AYSO Region 57: Wedge advances to semifinals

The Wedge from AYSO Region 57, Division 4 pulled off playoff wins

on Thursday and Saturday to advance to the division semifinals.

The Wedge first knocked off the White Tigers, 2-1, with goals scored

by Andy Bender and R.J. Baldoni. Julian Marsico, Christian Morabito,

Christopher Horton, Kevin Kottke, Michael McHugh and Ricky Lobel also

added some offensive spark to the Wedge, while Alex Ray, Scott Feeley,

Alireza Nazemi, Joshua Kim and Jeff Livingston played solid defense.

Following the win over the White Tigers, the Wedge defeated the Red

Raiders, 5-1.

Morabito scored two goals, while Kottke, Baldoni and Bender each added

single goals.

In boys under 8 action:

In the Red Bombers’ game with the Green Hornets, Blake Thomsen scored

four goals, while Sandon Griffin chipped in with two.

David Fenner and Sammy Witte paced the Bombers’ offense, while Ford

Hanour, Connor Garrett, Jesse Marans, Jonathan Teller and Miles Solomon

sparked the defense.

For the Super Sonics, in their matchup with the Phantoms, Matthew

Livingston and Luke Kopaskie each scored two goals, while Jeremy Bowinkle

and Allen Brown came through with assists.

Super Sonic defenders John Michael Gunn, Bennet Lawrenz, Joshua DeBono

and Bryce Bastion kept the Phantoms at bay, while goalie Michael Brown

stopped numerous shots.

The Firebolts played on Saturday and were led by Connor Gaal’s two

goals and single tallies from Zack Morrison and Ronald Ayzian. Strong

defense was provided by Dalton Brewer, Jeff Condino and Michael Drews,

while Alex Morrison assisted on defense.

The Green Bombers played a tough game against the Blue Blizzard and

were led by goals from Cameron Orr and Hunter Meece.

Pete Markel, Sam Cuberio and Tanner Trauten kept offensive pressure up

for the Green Bombers, while Alex Carlis, Cole Chatham, Matt Berry and

Dan Steele anchored the defense.

The Green Devil Rays, in their matchup with the Green Dragons, had

strong offense from Eric Zamucen (two goals), Kent Smith, Billy MacDonald

and Connor Canale (one goal each).

Assisting on the goals were Kevin Maguire, Alex Matar, Brandon Zelner

and Tanner Grandstaff.

For the Fireballs, in their contest with the Blue Thunder, Matthew

Burt, Bianni Multari and Jack Gorab each scored goals, while Nick

Molinaro assisted the offense with crisp passing.

Strong midfield play was led by Anthony Daboub, Matt Larson and John

Swigart, while Logan Burkhead and Kevin Kitzens anchored the defense.