ANNA MARIA – Heading into the final weeks of youth soccer at The Center of Anna Maria Island, the Blalock Walters team in the tween league remains the only undefeated team. With a 4-0-0 record, the squad beat Grooms Auto 5-4 last week in a close match-up.
The offense of the Blalock team kept the Grooms goalkeeper Dalton Fox busy with seven saves in the game. The striking prowess of J.M. Fenney put four points on the scoreboard for his Blalock team. Teammate William Pakbaz added a single goal in the game, helping to give his team the victory.
On the other side of the field, the Grooms Auto’s players up front put four shots in the net against keeper Cale Rudacille, who finished the game with four stops.
Chase Johnson is credited with two goals, along with singles by Dennis Gallagher and Jayden Sparks.
AM Bath Time dominated the pitch against HSH, winning the final game of the night with the score 8-1. Victor Albrecht scored the only goal for HSH in the game.
HSH’s goalie Audrey Guess made nine saves in the game against the loaded offense of the AM Bath Time team.
Jack Mattick led the scoring for his team with four goals, followed by a hat trick by Ava Harlan. Teammate Maddox Culhane had a single goal and an assist in the win.
At the goal, Caden Quinby and Mya Ferrari collectively made seven saves for AM Bath Time.
Solid Rock Construction and Shady Lady both got the W last week in the youth soccer league against Beach Bums and Tidy MD, respectively, in low-scoring games to start the night of soccer action.
Alex Serra had nine saves in the game for his Beach Bums team. Matching the number of saves, the Solid Rock Construction goalie, Austin Guess, also made nine stops.
The only goal of the game was scored by McKenna Darak for Solid Rock in their victory.
With five saves, Andre Harwood made the statistics for Tidy MD. Shady Lady’s Tomas Bartos had two saves and Dylan Phillips had four as the goalies for the winning team.
Kirra Quinby scored the lone goal for Tidy MD. With the big leg, Jesse Zaccagnino eluded the Tidy MD goalie twice to score the two points for Shady Lady, with a 2-0-2 record.
Sun Scoreboard
Tuesday, May 11
Youth Co-Ed Soccer Week #5
8- to 10-Year-Old League
Beach Bums (0-2-2) 0
Solid Rock Construction (1-2-1) 1
Shady Lady (2-0-2) 2
Tidy MD (2-1-1) 1
Bridge Tender (2-2-0) bye
11- to 13-Year-Old League
Blalock Walters (4-0-0) 5
Grooms Auto (2-2-0) 4
HSH (0-4-0) 1
AM Bath Time (3-1-0) 8