At the midway point of the youth soccer season at the Center of Anna Maria Island, Moss Builders is atop the standings and chasing a perfect season with a 4-0 record.
Solid Rock Construction has the lead in sight, with a 3-1 record, just ahead of Le Creperie, which holds third place at 2-2-1. Isolo Bella Italian Eatery follows with a 1-2-2 record, while Adrian Griffin Interiors and The Porch are tied for fifth place at 1-2-1. Am I Coconuts completes the 8-10 division standings at 0-3-1.
The 11-14 standings are running tight, topped by Cheesecake Cutie with a 3-0-2 record, just ahead of second place Solid Rock Construction at 3-2. Gitt Team holds third place at 2-2-1, while HSH Designs is in search of a win at 0-4-1.
The Porch got its first victory of the season, a 3-2 win over Am I Coconuts to kick off the 8-10 action Oct. 10. Titus Moss paced The Porch with two goals and an assist, while Luke Willing added a goal and an assist. Santiago Cantero helped close out the victory with four saves.
Beau Canup and Simon Messinger each scored one goal for Am I Coconuts, which also received 13 saves from Kason Price in the loss.
Moss Builders held on for a 3-2 victory over Isola Bella thanks to two goals from Gunnar Maize and a goal from Parker Svoboda in the second game of the evening. Miles Moss came through with seven saves to close out the victory for Moss Builders.
Asher Patel scored two goals and Trinity Miller made four saves for Isola Bella in the loss.
The last 8-10 division match of the night saw Solid Rock ease past Le Creperie 3-1 thanks to a hat trick from Matthew Darak and eight saves from Carson Long.
Louis Bacon notched the lone goal in the loss for Le Creperie on an assist from Aidan Guess, while Sawyer Leibfried made eight saves.
There also was action in the 11-14 division Oct. 10 with Solid Rock Construction cruising past Gitt Team 6-3 behind a hat trick from Luke Dellinger and two goals from Turner Worth. David Zupa added a goal and Jack Zaccagnino finished with five saves in the victory.
Callin Westfall scored two goals for the Gitt Team, which also received a goal from Ryk Kesten and three saves from Austin Guess in the loss.
The second 11-14 division game of the evening also ended at 6-3, as Cheesecake Cutie cruised to victory over HSH Designs. Preston LaPensee led the offensive attack for the Cuties with two goals and two assists. TJ Hagey, Josiah MacDonald, Charlee Maize and Kegan McGlade each added a goal, while Thomas Holly finished with four saves in the victory.
Cecelia Kroth scored two goals and added an assist for HSH Designs, which also received a goal from Sterling Holiday and six saves from Cyrus Ryan.
Severe weather postponed the adult soccer matches.
Key Royale golf news
Fifty-five Key Royale Club members played Oct. 6 at the links in Holmes Beach for the annual Oktoberfest scramble.
The team of Janelle Clements, Dom Livedoti, Ken Nagengast and Tom Nelson captured first place with a 3-under-par 29, followed by Gary Risner, Jana Samuels and Dan and Merry Turner in second place at 2-under-par 30. Jenny and Ron Huibers and Karen and Scott Mitchell matched the score of Linda and Doug Dorsey and Deb and Dave Richardson for third place.
Helen Pollock won the putting contest for the women, while Steve Vasbinder took the prize for the men. Linda Dorsey and Risner took closest-to-the-pin honors. Jana Samuels hit the straightest drive contest for the women and Nelson Eagle won for the men.
Following the golf, everyone enjoyed a patio lunch of brats and sauerkraut, meatballs, German potato salad, pretzels with cheese and German chocolate cake — and a good time was had by all.
Regular golf action Oct. 9 saw Art McMillan card a plus-5 to take first place in the men’s modified-Stableford match. Bob Leedham and Dave Richardson tied for second place at plus-3 and Warren Stevens finished in third place at plus-2.
The women played their weekly nine-hole individual-low-net match Oct. 10 with Linda Dorsey, Laurie Hicks, Jana Samuels and Terry Westby all at even-par 32 for a four-way tie for first place.
Horseshoe news
Horseshoe action Oct. 11 at the Anna Maria pits saw two teams advance to the knockout stage, where Tom Farrington and Bob Baker cruised to a 21-3 victory over Bob Heiger and Tom Skoloda.
Three teams advanced to the playoffs during Oct. 14 action with the bye going to Ricky Martinez and Katrina Wilson. Farrington and Steve Kriebel advanced with a 22-3 victory over Bob Hawks and Baker. The final was a close affair with an emphatic ending on Farrington’s game-winning double-ringer that gave them a 25-16 victory.
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.