Bennington – Class B Team Preview (Girls)

Previewing an upcoming season is never an easy task. To do so properly takes countless hours of emails, observations, statistical research, conversation, and reflection. Adding onto that difficulty are challenges, such as a cancelled 2020 season and lingering COVID restrictions, making our preview preparation feel almost impossible.

Despite these obstacles, the approaching 2021 season and its participants – whether that be players, coaches, fans, or families – deserve some semblance of normalcy. Soccer in Nebraska and all those who participate deserve to be promoted. Over the course of the next several weeks, NEST will overview EVERY high school soccer program in our state. This was done to the best of our ability using all of the information we could collect.

Nebraska Soccer Talk is here to support many fantastic teams, coaches, players, fans, and referees that make our game possible. One mission of this venture is to discover and centralize newsworthy information. This can only be done in collaboration with individual programs. As a whole, our sport must better promote itself in order to grow the player and supporter pool. We encourage every team to proudly and consistently advertise itself to us and the general public. The more information available, the more our game will grow. Soccer is a game historically left behind to linger in the background in the United States. That circumstance is changing, but that change will not happen automatically. Growing and covering all aspects of our sport will take effort from all of those who love it.

Disclaimer – To prepare for these articles, a questionnaire was sent to every school’s head coach and athletic director. Many of these questionnaires were returned in a timely fashion, others were not. Nebraska Soccer Talk prides itself on equal and in-depth coverage, but cooperation is needed to meet that goal. Please consider this to be our reasoning when it comes to article length and accuracy.

Bennington

Head Coach – Alex Mathers

Previous Records

Year Record
2019 15-3
2018 6-8

Players to Watch – Deja Daniels, Mia Hurt

State Status – Front Runner, Contender, Dark Horse, Up-And-Coming, Building, Too Early To Tell

Previous Season Accomplishments – 2019 Class B State Qualifier

NEST Analysis – Nebraska Soccer Talk is high on the Bennington Badgers, that has been no secret. The short-term and long-term outlooks for this program are extremely encouraging. In the short-term, the Lady Badgers will be led by two very talented players. Mia Hurt is a goalscorer that simply creates mismatches for the opponents. She looks to be a star in Class B. Mia’s co-star will be Deja Daniels who is a very exciting player in her own right. If a few more pieces are placed in the puzzle, Bennington could repeat their spectacular 2019 season.

In the long-term, the community of Bennington appears to be growing at a high rate. For the athletic programs, that means a larger player pool and presumably more talent. In combination with the influx of numbers, Bennington Soccer Club has added much needed structure to the youth scene. Bennington will begin the season as the #6 ranked team in the Nebraska Soccer Talk Pre-Season Top 10.

 

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Bennington High – Class B Team Preview (Boys)

Previewing an upcoming season is never an easy task. To do so properly takes countless hours of emails, observations, statistical research, conversation, and reflection. Adding onto that difficulty are challenges, such as a cancelled 2020 season and lingering COVID restrictions, making our preview preparation feel almost impossible.

Despite these obstacles, the approaching 2021 season and its participants – whether that be players, coaches, fans, or families – deserve some semblance of normalcy. Soccer in Nebraska and all those who participate deserve to be promoted. Over the course of the next several weeks, NEST will overview EVERY high school soccer program in our state. This was done to the best of our ability using all of the information we could collect.

Nebraska Soccer Talk is here to support many fantastic teams, coaches, players, fans, and referees that make our game possible. One mission of this venture is to discover and centralize newsworthy information. This can only be done in collaboration with individual programs. As a whole, our sport must better promote itself in order to grow the player and supporter pool. We encourage every team to proudly and consistently advertise itself to us and the general public. The more information available, the more our game will grow. Soccer is a game historically left behind to linger in the background in the United States. That circumstance is changing, but that change will not happen automatically. Growing and covering all aspects of our sport will take effort from all of those who love it.

Disclaimer – To prepare for these articles, a questionnaire was sent to every school’s head coach and athletic director. Many of these questionnaires were returned in a timely fashion, others were not. Nebraska Soccer Talk prides itself on equal and in-depth coverage, but cooperation is needed to meet that goal. Please consider this to be our reasoning when it comes to article length and accuracy.

Bennington

Head Coach – Dean Limbach

Previous Records

Year Record
2019 6-9
2018 4-10

State Status – Front Runner, Contender, Dark Horse, Up-And-Coming, Building, Too Early To Tell

NEST Analysis –  A growing community and surging club soccer scene indicates a promising future for Bennington boys soccer. Coach Dean Limbach should have plenty of upcoming talent at his disposable very soon. That uptick of talent will eventually contend at the highest levels of Class B. Predicting a state berth may be slightly too ambitious for the 2021 season, however, adding to the win column is definitely in order. For Nebraska soccer as a whole, the growth of soccer culture inside of Bennington should be a major focus point. Identifying and promoting the next up-and-comers for our sport is a one of many missions for Nebraska Soccer Talk. Look for Bennington to be a regular at the state tournament in the near future.

 

Thank you for reading and being a part of our new community. A like, share, comment or recommendation of content would be greatly appreciated. In order to financially support our efforts, sponsorship/partnership opportunities have become available. Sponsors will receive vast exposure to the Nebraska soccer community through different media avenues. The sponsorship process is easy and reasonable.

Contact us on our website or email @ nebraskasoccertalk@gmail.com.

Connect with us on TwitterInstagram, or listen to our podcast on Spotify.