Armando Jarquin got his first taste of Wheaton North varsity soccer when he got called up last October after he finished his JV1 schedule as a freshman.

The Wheaton North sophomore is one of the young and fresh faces for the Falcons, who graduated 25 seniors a season ago from a 2-15-2 team.

He scored twice, including the game-winner with just under 10 minutes remaining, to lift the Falcons to a 2-1 win over Geneva in the Addison Trail Joe Novy Classic on Aug. 28.

Jarquin curled a 22-yard shot from sophomore wing Miguel Maldonado out of the reach of the Geneva goalkeeper to tie the Vikings midway through the second half.

That set the stage for his game-winner off a long ball that senior defender Chris Mann sent deep into the box. Jarquin pounced on the ball on one hop, where it skied

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