Islander Nick Yatros received the St. Stephen’s Episcopal School’s Mandy Stoll Student-Athlete of the Year award during the school’s May 3 sports banquet.
Nick played multiple sports at St. Stephen’s, including basketball, cross-country and track, while maintaining a 4.0+ grade-point average. This earned him a spot on the “Head of School List.” He took home the most valuable player award in basketball and was honored to be selected for the Manatee/Sarasota all-star basketball team.
Nick also qualified for the track and field state championships in the 4×400 and 4×800 events.
He plans to attend Emory Oxford University in Georgia, play basketball for the Eagles and study finance and computer science.
Congratulations to Nick and his proud parents, Gy and Maria, from The Islander.
Adults wind up for soccer playoffs
With the end of the regular season of the adult soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, the focus turns to seed positions for the playoffs.
Pool America is clinging to top seed with a 5-1-2 record and 17 points. Progressive Cabinetry holds second place with a 5-2-1 record and 16 points, just ahead of third place Salty Printing with a 5-3 record and 14 points.
Sato Real Estate holds fifth with a 4-4- record, while Moss Builders at 3-3-2 and Language Services Associates are in sixth and seventh. Diamond Turf at 2-5-1, Beach House Restaurant at 2-6 and Solid Rock Construction at 1-4-3 complete the adult division standings.
Action May 16 kicked off with Sato easing past Solid Rock Construction 4-2 behind a pair of goals from Alex Landy. Zacharieah Anabtawi and Damir Glavan each added a goal and Paul Jennison made nine saves in the victory.
James Noblett and Luca Vecchio each scored for Solid Rock, which also received eight saves from Mark Long in the loss.
Tyler Brewer scored two goals and Kevin Roman added one to lead Salty Printing past Ross Built in the second match of the night. Goalie Tuna McCracken helped preserve the victory with 10 saves.
Ted Hurst scored the goal for Ross Built on an assist from Andrew Ross, while Tim Holly made 12 saves in the loss.
Pool America outscored Beach House 4-2 behind a hat trick by Cody Wright and a goal from Brandon Rolland, who also made seven saves in goal.
Beach House received a goal each from James Rodriguez and Marco Ruiz and Aaron Frech made 11 saves in the loss.
Moss Builders and Language Services battled to a 2-2 tie in the third game of the evening. Riley Godfry and Kali Richardson each scored a goal for Moss Builders, which also received 11 saves from Ryan Moss in the draw.
Ethan Hampton scored two goals and Steve Oelfke made eight saves for Language Services in the tie.
The last match of the night saw Diamond Turf earn a 4-3 victory over Progressive Cabinetry, denying them a chance to move into first. Gerardo Urbiola Bolanos scored two goals to lead Diamond Turf in the victory.
Raul Loera scored two goals and Osvaldo Cabello scored once to lead Progressive Cabinetry, which also received 12 saves from Tyler Bekkerus in the loss.
Youth soccer moves onto playoffs
The regular season for the young soccer players at the center concluded and the focus now moves to the playoffs. The Intuitive Foundation nailed down the No. 1 seed with a 6-1 record, while Solid Rock Construction took second with a 4-1-2 record. Both teams received byes into the second round of the playoffs.
Am I Coconuts earned the No. 4 spot and was tosquare off against No. 5 Emily Moss Designs May 21, while Isola Bella Italian Eatery took third place on a 2-1-4 record and was to play No. 6 seed Shady Lady Horticultural Services.
The playoffs will continue at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, with No. 1 Intuitive Foundation taking on the winner of the Am I Coconuts versus Emily Moss match, followed by No. 2 seed Solid Rock taking on the winner of the Isola Bella versus Shady Lady game at 7 p.m.
Moss Builders captured the No. 1 seed and the accompanying first-round bye in the 11-14 division. No. 4 seed Solid Rock Construction was to take on No. 5 seed Westfall’s Lawn Care & Pest Control May 21, with the winner taking on No. 1 Moss Builders at 6 p.m. May 22. The second game May 21 had No. 2 Gitt Team taking on No. 3 HSH Designs at 7 p.m. The championship game is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 28.
Key Royale golf news
Gerry Martinek lapped the field at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach during the men’s weekly modified-Stableford system match May 12. Martinek fired a plus-6 to easily get the win over Ed Harrell, Chuck Patrick and Tom Solosky, who tied for second place at plus-3.
The women were on the course May 13 for a nine-hole individual-low-net match in two flights. Jana Samuels grabbed first place in Flight A with a 1-under-par 31, just ahead of second-place finisher Pam Lowry. Jenny Huibers was alone in third at 2-over-par 34.
Connie Livanos captured first place in Flight B with an even-par 32, a stroke ahead of second-place finisher Cate Foy and three strokes better than third-place finisher Laurie Hicks.
The week culminated for KRC with a nine-hole shamble May 15 with two scores counted from each group. The team of Ron Buck, Brian Comer, Earl Ritchie and Larry Solberg combined on a 3-under-par 61 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day. The team of Jim Bailey, Mike Cusato, Ed Harrell and Warren Stephens matched the 2-under-par 62 carded by Jack Connors, Joe Coyne Dave Desrosiers and Mike Gille for a tie for second place.
Horseshoe news
Two teams posted undefeated records during pool play and settled things in a playoff during May 15 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City hall pits.
The team of Gary Howcroft and Steve Doyle cruised to a 22-7 victory over Bob Hawks and Tom Farrington to win the day’s proceedings.
The May 18 games saw two walkers advance from pool play to settle things in the playoffs, where Hawks earned the day’s bragging rights with a 21-15 victory over Howcroft.
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.