T1. Isai Aguilar (Arcata), 24 goals
Aguilar is still at the top, and he has not slowed down. The sophomore has scored in three straight games and has five goals and an assist in Arcata's last three. As a freshman he scored 13 goals in 19 games; this fall he has 24 in 16, and his 3.1 points per game is more than double the 1.5 he managed a year ago. He is the finisher in a young Arcata attack, for a side that are 14-4-2 in the Big 5.
T1. Gaelen Creighton (McKinleyville), 24 goals
No one has closed the gap faster. Creighton was tied for fourth on our last list with 14 goals; in his final season the senior now has 24, level with Aguilar, and seven assists to go with them. No player on this list has more points than his 55, and he has been involved in 46 percent of McKinleyville's recorded goals.
3. Becker Rine (McKinleyville), 20 goals
Rine gives McKinleyville two of the top three places. The junior has 20 goals and two assists in 12 games, 3.5 points per game, against one of the tougher schedules among these teams. He is part of a deep attack for a McKinleyville side that are 14-4-2 in the Big 5: senior Lucas Jones has set up 17 goals, and Creighton sits two places above him.
T4. Pelayo Llamas III (College Preparatory School), 19 goals
Llamas III has played only seven games and has 19 goals. As a junior he scored seven in 11; as a senior he has 70 percent of the Cougars' recorded goals, and his 5.6 points per game is the best rate on this list. The run includes six goals at Redwood Christian on Sept. 15, an 8-0 win, and he has five goals and an assist across his last three games. College Preparatory School are 6-3-1 in the Bay Counties League - East.
T4. Judah Mukome (Athenian), 19 goals
Mukome is as much a creator as a finisher. The senior has 19 goals and 10 assists in 10 games, and only Soren James has more assists among the top ten. He has been involved in 62 percent of Athenian's recorded goals, and his 4.8 points per game is up from 2.6 as a junior. He had five goals and an assist against Brave Christian on Sept. 8, a 7-2 win, and four goals and two assists at California Crosspoint two days later, a 10-0 win. Athenian are 10-2-3 in the Bay Counties League - East, and Mukome and Llamas III are level on goals.
6. Soren James (Arcata), 15 goals
James is still the only freshman in the top ten, and he is still as likely to set a goal up as to score one. He has 15 goals and 12 assists in 19 games. Against Ferndale on Sept. 26, a 13-0 win, he had four goals and two assists; against St. Bernard's on Sept. 1, a 15-0 win, he had three goals and four assists. He is one of three Arcata players in the top ten.
T7. Braedan Swift (Credo), 14 goals
Swift has scored in six straight games. The junior has 14 goals and an assist in seven games, 4.1 points per game, and is the leading scorer for a Credo side that are 12-5-2 in the North Central League II. He had five goals and an assist across his last three.
T7. Eli Rothschild (The International School of San Francisco), 14 goals
No one in the top ten arrives in better form. Rothschild has five goals and four assists in his last three games, and he has climbed from a share of 10th on our last list. As a junior he scored three goals in eight games; as a senior he has 14 in 10, with eight assists, and has been involved in 65 percent of the Jaguars' recorded goals. His 3.6 points per game has come against one of the tougher schedules among these teams, for a side that are 7-2-1 in the Bay Counties League - Central.
T7. Dakota Grosveld (Arcata), 14 goals
Grosveld has scored in six straight games, with four goals and four assists in Arcata's last three. A year ago the junior had six goals and six assists in 20 games, 0.9 points per game; this fall he has 14 goals and nine assists in 19, and that figure is up to 1.9. He is the third Arcata player in the top ten, part of an attack in which 10 players have scored two or more.
10. Jair Inostroza Carrillo (Kelseyville), 12 goals
Inostroza Carrillo's goals have been decisive. Three of his 12 have been game-winners, and the senior has five assists to go with them. He has been involved in 43 percent of Kelseyville's recorded goals, for a side that are 9-6-3 in the North Central League I.