Waverly – 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.

Waverly

Head Coach – Michael Ziola

Previous Records

Players to Watch – Reece Dalton

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

NEST Analysis – Waverly looked to be on the climb in 2018 but suffered a setback in 2019. As an up and coming team, results often resemble a rollercoaster. Regardless, there is still much to admire about this program and its future. Waverly, as a community, school, and team, continue to increase its thumbprint on the state stage. With that in mind, the Vikings may be the surprise team of 2021. If that prediction comes to fruition, do not expect them to be a one season wonder. Instead, Nebraska Soccer Talk anticipates a new soccer hub developing. Reece Dalton is the one known commodity heading into 2021. Dalton is a player that is capable of making an impact at any given moment during a game. Coach Michael Ziola will be tasked with strategizing around this piece and finding a few more. Nebraska Soccer Talk will be watching Waverly very closely throughout the 2021 campaign and beyond. Right now, the Vikings have been placed on our pre-season list of Teams on the Verge. Soon they may be making regular and sustained appearances in our Top 10.

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Chace Hutchison