By JENNIFER GENTILE
MELROSE—The Melrose High boy’s soccer program celebrated its wildly successful season at a season-end banquet held last week at Bellevue Golf Club.
The Div. 2 Final Four Champs finished a 15-3-2 season and saw them advance to the Div. 2 State Semifinals last month.
New captains were announced. Leading Melrose in 2024 will be John Arens, Owen Brodeur, Tyler Lecomte and Dan Muller.
Also, varsity distributed several awards among them:
League All Star:
Honorable Mentions:
Erik Hall
Tyler Lecomte
Malek Sayegh
Eastern MA All Star
Amir Lahkiky
Jovan Ssebugwawo
All State:
Amir Lahkiky
Team Awards:
Metropolitan Award: Amir Lahkiky
Most Improved: John Arens
Coaches Award: Liam Gavin
Unsung Hero: Sam O’Donnell
Golden Boot: Amir Lahkiky
J Michael Hughes Award: Patrick Stafford
Student Scholar Award: Ben Pytlak
Awards giving to their junior varsity teams were:
JVA
MVP: Reon Anderson
Golden Boot: Sirak Araia
Most Improved: Josh Bird
Coaches Award: Owen Brown
JVB
Most Improved: Drew Finger
Coaches Award: Cameron Orlandella
Golden Boot: Boris Trendafilov
MVP: Daniel Jimenez