ANNA MARIA – The Center’s youth soccer leagues completed week five of recreational sports last week with five hard-fought games. In the first game Tuesday night, The Porch narrowly defeated team AMI Coconuts 3-2, in the 8- to 10-year-old league.
It was the first win of the season for The Porch while their opponents played this week also looking for their first victory.
The Porch’s Titus Moss had two goals and an assist, while teammate Luke Willing shot one goal and passed the soccer ball to Moss on one of his successful strikes.
Goalkeeper Santiago Cantero made four saves for The Porch. Working non-stop on the other side of the pitch, Kason Price had 13 stops for AMI Coconuts.
The team’s offensive charge was led by Beau Canup and Simon Messinger, each with one goal in the match.
With Adrian Griffin Interiors off with a bye week, Isola Bella Italian Eatery matched up against the undefeated Moss Builders. Keeping their record unblemished after four games, the Moss team outscored team Isola Bella by one goal, 3-2.
Asher Patel’s hot foot scored the two goals for his team, keeping them in the game. Teammate Trinity Miller worked hard to protect the Isola Bella Italian Eatery team goal. Miller had four stops against the Moss Builders offense.
Striking hard was Gunner Maize with two goals. Parker Svoboda scored a solo goal, helping the Moss Builders team go into week six playing one game ahead of the Solid Rock Construction team.
Keeping Isola Bella to two points, Miles Moss had seven saves for the Moss squad.
Matthew Darak’s hat trick was no match for the La Creperie team. Despite tough play and eight saves by La Creperie goalie Sawyer Leibfried, the team could not make enough shots to win.
Solid Rock goalie Carson Long made eight critical stops for his team. Louis Bacon scored the only point for La Creperie, leaving the team with a 1-2-2 record.
In the 11- to 13-year-old youth soccer league, the other Solid Rock Construction team held on to second place with the 6-3 win against The Gitt Team/KW on the Water.
Luke Dellenger scored three goals in the game, while teammates Turner Worth and David Zupa shot for two goals and a single respectively.
Sharing the goalkeeping duties for Solid Rock was Jack Zaccagnino with five saves, denying The Gitt Team offense during his time at the net, and Obi Roadman with a big stop.
Despite the loss, The Gitt Team never stopped fighting for position on the field and the shot. Leading the offensive scoring was Callin Westfall with two goals.
Ryk Kesten scored a goal for his team. Austin Guess is credited with three nice saves against the Solid Rock shooters.
Also with a 6-3 final score, team Cheesecake Cutie defeated HSH Design. Cecelia Kroth scored two points for HSH. Sterling Holiday got past Cheesecake goalie Thomas Holly with a goal of his own.
Holly finished the game with four saves. Counterpart Cyrus Ryan made six stops and Jasmine Sparks had two while in goal for HSH Design.
Doing the scoring for the Cheesecake squad with single goals each were Tristan Hagey, Josiah MacDonald, Charlee Maize and Kegan McGlade.
Preston LaPensee scored two goals and made two assists for the winning team, helping the Cuties team move to a 3-0-2 record.
The Cheesecake Cuties team remains at the top of their league, with the final regular season games to be played on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at The Center of Anna Maria Island.
SUN SCOREBOARD
OCT. 10 – YOUTH SOCCER WEEK 5
8- TO 10-YEAR-OLD LEAGUE
The Porch (1-2-1) 3
AMI Coconuts (0-3-1) 2
Moss Builders (4-0-0) 3
Isola Bella Italian Eatery (1-2-2) 2
Solid Rock Construction (3-1-0) 3
La Creperie (2-2-1) 1
11- TO 13-YEAR-OLD LEAGUE
Solid Rock Construction (3-2-0) 6
The Gitt Team/KW on the Water (2-2-1) 3
Cheesecake Cuties (3-0-2) 6
HSH Design (0-4-1) 3
