When Ella Ortiz first stepped on to the field for Voorhees three years ago, she had a clear vision.

Stay home. Build the program. Be an all-time great.

The senior has checked all of those boxes, and more. Last week, Ortiz scored her 100th goal, cementing herself as the best soccer player Voorhees has ever seen.

“You really don’t see it much anymore,” said Voorhees coach Ian Kirkpatrick . “You see kids going to the preps and building these super teams. From the first day as a freshman, she said she was going to stay here at Voorhees. Her goal has always been to be the best player in the school’s history, and she’s done that.”

Kirkpatrick had not heard about the hype surrounding Ortiz before she came to her first practice in 2022. It was his first-year as head coach and he was settli

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