Classical boys soccer celebrates season

In its banquet on Tuesday, the Lynn Classical boys soccer team honored a standout season ? and a memorable individual season.Click here for a photo gallery.The Rams finished 2009 with an 11-6-3 record and a Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) tournament appearance. Senior Miguel Castro rewrote the Rams record books during that stretch. He finished his three-plus years on the varsity with 93 goals and 44 assists, both of which are school records. He is the only player in the history of Classical soccer – both boys and girls – to break the 100 career-point mark. Now he is playing for the junior team of the New England Revolution, and thinking about the next step.”He’s still undecided,” Rams coach Joe Skahan said. “He’s being scouted heavily.”At the team banquet at the Prince House of Pizza in Saugus, Castro received a special recognition for the day he reached 100 career points: the ball he kicked into the net for the goal that gave him 100 points, signed by his teammates. Castro is donating the ball to the Classical trophy case. He was also presented with the 2009 Team MVP trophy and a Northeastern Conference All-Star certificate.Five other players won awards: Cristian Lopez received the Team Backbone Award, Greg Rybak was the Defensive Player of the Year, Guy Guillaume was named Most Improved, Pentelis Thomidis received the Team Heart Award, and Joel Reyes was the Rookie of the Year.”It was the end of a great season,” Skahan said.Rybak, Dammy Dada and Abdoulaye Bah are the team captains for 2010.