With one regular season game left to play in the adult soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island before the playoffs, the top seed is secure.
Sato Real Estate is firmly entrenched at the top with a 6-0 record. Slim’s Place holds down second place with a 4-1-1 record, just ahead of Servis First Bank at 4-2. Blalock Walters holds down fourth place with a 3-2-1 record, just ahead of Emily Moss Designs at 3-3. The Gitt Team at 2-4, Beach Bums at 1-5 and 0-6 Sandbar Restaurant complete the standings.
Action Nov. 11 kicked off with Slim’s Place defeating the Gitt Team 4-2 thanks to a hat trick by Jessica Williams. Kali Richardson added a goal, while Tuna McCracken added an assist while also coming through with 12 saves in goal.
Daniel Adan and Keith Mahoney each scored goals to lead the Gitt Team in the loss, along with an assist from Raul Loria and a combined five saves from Loria and Mahoney.
Emily Moss Designs outscored Beach Bums 3-1 behind two goals from Greg Moss and a goal from Kevin Roman. Ryan Moss helped preserve the victory with five saves.
Miguel Ajoy scored the lone goal for Beach Bums, which received three saves from Mark Long in the loss.
Sato remained unbeaten via forfeit after Blalock Walters was unable to field a team.
The last match of the night saw Servis First Bank cruise to an 8-2 victory over Sandbar Restaurant behind five goals from Ugur Durmaz. Mauricio Vargas, Olaf Krause and Erica Nielsen each scored goals for Servis, which also received four saves and two assists from Osvaldo Cabello in the victory.
Aaron French scored two goals to lead Sandbar, which also received three saves from Javier Valle.
Action continues Nov. 18 with the last regular-season matches to determine final seedings for the playoffs, which are set to begin Dec. 2.
Horseshoe news
Two teams emerged from pool play and battled for the day’s bragging rights during Nov. 10 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.
Tom Farrington and Tim Sofran were the last two standing thanks to a 22-12 victory over Rod Bussey and Tom Skoloda in the championship game.
Four teams advanced to the knockout stage during the Nov. 13 games. Gene Bobeldyk and Sofran cruised into the finals with a dominating 21-4 victory over Bob Heiger and Bob Hawks in the first semifinal. The team of Steve Doyle and Bob Palmer advanced with a 22-13 win over Bob Rowley. Doyle and Palmer prevailed in the final with a 22-14 victory over Bobeldyk and Sofran.
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.
Key Royale news
Beautiful weather produced another full week of golf action at Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, starting Nov. 8 with the men playing their regular modified-Stableford system match.
Blake Ress and Art McMillan tied for first place at plus-3, a point ahead of Bob Blaser, Larry Pippel, Earl Ritchie and Bob Soos who finished in a four-way tie for second place.
Ress also was part of the winning team of Pippel, Jana Samuels and Quentin Talbert on a combined plus-1.
The women played their weekly nine-hole individual-low-net match in two flights Nov. 9.
Mary Wilke and Linda Dorsey shared the top spot in Flight A with matching 1-under-par 31s, one stroke ahead of Brenda Solleveld. Judy Christensen was alone in third place after carding a 1-over-par 33.
Margrit Layh and Judy Todd both finished at 2-over-par 34 to tie for first place in Flight B. Sue Christenson was a stroke back in second place, while Janet Razze took third place at 4-over-par 36.
Members played a nine-hole shamble, counting the two best scores from each group Nov. 12.
The team of Brian Comer, Jim McFarland and Hoyt Miller combined on a 3-under-par 61 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day. The team of Tim Donner, Blake Ress, Tom Solosky and Ron Vandeman were one stroke back in second place.