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All eyes on Golden Gate in revamped district
NAPLES — Since the school opened in 2004,
Dwight Morgan has quickly turned Golden Gate’s boys soccer team into a local
power.
The Titans qualified for the regional playoffs in their second season,
won a district championship in their third and went to the state semifinals
in 2007. With two-thirds of the players back from the Class 4A semifinalist
team, Golden Gate was supposed to be a bona fide championship contender last
season.
Instead, injuries ravaged the Titans, who were upset in the Class
4A-District 12 semifinals by Lely and missed the regional playoffs for the
first time since their inaugural season.
Now, Morgan is hoping to get Golden Gate back on track.
“We’re focused and ready to go,” said Morgan, the only coach in the
program’s short history. “We’re not really focusing on wins as we have in
the past. We want to play as a unit, to make sure our weakest guy is as
strong as our strongest player. Our main focus is team.”
The Titans might not have a high-scoring superstar as in years past, but
Morgan hopes the team’s offense will be distributed among a handful of
players.
Louben Augustin is the leading returning scorer with 11 goals last
season. Andy Hernandez, this year’s senior captain, had seven
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