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 Madison La Follette led the honors at the 29th annual Madison All-City Boys Soccer Banquet on Tuesday night at Madison West High School.
The Lancers were lauded as the city team champions and had four players on the 13-member All-City team selected by the five city coaches.
La Follette had two of the three repeat selections on the team in defenders Oscar Rodriguez, a senior, and junior Carl Schneider. Madison Edgewood senior forward Steve Gilbert also was named to the squad for the second straight year.
Ten of the All-City players were seniors — Schneider, Lancers junior forward Jesus Miranda (25-12-62) and Madison Memorial sophomore forward Lucas Cardona (14-8-36) were the lone underclassmen. Memorial and Madison West had three selections apiece, while Edgewood had two and Madison East one.
La Follette went 3-0-1 against city teams during the regular season, while West was 2-0-1, Memorial 2-2, Edgewood 0-2 and East 0-3.
Memorial also beat West 2-1 in a sectional semifinal en route to qualifying for the WIAA Division 1 state tournament; the Spartans advanced to the state final before losing to Muskego 1-0 in double overtime. Edgewood also advanced to state, falling in the Division 2 semifinals.
East was the recipient of the third annual team sportsmanship award, sponsored by BreakAway Sports Center and Middleton Sports & Fitness. Each team also had a scholar-athlete award winner, with Memorial senior midfielder Robin Forslund the only player to make the All-City team and collect a scholar-athlete award.
Howard Reddan was the guest speaker at the banquet sponsored by the Optimist Club of Downtown Madison. Goodman's Jewelers sponsored the city championship team trophy.
Goalkeeper: Chris Westberg, sr., Madison La Follette.
Defenders: Oscar Rodriguez, sr., Madison La Follette; Carl Schneider, jr., Madison La Follette.
Midfielders: Max Matystrand, sr., Madison East; Robin Forslund, sr., Madison Memorial; Hans Becker, sr., Madison Memorial; Geovanny Martinez, sr., Madison West; Paul Lund, sr., Madison West.
Forwards: Jake Owen, sr., Madison Edgewood; Steve Gilbert, sr., Madison Edgewood; Jesus Miranda, jr., Madison La Follette; Lucas Cardona, so., Madison Memorial; Alex Bernhardt, sr., Madison West.
Scholar-Athlete awards: Peter Guerin, sr., Madison Edgewood; Mike Halbach, sr., Madison East; Graham Jenich, jr., Madison La Follette; Robin Forslund, sr., Madison Memorial; Aaron Rosenblum, sr., Madison West.
Sportsmanship award: Madison East.
City team champion: Madison La Follette.
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