Quicksilver wins Silver title

Two AYSO Region 117 teams squared off last weekend for the Area 11-K

Tournament’s Silver Division crown, and Quicksilver emerged with the

title following a hard-fought 1-0 victory over the Silver Stars on a wet,

rainy field.

Alec Pinto set up the game’s lone score, a first period goal by Danny

Thibodeaux. The play of goalie Kyle Jenkins, who made several key saves,

Kevin Lewis, Colin Carrol, Matt McCoy and Cody Reeves, were instrumental

in the win. Defensive pressure applied by Jimmy Miller, Kris Sauber and

Sam Mikulak was also key.

Quicksilver reached the title match by beating Region 143, 3-1, behind the two goals by Tanner Phillips and one by Trevor Carberry. Quicksilver

went 8-0 in the tournament, and 16-1 overall this season, outscoring its

opponents, 55-5.

In other tournament action:

UNDER-10 DIVISION

H.B. Ugly of Region 56 finished in second place in Area 11-K

tournament play after dropping a 3-1 match to Region 117. Midfielders Tyler Chapman, Nick Abraham and Jeff Meigs turned in strong performances,

as did forward Greg Weaver.

H.B. Ugly began the weekend with a 6-0 rout of Region 143, getting its first two goals off corner kicks from Justin De Marco to Greg Davis. Josh

Sabillion also scored twice, and Shane Gardner and Andy Smith each scored

once. H.B. Ugly ended the tournament by outscoring its 10 opponents,

32-10. The defensive play of Casey Sheridan, Brian Adsit, Kyle Campana

and Kevin Danielson helped goalie Danny Rey allow an average of just one

goal per match.

GIRLS’ UNDER-10 DIVISION

The Gold & Black Attack Gold All-star team out of Region 117 finished

in second place in the Area 11-K Tournament following a tie breaking

shootout win over Region 55, and a 2-0 win over Region 56.

Samantha Strom scored both goals in the 2-0 win, the first coming off

a Joanna Steinhaus feed. The second came on a breakaway up the left side

of the field. Goalie Maya Sanders recorded the shut out, getting key help

from defenders Jessica Brown, Kaleigh Budd, Ariane Hebrard, Chelsee Laine

and Caitlin MacKenzie.

A tie breaking shootout with Region 5 was required to determine second

and third place in the division. Hebrard, replacing the injured Sanders

in the net, deflected two of the four remaining shot attempts by Region

5, with the other two sailing wide. Budd scored the first goal for the

Attack with a strong punch into the corner of the net and Hebrard added a

goal as the Attack (5-3-2 in All-star play) pulled out a 2-1 decision.