GOSHEN – Only a junior, Goshen’s Giovanni Hernandez-Leon has already proven that he can score a goal in the biggest spots, when the lights are the brightest.

Hernandez put up the game-winning goal for Goshen in the semifinals of the Section 9 Class AA tournament in each of the last two years. His goal-scoring exploits have given Goshen coach Mike Kelly the confidence to anoint Hernandez-Leon as the guy. The kid who will likely carry the scoring load for the perennial local soccer power.

“In any sport, you have a playmaker who you want to get the ball to,” said Kelly, who is in his 27 th season. “Giovanni is the guy we think will respond and get it done. It is just the evolution of him becoming a leader on our team. If he can emerge and score 12, 15, 18, 20 goals, it means we are having

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