Another soccer season at the Center of Anna Maria Island is in the books for two championship teams.
The center crowned the winners June 1 in the 8-10 and 11-14 youth divisions.
The 8-10 championship game kicked off first and was a tightly contested match between two evenly matched teams.
Bridge Tender Inn held on for a 2-1 victory over Beach Bums behind two goals from Logan Stevens and five saves from Colin Bankert. Other team members are Matthew Winsper, Callin Westfall, Lexi Baugher, Madeline Kimmons, Kason Davis, Elijah Brannock and Quinn Schlereth.
Beach Bums was led by Dylan Sato, who scored the lone goal, while Alex Serra made three saves in the loss. Other team members are Preston LaPensee, Brandon Sato, Noah Shoulson, Charlie Serra, Julian Whipple-Anderson, Avaya Kohlmeyer and Mia Ross.
The 11-14 division title game wasn’t so close.
AM Bath Time cruised to a 6-3 lead over Blalock Walters behind four goals from Jack Mattick and a goal each from Maddox Culhane and Frankie Coleman. Mya Ferrari had five saves in goal.
Other AM Bath Time team members are Caden Quimby, Noelle Baird, Madison Ferrari, Ava Harlan and Katelyn Cecil.
JM Feeney scored two goals and Jackson Pakbaz added a goal to lead Blalock Walters, which also received five combined saves from Cale Rudacille and Malia Keith in the loss.
Other members of the JM Feeney are Jack McCarthy, Gabriella Gilbert, William Pakbaz, Paxton Powell and Victoria Perry.
Seedings set for adult soccer playoffs
After the dust settled June 3 on the action in the final night’s matches in the adult soccer league at the community center, the playoff matchups were set in stone.
Beach Bums and CABB finished the season with matching 6-0-1 records, but Beach Bums took top seed on a goal differential tiebreaker. CABB settled for No. 2, while Flynn Law got the third seed with a 4-2-1 record. Killer Bait nailed No. 4 on a 3-3-1 record, while Slim’s Place got the No. 5 seed with a 2-2-3 record. Sandbar Restaurant took No. 6, while Sato Real Estate and Salty Printing took No. 7 and No. 8 seeds on 1-6 records.
Action June 3 kicked off with what turned out to be a first-round playoff matchup between Beach Bums and Salty Printing. Salty Printing gave Beach Bums a battle, but the top seed ended up with a 6-4 victory. Josh Ruck, Jamie Hutchinson and Lucky Durmaz each scored two goals to lead Beach Bums, which also received assists from Yuri Pereira and Durmaz along with four saves from Steven Fischer in the victory.
Robbie Fellowes scored three goals to lead Salty Printing, which also received a goal from Kevin Roman and six saves from Matt Marshall in the loss.
The second match saw CABB edge Flynn Law by a 2-1 margin. Lindsey Styka and Timo Vecchio each notched goals to lead CABB, which also received eight saves from Connor Haughey in the victory.
Hakan Toka scored for Flynn Law, which also received seven saves from Mark Long in the loss.
Slim’s Place and Sandbar Restaurant battled to a 3-3 tie in the third match of the night. Daniel Adan scored two goals and Keith Mahoney added one to lead Slim’s on offense. Steve Oelfke made five saves to help preserve the tie.
Race Arande had a pair of goals and an assist and Nate Welch also scored for Sandbar, which received seven saves from Kevin Mulcahy in the tie.
The last match of the evening saw Killer Bait destroy Sato Real Estate on a 7-3 score. Chris Scott, Daniel Hampton and Ethan Hampton each scored two goals for Killer Bait, which also received six saves from Eric Shulz in the victory.
Thomas Mangotic led Sato with a hat trick and Mark Rudacille tallied eight saves in the loss.
Playoff action kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 10, with Flynn Law taking on Sandbar followed by a repeat pairing at 7 p.m. between Beach Bums and Salty Printing. CABB will take on Sato in the third quarterfinal match at 8 p.m., while Killer Bait and Slim’s Place will close out the night at 9 p.m.
Key Royale news
Fifty-six members played an Ambrose handicap step-a-side scramble Memorial Day at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach.
Lori and Marty Hicks, Jackie Gorski and Brian Comer combined on a score of 22.75 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day. Second place went to Sharon and Terry Tarras, Lori Waggoner and Debi Wohlers on a score of 23.375.
Wohlers and Blake Ress captured the women’s and men’s chipping contests and Wohlers notched a win in the ladies’ long-drive contest. Chris Nelson captured the long drive title for the men. Wohlers completed the trifecta by taking first place in the putting contest.
Following golf, the club’s military veterans were honored for their service. A traditional cookout and refreshments completed the day for the participants.
The women played their regular nine-hole individual-low-net match June 1 in two flights.
Jenny Huibers and Roxanne Koche both carded 3-under-par 29s to finish in a tie for first place in Flight A. Sue Wheeler was a stroke back in second place.
Markie Ksiazek and Margrit Layh tied for first in Flight B on 1-over-par 33s. Marilyn Niewijk and Sue Christenson tied for second at 3-over 35.
Ksiazek also captured the low-putts contest with 11 putts.
No teams managed to go low during the June 3 shamble at the club. The team of Ken Butler, Al Carr, Mike Clements and Marty Hicks matched the even-par 32 carded by Jon Holcomb, Scott Mitchell and Jana Samuels.
Horseshoe news
There was no need for playoffs for the second consecutive week as there were two outright champs crowned during horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City hall pits.
Tom Skoloda walked his way to the winner’s circle during the June 2 games after posting the lone 3-0 record in pool play.
The June 5 games saw Bob Heiger and Rod Bussey fashion a perfect pool-play record to earn bragging rights for the day.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.