Titles highlight season to remember

The 2021 boys soccer season is over and plenty of The Reporter/ Times Herald/Montgomery Media area teams are walking away with championships.

North Penn, Abington and Lower Moreland won Suburban One League titles. Upper Merion won the Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division, La Salle won the Philadelphia Catholic League and Germantown Academy won the Inter-Ac.

Faith Christian Academy won the District 1-A championship while La Salle and Archbishop Wood each won District 12 titles.

The top players who played key roles this fall are recognized as

All-Area selections.

First Team

THIAGO LAGE, ABINGTON » Lage, a senior from Brazil, moved to the Abington school district this year and added energy to the Ghosts attack. A talented finisher, Lage helped Abington win the Suburban One League Liberty Division and reach the District 1-4A semifinals. He scored the game-winner in double overtime in Abington’s 2-1 win over Emmaus in the first round of states.

KEVIN KRETSCHMAN, ABINGTON » Abington’s junior goalkeeper posted nine shutouts and allowed more than one goal just three times during the regular season. He held Emmaus to one goal over 105 minutes in the first round of the PIAA-4A state playoffs.

DOM PETRUZZELLI, ARCHBISHOP WOOD » Petruzzelli helped the Vikings have one of the best seasons in program history. Wood won the District 12-3A championship and came up one goal short of winning its first state championship. Petruzzelli, a senior captain, was selected to the first team All-Philadelphia Catholic League. The defender helped the Vikings post two shutouts in their three state playoff wins before a 1-0 loss in Hershey.

PEYTON CURRY, FAITH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY » The senior defender was a key piece to arguably the most successful class in Faith Christian boys soccer history. Curry used his heights and

ED MORLOCK — MEDIANEWS GROUP Norristown’s Renato Castillo, left, Diego Guzman, center, and Jimmy Moreno look on before Wednesday night’s game against Reading.