Quarterfinal playoff action kicked off June 10 in the adult soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island.
Flynn Law took on Sandbar Restaurant and came away with a 3-1 victory. Eric Pullen and Zoran Kolega both had a goal and an assist to lead Flynn Law, which also received a goal from Damir Glavan and four saves from goalie Mark Long in the victory.
Darrin Wash cherry-picked the Sandbar goal and goalie Kevin Mulcahy made nine saves in the loss.
No. 8 seed Salty Printing and No. 1 Beach Bums battled to a 3-3 tie in regulation, but Salty nailed the upset in overtime to eliminate the previously unbeaten Bums. Gerardo Urbiola scored two goals and Kevin Roman added one to lead Salty Printing, which received 10 saves from Matt Marshall in the victory.
Lucky Durmaz scored three goals to lead Beach Bums, which received an assist from Emily Fischer and five saves from Tuna McCracken.
The third match of the night saw CABB cruise to a 9-1 victory over Sato Real Estate behind four goals from Timo Vechio and two goals from Luca Vechio. Lindsey Styka, Tim Robertson and Greg Moss added a goal each and Connor Haughey came through with eight saves in the victory.
Rico Beissert scored the lone goal for Sato, which received five saves in the loss from Mark Rudacille.
The last match of the night saw Slim’s Place edge Killer Bait 5-3 behind two goals each from Keith Mahoney and Daniel Adan. Osvaldo Cabello added a goal and Steve Oelfke made four saves to help preserve the victory.
Chris Scott and Ethan Hampton each had a goal and an assist to lead Killer Bait, which received a goal from Chris Culhane and six saves from Ryan Moss in the loss.
The season will conclude Thursday, June 17, with semifinal action kicking off at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., followed by the championship game at 9 p.m.
Key Royale golf news
There was a full week of golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach starting June 7, with the men’s nine-hole modified-Stableford system match.
Tom Nelson carded an impressive plus-7 to grab clubhouse bragging rights for the day. Jerry Martinek was two points back in second place.
The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match in two flights June 8.
Sue Wheeler fired a 3-under-par 29 to grab first place in Flight A by three strokes over second-place finisher Jana Samuels. Helen Pollock, Roxanne Koche and Jennie Huibers tied for third at 2-over-par 34.
Janet Razze took first place in Flight B with an even-par 32. Terry Westby took second place with a 2-over-par 34, while Sue Christenson was another stroke back in third.
Herb Clauhs, Ken Nagengast and Steve Vasbinder combined on a 3-under-par 29 June 10 to win the club’s nine-hole shamble. Second place went to Fred Miller, Scott Mitchell, Tom Nelson and Gary Razze on 1-under-par 31.
Horseshoe news
Two teams emerged from pool play and settled things in a playoff during horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall horseshoe pits.
The team of Bob Hawks and Rod Bussey outlasted Bob Heiger 21-15 to take the title for the day.
There was no need for playoffs at the June 12 games. Bussey, this time teamed up with Gary Howcroft, forged the lone 3-0 pool-play record to become the day’s outright champs.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays 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.