YOUTH SPORTS

SOCCER

Results from Oct. 28

AYSO Region 97

Girls under 14

Corona del Mar 4, Red Bulls 1: Katy Elkins made the breakaway goal for the Red Bulls, while Katie Nall, Katie Ayala and Aneesha Usman made several shots on goal. Victoria Meer, Nicole Teale, Kiera Johnsen and Shavet Olvera played strong in the midfield, with Julia Melendres and Elizabeth Gonzales holding down the Red Bulls defense. Despite the 4-1 loss, Katie Courson had several saves as goalie.

Girls under 12

Smashing Pumpkins 4, Rebels 4: An excellent up-field run by Pumpkin Gina Scholey gave the Pumpkins their first goal. The Rebels then scored three goals, but another attempt was blocked by Pumpkins goalie Ryan Sweeney. Sara Hamilton then passed a corner kick to Gigi Light, who scored the Pumpkins’ second goal. Down 4-2 at halftime, the Pumpkins had excellent second-half defense by Hailey Smith, Bridget Kavanaugh, Samantha Rossi and goalie Sophie Templin. In the fourth quarter, Light and Elizabeth Muenchow both scored goals for the Pumpkins.

Boys under 12

M&M; Dudes: The M&M; Dudes played hard throughout the four quarters. Liam Tough had solid saves as goalie. Patrick Halle made solid offensive passes to teammates John Connelly , Samuel Miller and Jonathan Richards. Dakota Doidge and Sam Launder cleared the ball well. Dylan Kaplan and Riley Gaddis both scored goals for the M&M; Dudes.

Girls under 11 (APP)

Cherry Bombs 4, Costa Mesa 0: Kathyrn De La Torre made the first two goals for the Cherry Bombs with an assist from Rosalie Deliz. Christina Arechigo and Savannah Vrbas punched in the third and fourth goals for the 4-0 win. Nicole Fitzsimons played spectacular offense and Emily Cook, Nikki Walsh, and Ashley Harris dominated on defense. Kellie Melendres held the shutout as goalie and Kendall Lindsay, Katelyn Mead, and Lea Phillips kept the control of the midfield in Advance Play Program action.

Girls under 10

Red Angels 0, Highlighters 0: Hannah Tucker played great for the Red Angels and made several successful passes to her teammates throughout the game. Great defensive plays by Caylee Talbot, Lauren Bibb and Kristin Watanabe, as they assisted goalie Delaney Gastineau, kept the Highlighters from scoring in the first quarter. Emma Griffith powered the ball for several goal attempts, while Katie Kearns and Rachel Whitelegge got tough on defense. In the fourth quarter, defensive players Lauren Bibb, Katie Conway and Caylee Talbot worked hard to get the ball up the field to teammates Kekai Whitford, Kierstyn Yardlley and Grace Muenchow. The trio showed impressive dribbling and passing skills with several near-goals.

Blue Angels 2, Soccer Freaks 1: Blue Angels forwards Lindzy Konrad, Olivia Sever and Astrea Montgomery showed great teamwork and ball control in the first quarter. Left forward Lily Brandon scored a goal on a textbook crossing pass. Second-quarter action included a breakaway by Blue Angels striker Daniella Carrase, who took a great shot on goal that was denied by the sure hands of the Soccer Freaks’ goalkeeper. Blue Angels goalies Molly McCunniff and Logan Grove, with defensive help from Kyira Wicks, Kendall Cosenza, Emily Fay and Giulia Chlarson, shut out the Soccer Freaks offense for three quarters. Late in the third quarter, Jordan Goldsberry held her position on the weakside and scored easily when the ball ricocheted her way. In the fourth quarter, the Soccer Freaks scored a goal before time ran out on their comeback.

Gator Girls 3, Pink Panthers 2: Down 3-0 at halftime, the Pink Panthers stepped up their defense with great plays from Mary Doolin, Emily Halphide, Stephanie Navarro and Hannah Sanders. Goalie Noelle Hubbard managed to keep the opponent at bay by not giving up a goal the entire second half. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, still down 3-0, the Pink Panthers’ offense pressured the opponent with great plays from Katya Farinsky, Oliivia Jones, Marina Knutsen, Lauren Loucks, Kate Yasko and Elle Zielinski. Knutsen and Yasko each scored a goal to bring the Pink Panthers within one before the game ended.

Boys under 10

Silver Storm 3, Stingrays 2: Trailing 2-1 going to the fourth quarter, the Silver Storm got late goals from Jeremiah Sheldon and Avery Rowe to pull out a hard-fought win. Goalies Mitch Steinke, J. D. Drew, Chase Davis and Parker Young held the Stingrays tough attack to only two scores. Ryan Fogg, Peter Harano, Colin Rowe, Trevor Neighbors and Gavin Zavala played strong defense and midfield to keep the ball moving. Young netted the Storm’s first goal of the day.

Girls under 8

Big Green Grasshoppers vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Claudia Bays and Mollie Crook scored goals for the Grasshoppers and Ciera D’Alessandro made great defensive kicks. Riley Pardini showed her foot skills on offense, while Abby Scott and Christina Reimers helped defend the goal. Tatum Mcnutt brought her ‘A’ game as she was chasing the ball, and Hayden Allen and Sarah Schones made several big kicks. As goalie, Emily Fletcher was excellent.

For the Peppers, Erika Ellis and Julia Ackerman took strong shots on goal that narrowly missed. Julie Doyle put two in the net, one off an assist from Heather Roberts and the other off an assist from Ellis. Sienna Amoroso, Alyssa Wilkens, and Lauren Henke played strong defense. Rayna Richardson had several impressive dribbling runs and Laura Mackenzie made some strategic stops.

Boys under 8

Irish Bulldogs vs. Lightning: The Irish Bulldogs’ Jack McClintock scored the only goal of the game against the Lightning, on a high pass from Tom Phillips in the second quarter of play. Chandler Siemonsma also played well on offense, with good ball handling and several shots on goal, as did Alex Davis. The rest of the Bulldog offense demonstrated good teamwork and excellent passing skills, consistently lining the ball up at the center of the Lightning goal before taking a shot. As goalie, Fara Lependu made a great catch of a high shot on goal by the Lightning. A.J. Roth, Robbie Gehring, Colin Avary, Zach Durham and Kamran Siddiqi rarely let a Lightning ball near the Bulldog goal.

Girls under 7

Geckoes vs. Pink Firecrackers: Hannah Nixon, Kayla Brockman and Rosie Murphy were defensive stars for the Geckoes, blocking numerous Firecracker goal attempts. Sarah Sheldon, Amelia Newitt, Sarah Henry and Amelia Bruscia all were tough goalies. Lindsay Kaufman made a great pass to Sarah Sheldon, who blasted in the Geckoes’ goal.

Boys under 7

Fire Balls vs. Green Bulldogs: Matthew Weiss, Rory Sever and Marcus Croxson demonstrated some textbook passing and goal assists for the Fire Balls. Croxson and Weiss also scored goals, along with Seth Thomas, Paolo Carrillo-Weisenburger and Fernando Monroy, while Aidan Steinke put the pressure on from both offensive and defensive positions.

Goblins vs. Firebirds: Roy Manwell, Nick Halphide and Cole Schneider all had great passes to their Goblins teammates. Dillon Lippman and Tommy Hanle also made some good passes and stayed close to the ball, enabling them to move the ball down the field. Matthew Carney had some great saves while in goal and assisted Scott Ryder in scoring a goal. Ryder also scored on a direct kick.

AYSO Region 120

Girls under 10

Scramblin’ Panthers 5, Princess Power 0: Eliza Jason began the scoring in the first half, and the powerful Panthers had a 1-0 lead at halftime. Madison Letterman made many excellent saves to hold Princess Power scoreless in the first half. Lauren Cocroft, Jillian Cathey and Hannah Swift all provided tremendous defensive support. In the second half, Nikkie Blinn maneuvered past several defenders to score the second goal. Shea Moran added a third goal on an aggressive attack. Doris Corona and Haileigh Barnard were a dynamic goal-keeping duo in the second half, holding the Princess Power scoreless. Nicolai Pittman showed her versatility by playing brilliantly on offense and defense. Eliza Jason also added two more goals in the second half, completing a Panthers hat trick.

Girls under 6

Purple Puppies vs. Red Hots: Both teams came out really running, moving and hustling. Leading the way on the offensive side for the Purple Puppies were Lilli Rask, Allison O’Heany and Emily Hoffman. Making some great passes were Cameron Carter and Kelsey Bond. Sophia Palma and Erica Lopes shored up the defense. Sophia Palma and Erica Lopes made it very difficult for the Red Hots to advance the ball.

AYSO Region 57

Girls under 8

The Flash vs. Pink Panthers: Scoring for the Flash were Jessica Viale, Alexa Bonanno, Haley Hopkins, Kelly Lang, Kaylan Knitowski and Riley McQuaid. A strong defense was led by Gabby Finear, Delaney Day and Kelly Kobayashi.

Boys under 6

Silver Bullets vs. Green Fireballs: William Carter, Christopher Heinemann, Will LeBeau, Jackson Niedermayer, Shane Premer and Nick Van Dalsem all scored goals for the Silver Bullets. Carson Bosley nearly added to the score with numerous threatening shots on goal, and Hayden LeVecke turned back several threats with his stellar defensive play.

FOOTBALL

Costa Mesa Pop Warner

Costa Mesa Pop Warner honors scholars: The Costa Mesa Pop Warner football program recently named the 2006 Little Scholars for their league. These fourteen individuals are recognized by the association for maintaining a 96% or higher grade point average for the 2005-06 school year. Their names will be sent to the regional level and those who are chosen will go on to the national level to be recognized for Academic All-American status.

Midget division: Zachary Miller

Jr. Midget division: Kyle Iverson, Kyle Orton, Gavin Perdomo, Joshua Tierney, Grant Weston

Pee Wee division: Fernando Caicedo, Kyle Goss, Khalid Shakur, Tyler Turner

Jr. Pee Wee division: Christien Chapin, Oliver Ferris, Benjamin Robinson

Cheerleaders: Alex Farah

Costa Mesa Pop Warner

Jr. Pee Wee Division

Costa Mesa Mustangs 6, Hacienda/La Puente Red Monarchs 6: The first quarter of the game started out with a bang for the Costa Mesa Mustangs with their defense holding the Hacienda Red Monarchs to two three-and-out drives. The Mustang office started to pick up its gallop as Joey Hanson ran a left sweep, good for 20 yards down to the Red Monarch 15-yard line. Two plays later, Ben Robinson was in the end zone off of a reverse sweep that left the Red Monarchs diving for ankles, but the Mustangs couldn’t convert the point-after.

There was no score in the second quarter as both defenses toughened up. With some stellar defensive plays by the Mustangs’ Steve Kipp, Wyatt Ferris, Oliver Ferris, Joey Hanson, Eric Hanson and Derrick Atencio, the half ended at 6-0 in favor of the Mustangs.

The third quarter started out much like the first quarter, with Costa Mesa driving for what appeared to be a scoring drive, but their drive was halted by the Monarchs. The Monarch punt-receiver muffed the punt, however, and Hanson fell on the ball at midfield.

The Mustangs held the Monarchs to virtually no offense until midway through the fourth quarter, when they capitalized on some sleepy defense with a 90-yard catch and run from one of the Monarchs wide receivers. The Monarchs extra point attempt was stuffed and the game was tied at 6-6. Wyatt Ferris added an interception for the Mustangs as the game ended in a tie.

Newport-Mesa Jr. All-American

Jr. Pee Wee Division

Newport-Mesa Seahawks 19, Inglewood 8: The Seahawks (5-3, 4-2 in the division) were led on offense by quarterback Chase Forrest and receivers Chris Johnstone, who had a four-yard touchdown reception, and Levi Stillman, who caught a 65-yarder late in the fourth quarter to set up the last scoring opportunity. Max Meisenheimer, Taro Doone, Alex Losoya, Bronson Gilbert and Colby Koste led the tough rushing attack by Kory Cablay, Kurt Walde and Jeff Carlyle. Troy Reese, Rafael Corvera, Luke Burnicle, Daemon Kane, Devin Magana, Victor Valladares, Taylor Parks, Christian Abbey, Blake Bowie and JP Pilz also contributed on offense.

Forrest hit Johnstone on the four-yard score in the third-quarter, with Parks converting the two-point conversion in the third quarter to cut the lead to 19-8.

But the Seahawks couldn’t find the end zone the remainder of the game, despite having two other scoring opportunities in the fourth.

First, a would-be 35-yard Carlyle touchdown run was called back on a block-in-the-back call.

Then, Stillman’s 65-yard reception from Forrest put the Seahawks in the red zone with time running out, but the drive stalled on the two-yard line.

Cablay and Farthing recovered an onside kick a piece as the Seahawks shined on special teams.

The Seahawks’ defense, fronted by Kenny Drinnon, Kyle Benter, Todd Jarvis, Cayman Carter, Garrett Farthing, Adrian Marin and Dylan Rand-Luby, stopped the high powered Jet offense and limited them to only two first downs in the second half.