CUMBERLAND — Madalyn Bucy took the area by storm in 2025.
The freshman striker appeared to be playing the game at a different speed at times, scoring an area-leading 25 goals and adding 10 assists to lead Allegany to its fourth unbeaten regular season in school history.
Bucy, who did her damage in just 12 games due to a season-ending injury, was selected as Offensive Player of the Year by the area’s head coaches.
“Madalyn’s stats speak for themselves,” Allegany head coach Andy Farrell said, “but unless you coach her or have the privilege to watch her, you would not know how dominant she actually is.
“Some players are fast off of the ball, some slow down a little bit. She seemed to get faster when she had it at her feet. A lot of people saw she was able just to dribble into the goal or get close. She had one of the best shots on our team. She could hit it from anywhere on the field.”
Mountain Ridge midfielder Fiona Ruddell finished second in the award voting.
The girls soccer awards were selected at a meeting of the area’s head coaches.
Farrell was named Coach of the Year and Fort Hill’s Jemma Stafford was revealed as Goalkeeper of the Year in Wednesday’s edition of the Times-News.
Mountain Ridge’s Lyla Robison was also awarded Defensive Player of the Year on Friday.
The Player of the Year will be announced in the weekend edition.
The award winners, with the exception of Coach of the Year, will receive their awards at the 77th Dick Sterne Memorial Dapper Dan Sports Banquet at a date/time to be announced.
Bucy is the second Camper to win the honor in the last three years. Avery Miller won it in 2023.
Three other Allegany standouts have earned the area’s top offensive honor in Skylar Ellsworth (2019), Zayne Brakeall (‘16) and DeTonia DeGross (‘06).
Bucy began her career with a bang, scoring four goals against Francis Scott Key, and she garnered multi-goal performances seven times with five hat tricks.
The freshman, lethal with both feet, had at least one point in every game and ended with an area-leading 5.0 points per contest.
“We had a phenomenal contingent of players behind her and on the outside of her, but it really didn’t matter if she had the ball in space or even with a little bit of space, she was going to make a defense pay,” Farrell said. “She did that against the teams that were the best teams in the area. And that just shows that she can score pretty much against anyone at any given time.”
Bucy was a team player too, finishing second on Allegany with 10 assists (Myia Miller, 15). Her 0.83 assists per game ranked third locally.
“You could say it’s a waste having her up there in front because she would have been effective as a midfielder, she would have been effective as a central defender,” Farrell said.
Standout freshmen are nothing new for Allegany.
The Campers are less than a year removed from the graduation of Avery Miller, who scored a school record 93 goals before signing with Penn State for track and field in 2025.
Like Miller, Bucy played well beyond her years at the onset despite her inexperience.
“This goes back to our leadership from our captains,” Farrell said. “They saw the potential of that pressure to be there because Madalyn carries that with her, and I think that helped alleviate some of that.”
Bucy’s season was derailed by a knee injury against Northern on Oct. 8.
The area’s Offensive Player of the Year is progressing well on the path to recovery.
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“I think the sky is the limit for her,” Farrell said. “She’s already had her surgery. She’s battling back from that. And the doctor told her to slow down because she’s just working as hard as she can to come back.”