Windermere boys and Horizon girls soccer teams fall in state semifinals

Following historic regional championship wins in the FHSAA state soccer tournaments for the Lady Hawks and the Wolverines, both failed to punch their ticket to the final game of the season.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 10:24 a.m. March 5, 2024

Sports
High Schools

Two of the area’s top soccer programs — Windermere High boys soccer and Horizon High girls soccer — won their respective regional championships this season. Both titles were historic for the young athletic programs and marked a significant moment in their respective development.

For the Wolverines, they topped Cypress Creek in the FHSAA Class 7A, Region 2 championship game on Feb. 22 by a score of 3-1, but in the next round, Windermere fell to eventual state champions Boca Raton High (24-0-2) in penalty kicks.

The Wolverines finished the season with a 16-2-1 record and were led by senior wing Jose Moyetones, who scored 26 goals and had 20 assists.

On the girls side, the Lady Hawks won their historic Class 5A, Region 2 title after a 1-0 road win over Seabreeze High. Like Windermere, though, Horizon fell in the following round to the eventual state champion, American Heritage High in PKs.

Senior Aida Bell finished the season with the most combined goal contributions for the Hawks with eight goals and nine assists total and Horizon concluded its third season with a 15-4-1 record.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.