1. Isai Aguilar (Arcata), 19 goals
Aguilar has already gone past last fall's total. As a freshman he scored 13 goals in 19 games; as a sophomore he has 19 in 12, and six of them have come in Arcata's last three games. He is the finisher in the youngest attack on this list, for a side that are 10-3-2 in the Big 5, and his 3.2 points per game is more than double the 1.5 he managed a year ago.
T2. Judah Mukome (Athenian), 15 goals
No one in the top ten has more assists. Mukome, a senior, has 15 goals and 10 assists in only seven games, and has been involved in 71 percent of Athenian's recorded goals. He had five goals and an assist against Brave Christian on Sept. 8, a 7-2 win, and at 5.7 points per game he has more than doubled his output from last season. Athenian are 8-2-1.
T2. Becker Rine (McKinleyville), 15 goals
Rine has 15 goals in eight games, for a McKinleyville side that are 11-3-0 in the Big 5. The junior has scored a third of the Panthers' recorded goals and is part of a deep attack: senior Gaelen Creighton sits two places below him, and Lucas Jones has set up 13 goals.
T4. Pelayo Llamas III (College Preparatory School), 14 goals
Llamas III has played only four games and has 14 goals, 12 of them in his last three. The run includes six at Redwood Christian on Sept. 15, an 8-0 win, and five at St. Joseph Notre Dame three days later, a 7-1 win. The senior has 70 percent of the Cougars' recorded goals, and his 7.0 points per game has come against one of the tougher schedules among these teams.
T4. Gaelen Creighton (McKinleyville), 14 goals
Creighton gives McKinleyville a second scorer in the top five. The senior has 14 goals and five assists in 12 games and has been involved in 42 percent of the Panthers' recorded goals. Between them, he and Rine have 29 goals.
6. Braedan Swift (Credo), 13 goals
Swift has scored in five straight games and has 13 goals in six. The junior is the leading scorer for a Credo side that are 9-3-2 in the North Central League II, and he shares the work with a teammate who also makes this list.
7. Soren James (Arcata), 12 goals
James is the only freshman in the top ten, and he is as likely to set a goal up as to score one. He has 12 goals and nine assists in 15 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. Alongside Aguilar, he gives Arcata two of the first seven places.
T8. Oliver Graziani (Credo), 10 goals
Graziani has 10 goals in only four games, the second Credo junior in the top ten. Last fall he averaged 2.1 points per game; this fall that figure is 5.5, against one of the tougher schedules among these teams. He had six goals and two assists across his last three games.
T8. Jair Inostroza Carrillo (Kelseyville), 10 goals
Inostroza Carrillo's goals have been decisive. Three of his 10 have been game-winners, and the senior has been involved in 41 percent of Kelseyville's recorded goals, with three assists to go with them. He has taken 55 shots in 10 games for a Kelseyville side that are 7-5-1 in the North Central League I.
T10. Ethan Hikes (Fort Bragg), 9 goals
Hikes has nine goals in seven games for a Fort Bragg side that are 10-4-1 in the North Central League I. The junior has scored at 2.6 points per game against one of the tougher schedules among these teams.
T10. Eli Rothschild (The International School of San Francisco), 9 goals
Few players have come further in a year. As a junior, Rothschild scored three goals in eight games; as a senior he has nine in seven, with four assists, and has been involved in 59 percent of the Jaguars' recorded goals. He had four goals and an assist against San Francisco Waldorf on Sept. 18, an 8-2 win, and did the same against Drew three days later, a 5-1 win.
T10. Oscar Estrella Jr (Fort Bragg), 9 goals
Estrella Jr makes it two Fort Bragg players level on nine goals. The senior has his in eight games, and with Hikes alongside him, Fort Bragg have one of the more evenly shared attacks on this list.
T10. Dakota Grosveld (Arcata), 9 goals
Grosveld is the third Arcata player in the top ten. The junior has nine goals and five assists in 15 games, part of an Arcata attack in which eight players have scored two or more. With Aguilar and James ahead of him, no side on this list has more players in the race.