Despite finishing the season by losing six straight games and getting outscored 23-2 in the stretch, the Hun School boys’ soccer team didn’t get down on itself.

“The kids never quit, they played hard, no matter what the score,” said Hun head coach Pat Quirk, whose team finished the fall at 4-14-1.

“The record was not as successful as we wanted but it was still a fun season.”

Quirk pointed out that some untimely injuries did make things harder for the Raiders this fall.

“We have a lot of the right pieces but we couldn’t get them all healthy at the right time,” said Quirk. “We would try to plug one hole and then we would have another hole.”

One of the key pieces for Hun this fall was senior striker Tucker Stevenson.

“Tucker was a great guy for the program,” asserted Quirk, whose other seniors included Brendan Black and Esham Macauley.

“He was with us for three years, he studied abroad one fall. He was always happy and trying to have fun. He scored in the last game and he scored our first goal this season so I thought that was fitting.”

In Quirk’s view, the program has a good foundation in place with such players as sophomores Pat Nally, Connor Hufer, Logan Leppo, and Andrew Kaye together with juniors Alex Semler, M.J. Cobb, Chris Andrews, and Kieran Choi.

“Nally and Hufer played well in the middle but as sophomores, it is hard to go against junior and seniors there,” said Quirk.

“M.J. Cobb played a great defense for us. When he got hurt that was tough, that was a hole we couldn’t plug. We had three juniors and a sophomore in the back (Semler, Andrews, and Kaye in addition to Cobb) and the goalie  (Leppo) was a sophomore. Kieran Choi was in his second year for us and played defensive midfield and did a good job for us there.”

That core of players showed a love for the game, working hard in practice each day.

“The game is the teacher, the more we play, the more we learn,” said Quirk.

“That is why we scrimmage a lot in practice. They kept their heads up. In high school sports, something can switch at any time.”

Quirk believes his program can switch things up next fall and get back on the winning track. “The guys tried really hard, they can only get better and stronger,” said Quirk.

“We are still looking for that guy who can put the ball in the back of the net. I want them to just realize that it is still fun no matter what the record is and that you can still have a good time. I want them to get better each day in the offseason. We have been at the bottom and we want to rise to the top.”