Soccer is back on the pitch at the community center.
After two weeks of action in the adult soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, there are only two teams with perfect records.
Progressive Cabinetry and Sato Real Estate are tied atop the standings with perfect 2-0 records. Pool America has a 1-0-1 record. Beach House Waterfront Restaurant and Salty Printing follow at 1-1, while Ross Built and Solid Rock Construction are both 0-0-2. Moss Builders at 0-1-1 and 0-2 Diamond Turf and Language Services Associates complete the standings.
Action April 4 kicked off with Sato Real Estate taking on Language Services Associates 5-2 behind two goals from Alex Landy, and a goal each for Zacharieah Anabtawi, Oisin Crean and Damir Glavan. Josh Sato had nine saves in goal.
Murat Akay scored two goals for Language Services Associates, which also received 12 saves from Steve Oelfke in the loss.
Beach House edged Diamond Turf 2-1 in the second match of the night behind two goals from Alex Villanueva and seven saves from Jake Parsons.
Gerardo Urbiola Bolanos notched the lone goal for Diamond Turf, which also received a combined eight saves from Samuel Romero and Yuri Pereira.
Keith Mahoney scored four goals to lead Progressive Cabinetry past Salty Printing 6-3 in the third match of the evening. Junior Martines added a pair of goals and Tyler Bekkerus made nine saves in the victory.
Rex Kesten, Erica Nielsen and Javier Rivera each scored goals for Salty Printing, which also received six saves from Tuna McCracken in the loss.
The fourth match of the night saw Pool America and Solid Rock Construction battle to a 2-2 tie. Brandon Rolland and Nate Welch notched goals for Pool America, while Jessica Reukberg came through with five saves in the draw.
Jana Whitehead and Timo Vecchio scored a goal each and Mark Long made seven saves for Solid Rock in the tie.
Ross Built and Moss Builders battled to a 1-1 tie in the last match of the night. Helio Gomez scored the lone goal for Ross, which also saw a combined seven saves from Max Gazzo and Dean Hinterstoisser.
Kali Richardson scored and Ryan Moss made eight saves for Moss Builders.
Youth soccer kicks off season
The youth soccer league at the community center kicked off its 8-10 division season on April 2 with an 8-2 victory for Intuitive Foundation over Shady Lady Horticultural Services. Parker Svoboda scored three goals while Silas Whitehead and Sawyer Leifried scored two each. Gunnar Maize added a goal and an assist to help Intuitive Foundation to victory.
Leo Tyler scored for Shady Lady, while Simon Messinger made seven saves in the loss.
Emily Moss Designs and Isola Bella Italian Eatery battled to a 0-0 tie in the second game of the night. Miles Moss paced Emily Moss Designs with seven saves, while Carson Long made six saves to lead Isola Bella in the draw.
The last match of the night saw Solid Rock Construction edge Am I Coconuts 1-0. Everly Chaplinsky notched the lone goal for Solid Rock, which also received a combined eight saves from Samuel Raulerson and Elijah Roadman in the victory.
Andre Harwood made five saves for Am I Coconuts in the loss.
Key Royale golf news
Sixteen women from the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach began play in the 2024 handicap match-play nine-hole single-elimination tourney on Feb. 14.
The women competed over four weeks before getting down to two players. In the final match of the tournament March 12, Lori Waggoner outscored Linda Dorsey to win the tourney.
The men completed their 18-hole, handicap match-play, single-elimination tournament March 19. They had 38 golfers who also got started Feb. 12, competing over six weeks before determining a champion. In the final match, Gary Risner defeated Tim Donnar to be named men’s champion for 2024.
Regular action at the club began April 1 with the men’s weekly modified-Stableford system match. Wayne Patterson carded a plus-6 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day by 2 points over second-place finisher John Cassese. Ken Nagengast and Quentin Talbert tied for third place at plus-3.
The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match April 2 in two flights. Phyllis Roe carded a 5-under-par 27 for the low-net round of the day and first place in Flight A. Debbie DuVernay was a shot back in second place, while Helen Pollock took third with a 3-under-par 29.
Flight B saw Sharon Tarras take first place with a 3-under-par 29, a stroke ahead of Judy Christensen, Judy Menchek, Carol Patterson and Terry Westby.
The week of golf ended April 3 with a nine-hole scramble that saw the team of Jim Hitchen, Jenny Huibers, Dom Livedoti and Ron Vandeman come in first with a 4-under-par 28.
Horseshoe news
Horseshoe action April 3 at the Anna Maria City Hall pits was short and sweet as Dom Livedoti and Tom Farrington posted the lone 3-0 record in pool play to win the day’s proceedings.
Two teams advanced to the knockout stage during April 6 action. The team of Bob Lee and Tim Sofran defeated Billy Silver and Ron Hooper 24-5 to win 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.