The pitch has heated up around Aurora early in the boys soccer season.

Several area squads have opened the campaign in undefeated fashion and shown promise for potential in the coming weeks of the campaign.

Five Aurora teams have qualified for the postseason in each of the past two seasons — the same five in Aurora Central, Cherokee Trail, Grandview, Regis Jesuit and Vista PEAK Prep — while company could be coming to that group in 2025.

Smoky Hill’s last trip to the playoffs came back in 2019, but coach O’Neil Brown’s team is off to a strong start in an attempt to end the drought. The Buffaloes have jumped out to a 4-1 mark (which includes a 4-0 victory over Mountain Range Sept. 8), which puts them just two wins shy of their entire total from a year ago.

Leading goal scorer Elliott Kag

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