The excitement of the adult flag football season’s grand finale leads right into the next recreational sports league at The Center – adult co-ed soccer. Trading football cleats for soccer boots, the men and women gathered once again on the Island’s main field.
With the quick turnaround of the sports season, early season schedule conflicts and summer commitments, some of the squads found themselves missing key players.
Ross Built Construction, playing without their usual front man, Connor Bystrom, received their first win of the season by forfeit when Solid Rock Construction could not man the field.
Bystrom, now wearing a Sato Real Estate jersey, had two goals in the second game of the night against Blalock Walters. Sato Real Estate took the win with an additional two points by Murat Akay and a solo goal by Josh Sato. Teammate Steve Oelfke, wearing the goalie jersey, had eight saves in the game.
Protecting the goal on the other end of the field, keeper Trey Horne was credited with nine saves for Blalock Walters. Top player Matthew Staggs put two points on the scoreboard, with another point contributed by Austin Nutting in the 5-3 loss.
In the last seconds of the game, Beach Bums was handed their first loss of the season, despite six saves by Jason Sato and two goals by Kevin Roman. The team’s female player, and arguably one of the best players in the league, Amy Ivin was held to a single point along with Robert Fellowes.
Vintage Beach’s top female player, Clancy Vaughn, took to the net and made 10 saves in the game. Niel Fellowes found the net once with a strike, while teammate Joey Hutchinson, with four goals in the night, showed why he is a force to be contained on the soccer field.
In the last game played last Thursday night, Moss Builders faced Gulfview Windows and Doors; neither team included the goalkeeping talents of Jordan DeMers as typically seen in past seasons.
Returning to the league after a long absence, Brent Moss topped the scoring for Moss Builders with two goals. His uncle, Ed Moss, put one in the net in addition to teammate Ashley Friszman. Friszman returns to the league after an injury kept her from playing most of the games last season.
Ryan Moss spent most of the game protecting his team’s goal. Moss was credited with 10 saves in the win.
Scoring was spread among four of the Gulfview squad. Daniel Adan, Jesse Kunc, Raul Loera and Nate Talucci all put a point on the scoreboard for their team in the close loss against Moss Builders to close out the night of soccer at the Island community center.
Sun Scoreboard
Thursday, June 18
Adult Co-Ed Soccer
Beach Bums 4
Vintage Beach 5
Sato Real Estate 5
Blalock Walters 3
Gulfview Windows 4
Moss Builders 5
Ross Built Construction W by forfeit
Solid Rock Construction L
