Wildcat soccer earns 7 spots on All-Frontier League team

Louisburg’s (from left) Braden Yows, Cade Gassman and Garrett Rolofson each earned All-Frontier League first team honors.

It was an historic season for the
Louisburg boys soccer team and one the Wildcats aren’t going to soon forget.

Louisburg finished the year with a
school record 16 wins, its second Frontier League championship in three years and
earned a regional title and a spot in the state quarterfinals.

The Frontier League coaches took
notice of all that success as seven Wildcats were named to the All-Frontier
League team, which was the most of any school.

Senior Garrett Rolofson, sophomore
Braden Yows and freshman Cade Gassman were selected to the all-league first
team, while senior Ryan Haight, junior Treston Carlson and sophomore Michael
Seuferling earned a spot on the second team. Senior Will Frank was named as an honorable
mention.

“It was awesome to see how well we
were represented this year, but to be greedy it would have been nice to get a
few more guys on there,” Louisburg coach Kyle Conley said. “This season we
broke a lot of records or tied a lot of team records. This group was fantastic.
I could not be prouder of a group of young men and what they accomplished.”

Rolofson, who is in his first year as a varsity starter, was named as a first-team goalie. He posted eight shutouts on the season and allowed only 17 goals, four of which came from penalty shots. He also finished with 78 saves on the season and allowed the second fewest goals in Class 4-1A.

“Garrett was voted captain by his peers,” Conley said. “This
is Garrett’s second year playing soccer and first year being the varsity
starter. He is a converted basketball player and worked incredibly hard to
learn how to play goalkeeper. He was voted team captain by this peers because
of his work ethic and attitude.”

Yows and Gassman provided a lot of
the offense for the Wildcats as the two played off each other well throughout
the season.

Gassman finished with a team-high 18 goals, including four game-winning scores, to go along with five assists from the forward position.

Yows had a big season from his midfield spot as he finished the year with 11 goals, three of which were game-winners, and ended with a team-high 14 assists. He also had 44 shots on goal.

“Cade is
incredibly talented,” Conley said. “He is a holding midfielder on his club
team, but we play him up top because of how dynamic he is. He is a fantastic
player and is going to be an absolute stud. His vision and ability to read a
play is exceptional. Cade is an unbelievable young men that is always
motivating and picking up his teammates.

“Braden
has been the best player on the field in just about every game if not every
game we have played. He has incredible vision and individual skill. Even though
is he only a sophomore, he has led our team and has played extremely well. He
hardly ever comes off of the field and has been fantastic for us.”

Haight
earned second team honors despite only playing nine games this season due to a
stress fracture. He certainly made the most of his playing time as he was in
charge of shadowing the other team’s best player. He also added a goal and two
assists to his stat line.

Seuferling
was also a big part of the Wildcat defense from his outside back position. He
helped Louisburg allow only 17 goals on the year and did not give up a goal all
season.

“Ryan was
named a captain by his peers,” Conley said. “He was our best player the past
three years concerning all aspects of leadership, defensively and offensively.
He was an honorable mention all-league play in 2017 and first team all-league
in 2018. He plays as hard as he can every night and never makes excuses.  As a defensive midfielder, his stats won’t
standout, but he is an incredible player and has a great work ethic and attitude.

“Michael
started and played every game and almost every minute for us at outside back as
a freshman and sophomore,” Conley said. “He accepted the challenge and played
extremely well. We are constantly under fire in the back and he held his own,
especially since he was really under sized. He is one of the most coachable
kids I had on the team and plays his butt off.”

Carlson
had a big year alongside Gassman at the forward position. The Louisburg junior
was second on the team with 12 goals and five assists. He also had four
game-winning goals.

“Treston
was an outside midfielder last year and was moved to forward this year,” Conley
said. “He has improved so much this summer by his individual skill and learning
the game. He has played nearly every minute of every game and has become quite
the leader. His play each and every week has improved as he continues to learn
the position.”

As for
Frank, he played the centerback spot for Louisburg and was an integral part of
a Wildcat defense that posted eight shutouts and limited its opponents to 95
shots on the season.

“Will
played extremely hard and saved us a bunch,” Conley said. “He was our leader at
central defense. He started and played every minute of every game of the 17
games for which he was healthy as he had a knee issue and missed the first two
games. He has been very physical and won nearly every 50/50 ball.”

ALL-FRONTIER LEAGUE SOCCER

First Team

Keaton Herron, Eudora, junior;
Grady McCune, Baldwin, junior; Jordan Barth, Baldwin, senior; Jon Villalobos,
Paola, senior; Ryan Wokutch, Paola, senior; Braden Yows, Louisburg, sophomore;
Cade Gassman, Louisburg, freshman; Javier Trujilo, Tonganoxie, senior; Grayson
Sonntag, Tonganoxie, sophomore; Jackson Rainforth, Spring Hill, junior

GOALKEEPER: Garrett Rolofson,
Louisburg, senior

Second Team

Dylan Meier, Eudora, junior; Caden
Prather, Baldwin, senior; Adam Novak, Piper, sophomore; Ian Heid, Paola,
junior; Ben Timpe, Paola, junior; Ryan Haight, Louisburg, senior; Michael
Seuferling, Louisburg, sophomore; Treston Carlson, Louisburg, junior; Mayson
Sprague, Bonner Springs, sophomore; Reese Fogle, Ottawa, sophomore; Keen
Kittle, Spring Hill, junior; Josh Santos, Spring Hill, senior

GOALKEEPER: Chezney Haney, Spring
Hill, junior

Honorable Mention

Caden Willits, Eudora, senior;
Alex Kooken, Eudora, junior; Tyler Wales, Baldwin, senior; Colby Zimmerman,
Baldwin, junior; Owen Roellchen, Piper, senior; Mason Escobar, Paola, senior;
Will Frank, Louisburg, senior; Abel Mendoza, Tonganoxie, junior

GOALKEEPER: Logan Sterling,
Ottawa, junior; Miles Lockridge, Piper, senior