Harvard hasn’t let a season end without hoisting the Kishwaukee River Conference Tournament championship trophy since the first year of the bracket-style event in 2022.

And senior midfielder Jesus Aquino and the Hornets weren’t about to let that tradition fizzle out Monday against KRC regular-season champion Woodstock North .

Aquino opened the scoring with a left-footed strike less than 12 minutes in, and the third-seeded Hornets went on to score the game’s first four goals en route to a 4-1 win over the top-seeded Thunder for the program’s fourth straight tournament title at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock.

“It was very important to keep that streak going and keep seeing Harvard on that trophy,” said Aquino, who also added an assist in the win. “All four years I’ve been her

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