The Little Ten Conference soccer coaches have recognized the following players as all-conference selections for the 2024 season.
*Unanimous selection
Somonauk-Leland-Newark Coop
*Jackson Brockway (Jr…D)
Silas Johnson (Sr…D)
Austin Todd (Sr…F)
Tristan Garcia (So…D)
Hinckley-Big Rock
*Alex Casanas (Jr…GK)
*Jacob Orin (Jr…D)
*Sawyer Smith (Jr…MF/F)
Luke Badal (Jr…D)
Indian Creek
*Tyler Bogle (Sr…F)—Repeat Unanimous Selection
Jacob Coulter (Sr…GK)—Repeat Selection
Cayden Gaston (Sr…D)
Isaac Willis (So…D)
IMSA
*Axel Aguilar (Jr…F)
Jeffrey Yao (Sr…MF)
Serena
Finn Rosengren (Jr…MF)
Earlville
*Easton Fruit (Sr…MF)—Repeat Selection
DePue-Hall Coop
*Grabiel Cano (Jr…MF)
Ilan Bardot (Sr…MF)
Conference Standings
Somonauk-Leland-Newark 5-1-0
Hinckley-Big Rock 5-1-0
Indian Creek 4-2-0
IMSA 4-2-0
Serena 1-4-1
Earlville 0-4-2
DePue-Hall Coop 0-5-1
Conference Tournament
Championship: Indian Creek defeated Somonauk-Leland-Newark Coop 3-2 (OT/PKs)
Third place: DePue-Hall Coop defeated IMSA 2-0
Consolation: Hinckley-Big Rock defeated Serena 4-1
History
The Little Ten Tournament, which was first held in 1982, was played for the 43rdtime.
Indian Creek, which had reached the tournament championship match three times previously, won the Little Ten Tournament championship for the first time.
Somonauk-Leland-Newark Coop is a second year coop between the three schools. After winning the outright conference championship in their first year as a coop, Somonauk-Leland-Newark shared the conference title this season.
Hinckley-Big Rock earned a share of the conference championship for the first time since 2015. The Royals have won or shared the conference championship 24 times in the 49 seasons since the Little Ten went to a single division of competition in 1976.
The championship was determined on PKs for only the fifth time overall and first time since 2005.
Postseason
Hinckley-Big Rock won the IHSA Class 1A Regional at Somonauk, 1-0 in the championship match. The Hinckley-Big Rock saw their season end in the semifinal round of their own sectional with a loss to Richmond-Burton.
Season notes
In a rematch of the Little Ten Tournament championship, Somonauk-Leland-Newark Coop and Indian Creek played in the regional semifinal round. The game again needed overtime, when Somonauk scored in the 99th minute to win, 2-1.
The Hinckley-Big Rock High School soccer field, host of the Little Ten Tournament since 2011, was named in a ceremony September 27 in honor of former H-BR coach and athletic director, Larry “Doc” Peppers.