Highlighting top Wichita-area high school boys soccer players, plus team previews
With the Kansas high school boys soccer season underway, The Eagle set out to recognize some of the best players in the Wichita area.
The following is a list of 80 of the top goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards on teams in the Wichita area from this season so far. Below the list are team previews that feature some of the top players from each team for the 2022 season.
List of 80 of the best Wichita-area boys soccer players
Note: List is sorted in alphabetical order.
Molelwa Abandelwa, Southeast junior midfielder
Brian Aleman, Goddard senior midfielder
Enzo Amaya, East sophomore midfielder
Calvin Bell, Northwest junior midfielder
Elijah Benning, Northwest sophomore midfielder
Cooper Brucker, Andover senior forward
Brett Buckingham, Classical senior forward
Cooper Buell, Augusta junior midfielder
Miguel Busungu, North junior midfielder
Topher Cannizzo, Maize senior forward
Scotty Carr, Rose Hill junior midfielder
Jaylen Cherry, Buhler junior forward
Bo Day, Derby junior defender
Angel DeLeon, Maize senior midfielder
Jadan Denesongkham, Derby junior defender
Bradin Dennett, Augusta junior defender
Jordy Dolloff, Classical senior forward
Miles Edwards, Maize South junior forward
Mason Ehrstein, Valley Center senior defender
Nick Emes, Maize South junior midfielder
Yoseph Espinoza, Goddard senior forward
Jax Frederick, Buhler senior goalkeeper
Vitor Geromel, Maize South junior midfielder
Preston Gietzen, Maize senior forward
Logan Glover, Eisenhower senior goalkeeper
Noah Gonzales, Eisenhower senior midfielder
Charlie Graham, Classical junior defender
Aidan Haislett, Goddard senior midfielder
Zach Hammar, Winfield senior midfielder
Collin Hershberger, Newton senior midfielder
Gage Hosford, Bishop Carroll senior forward
Erik Huerta, Bishop Carroll junior midfielder
Franque Isaac, Valley Center senior defender
Daylin Jantzen, Rose Hill senior forward
Eddie Johnson, Andover senior defender
Jaden Kretzer, Buhler senior midfielder
Gael Landeros, East senior forward
Keagan Lewis, Bishop Carroll junior goalkeeper
Manuel Lira-Morales, North junior midfielder
Evan Locke, Northwest sophomore goalkeeper
Temo Luna-Berumen, Rose Hill senior goalkeeper
Diego Macias, Southeast sophomore midfielder
Micaiah Mann, Andover senior goalkeeper
Cooper Matthews, Trinity Academy sophomore midfielder
Kayden McVicker, McPherson senior forward
Cody Meckel, Augusta junior midfielder
Victor Medina, Newton junior midfielder
Collin Meyer, Derby junior midfielder
Jack Moll, Andover senior midfielder
Juan Pablo-Salgado, Newton junior forward
Zack Pappan, Maize senior midfielder
Enrique Perez-Ruis, Maize senior defender
Angel Quezada, North senior goalkeeper
Jesus Renteria, Newton senior defender
David Reyna, Hutchinson junior forward
Logan Ruddle, Augusta junior forward
Colton Ruggles, Andover Central senior forward
Cesar Saludes, East junior defender
Holden Schaefer, Kapaun Mt. Carmel junior midfielder
Reid Schuckman, McPherson senior defender
Ben Scognamillo, Kapaun Mt. Carmel junior midfielder
Carlo Silva, Heights senior midfielder
Tyler Smalley, Northwest senior defender
Martin Soto-Tovar, Northwest senior forward
Ethan Stambaugh, Buhler senior midfielder
Tatum Steinhoff, Maize South senior forward
Nate Stephens, Andover Central junior midfielder
Ben Thorson, Mulvane senior forward
Aron Treto, Campus sophomore forward
Alex Truong, Kapaun Mt. Carmel senior forward
Dawsyn Valdois, Buhler junior defender
Diego Vaquera, Derby junior forward
Angel Vielmas, Derby sophomore forward
Oscar Vitela, North senior forward
Caden Wait, Maize South junior defender
Abram Wall, Newton sophomore goalkeeper
Andruw Weeks, Rose Hill senior defender
Sam Wilkey, Classical junior goalkeeper
Ethan Young, Derby junior goalkeeper
Dominic Zuniga, Goddard senior midfielder
City League boys soccer teams to watch
Bishop Carroll: Gage Hosford, sr., F; Erik Huerta, jr., MF; Nick Le, sr., MF; Hudson Lee, sr., MF; Isaac Lager, so., D; Elias Iseman, sr., D; Keagan Lewis, jr., GK; Braden Munk, sr., GK; Jerry Vega, sr., F.
East: Gael Landeros, sr., F; Enzo Amaya, so., MF; Cesar Saludes, jr., D; Jesus Garcia, jr., GK; Isaac Martinez, jr., F; Carlos Lunas-Reyes, so., D; Andrew Cruz, sr., MF.
Heights: Carlo Silva, sr., MF; Israel Anima, sr., F; Israel Pena, sr., D; Mario Concha, f.r, MF; Diego Ramirez, sr., MF.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel: Alex Truong, sr., F; Holden Schaefer, jr., MF; Spencer Zachgo, so., F; Ben Scognamillo, jr., MF; Trey Lacy, so.,MF; Chinedu Okafor, jr., F.
North: Angel Quezada, sr., GK; Manuel Lira-Morales, jr., MF; Miguel Busungu, jr., MF; Oscar Vitela, sr., F;
Northwest: Evan Locke, so., GK; Tyler Smalley, sr., D; Elijah Benning, so., MF; Calvin Bell, jr., MF; Brayden Souter, sr., D; Trenton MacKeeken, sr., D; Jesus Ortiz, fr., F.; Martin Soto-Tovar, sr., F.
South: Diego Martinez, so., F; Jesus Garcia, so., MF; Ivan Mejia-Lopez, sr., MF.
Southeast: Molelwa Abandelwa, jr., MF; Diego Macias, so., MF; Kamar Hewitt, jr., D; Jose Dominguez, jr., ; Manuel Lozano, jr., MF; Malek Hussein, so., MF; Jayden Phrakonkham, so., MF.
West: Chase McMannis, sr., MF; Andres Maldonado, sr., D.
Area boys soccer teams to watch
Andover: Jack Moll, sr., MF; Cooper Brucker, sr., F; Eddie Johnson, sr., D; Micaiah Mann, sr., GK; Grayson Anderson, sr., D; Jackson Peck, jr., D; Devon Neal-McFarthing, sr., MF; Braden Rupp, sr., F; Tuff Fields, jr., F.
Andover Central: Nate Stephens, jr., MF; Cooper Carman, jr., D; Colton Ruggles, sr., F; Elian Sanchez, sr., MF.
Arkansas City: Christian Cabrera, so., MF; Keagan David, sr., MF
Augusta: Cooper Buell, jr., MF; Cody Meckel, jr., MF; Logan Ruddle, jr., F; Peyton Carselowey, jr., GK; Bradin Dennett, jr., D; Dalton Pankratz, so., F; Kalvin LaPlant, sr., F.
Buhler: Ethan Stambaugh, sr., MF; Jaylen Cherry, jr., F; Jaden Kretzer, sr., MF; Dawsyn Valdois, jr., D; Jax Frederick, sr., GK; Colby Moler, jr., D.
Campus: Isaiah Stevens, sr., D; Kale Edwards, jr., MF; Aron Treto, so., F.
Circle: Beau Reida, sr., F; Eric Tucker, sr.; Sidney Leep, sr.
Classical: Jordy Dolloff, sr., F; Sam Wilkey, jr., GK; Brett Buckingham, sr., F; Kai Krieger, fr., MF; T.J. Logan, sr., D; Carter Sinclair, sr., D; Charlie Graham, jr., D.
Derby: Angel Vielmas, so., F; Diego Vaquera, jr., F; Collin Meyer, jr., MF; Jadan Denesongkham, jr., D; Bo Day, jr., D; Adrian Campos, jr., F; Angel Campos, fr., D; Ethan Young, jr., GK; Mason Richardson, jr., D.
Eisenhower: Logan Glover, sr., GK; Noah Gonzales, sr., MF;
El Dorado: Affin Mora-Bruce, sr., MF; Evan Liess, sr., D; Marc Alfaro, sr., D.
Goddard: Dominic Zuniga, sr., MF; Brian Aleman, sr., MF; Yoseph Espinoza, sr., F; Aidan Haislett, sr., MF; Carson Achey, so., F; Ryan Bay, sr., GK.
Hutchinson: David Reyna, jr., F; Khamani Matallah, jr., MF.
Maize: Topher Cannizzo, sr., F; Preston Gietzen, sr., F; Zack Pappan, sr., MF; Enrique Perez-Ruis, sr., D; Gabriel Portillo, jr., MF; Angel DeLeon, sr., MF; Carter Bradshaw.
Maize South: Vitor Geromel, jr., MF; Miles Edwards, jr., F; Tatum Steinhoff, sr., F; Nick Emes, jr., MF; Caden Wait, jr., D
McPherson: Kayden McVicker, sr., F; Tito Mendez, sr., D; Reid Schuckman, sr., D; Joshua Wehrman, sr., GK; Boys Rodriguez, jr., MF; Hayden Hoxie, so., MF; Hunter Mendez, jr., D; Gavinn Henry, sr., F.
Mulvane: Ben Thorson, sr., F; Aiden McKee, jr., MF; Kierran Hoffman, jr., D; Layne McDonald, jr., MF; Alex Dial, sr., GK.
Newton: Collin Hershberger, sr.; Jesus Renteria, sr.; Eduardo Lopez-Garcia, sr.; Ezra Entz, sr.; Chris Abrego, jr.; Victor Medina, jr.; Jonathan Galvin, jr.; Juan-Pablo Salgado, jr.; Enrique Mercado-Arellano, so.; Abram Wall, so.
Rose Hill: Andruw Weeks, sr., D; Daylin Jantzen, sr., F; Temo Luna-Berumen, sr., GK; Scotty Carr, jr., MF; Trey Bias, so., MF; Luke Anderson, so., MF.
Trinity Academy: Cooper Matthews, so., MF
Valley Center: Mason Ehrstein, sr., D; Franque Isaac, sr., D; Tommy Spratt, sr., MF; Bryce Jones, sr., MF; Cristian Aguilar, so., MF; Tyler Manske, so., F; Tyler Bryan, so., D; Caleb Staples, sr., MF; Sebastian Chavez, fr., MF; Nash Jamolod, fr., F.
Winfield: Zach Hammar, sr., MF; Tre Thiel, sr., D; Noah Heger, sr., D; Gabriel Tapia, so., MF; Logan Harmon, sr., D; Jackson Palmer, jr., GK; Timmy Ruggles, jr., MF.
