- January 20, 2025
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Following a comeback victory in its final regular-season game, the Matanzas boys soccer team honored its 12 seniors on Senior Night, Friday, Jan. 17.
“Most of these guys have been playing together for four years,” Pirates coach Beto Aguilar said. “I’m hoping that we can continue that trend, continue to produce, continue to get the players to enjoy being here in the program.”
The Pirates trailed Lake Wales 2-0 before scoring three consectuive goals to defeat the Highlanders 3-2 and finish the regular season with an 11-3-1 record. Tim Shestakov scored the go-ahead goal.
Matanzas will meet Nease in the District 3-6A semifinals at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at Bartram Trail High School.
The Pirates’ 12 seniors are Lonso Quintana, Hunter James, Ayden Vinnicombe, Davi Nunes Dos Santos (captain), Sebastian De Leon (captain), Kai Bonner (captain), Keegan O’Linn, Cohen Waltman, Angel Zapata, Cristian Reyes, Vince Ferrer and Alex Diaz.
De Leon was injured in the Flagler Palm Coast game on Dec. 18 and had surgery on Dec. 31. While using crutches, he did the kickoff for the start of his final regular-season game.
“It was pretty heartwarming for us and definitely for him,” said his mom, Lesley De Leon.
