After eight weeks of action in the adult 3-v-3 basketball league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, Moss Builders and Slim’s Place are on top of the standings with matching 7-1 records.
Luxury Services and Solid Rock Construction occupy the next two spots in the standings with 6-2 records. Bradenton Home Inspections holds down fifth place at 4-4, while Coaster Continent, Salty Printing and Slicker’s Eatery all have 3-5 records to occupy sixth through eighth in the standings. Primetime Lending at 1-7 and 0-8 Edible Cookie Dough Cafe complete the standings.
Action June 5 got started with first-place Slim’s Place taking on winless Edible Cookie Dough. Predictably, Slim’s Place swept past the Cookie Dough team 22-9, 23-12 and 21-10 behind a balanced scoring attack led by Jacob Munoz, who totaled 24 points in the three games. Corey Jacques added 20 points, while Michael Lidge finished with 12 points for Slim’s.
Katrell Zachary scored 12 points for Edible Cookie Dough, while Dallas Buchholtz had 10 points and Meghan Mitchell finished with seven points in the three losses.
The second series of the night saw Coaster Continent take two-out-of-three games from Slicker’s Eatery, winning 21-16 and 23-13 with an 18-21 loss. AJ Poole led Coaster Continent with 25 points, while Olvin Izquiredo added 20 points and Matt Manger finished with 17 points in the victory.
Bradenton Home Inspections lost its first game to Salty Printing 17-14, but then rallied to win the next two games 22-18 and 24-22 for the third match of the evening. Richard Fosmore led the way with 37 points in three games, while Andrew Simonetti finished with 14 points.
The fourth match of the night saw Moss Builders sweep Primetime Lending 22-15, 21-10 and 21-14 behind 30 points from Connor Morse and 14 points from Ryan Moss.
Solid Rock Construction took two out of three from Luxury Services 21-14, 20-22, 20-18 behind 26 points from Wes Jackson and 16 points from Chase Richardson.
The regular season of 3-v-3 comes to an end June 12 with play-in games in the playoffs set for June 18, when the No. 7 seed takes on No. 10, followed by the No. 8 seed matching up against the No. 9 seed.
2 teams remain in adult soccer playoffs
Semifinal action June 5 in the adult soccer league at the community center saw No. 2 seed Florida Impact Windows and No. 6 seed Sato Real Estate battle to 2-2 in regulation time.
That match went to a penalty-kick shootout where Sato earned the upset win.
Chris Culhane and Raul Loera scored goals in regulation time for Florida Impact Windows while Sato saw goals from Dean Hinterstoisser and Hakan Toka.
The penalty-kick shootout went four rounds with Keith Mahoney and Loera converting their spot kicks for Florida Impact Windows, but Sato got successful spot kicks from Hinterstoisser, Josh Sato and Ben Sato to win the shootout 3-2 and advanced to next week’s championship game.
The second semifinal match lacked the excitement of the first one as No. 8 seed Duncan Real Estate cruised to a 9-4 victory over No. 4 Ross Built. Cody Wright scored four goals and added one assist while Joey Hutchinson and Figo Alvaro both scored two goals to lead Duncan. Jasmine Muldoon chipped in with a goal and an assist and Danny Free came through with seven saves in the victory.
Adam Bujarski scored two goals and had an assist for Ross, which also received a goal each from Alex Landy and Molly Setsma and five saves from Lorenzo Llorente in the loss.
The championship match is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, on the center pitch.
Key Royale golfers hit stormy weather
Heavy rains closed the Holmes Beach golf course June 2-3, leaving the June 5 scramble as the only organized golf for the week. The team of Jim Bailey, Terry Schaefer and Bill Shuman combined on a 3-under-par 29 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the week.
Horseshoe action washes out
Horseshoe action June 4 at the Anna Maria City Hall pits got washed out shortly after the first shoe was thrown in the Wednesday matchups.
The June 7 games also were short and sweet, but not because of rain and thunder. The team of Gersey Fernandes and Steve Kriebel posted the only 3-0 record in pool play and were the day’s outright champs.
The action gets started at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays — weather permitting — 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.