Freeport girls soccer star Camryn Woods player of the year: See 2025 Butler County all-stars
This past girls soccer season isn’t one Freeport will soon forget.
“I knew we had a good team coming in this year, and the girls came in with the right attitude,” Yellowjackets coach Steve Kukic said. “They were kinda on a mission.”
Freeport posted a 21-2 record, winning its first WPIAL Class 2A crown and reaching the PIAA semifinals. Junior forward Camryn Woods was at the team’s forefront.
“She’s that good,” Kukic said. “She can beat two people. Her speed and her physicality, it’s pretty unmatched. Plus, it just opens spots up for anyone else. ... She picked and (chose) her times to go at them.”
Woods pinned up 26 goals and 16 assists “while being double- and triple-teamed,” Kukic said.
The coach also took notice of her fiery attitude on the field, one that was evident as the ’Jackets battled with section rival Burrell in the district final. Woods prodded an assist to Elena Jenkins on her trophy-winning goal late in that matchup.
“You have to have that mentality if you’re gonna be a Division I athlete,” Kukic said. “She always seems to have a chip on her shoulder. She would create any sort of animosity towards (an opponent). Anything to get her fired up for the game.
“That’s half the battle, really. If you come in and you compete hard, then you can make up for other things. But if you compete hard and have the skill that she has, it creates problems for other teams.”
Woods is also an Ohio University verbal commit.
“It’s been a blessing to have two years with her — and to get one more,” Kukic said.
Woods headlines this year’s All-Butler County team, with first team selections listed alphabetically, followed by honorable mentions.
Alyssa Alcorn, sr., G, Freeport: Alcorn, Kukic said, “made big saves in big situations.” She allowed 12 goals all season while notching 15 shutouts, including one in the WPIAL Class 2A championship.
Phoebe Brandon, jr., F, Karns City: For a team that won its fifth District 9 Class 1A title in a row, Brandon notched 20 goals and a Butler County area-leading 28 assists. She’ll be a focus of the Gremlins’ attack next season.
Jade Breese, so., MF, Mars: Breese paced the Planets in scoring, depositing 15 goals and dishing out 10 assists. Mars reached the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals.
Hanna Dailey, sr., MF, Karns City: According to statistics compiled by the Butler Eagle, Dailey led the Butler County area in goals (45) and was second in assists (24) this season.
Dailey scored 104 goals during her Gremlins career.
Bella Gianfrancesco, sr., MF, Seneca Valley: An all-section and all-WPIAL selection, Gianfrancesco totaled three goals and five assists for the Raiders.
Gianfrancesco will continue her career at Slippery Rock University.
Peyton Los, sr., MF, Freeport: Kukic described Los as his team’s “workhorse in the midfield.” She registered seven goals and another seven assists, contributing to the program’s unforgettable campaign.
Los is a Slippery Rock University signee.
Maddie Marcotte, sr., MF, Seneca Valley: Marcotte earned all-section, all-Big 56 first-team and all-WPIAL honors for the Raiders. She tacked five goals on the scoreboard and assisted 12 others.
Karly Majeski, sr., MF, Seneca Valley: Majeski, a James Madison commit, has a laundry list of achievements for the showing she produced this fall, including all-section, all-WPIAL and all-state nods.
Majeski helped the Raiders reached the WPIAL Class 4A final by scoring 18 goals and handing out seven assists.
Maeve O’Leary, sr., MF/D, Mars: O’Leary “played every competitive minute all season,” Planets coach Blair Gerlach said. She recorded seven goals and seven assists in the process.
Addie Orehowsky, sr., D, Mars: Orehowsky helped the Planets pile up a dozen shutouts this season. She fired in four goals and had another five assists, as well.
Simone Sharpless, sr., F/MF, North Catholic: After winning last year’s Butler Eagle Girls Soccer Player of the Year award, Sharpless did even better statistically this time around.
Sharpless, who finished with more than 100 goals for her career, put in 29 goals and added 15 assists for the Trojanettes, who reached the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals.
Kamryn Burtner, sr., F, Knoch; Alyssa Cooper, so., D, Freeport; Miley Gratton, so., F, Mars; Megan Heinbach, fr., F, North Catholic; Ava Kamenski, sr., D, Karns City; Cassie Leonard, sr., F, Seneca Valley; Lucia Leyland, jr., F/MF, Butler; Malina McElroy, jr., F/MF/D, Butler; Sydney Postler, jr., G, Seneca Valley; Cecelia Schlegel, so., F/MF, Freeport; Cecelia Wolford, sr., F, Butler; Reagan Young, sr., D/MF, North Catholic.
