After two weeks of action in the 8-10 division of the youth soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, Solid Rock Construction is on top of the standings with a 2-0 record, just ahead of 1-0-1 Emily Moss
Designs. The Intuitive Foundation holds down third place at 1-1, just ahead of fourth place Isola Bella Italian Eatery at 0-0-2. Am I Coconuts is alone in fifth place with an 0-1-1 record, while Shady Lady Horticultural Services is in search of a win.
The 11-14 division is a week behind and has HSH Designs and Moss Builders in first place with 1-0 records. Solid Rock Construction and Westfall’s Lawn Care & Pest Control are both 0-1, while the Gitt Team has yet to play a game in the five-team division.
Action for the 11-14s last week kicked off with Moss Builders earning a 3-1 victory over Westfall’s Lawn Care behind two goals and an assist from Renan Kesten and a goal and an assist from Miles Moss.
Westfall’s Lawn Care was led by Callin Westfall, who scored their lone goal on an assist from Ryk Kesten. Austin Guess finished with eight saves in the loss.
Beau Canup scored a second-half goal on an assist from Jesse Zaccagnino to lift HSH Design to a 1-0 win over Solid Rock Construction. Jack Zaccagnino helped keep HSH in the game with 12 saves in the victory.
Goalie Charlie Serra led Solid Rock Construction with 10 saves in the loss.
Action in the 8-10 division got started April 9 with Solid Rock Construction earning a 3-1 victory over the Intuitive Foundation behind a balanced attack that saw three different players score. Everly
Chaplinksky, Aidan Guess and Samuel Raulerson each scored a goal for Solid Rock in the victory.
Silas Whitehead notched the lone goal for the Intuitive Foundation, while Sawyer Leibfried made six saves in the loss.
Emily Moss Design edged Shady Lady Horticultural Services 4-3 behind goals from Wesley Bekkerus, Miles Moss, Titus Moss and Jordy Perez in the second game of the evening. Bekkerus, Miles Moss and
Nathan Moss combined for 10 saves to help preserve the victory.
Joseph Caballero’s hat trick paced Shady Lady, which also received 12 saves from Simon Messinger.
Isola Bella Italian Eatery and Am I Coconuts battled to a 2-2 tie in the third match of the night. Louis Bacon scored both goals for Isola Bella, which also received five saves from Carson Long and an assist from Asher Patel in the draw.
Grayson Hinckle and Andre Harwood had a goal each and Harwood finished with five saves for Am I Coconuts in the tie.
Adult soccer action
After three weeks of action in the adult soccer league at the community center, there is no team chasing perfection. Pool America, at 2-0-1, is the only team without a loss and is in first place by one point over a trio of teams.
Progressive Cabinetry, Salty Printing and Sato Real Estate are tied for second place with 2-1 records, a point above third-place Ross Built at 1-0-2. Moss Builders follows with a 1-1-1 record, just ahead of Beach
House Restaurant and Language Services Associates at 1-2. Solid Rock Construction at 0-1-2 and 0-3 Diamond Turf complete the standings.
Ross Built defeated Beach House 5-2 to open the April 11 action. Dean Hinterstoisser and Helio Gomez scored two goals each and Eliza Faillace added a goal to lead Ross Built in the victory.
Beach House received a goal each from James Rodriguez and Matthew Staggs in the loss.
Goals from Timothy Robertson and Riley Godfry lifted Moss Builders to a 2-1 victory over Solid Rock Construction in the second game of the night. Ryan Moss helped preserve the victory with 11 saves.
Lorenzo Llorente notched the lone goal for Solid Rock on an assist from Timo Vechio, while Mark Long made 11 saves in the loss.
Salty Printing outscored Sato 5-3 behind two goals each from Tyler Brewer and Kevin Roman in the third match of the night. Javier Rivera added a goal and Tuna McCracken made 14 saves in the victory.
Zacharieah Anabtawi, Oisin Crean and Alex Landy each had a goal for Sato, which also received eight saves from Josh Sato in the loss.
Nate Welch scored a pair of goals to help Pool America outlast Progressive Cabinetry 4-3 in the fourth game of the evening. Hakan Toka and Brandon Rolland chipped in with a goal each, while Jessica Reukberg made eight saves in the victory.
Progressive Cabinetry received a goal each from Leo Gonzalez, Keith Mahoney and Junior Martines in the loss.
Language Services exploded for nine goals in a 9-4 route of Diamond Turf behind four goals from Murat Akay and three goals from Daniel Hampton. Austin Nutting added a pair of goals and Ethan Hampton made 11 saves in the victory.
Gerardo Urbiola Bolanos scored two goals and Samuel Romero and Stephen Adair each added one for Diamond Turf in the loss.
Key Royale golf news
It was “A Diamond in the Rough” themed golf day April 9 as the club held its annual Doe Day event at Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach. Fifty-five women participated in the two-person handicap scramble.
First-flight winners were Sharon Tarras and Lori Waggoner on a 29.25, just ahead of second-place finishers Debbie DuVernay and Barb Rinckey, who finished with a 30.35.
Roxanne Koche and Connie Livanos took first place in the second flight on a 31.05 with second place going to Janet Razze and Terry Westby. Third-flight winners were Marty Clark and Susan VanOrsdel with a 32.35, while Judy Menchek and Billie Jean Pinson took second place.
DuVernay won the longest-drive contest, while Alice Kristensen won the closest-to-the-pin challenge on the third hole. Also, Jenny Huibers took the prize for the closest-to-the-line contest on the fifth hole.
Regular golf action April 4 saw Kurt Snouffer card a plus-5 to win the men’s modified-Stableford system match. Tom Erdle, Cliff Lanning and John Soler were all a point back in second place, while Bob Paine was alone in third at plus-3.
Horseshoe news
Horseshoe action at the Anna Maria pits April 10 saw three teams advance from pool play to settle things in the playoffs. Tim Sofran and Bob Lee drew the bye and watched as Tom Farrington and Tom
Skoloda advanced with a 21-15 victory over Bob Heiger and Dom Livedoti.
In the final, Farrington and Skoloda jumped out to an early lead and rolled to a 22-10 victory over Sofran and Lee.
The April 13 games saw Rod Bussey and Gary Howcroft post the lone 3-0 record in pool play as the day’s outright champs.
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.
Perico tennis coach takes player to Sarasota Open
Stefan Kozlov of Fort Lauderdale received a wildcard into the recent Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open ATP Challenger tennis tournament and found success.
With Perico Island’s Mark Malinowski as his coach, Kozlov won four matches to reach the April 12 quarterfinals. Kozlov defeated Arthur Gea of France 64-76 and Gabi Adrian Boiton of Romania 63-76 to qualify for the main draw, where he beat Denis Kudla (USA) 62-46-62 and Ethan Quinn (USA) 62-57-64. Kozlov then fell to Tennys Sandgren (USA) 16-46.
Kozlov and younger brother Boris also won a round in doubles against the fourth-seed team of Scott Duncan and Federico Gomez but were defeated in the quarterfinal by Sandgren and Quinn 62-57-9-11.
“Stefan played some sensational and multidimensional tennis and, in my opinion, was one of the most dynamic players in the whole tournament,” said Malinowski, who also will coach Kozlov at the ATP Challenger in Tallahassee.
Kozlov, 26, was ranked as high as 103 in the ATP World Tour in 2022. He’s currently ranked 594.
— Mark Malinowski
Editor’s note: Mark Malinowski has published 12 books on tennis, including “Facing Novak Djokovic.”
