The youth soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island officially kicked off the recreational season Sept. 24 with three games in the 8-10 division and two games in the 11-14 age division.
The action got rolling on the center pitch with La Creperie taking on Moss Builders in an 8-10 division game.
Creperie seemed to be in control for most of the first half as Parker Svoboda, Grayson Hinckle and Louis Bacon made several deep runs at the Moss Builders’ defense, but some errant shots and a few timely saves from Moss goalie Titus Moss kept the game scoreless.
With 2:35 left in the first half, Joseph Caballero got loose on a breakaway and scored to give Moss Builders a 1-0 lead that held through the half.
Asher Patel added a pair of second-half goals for Moss to offset a Creperie goal from Louis Bacon as Moss held on for a 3-1 victory.
Patel’s two goals paced Moss Builders, which also received a goal from Caballero and nine saves from Titus Moss in the victory.
Bacon notched the lone goal on an assist from Hinckle, while Sawyer Leibfried managed seven saves for La Creperie in the loss.
The second 8-10 division match of the evening saw Solid Rock Construction ease past Gulf Drive Cafe by a 2-0 score. Evangeline Zupa and Ruby Kesten each scored a goal to lead Solid Rock Construction, which also received an assist from Elijah Roadman and a combined seven saves from Roadman and Kellan Oelfke in the victory.
Roman Smith and Owen Mahoney combined to make five saves to lead Gulf Drive Cafe in the loss.
Adrian Griffin Interiors cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Fish Guy Aquarium Services in the third 8-10 division match of the night. Jackson Griffin paced Adrian Griffin Interiors with a hat trick in the victory, while Kalvin Kroth made seven saves and Judah Treworgy had three.
Wesley Bekkerus and Deacon Bekkerus combined to make six saves for the Fish Guy in the loss.
Better On Bikes rolled to a 6-2 victory over Shady Lady Horticultural Services to open Sept. 24 action in the 11-14 age division. Preston LaPensee paced Better On Bikes with four goals, while Renan Kesten chipped in with a goal and two assists. Greyson Savchuk added a goal to complete the scoring for Better On Bikes in the victory.
Jesse Zaccagnino scored a pair of goals to pace Shady Lady, which also received five saves each from Jack Zaccagnino and Sawyer Leibfried in the loss.
The last 11-14 division match of the night saw the Gitt Team — KW On The Water and HSH Design battle to a 3-3 tie.
Michael Dean Spoon, Ryk Kesten and Phoenix Harwood each scored goals and Austin Guess came through with five saves in the draw.
Luke Willing had two goals and an assist and Sterling Holiday added a goal to lead HSH Designs in the tie.
Key Royale golf news
Due to the arrival of Hurricane Helene, golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach was cut short by a day. Here’s hoping that’s the extent of the problems brought on by the storm were minimal.
The men played their weekly modified-Stableford system match Sept. 23. Ron Huibers, Fred Miller and Rich Salzburg each carded scores of plus-1 to share bragging rights for the day.
The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match Sept. 24. Terry Westby fired a 1-under-par 31 to win the day’s proceedings by three strokes over second-place finisher Jana Samuels who finished at 2-over-par 34. Jenny Huibers and Sue Wheeler tied for third at 4-over-par 36 and Margrit Layh had a chip-in on the eighth hole.