No. 8 seed Duncan Real Estate, which had to win a play-in game just to qualify for the eight-team playoff, completed a surprising run June 12 with a 3-2 golden-goal victory over No. 6 Sato Real Estate to take the adult soccer league championship at the Center of Anna Maria Island.
The two teams battled to a 2-2 tie through regulation in the championship match in Anna Maria. Dean Hinterstoisser scored a pair of goals for Sato, which also received an assist from Jamal Duzgun and eight saves from Ben Sato.
Cody Wright and Jasmine Muldoon each scored a goal for Duncan in regulation and Danny Free finished with two assists. Goalie Steve Oelfke also was a factor, finishing with 10 saves to preserve the tie before Joey Hutchinson came through with the game-winning goal in sudden-death overtime.
Adult basketball season ends, playoffs loom
The adult basketball season at the center came to a close June 12 with five regular-season games and playoff seedings.
The top six seeds automatically qualify for quarterfinal matches. The bottom four seeds have to “play” their way into the round. Play-in games get started Wednesday, June 18, with No. 7 Salty Printing taking on No. 10 Edible Cookie Dough at 7 p.m., followed by No. 8 Slicker’s Eatery taking on No. 9 Primetime Lending at 8 p.m.
Quarterfinal action tips off June 19 at 6 p.m. with No. 3 Luxury Services matching up against No. 6, followed by a 7 p.m. matchup between No. 4 seed Solid Rock Construction and No. 5 Bradenton Home Inspections. The 8 p.m. match has No. 1 seed Moss Builders playing the winner of the Slicker’s Eatery vs. Primetime Lending play-in game, while the last match of the night has No. 2 Slim’s Place taking on the Salty Printing vs. Edible Cookie Dough winner.
Action June 12 got started with Solid Rock defeating Slicker’s 21-14, 22-17, 19-21 behind 19 points from Karri Stephens and 18 points from Mark Long.
Zack Price carried the load for Slicker’s Eatery, finishing with 47 points in the loss.
The second matchup of the night saw Primetime Lending hold on for a 16-15, 14-22, 16-15 victory over Coaster Continent. Cory Banks led Primetime Lending with 20 points and Octavious Cole added 14 points in the victory.
AJ Poole’s 25 points paced Coaster Continent, which also received 23 points from Olvin Izquierdo in the loss.
Luxury Services took two-out-of-three from Edible Cookie Dough Cafe behind the duo of Wes Jackson and Chase Richardson. Jackson finished with 31 points and Richardson scored 27 points to lead Luxury Services to a 23-18, 12-21, 23-20 victory.
Dallas Buchholtz paced Edible Cookie Dough Cafe with 25 points, while Meagan Mitchell finished with 16 points in the loss.
Slim’s Place showed why they’re among the top seeds with a 21-8, 20-17, 22-13 victory over Salty Printing in the fourth series of the night.
Jacob Munoz scored 19 points to lead Slim’s Place, which also received 17 points from Michael Lidge and 13 points from Corey Jacques in the victory.
Joey Vigil’s 29 points paced Salty Printing, which also received 8 points from Andy Szabo in the loss.
The last match of the night saw Moss Builders ease past Bradenton Home Inspections 16,14, 15-21 and 22-20. Connor Morse paced Moss with 27 points in the three games, while Greg Moss added 15 points in the victory.
Tommy Gish was a one-man scoring machine for Bradenton Home Inspections, finishing with 42 points in the loss.
Key Royale golf news
Rain put a damper on the ladies’ regular Tuesday morning golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, but the men managed to play their weekly modified-Stableford system match on June 9. The quartet of winners, Mike Clements, John Kolojeski, Bill MacMillan and Chuck Patrick, all carded plus-2s to share clubhouse bragging rights for the day.
There was no reporting available for horseshoes by press time for The Islander this week.
Horseshoes action
On June 11, Gersey Fernandes posted the only 3-and-0 record in the friendly horseshoe competition at the Anna Maria City Hall pits and, during pool play June 14, Tom Farrington and Steve Augustine had the only 3-and-0 record to win the days competition!
The action gets started 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.