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Boys soccer team start preseason early
FINAL YEARS Senior Steve Carranza and junior Tyler Miller prepares
for the corner kick during the home soccer game. “I feel excited and
anxious and this is going to be my senior year and I want to start off
well,” said Carranza. PHOTO BY JOSH SALDANA
JOSHUA SALDANA
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A
s the school year starts
up again that means pre-
season for soccer is also
starting up. The Varsity and JV
soccer teams both ended last
season as district champions
with Varsity unfortunately los-
ing in the first round of region-
als in penalties. With preseason
starting up this lets everyone
who wants a shot on the soc-
cer team to come out and show
themselves to the players and
coaches. Steve Carranza is a
senior and Tyler Miller is a Ju-
nior and they were both on the
soccer Varsity team last season
and are excited for preseason to
start once again.
“I feel excited and anxious
and this is going to be my se-
nior year and I want to start off
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well,” Carranza said.
Steve Carranza is a senior
and he was on the Varsity team
last year and Carranza plays
center midfielder. Carranza is
really excited about preseason
starting up once again but he’s
also feeling anxious as this is
his senior year and he wants
this season to be a good season
to end on.
“I’m excited, it’s always fun
to get back into soccer for HHS.
It’s just a different feeling than
club soccer,” Miller said.
Tyler Miller is a junior and
he was also on the Varsity soc-
cer team last year. Miller’s po-
sition for the soccer team is a
center back. Miller is also ex-
cited about preseason starting
up once again. Miller says that
playing for HHS is fun since he
gets a different feeling playing
for HHS than he does playing the team prepare for the sea-
club soccer. son. He hopes for a really pro-
“Getting to play again with ductive preseason.
my high school teammates and “I am going to take this pre-
making sure the team improves season seriously and make sure
from last year,” Carranza said. I can do everything I possibly
Carranza is excited about get- can to give my best to all of my
ting back onto the field again teammates,” Carranza said.
with his high school team- Carranza is going to use this
mates. Carranza wants the team preseason to improve himself
to improve even more from last in the best way possible. He is
year’s soccer season. also trying to make sure that
“I’m hoping that a lot of the he will do anything to give his
guys will take it seriously and best self to the team and all his
that way we can start strong teammates.
and not finish the season early “To connect with the team,
like last year,” Miller said. and make sure we’re all on the
Miller wants the guys to start same page so we play well to-
taking these preseasons seri- gether,” Miller said.
ously as this will help them Miller is going to use this
when the soccer season starts. preseason to connect more
This way they can have a real- with his high school teammates.
ly good start He would like
to the season to be on the
and Miller I am going to take this same page
would like the preseason seriously and with every-
season to be make sure I can do every- one so that
longer than it thing I possibly can to give they can play
did last year. my best to all of my team- well together
“I think throughout
mates.”
everyone will -Senior Steve Carranza the season.
be a lot more “Yes I think
focused and it’s a good way
serious since there are a lot of to come back and connect with
seniors leaving the team this my teammates because it helps
year and they know what’s on us build off the mistakes that
the line,” Carranza said. happened last year and improve
Carranza feels as though be- upon them,” Carranza said.
ing more serious and focused Carranza thinks that presea-
will be very important this year son is a great way to stay close to
as there will be quite a few se- your teammates at high school.
niors graduating this year. As Carranza says that it helps them
this will be Carranza senior build off their mistakes that
year he wants to end it on a happened during the season
good note last year and this way they can
“I think it’s going to be pro- improve on it for the upcoming
ductive and we’ll prepare well season.
for the year,” Miller said. See more on hhsmedia.com
Miller feels like preseason
will go well and that it will help
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