Coach: James Taylor (third year)
Conference: MVC Class: B
Last year: 12-2-0, lost in B South quarterfinal
Returning players: Seniors — Andrew Arsenault (MF), Jon Adley (MF), Jacob Beauchesne (G), Jesse Pelletier (D), John Pepin (D), Tom Parlin (F), Scott Sage (G), Lee Tang (D); Juniors — Dylan Knox (D), Seth Peaslee (M), Jacob Rainey (D), Vinny Deroche (M), Jacob SInclair (M), Garrett Garbarini (F), Cam Gallant (F); Sophomores — Cam Chase (D), Bryce Cormier (F), Will Sorensen (M).
Key losses: Curtis Steele, Ryan Bennett, Nick Newman, Sonke Hanneken, William Wagner, Aleksi Pirrtijoki, Lukasz Bukowski, Felix Andris.
Promising newcomers: Senior — Zack Burgess (F); Sophomores — Alexander Saure (D), Draven Finnegan (G); Freshmen — Cody Hemingway (M), Hunter Blauvelt (M), Kaleb Noyes (D), Dalton Noyes (M), Trevor Gallant (F), Sean Gould (D), Chance Vacchiano (M).
Season outlook: After having eight players depart from last year’s successful squad, Mountain Valley will have to find six new faces in the starting lineup this campaign. Fortunately, through some injuries and good play, the Falcons were able to get a lot of quality minutes for most of those players last season. They will be led by four senior captains that have helped rebuild the program. The team’s focus is defense and being well organized in the back four. Goals will be tougher to come by, and will be the team’s biggest challenge.
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