye in the first round. They will host the first-round winner between No. 15 seed Newark Academy and No. 18 seed Belleville on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Neighbor Seton Hall Prep is the No. 3 seed and Montclair Kimberley Academy is the No. 4 seed. The Mountaineers lost to St. Benedict’s 1-0 in last year’s ECT championship game. St. Benedict’s won the ECT title for the second year in a row. WOHS has outscored its opponents by a whopping 61-2 margin.
West Orange defeated Newark East Side, Madison, South Brunswick and Nutley to extend its winning streak to 13 games.
Chase Winds recorded a hat trick and fellow junior Marcus Williams had a goal and an assist in the 4-0 win over Newark East Side on Monday, Oct. 5.
Junior Maddox Brufau had two assists and senior Jatniel Vargas Espino had one assist. Agustin Arrieta made three saves and fellow senior goalie Keaton Capuano made one save.
Senior Darius Millington scored three goals in the second half for his first career hat trick, as the Mountaineers defeated Madison 3-0 on Thursday, Oct. 8, at Madison. Senior Yenke Suarez had two assists and Williams had one assist. Arrieta made three saves.
Williams had two goals, and Millington, Suarez and Brufau each had a goal and an assist in the 6-0 home win over South Brunswick on Saturday, Oct. 10. Winds scored a goal. Junior Damian Aviles and Vargas Espino each had two assists. Ivan Urena had one assist. Arrieta made four saves and Capuano made one save.
WOHS defeated Nutley 7-0 on Monday, Oct. 12, at home, with seven goal-scores: Winds, Suarez, Millington, Vargas Espino, senior Wayden Parkes, junior Aidan Ackerman and junior Erick Lopez.
The Mountaineers’ loss this season was to St. Benedict’s 1-0 in the second game of the season on Thursday, Sept. 3, at St. Benedict’s.
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