Boys soccer: Zarek Sierazy earns second All-DAC honor, Cody Baughman and Nate Kitchel their first

Tom Keegan
Onwardtrojans.com

Chesterton seniors Zarek Sierazy and Nate Kitchel and junior Cody Baughman were among 25 boys soccer players to earn All-DAC honors.
Sierazy leads the Trojans in goals (17) and assists (eight). Kitchel has five goals and two assists, and Kitchel anchors the defense from his center-back position. Sierazy also earned all-conference honors as a junior.
The Trojans will try to avenge a 1-0 loss to Valparaiso at 7 p.m. today at Kankakee Valley in a sectional quarterfinal match.
Chesterton came into the season with a streak of seven consecutive seasons of winning the DAC, either as outright champion or co-champion, but with leading returning scorer Cal Stuckert sidelined most of the season by injury, the Trojans tumbled to fourth with a 4-3 DAC record. Lake Central, led by DAC MVP George Karabatsos, Crown Point and Valparaiso were tri-champions, finishing 6-1. LaPorte, Portage and Merrillville tied for fifth, and Michigan City finished eighth.
All-DAC selections by school:
Crown Point: Nathaniel Townsend, Liam Bazin, Maksim Tasevski, Edward Sunblad, Nolan Babcock.
Lake Central: Ethan Terry, Karabatsos, Stelios Tsahas, Connor Billmeyer, Kaden Vickery.
LaPorte: Abel Owuor, Ayden Hunt.
Michigan City: Gerardo Patino.
Merrillville: Benito Gonzalez, Joel Salas.
Portage: Ryan Scanlan, Victor Briseno.
Valparaiso: Jack Luth, Camden Rasmussen, Zach Bayer, Landon O’Halek, Patrick Klimek.