The 2025 boys high school soccer season was another exciting one around the Rockford area, with plenty of stars rising to the top once again.
Boylan and Byron both took their conference titles and turned them into decent postseason runs, although they were both eliminated in sectional semifinal setbacks. More Rockford-area sports: Who's wrestling? Here are 93 names to watch around the Rockford area
"This one stings," Boylan head coach Jose Gomez said back then.
While Harlem was unable to reach most of its goals, finishing 11-10-1 overall and seventh in the final NIC-10 standings, striker Stevan Ljubicic was one of the best goal scorers in the state, for the second year in a row. His talents led to him also being named the Rockford Register Star's boys soccer Player of the Year, or MVP,

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