JAMESTOWN — Coming off a fourth-place finish in the state, the Jamestown High School boys’ soccer team heads into this year with lots of experience and a renewed energy to improve on last year. “Our expectations this season is to continue to build on the success that we had last year and to keep getting better every single game and every practice,” Blue Jays head coach Brandi Harty said. Last year, the Blue Jays made it to the NDHSAA Boys Soccer State Tournament as the No.
2 seed from the WDA and lost 1-0 to eventual state champions Fargo Shanley in the semifinals before losing to Minot 3-2 in the third-place game. Harty said the team started practicing on Aug. 5 in preparation for their season opener at 7:30 p.
m. on Friday, Aug. 16, against Mandan.
“The boys this year, they’ve brought a level of intensity that is very different than the past two years,” Harty said. “So practice is really productive and it’s really really fun to coach. It’s a great atmosphere right now.
It’s fun to see once we start games what they can do with the level of play that they’ve been bringing in practice.” ADVERTISEMENT The Blue Jays will have to replace the team’s top goal scorer from last year, Connor Traut, who has moved on to play for the UJ men’s soccer team. One player who will be expected to fill that void is Iddi Ramadhani, who finished with seven goals and six assists for 13 points.
“A lot because I’m one of the few players on the team that scores most of.