Champions were crowned in the 10-and-under and 14U divisions in the fall youth soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island.
Top-seed LaPensee Plumbing edged No. 4 Solid Rock Construction 3-2 Nov. 14 to win the 10U division’s championship game.
LaPensee received a goal each from TJ Hagey, Preston LaPensee and Luca Rosenkrans, while Owen Mahoney made three saves for the victory.
Turner Worth scored both goals for Solid Rock, which also received five saves from Isaac Roadman.
The following 14U division championship game at the center pitch saw No. 2 Progressive Cabinetry take down No. 1 HSH Designs 2-1, handing HSH ots first loss of the season. Mary Tess Bolognone and Mason Moss each scored a goal to lead Progressive, which also received two saves from goalie Charlie Serra.
Jesse Zaccagnino notched the lone goal for HSH Designs, which also received a save from Jack Zaccagnino in the loss.
Adult soccer league pushes into playoffs
The adult soccer league playoffs kicked off with four quarterfinal matches at the community center Nov. 17 after a delay from Nicole.
The first match of the night saw No. 5 Gulfview Windows & Doors roll past No. 4 Pool America 7-3 thanks to two goals each from Keith Mahoney, Zachary Long and Raul Loera. David Kesten chipped in a goal and three assists, while Tuna McCracken made 10 saves in the victory.
Nate Welch scored two goals and Jana Whitehead added one goal to lead Pool America in the loss.
No. 1 seed Wash Construction survived an upset bid by No. 8 seed Ross Built to advance to the semifinals thanks to a 5-3 penalty-kick shootout victory.
The teams battled to a 2-2 tie through regulation and overtime before settling things in the spot-kick contest. Kevin Roman, Tyler Brewer, Austin Nutting, Amy Ivin and Ryan Hogan all made their shots for Wash while Kali Richardson, Eduardo Schlueter and Dean Hinterstoisser converted for Ross Built.
The third match of the night saw No. 2 Sato Real Estate cruise past No. 7 Servis First Bank 5-2 behind two goals each from Jacek Czajkowski and Will Kretzman. Pedro Gonzalez added a goal for Sato, which also received three saves from Mark Rudacille.
Luca Vecchio scored two goals for Servis, which also received two saves from Yuri Pereira in the loss.
No. 6 Moss Builders eliminated No. 3 Slim’s Place 4-1 in the last match of the night. Jamal Duzgun had two goals and an assist to lead Moss, which received a goal each from Damir Glavan and Daniel Hampton, and goalie Ryan Moss posted nine saves.
Joey Hutchinson notched one for Slim’s, which also saw seven saves from Sean McCarthy.
Semifinal matchups for the adult league are set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, when Wash takes on Gulfview Windows & Doors, followed at 8 p.m. by Sato versus Moss. The winners will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, to play for the cup.
Horseshoe news
Four teams emerged from pool play and had to settle things in a playoff during Nov. 16 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.
The first semifinal saw Sam Samuels and Norm Langeland slip past Karl Thomas and Rod Bussey by a 23-20 score, while Tom Farrington and Bob Lee advanced with a 22-8 thrashing of Bob Rowley and Dom Livedoti. It was all Farrington-Lee in the final, as they rolled to a 21-3 victory over Samuels-Langeland.
Two teams met in the finals Nov. 19 with matching 3-0 records in the preliminary round. Bob Palmer dominated the team of Jerry Disbrow and Bussey 25-1 to earn the day’s bragging rights.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria 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
There was a full week of golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach last week, starting Nov. 14 with the men in their weekly modified-Stableford system match.
Jeff Jump lapped the field with a score of plus-6 to outscore his competition by 3 points to win clubhouse bragging rights for the day. John Cassese, Gary Duncan, Nelson Eagle, Rod Hammonds and Bill MacMillan all tied for second with scores of plus-3.
The women mixed things up Nov. 15 during their round, playing a team-best-ball match. The team of Remi Drigan, Lisa Edmonds, Jenny Huibers and Terry Taylor matched the 5-over-par 37 carded by Laurie Hicks, Janet Razze, Sharon Tarras and Lori Waggoner for a two-way tie for first place.
Members played a nine-hole shamble Nov. 17, counting two scores from each group. The team of Gary Domaski, Marty Hicks, Ken Nagengast and Tom Solosky combined on a 1-under-par 63 to take first place for the day. Two shots back in second place was the team of Peter Lund, Quentin Talbert and Joe Tynan.
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