2025 Conner Cougars

We are about 5 weeks out from when the high school soccer season officially starting.  I'm looking forward to seeing how my beloved Cougars do this year.  There are some holes to fill with Trey Wagner gone from goal and Brayden Thornton no longer anchoring the defense.  Let's take a look at the 2025 Cougars!

As mentioned, the Cougars will need to replace Wagner in goal.  Beckham Mullins is capable of doing this and has been waiting patiently for 3 years now for his chance.  Mullins has good size, is aggressive, and communicates well from the back to his team.  This will be his year to be the "Man in the Box" and make a name for himself like his dad did playing for the "Red" Colonels back in the day.  

The backline for the Cougars return Kellen Faulkner who will be looking to improve one of the top defenses in the region last year.  The Cougars gave up 18 goals and of the 18, 9 goals were to 9th Region opponents.  Colin Davey, Benji Araujo, and Henry Cobble return as well and will be a tough group to score on.  Coach Walker will be looking to add 1-2 more players in the backline rotation.

The midfield for the Cougars will return Owen Swaney to lead the group.  Swaney can cover a lot of ground and is not afraid to mix it up with bigger opposition.  Who plays alongside of Swaney will be the biggest question.  Does Coach Walker stick with Dallas Marshall who will be looking to show he is a top player in the region or does he look to seniors like Brayden Cranfield, Clark Peterson, or even Benji Araujo to help.  

The front line for the Cougars maybe one the better ones they have had in years.  Grady Noble returns and will be looking to lay claim to top offensive player in the 9th Region.  Noble scored 12 goals last year and assisted in 5 others.  The Cougars will lean on Mason Ginn to be more of a scoring threat for the 2025 season.  Last year was Ginn's first playing striker and he played it on a broken toe on top of that.  Ginn was a threat to defenses, and it is my understanding had a very good club year where he played striker and scored double digit goals.  To help Noble and Ginn could be Clark Peterson, Dallas Marshall, or Parker Coleman.  A player that may also surprise teams is Landon Henn who had a good JV season for the Cougars last year.  

Other players to watch for the 2025 season include Ayden Terry, Noah Beckley and Anthony Ortiz.  

The Cougars have a tough schedule for 2025, probably one of the toughest they have had in years.

Here is a glimpse of the games scheduled for 2025:

Bluegrass Game (3 Games)

Soccerama - Simon Kenton

Regular Season

Covington Catholic

Louisville Collegiate

GRC

Highlands

Simon Kenton

South Oldham

Beechwood

Dixie Heights

Elder (OH)

Lawrenceburg (IN)

NCC

Bishop Brossart

Boone County

Villa Madonna

Cooper

St. Henry

Ryle

CAL 

Bryan Station

Madison Central

I'm looking forward to watching this 2025 Cougar team do great things this year.