Pier Pressure puts pressure on opponents

Pier Pressure, a girls Under-12 Gold All-Star team out of Region

56, continued it unbeaten pace at the Area 11-K tournament by winning two

more matches last weekend.

The squad scored identical 2-0 victories over Region 517 (Santa Ana) and

Region 143 (Huntington Beach) to run their tournament record to 6-0. Pier

Pressure is now 13-1-1 overall, and has outscored its opponents, 33-2.

Pier Pressure’s stifling defense and ball control has dominated its foes.

The play of goalkeeper/sweeper Kelly Hyder and defenders Carley

Bonchonsky, Chelsea Kaplan, Mary Horstmann, Keely Miller, and Jesse Miner

have held the All-Stars take command in the tournament. The team’s front

line of Brooke Bashore, Alex Dunn, Candace Mecklenburg, and Lauren

Brancky have paced the offense, and Courtney Lynn, Jessica Jordan, and

Lauren Ardis has controlled the midfield.

In other Area 11-K action:

The Region 143 Gold All-Star team stayed with its winning ways last

weekend by beating Region 517, 7-0, and Region 5 (Fountain Valley), 2-0,

to run its tournament record to 7-0. A balanced Region 143 has outscored

its seven opponents, 26-1, with 10 players having scored goals: Kirsten

Bolt, Blair Connors, Annita DeGiglio, Nikki Frieborg, Whitney Gueta, Ann

Ludolph, Natalie Meyers, Jessica Shannon, Lauren Swensen, and Krista

Thompson. Defensively, the team is led by Danae Lucas, Erin Silverlake,

Ashley Beanblossom, and goalies Alexandra Jaspers and Kristin Coleman.