It’s the final week of adult soccer at the Center of Anna Maria Island.
Sato Real Estate completed an undefeated 7-0 season to wrap up the top seed for the playoffs in the adult soccer league at the center.
Sato finished two games ahead of second-seed Servis First Bank. Emily Moss Designs took third place with a 4-3 record, while Slim’s Place and Blalock Walters finished fourth and third with matching 3-3-1 stats. Beach Bums, the Gitt Team and Sandbar Restaurant followed in the standings.
Action on the pitch Nov. 18 kicked off with Moss Designs drubbing Sandbar by an 8-1 score behind five goals from Connor Haughey and two goals and an assist from Lindsey Styka. Kevin Roman added a goal and an assist while Ryan Moss finished the victory with five saves.
Tim Holly scored the lone goal for Sandbar, which also received eight saves from Jessica Ruekberg in the loss.
Sato cruised past Slim’s by an 8-2 score behind a hat trick from Will Kretzman and two goals each from Shawn Markham and Greg Ross. Amy Ivin added a goal, while Ben Sato added three saves and an assist in the victory.
Connor Bystrom scored two goals and Race Arande added a goal to the loss for Slim’s, which received an incredible 17 saves from Tuna McCracken.
Next up, Beach Bums defeated Gitt Team by a 6-2 score thanks to a hat trick from Miguel Ajoy and a goal each from Robbie Fellowes, Selena Gonzalez and Cemel Duzgun.
Keith Mahoney and Edd Monzon each scored to carry the Gitt Team in the loss.
Finally, Servis First Bank steamrolled Blalock Walters by a 9-2 margin on a hat trick from Chris Klotz and two goals each from Ugur Durmaz and Olaf Krause. Blair Schlossberg and Yuri Pereira each added goals, while Osvaldo Cabello posted six saves in the victory.
Matthew Staggs scored a goal to lead Blalock Walters, which also received five saves from Robb Marshall in the loss.
Playoff action kicks off Dec. 2 at the center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.
Horseshoe news
Horseshoe action Nov. 17 at the Anna Maria City Hall pits was short and sweet. The team of Rod Bussey and Tom Skoloda posted the lone 3-0 record during pool play and were the day’s outright champs.
Three teams posted undefeated records Nov. 20 in the preliminary round and settled things in a three-team playoff. Bob Palmer and Tom Farrington drew the lucky bye into the final and watched as Jerry Disbrow and Bob Heiger earned a come-from-behind 21-16 victory over Skoloda and Bob Rowley thanks to a game-ending double ringer by Disbrow. Unfortunately, they lost their mojo and suffered a 21-6 drubbing at the hands of Palmer and Farrington, who claimed the day’s bragging rights.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria pits, where 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
Fifty-six Key Royale Club members played a “Welcome Back Scramble” Nov. 12. Event chair Larry Pippel modified the nine-hole course to be all par 3s.
First place went to the team of Jim Auch, Chuck Bode, Chet Hutton and Mike Riddick with a 5-under-par 22. Three teams tied for second at 3-under-par 24, prompting a scorecard handicap-hole playoff that resulted in Mike Cusato, Jim McFarland, Rich Salzburg and Bill Shuman taking second, as Brian Comer, Nelson Eagle and Kathy and David Johnson settled for third.
Debi Wohlers won closest-to-the-pin contests on the third and eighth holes for the women, while Scott Mitchell won the third hole for the men and Jim Goff won the eighth hole.
Carol Patterson won the longest first putt on the fourth hole, while Brenda Solleveld won the seventh hole contest.
Members then enjoyed Cuban sandwiches, black beans and rice, salad and chocolate chip cookies.
Golf action Nov. 15 saw the men play their regular modified-Stableford system match. Mike Gille fired a plus-5 to grab clubhouse bragging rights by a point over second-place finishers Peter Solleveld and Tom Solosky, while Mike Pritchett was another point back in third.
Gille and Pritchett also were part of the winning team that included Hoyt Miller and Dave Richardson to an impressive score of plus-9.
The women were on the course Nov. 16 for Zany Doe Day, a contest highlighted by the participants’ zany outfits.
Jana Samuels, Betsy Meyer, Carol Duncan and Brenda Solleveld took top prize in the Zany scramble. Annette Hall won the longest drive and Marty Clark won the zaniest attire, beating out second-place finisher Sue VanOrsdel for the honor.