When Naperville North was awarded a 28-yard free kick during the Class 3A sectional semifinals, senior defender Colin McMahon was standing next to senior forward Josh Pedersen.

McMahon had a choice. He could take the shot or pass it to Pedersen. There was no doubt about what McMahon would do.

“I’d be lying if I said I had a feeling I was going to shoot it,” McMahon said. “I knew whatever ball I’d give Josh, he would bury it. I trust him.”

So McMahon tapped the ball to Pedersen, who did indeed bury the shot to cap the scoring in the Huskies’ 4-0 win over Lockport on Oct. 28.

That was one of the team-high 30 goals scored by Pedersen, the 2025 Naperville Sun Boys Soccer Player of the Year, who led the Huskies (25-0-4) to the 3A state championship on Nov. 8. A Bowling Green recruit and the

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