Just past the midway point in the adult soccer league season at the Center of Anna Maria Island, Pool America is comfortably on top of the standings with a 5-0 record, giving them a two-game lead over second-place Sato Real Estate, standing at 3-2.
A trio of teams are tied for third place: 2-1-1 Moss Builders and 2-2-1 Florida Impact Windows and Ross Built. Bubble Binz and Language Services Associates follow with 2-2 records, just ahead of eighth place Duncan Real Estate at 2-3. West Coast Marine is in ninth place at 1-2-1, ahead of Slim’s Place at 1-3 and Solid Rock Construction, which completes the standings at 1-4.
Action on the center pitch Oct. 23 kicked off with Moss Builders and Ross Built battling to a 2-2 tie. Ethan Hampton paced Moss with two goals, while Daniel Hampton finished with one assist. Goalkeeper Iker Casillas finished with two saves in the draw.
Alex Villanueva and Chaz Heller scored for Ross Built, which also received an assist from Mack Heitchue and six saves from Steve Oelfke.
The second match of the evening saw Language Services Associates cruise past Florida Impact Windows by a 6-2 score behind three goals from Kevin Roman and two goals and an assist from Ian Godfrey. Zach Long chipped in a goal, Tim Holly had a pair of assists and Max Gazzo finished with five saves in the victory.
Keith Mahoney and Raul Loera scored goals for Florida Impact Windows, which also received an assist from Leo Gonzalez and six saves from Julian Bejarano in the loss.
Bubble Binz edged Duncan Real Estate 4-3 in the third match of the night behind four goals from Alvaro Figuerola. Jake Czajkowski and Nate Welch had assists and Welch contributed three saves in the victory.
Joey Hutchinson paced Duncan Real Estate with two goals and Niko Zamora added a goal. Michael Robel finished with five saves in the loss.
Julius Petereit scored two goals and Donte Filletti added a goal to lead Pool America to a 3-2 victory over Sato. Hugo Gallegos had an assist and Chris Klotz helped preserve the victory with four saves.
Sato received a goal each from Cameron Burke and Dean Hinterstoisser to lead the offense, while Robb Marshall finished with six saves in the loss.
Slim’s Place defeated Solid Rock Construction 3-2 behind three goals from Erica Nielson and seven saves from Cruz Rodriguez in the last match of the night.
Axel Delarosa and Yuri Periera each scored a goal to lead Solid Rock, which also received four saves from Caleb Arendt in the loss.
Youth soccer heads to 5th week
Youth soccer action at the center saw the fourth week of games Oct. 21. Adrian Griffin Interiors holds the top spot in the standings with a 4-0 record, just ahead of second-place Moss Builders at 3-1. Vida Sports Ministry holds down third place at 2-1-1, while Solid Rock Construction is alone in fourth place with a 1-2-1 record. AMI Outfitters at 1-3 and 0-4 Beach Bums complete the standings.
The action got started with Adrian Griffin Interiors cruising to a 6-1 victory over Beach Bums behind four goals from Jackson Griffin and a goal and two assists from Ruthie Ball. Cooper Patel chipped in with a goal, while Houston Winn made six saves for the win.
Louis Bacon notched the lone goal for Beach Bums, which also received seven saves from Juliette Sato in the loss.
The second game of the evening saw Vida Sports Ministry ease past AMI Outfitters by a 4-2 score. JJ Smith led Vida Sports with three goals, while Judah Long had a goal, an assist and seven saves. Savannah Hanson added five saves in the victory.
Phoenix Harwood scored two goals for AMI Outfitters, which also received six saves from Graeme Bekkerus in the loss.
The 11-13 division looks to be a two-horse race for the title. Print Wizards is on top with a 4-0 record, comfortably ahead of second-place La Creperie. AM I Coconuts and Solid Rock Construction complete the standings, both at 1-3.
Action Oct. 21 saw Print Wizards hold on for a 4-3 victory over Solid Rock behind three goals from Luca Viehman and a goal and two assists from Parker Svoboda. Kellen Reed and Joseph Caballero combined to make six saves to help preserve the victory.
Callin Westfall scored all three goals for Solid Rock, two of them on assists from Maggie Niedzwick and Isaac Roadman. Elijah Roadman made four saves for Solid Rock in the loss.
La Creperie skunked AM I Coconuts 7-0 to close out 11-13 division action for the week. Tristan Hagey led the way with three goals and an assist, while teammate Louis Bacon added two goals and an assist. Goalie Jordan Tobey finished with two goals scored and four saves in the victory.
Coconuts goalie Andre Harwood managed four saves.
KRC golf news
Golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach kicked off Oct. 20 with the men’s weekly modified-Stableford system match.
Larry Pippel carded a plus-4 to earn a 3-point victory over the trio of Herb Clauhs, Marty Hicks and Jim Hill, all tied for second place.
The club women took over the links for a nine-hole individual-low-net match Oct. 21. Rene Chapman rode a birdie on hole No. 2 and a chipin on No. 3 to a 3-under-par 29 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day. Brenda Solleveld and Mary Wilkie tied for second place at even-par 32.
Marty Clark had a chipin on No. 1, while Terry Westby had chipins on holes No. 1 and No. 3.
Members closed the week of organized golf at KRC Oct. 23 with a combination scramble/shamble to a modified course playing to a par of 43.
The team of Bob Baker, Leo Burke, Jackie Gorski and Warren Stevens combined on a 4-under-par 39 to win the day’s proceedings. Ken Kari, Steve Martin, Ken Nagengast and Larry Solberg matched the 1-under-par 42 carded by Rod Hammonds, Marty Hicks, Bill MacMillan and Dale Miller to tie for second.
Horseshoe action
Two teams emerged from pool play and settled things in a playoff during Oct. 22 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.
The team of Bob Hawks and Steve Kriebel cruised to a 22-10 victory over Gary Howcroft and Tom Farrington to win the day’s bragging rights.
Action Oct. 25 saw Farrington and partner Neil Hennessey win the day’s competition with a 23-10 victory over Gersey Fernandes and Kriebel in the final.
The action gets started 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, everyone is welcome.