The Center of Anna Maria is shifting gears, from regular soccer season to the up-charged championship season.
Final seedings were set after the completion of the regular season in the center’s adult soccer league following action Dec. 5.
Solid Rock Construction remains in first place with an impressive 8-0-1 record followed by Ross Built and Pool America in the second and third spots with 6-3 records.
Bubble Binz nailed down the No. 4 seed with a 5-3-1 record, just ahead of No. 5 AMI Dolphin Tours. Moss Builders finished 3-4-2 to earn the last automatic spot in the playoffs as the No. 6 seed.
Language Services Associates earned the No. 7 seed with a 2-4-3 record and will play No. 10 Sato Real Estate, which finished 1-7-1, in the first play-in game at 7 p.m. Dec. 11. No. 8 Hampton Painting (2-5-2) takes on No. 9 Gulf Drive Cafe (1-6-2) in the 8 p.m. game.
Quarterfinal action will kick off Dec. 12 with No. 3 Pool America squaring off against No. 6 Moss Builders at 6 p.m., followed by No. 4 Bubble Binz taking on No. 5 AMI Dolphin Tours at 7.
No. 1 Solid Rock Construction will take on the winner of the Hampton vs. Gulf Drive game at 8 p.m. while No. 2 Pool America takes on the winner of the Language Services vs. Sato match at 9 p.m.
Action Dec. 5 saw Gulf Drive Cafe and Sato battle to a 5-5 tie. Helio Gomez scored three goals to lead Gulf Drive Cafe, which received a goal each from Ian Godfrey and Eliza Faillace, while Tuna McCracken finished with seven saves.
Benjamin Sato and Jonathan Stern each scored two goals for Sato, which also received a goal from Juan Vega and six saves from Marcello Rubio in the tie.
Moss Builders and Language Services battled to a 3-3 tie in the second game of the night. Stephen Adair, Erica Nielsen and Greg Moss each scored for Moss Builders while Ryan Moss finished with 10 saves.
James Rodriguez, Juan Rodriguez and Jana Whitehead each notched a goal for Language Services, which also received eight saves from Julian Bejarano.
Bubble Binz edged Hampton Painting by a 4-3 score behind two goals from Evelyn Long and a goal each from Matthew Staggs and Nate Welch.
Daniel Hampton scored two goals for Hampton, which also received a goal from Ethan Hampton and eight saves from Steve Oelfke in the loss.
Robert Fellowes, Damir Glavan, Selena Gonzalez-Salinas and Cody Wright each scored goals to lead AMI Dolphin Tours to a 4-2 victory over Pool America. Goalie Tyler Bekkerus came through with eight saves to help secure the victory.
Eduardo Schlueter and Lucas Wilson each scored a goal for Pool America, which also received five saves from Olaf Krause in the loss.
The last match of the evening saw Solid Rock Construction outscore Ross Built 7-6 behind two goals each from Julio Cantu and Alex Landy. Jake Czajkowski, Raul Loera and Keith Mahoney each added a goal, while Jackson Long made five saves in the victory.
Jake Ross and Greg Ross each scored a pair of goals for Ross Built, which also received a goal each from Mack Heitchue and Kevin Roman in the loss.
Horseshoe action
Horseshoe action Dec. 4 saw two teams advance to the knockout stage after posting 3-0 records in pool play. Tom Farrington and Adin Shank teamed up for a 21-19 come-from-behind victory over Dom Livedoti and Steve Kriebel.
Action Dec. 7 saw Tim Sofran post the lone 3-0 pool play record to become the day’s outright champ.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection.
There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.
Golf news
It was another slow week for golf at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, but the action was underway for the ladies, which once again mustered the lone group challenge in the cold weather.
The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match Dec. 3 that saw Jana Samuels fire an even-par 32 to grab first place for the day. Helen Pollock was alone in second place with a 1-over-par 33, while Pam Lowry took third place with a 4-over-par 36.