2025 Season Preview

 

The 2025 Season has already started with practices, and our first game is set for Tuesday night with a varsity only match at home against Washburn at 5:00pm.  JV will begin play on Thursday night at Lincoln Park Middle School against Duluth Denfeld "C" at 6:00pm.  Both teams will be traveling to New Richmond on Friday.  The Spartans are ready to go!

This season our team is once again led by Head Coach Otto Berti.  Coach Berti began coaching the Spartans in 2014 as the JV coach and is entering his 10th season as the varsity coach.  Otto brings back two assistants from last year.  JV Coach Thomas Bush and Volunteer Assistant Evan Ridd.  Coach Bush began coaching the Spartans in 2007 as the JV coach, was varsity coach 2009-2011, and is entering his 9th season in the program.  Coach Ridd returns for his second season after a successful playing career at UWS.

The Spartans return 15 varsity players from last season when we finished 10-5-4 as the 5th seed in WIAA regional playoffs and a 4th place finish in the LSC conference.  This year's captains are senior Peyton Franta, juniors Spencer Kidd and Aiden Pagnucci, and sophomore Marc Pagnucci.  Kidd returns as our leading goal scorer from the last two seasons, notching 15 goals in 2023 and another 25 in 2024.  Another key returning senior will be Evan Strauch, who was second on the team in assists in 2024.  In goal the Spartans will have junior Brady Bachand and freshman Keagan Shannon.

There are 41 boys registered in the program this year.  12 seniors, 11 juniors, 11 sophomores, and 7 freshman.  The varsity team will play 18 total games, 8 at home at the NBC Spartans Sports Complex and 10 on the road.  The JV team will play 19 total games, 7 at home and 12 on the road.

The Spartans have been challenged to set individual and team goals in 2025.  The coaching staff is looking to win the LSC Conference for the first time since 2001, and looking to host a playoff game with a #4 seed or higher for the first time since 2021.  We can't wait for this season to start, we hope you enjoy following and rooting on the Spartans.  Our varsity schedule is posted on the right side of this blog, and we plan to update the blog with game reports after every varsity and JV game.

Thank you for your support and GO SPARTANS!!!