{"id":532893,"date":"2026-03-13T04:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532893\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:01:11","slug":"boys-soccer-growing-pains-continue-for-st-joseph-in-home-shutout-to-maeser-prep-news-sports-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532893\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys soccer: Growing pains continue for St. Joseph in home shutout to Maeser Prep | News, Sports, Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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St. Joseph’s Sebastian Fiederer, right, fires a shot beyond Maeser Prep defenders Advalt Joshi (8) and Seth Johnson (20) during a nonregion boys soccer match on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Ogden.<\/p>\n

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St. Joseph’s Alex Hernandez, right, boots the ball away from Maeser Prep’s Vaughn Fick, left, during a nonregion boys soccer match on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Ogden.<\/p>\n

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St. Joseph’s Felipe Uribe takes flight for a high-flying shot from Maeser Prep during a nonregion boys soccer match on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Ogden.<\/p>\n

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St. Joseph coach David Newman encourages his team from the sideline during a nonregion boys soccer match against Maeser Prep on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Ogden.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tSt. Joseph\u2019s Sebastian Fiederer, right, fires a shot beyond Maeser Prep defenders Advalt Joshi (8) and Seth Johnson (20) during a nonregion boys soccer match on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Ogden.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tSt. Joseph coach David Newman encourages his team from the sideline during a nonregion boys soccer match against Maeser Prep on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Ogden.<\/p>\n

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OGDEN \u2014 The St. Joseph boys soccer team is off to a rockier start than it\u2019d prefer three matches into the regular season.<\/p>\n

Defending 2A state champion Maeser Prep handed down the Jayhawks\u2019 second consecutive loss, a 5-0 shutout at home, to begin the season 1-3 after another second-half collapse on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Tied at the half, Maeser (5-0) produced three different goals between Denzel Sono-Koree and Donnell Sono-Koree in as little as 19 minutes to put the Jayhawks (1-3) and senior goalkeeper Felipen Uribe on the hot seat.<\/p>\n

Tyler Reedy and Donnell Sono-Koree added two more goals inside the final 12 minutes of the match to complete the shutout, and an exhausted, defeated Jayhawks squad could finally rest from the downpour.<\/p>\n

With little depth, St. Joseph is traversing the second half with guys who\u2019re seeing near-nonstop action for 30-plus minutes each half. Senior captain and forward Sebastian Fiederer is one of those names that rarely leave the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of these players have never seen the pitch before,\u201d Fiederer said. \u201cI think that\u2019s the biggest hump we need to overcome, it\u2019s learning to control the game. There are some kids that\u2019ll always play minutes \u2014 they\u2019ll play the whole game, and there\u2019s no way around that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his second season as coach, David Newman, who also serves as the head girls soccer coach at 5A Woods Cross in the fall, is tasked with guiding a mixed back of talented returners and eager newcomers in the season ahead.<\/p>\n

While familiar faces \u2014 forward Alex Hernandez, defender Quinn Cousineau, and midfielder Brocker Smith \u2014 are back to lead St. Joseph, the group\u2019s razor-thin margin for injury worries Newman every week. The Jayhawks are comprised of just 16 players again this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy legitimate worry is when the injuries come,\u201d Newman said. \u201cWe did nothing (Wednesday) other than a recovery session because it\u2019s all we can do because you can\u2019t go hard; there\u2019s nothing much you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Missing from the Jayhawks this season is All-Area midfielder Daniel Fontes, who tallied 74 career goals during his St. Joseph career while helping last year\u2019s 9-5 team reach the state semifinals.<\/p>\n

While Fiederer and his fellow seniors hope to carry his torch, there\u2019s a level of experience the Jayhawks simply can\u2019t replicate overnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was not only a leader on the field, but he was a positive impact and a great player,\u201d Fiederer said of Fontes. \u201cI think there\u2019s a transitional period, and we\u2019re still in that (period), but it\u2019s just a learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, the Jayhawks are addressing their starting 11 like a chemistry set: carefully studying and experimenting with what\u2019s in front of them.<\/p>\n

With one win on the board, an 8-3 home win over Utah Military Academy-Hill Field to begin the regular season, the Jayhawks are still a work in progress as the team reels from two losses against two of the classification\u2019s top squads.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only March, and it\u2019s unfair to judge St. Joseph in its infancy. But to that end, the Jayhawks are only what they make of themselves following a disastrous finish to the team\u2019s region opener to end the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s difficult bringing in a lot of young players,\u201d Fiederer said. \u201cThis kind of acts as our preseason almost, where we\u2019re figuring things out, testing new things, putting different players in different positions (and) see what that gives us. I think from here, it really just becomes about what works.\u201d<\/p>\n

With another home bout with Draper APA slated for 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, the Jayhawks enjoy a lengthy break before regrouping for their next chance at rejoining the win column. Thursday was both a step forward and a step backward, Newman said, and he\u2019s hoping their next step includes a victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first half was a huge improvement from how we played on Tuesday,\u201d Newman said. \u201cBut you saw what happened in the second half. It just went south, but we\u2019ve gotta just keep working, right? Just keep working, try and keep people fit, keep people cheerful and we\u2019ll see where we end up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connect with prep sports reporter Conner Becker via email at cbecker@standard.net and X @ctbecker.<\/p>\n

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