Butler forward Tate Mohney (33) celebrates with Emerson Douthett after Mohney scored the game-winning goal against Seneca Valley Oct. 11. Mohney was named 2018 Butler Eagle Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

BUTLER TWP — He didn’t come away with a WPIAL championship or the Butler goals and assists records.

Tate Mohney, a senior forward, did establish his own soccer legacy with the Golden Tornado — and is coming away with the 2018 Butler Eagle Boys Soccer Player of the Year honor.

“You could make the argument that Tate is the best boys soccer player in the history of this program,” said Troy Mohney, his father and Butler’s varsity boys soccer coach.

He would know. Troy Mohney, a 1995 graduate, owns the Butler boys record of 62 goals scored in a career. His high school teammate, Greg Ohl, holds the Tornado career assists record of 46.

Tate Mohney scored 21 goals and had seven assists this season, leading Butler to an 11-5-2 record and an appearance in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals for the second successive year.

He had a hand in 28 of his team’s 39 goals.

In the end, it was Tate Mohney’s prowess on the pitch that won out.

This is an excerpt — read the full story in Friday’s Eagle.