Magnolia West's Jeremias Gonzalez (8) was named the District 20-5A Most Valuable Player in 2018 as a sophomore.
Magnolia West enters the 2019 season with a handful of familiar faces back on the field and a new one at the helm of the program.
Christian Boehm, who was an assistant coach at Conroe for the last three years, takes over a program that has been one of the county's strongest in recent years.
The Mustangs have advanced at least three rounds into the postseason for three straight seasons, and have been to at least the second round every year since 2013.
In his first stop as a head coach, Boehm hopes to keep the trend alive.
Magnolia West finished last season with a 22-2 record after a Region III-5A quarterfinal loss to A&M Consolidated on penalty kicks.
In 2019, the Mustangs return eight players that received All-District honors a season ago. One of them, now-junior Jeremias Gonzalez, was named District 20-5A's Player of the Year and was a First Team All-County selection.
Overall, Boehm said his transition to Magnolia West has been a smooth one. He credits his new players, especially the older ones, for accepting him.
Senior Fernando Garcia will join Gonzalez toward the top of the formation.
Junior Carlos Larios and seniors Parker Hawks and Brandon Setoda will be an experienced midfield presence for the Mustangs this season as the team replaces District 20-5A Midfielder of the Year and First Team All-County selection Kevin Aguilar. There's one freshman, Jafet Ramirez, who cracked the varsity roster as an attacking midfielder.
Magnolia West lost a First Team All-District and All-County defender in Duylio Gonzalez, but Boehm said the new defensive group has stepped up in preseason practice.
The Mustangs will compete in District 19-5A for the next two seasons with Brenham, Bryan Rudder, College Station, A&M Consolidated, Katy Paetow, Magnolia and Waller.
Before getting into district play in late January, Boehm will look for growth during a non-district schedule that was mostly left to him by former Magnolia West coach Alex Morris.