Heading into the last month of the school year, kids on Anna Maria Island are winding up a season of league play at the community center.
Midway through the spring soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, Truly Nolen has a commanding lead in the 8-10 division standings.
Sitting at 4-0-1, they hold a 4-point lead over Progressive Cabinetry at 3-2, closely followed by Wash Family Construction at 2-3. Slim’s Place holds down the bottom of the standings on a 1-3-1 record.
The two-team 11-14 division is knotted up with Sign-A-Rama and Salty Printing tied with 2-2 records.
In 8-10 division action May 13, Progressive Cabinetry showed it’s a team to be reckoned with in a 7-3 victory over Wash. Ewen Cloutier scored three goals and Jackson Pakbaz added two goals to lead Progressive, which also received a goal and an assist from Kieran Cloutier and Jack McCarthy in the victory.
Riley Lawson scored all three goals for Wash, which also received two saves from Dalton Fox.
The second game of the day saw fourth-place Slim’s Place and first-place Truly Nolen post a 4-4 tie. Aiden Templeton scored the goals for Slim’s, which also saw four saves between the pipes from Gabe Hoover.
Jack Mattick scored three goals and Chris Ueltschi added a goal to lead Truly Nolen, which also received four saves from goalie Victor Albrecht and assists from Nick Yatros and Lincoln Sauls.
Eight-10 division action May 8 wound up in blowout wins from Progressive Cabinetry and Truly Nolen. Progressive scored a 7-0 victory over Slim’s Place behind four goals from Jackson Pakbaz and two goals from Jack McCarthy. Ewen Cloutier chipped in a goal and an assist in the victory.
Gabe Hoover and Brenna Heckler, with five saves with four saves respectively, tried in vain to keep Slim’s in the game.
The second game of the evening saw Truly Nolen roll to an 8-2 victory behind four goals from Jack Mattick and a pair of goals from Tori Hurst. Lincoln Sauls and Liam Coleman completed the victory with a goal each.
Lawson had a goal and an assist to lead Wash, which also received a goal from Jason McGee and five saves from Fox in the loss.
The last game of the night saw Salty Printing edge Sign-A-Rama by a 2-1 score to knot up the standings in the two-team 11-14 division. Javier Rivera and Thomas Heckler each scored a goal to lead Salty, while David Daigle and Ava Zink each added assists in the victory.
Tyler Brewer notched the lone goal for Sign-A-Rama, which saw a pair of saves from Tuna McCracken in the loss.
Key Royale golf news
Men’s golf action at Key Royale Club kicked off the week with a nine-hole modified Stableford-system match.
Mike Gille carded a plus-4 to earn individual honors, a point ahead of second-place finisher Gary Razze.
Razze’s total helped his team of Gerry Dahl, Jon Holcomb and Earl Ritchiel to a plus-3 to win the team competition.
The women took the course May 9 for a nine-hole, individual-low-net match in four flights.
Andi Saia torched the course in Flight A with a 5-under-par 27. Helen Pollock, who birdied the second hole, was two shots back in second place.
Roxanne Koche and Sue Wheeler both carded 1-under-par 31s, but Koche prevailed in a card off to earn the honors in Flight B.
Jan Turner fired a 3-under-par 29 to take first place in the Flight C by four shots over second-place finisher Terry Westby.
Judy Hutton’s 4-under-par 28 gave her a one-stroke margin of victory in Flight D ahead of Wendy Holcomb in second place with 29.
Phyllis Roe won the closest-to-the-pin contest on the eighth hole, while Eileen Witzgall had a chipin. Jen Holmes made birdie on the hole six to wrap the day’s highlights.
The men were back on the course May 11 for a nine-hole scramble. The team of Jim Auch, Chet Hutton, Fred Miller and Dick Mills combined on a 5-under-par 27 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day. The team of Mike Gille, Tom McDonnell, Mike Pritchett and Dan Richardson matched the 4-under-par 28 carded by John Purcell, Gary Razze, Blake Ress and Quentin Talbert to tie for second place.
Horseshoe news
Horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall horseshoe pits was abbreviated this week as the throwers May 10 and May 13 failed to have more than one pitcher post 3-0 pool-play records.
Dom Livedoti and Sam Samuels posted the only 3-0 record during May 10 action, while Livedoti found himself back in the winner’s circle May 13 after teaming with Steve Doyle for the only 3-0 record.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection. There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.
Sand soccer tourney on horizon
Soccer enthusiasts are invited to grab friends or teammates to compete in a fun, fast-paced soccer tournament June 3-4 on the beautiful beach of Siesta Key.
Cost for the tournament is $400 per team for players in the U8 to U19 age groups.
The format is a five-versus-five competition with a maximum of 10 players on a roster. Every team is guaranteed three games in the tourney.
To register a team, go to siestakeysandsoccer.