Girls soccer/Top 20
Girls soccer
Team (record) Comment
1. Naperville North (22-0-2) Back-to-back Class 3A champion
2. Hinsdale Central (18-4-3) State runner-up was under .500 in 2012
3. Barrington (19-5-1) Graduating Pfeiffer a big loss
4. Buffalo Grove (25-4-1) Groth, K. Zickert headline returners
5. St. Charles N. (19-4-1) Gage heads to Loyola
6. Waubonsie Valley (19-4-1) So long Armand, Romano, DiJohn, Wilde
7. Neuqua Valley (16-4-1) What could’ve been with Goralski?
8. Naperville Central (15-5-3) Just needed a little more scoring
9. Conant (12-5-5) Wentzel, Celarek, Anderson are back
10. Carmel (19-2) Reached Class 4A sectional semifinals
11. Hersey (14-5-5) GK Harris, back line all return
12. Geneva (15-9-1) Were below .500 on April 26
13. Fremd (12-6-3) Vikings lose a lot but return solid core
14. St. Francis (17-2) Ousted by Fenwick in 2A sectional final
15. Benet (17-5-1) Won nine of last 11 games
16. St. Charles East (14-6-2) Graduated seven seniors
17. Mundelein (13-5-3) Ended season against Buffalo Grove
18. Huntley (17-5-1) Season cut short by Barrington
19. Vernon Hills (10-5-2) Strong season after slow start
20. Metea Valley (10-7-1) Couldn’t get past Waubonsie Valley