Quick Chicks win it in OT

Hayley Townsend scored her third goal of the match in overtime

Saturday to lift the Quick Chicks to a 4-3 victory over the Blue

Crush in AYSO Region 117 girls’ Under-12 Division soccer playoff

action.

With the second tied at 3-3 at the end of regulation play,

Townsend netted her third goal with less than a minute to play in the

overtime. From there, the defense of sweeper Kristy Verone, fullbacks

Braelynn Snook and Pouneh Radparvar and goalie Karlee Hodgeman

prevented the Blue Crush from retaliating to lock up the victory.

Niki Cannon’s second-quarter score off a cross from Jessica Parker

put the Quick Chicks on top, 1-0. With the score tied 1-1 later in

the period, Townsend dribbled through a host of defenders and posted

her first goal to give the Quick Chicks a 2-1 halftime advantage.

The third period belonged to the Blue Crush, which scored

consecutive goals and took a 3-2 lead heading into the final quarter.

There, with time running out, Alison Hensley passed to Townsend, who

dribbled around the Blue Crush goalie to score, tying the match and

forcing overtime.

In other playoff action:

Region 55

Under-12 Division

Sour Power 3, Unstoppable Squids 1

Devon Shinn posted two goals, and Vanessa Calderon scored once for

Sower Power to win this first round, single-elimination tournament

game at the Glen View School site in Huntington Beach.

Chelsea Rebollar, Olivia Poss and Haley Lytle led the way on

defense for Coach Marcos Rebollar’s Sour Power team, which ran its

overall record to 10-1.

The victory puts Sour Power into Saturday’s division championship

against the Burgundy Fire.

Sour Power previous defeated Burgundy Fire, 3-2, in postseason

pool play, one once during the regular season.

BOYS’

Region 117 Under-10 Division

Ice Breakers 2, Golden Eagles 1

The Ice Breakers won their second postseason game by taking this

defensive struggle between two evenly matched teams at Perry School

in Huntington Beach.

Forward Mitchell Phillipy’s footwork positioned the ball near the

Golden Eagles’ net, where his sharp pass found Matthew Steinhaus, who

in turn drilled the ball into the goal for a 1-0 Ice Breakers lead.

The Golden Eagles tied the match up at 1-1, but that deadlock was

broken by a Michael Rowe goal.

Rowe got the game-winning goal when he ran down a loose ball and

put it into the net after a Steinhaus corner kick and then a scramble

near the Golden Eagles’ goal.

The defense of coaches Nigel Rowe and Ken Frens limited the Golden

Eagles to a single goal.

Leading the way were Garrett Hickman and Tommy Vollum, midfielders

Gavin Perdomo and Cole Souza, defenders Matthew Bordas and Nick Frens

and Trevor Verone, Perdomo and Phillipy in goal.