Miz & Hiz Biz/Blalock Walters match-up ends in draw

ANNA MARIA – It was picture day at The Center last Tuesday night and the excitement of youth soccer filled the air as 10 teams took to the pitch for week three action.

As the youngest players left the soccer clinic fields, the tweens and teens of the 11- to 14-year-old league took their places to warm up.

In the first game of the night on the big field, team Miz & Hiz Biz prepared to face the Blalock Walters squad. Two halves of recreational soccer proved how evenly matched the two teams are at this point in the season.

Chad Nunez, for the Miz & Hiz team, scored the first goal of the game off an assist by Stephen Wilson with 9:49 left in the first half of play. As goalie, Wilson was credited with three saves in addition to the assist.

Miz & Hiz Biz/Blalock Walters match-up ends in draw — Blalock Walters’ Mason Moss and Cecelia Kroth, for Miz & Hiz, go for the 50-50 ball at The Center pitch. Monica Simpson | Sun

With just two minutes left on the scoreboard clock, Blalock Walters’ Mason Moss tied up the score with a goal of his own.

Ending the half with the score tied at 1-1, both teams returned to the field ready to battle against former teammates and friends in the youth recreational soccer league.

Blalock Walters’ goalie Cale Rudacille finished his first half of work with four great saves. Giving Rudacille time on the field, Moss stepped into the goalkeeper position, making two critical stops of his own in the final 20 minutes of play.

In the action-packed game, with solid match-ups on both sides of the game, the second half of play proved to be just as exciting as the first with two more goals scored before the last whistle was blown.

For Miz & Hiz, Chad Nunez made a shot that got past the goalie for the second team point. Andrew Graham made the statistics sheet with a solid goal shot for Blalock Walters.

After each team scored two goals in the second half with Konnor Oelfke making two goals in the game, 40 minutes of regulation play ended in a tie ball game with the score 2-2.

The two teams will face each other again in week six of the season on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m., the last week of regular season play. The four teams in the league are each practicing and playing hard in hopes of making it to the championship game scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 26 at a time to be determined.