Printer Friendly Version - Guilford U16 Boys’ Soccer Team Wins CT Cup

Pictured are (front) Derek Torres, Andrew Voytex, Carter Gagnon, Zain Curtis, Ethan Parker, Grantham Schlagheck; (middle) Bryan Davis, Kevin Joyce, Nate Iozzia, Wyatt Sprenkle, Vincent Malatesta, Niko Piironen, Luca Palumbo; (back) Assistant Coach Joe Malatesta, Andrew Fappiano, Milo DeLuca, Ari Kroop, Logan Wertheim, Blake Meder, Danny Perez Betancur, Evan Arteaga, Mahmoud Hussein and Head Coach Ian Shannon, the Guilford U16 boys’ soccer team that won both the CT Cup and South Central District title this spring. Missing from the photo is Jeremy Hernandez Torres. Photo courtesy of Ghazwa Najada

The Guilford boys’ U16 soccer team went undefeated on the spring season with eight wins, zero losses and one tie. They showed complete dominance and poise on the field as they took home the Connecticut Cup crown.

Guilford scored 33 goals and were scored on only eight times. Goalie Logan Wertheim had three shutouts on the campaign.

En route to the title, they beat Cheshire (3-0), Newtown (3-1) and South Windsor (5-1) in the final to take the CT Cup trophy. Goals for Guilford were scored by Vincent Malatesta (two goals), Wyatt Sprenkle, Danny Perez and Evan Arteaga in the final.

The spring squad was coached by Head Coach Ian Shannon and Assistant Coach Joe Malatesta.