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Boyertown goal-scoring force Beckett Wenger separates himself as one of PAC’s best ever, stands alone as two-time USC All-Region choice
Beckett Wenger is driven by many things. There’s his inner drive. There’s his lineage. This fall there was also the drive of wanting to separate himself as the best player in the area.
Pa. Soccer Coaches Association All-State recognition in 2020 as a junior was substantial, but didn’t give him the singular satisfaction he sought.
The Boyertown striker was joined on the All-State team by Pottsgrove goalkeeper Luke Kaiser, who also took home that marker of singular satisfaction Wenger sought – Mercury AllArea
Player of the Year.
In 2021, Wenger stands alone. “Last year it was mostly between me and Luke Kaiser (for All-Area Player of the Year),” Wenger said. “It was a challenge getting it last year. He was such a good keeper, such a good player. So this year I wanted to come out and prove I could and should earn this award and have the talent to do it. I came out and played as I normally do, played well and I think I deserve this reward.”
There was no denying him Mercury All-Area Player of the Year honors this fall. Wenger proved himself again as the most lethal attacking player in the Pioneer Athletic Conference with a league-best 22 goals and six assists while leading Boyertown to the PAC Liberty Division title, the conference championship game and the second round of the District 1-4A tournament.
With a second selection to the PSAC All-State team, Wenger joins a short list in area boys soccer history as a two-time honoree. Only Daniel Boone’s Jon Correll (199192), Erik Podbutzky (1996-97), the late Teddy van Beuren of The Hill School (1999-2000), Owen J. Roberts’ Tim Young (2004-05), Upper Perkiomen’s Devin Muntz (2004-05) and Spring-Ford’s Colin Trainor (2018-19) previously achieved the double.
Wenger stands alone among that list, too: he is the first area