The Notre Dame Academy boys soccer team made a historic run during adverse times.
Coach Michael Prudisch and the Tritons began the year playing soccer in the fall. They went 5-0-2 and things were going well. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 their season was cut short and they had to move to the alternate fall season in the spring. The WIAA allowed teams who did not play a certain number of games to move to the spring.
With a 15-game schedule put together and 30 days to get those games in, the Tritons put together a great regular season by going 10-3-2 heading into the postseason.
They defeated Ashwaubenon to win a regional championship and had to play two games on the same day at sectionals.
NDA defeated Sturgeon Bay in the sectional semifinal and went on to beat Winnebago Lutheran 3-1 to win the sectional title and advanced to the WIAA state tournament for the ninth time in program history.
The Tritons were the No. 3 seed heading into the state tournament with a matchup against Shorewood. After going scoreless in regulation, NDA got a goal by Emmett Lawton which was set up by an assist from Adam Brada to send the Tritons to the Division 2 state championship game.
With 90 minutes to rest and eat, the team had to then play McFarland. The Tritons gave it their all but fell 6-1. The team was led this year by seniors Isaac Delveaux, Abe Gomez (honorable mention all-FRCC), Josh Goral, Sam Limoni (second teamall-FRCC), Christian Martinez (honorable mention all-FRCC), Josh Macias, Eddie Noble, Leo Rodriguez, and by our underclassmen all-conference team members, Adam Brada (honorable mention all-FRCC), Connor Handrick (second team all-FRCC), Emmett Lawton(first team all-FRCC), John Sack (second team all-FRCC) and Garrett Watzka (honorable mention all-FRCC).
Congratulations to the coaching staff and all the players in the program for working through a difficult year and earning the Division 2 state runner-up silver ball. A big thank you goes to the seniors for sticking together to make this a great year for all!
