Golden Eagles soar to title

The Golden Eagles out of AYSO Region 117 rolled through the 15th

annual Turkey Shoot tournament, dominating four opponents to earn the

boys’ Under-10 Division tournament title.

The event was hosted by Region 56 at Edison High.

The Golden Eagles outscored their four opponents, 14-2, with three shutouts.

They defeated Fountain Valley (4-0), the Patriots (1-0), the

Strikers (6-0), and the Wet Willies (3-2), the latter three teams all

from Huntington Beach.

Justin Smith led the Golden Eagles in scoring. Tournament goals

were also scored by Michael Tucker, Josh Mischler, Josh Knox, Kyle

Hisa, Michael Debrott, Tyler Clouse and Tuner Clouse.

Pacing the Golden Eagles defense were Jacob Demes, Brett Maus,

Matthew Gasparro, and Adrian Briggs.

In other AYSO playoff action:

Under-12 Division

Eliminators 2, Wet Willies 0

Defense paved the way for the Eliminators, who won the division

postseason championship.

The defense, which surrendered four goals during tournament play,

was led at center by Matt Fetters, wings Brian Hurd and Zoran Cirson,

and Nick Mayer in goal. The mid-field was controlled by Bennett

Allen, Riley Miller, Daniel Storage and brothers Jared and Derek

Mossembekker. Kyle Hubort, Jordan Long and Evan Generoli turned in

solid play at forward.

Jordan led the team in scoring for the season with 28 goals.

The Eliminators, coached by Steve Mossembekker and Kellie Hubort,

advance to compete in the upcoming Area K playoffs.

Region 55

Under-10 Division

Purple Raptors 2, North HB 0

Juan Rodriguez scored both goals, and the Purple Raptors capped a

perfect season by winning the division title.

The other members of the Purple Raptors are Jose Aleman, Andrew

Brine, Kevin Fletcher, Jimmy Flynn, Blake Herzog, Kevin Kustura,

Tyler Pagter, Juan Rodriguez, Ereck Schwartz, Nicholas Soedel, Grant

Van Dyke, head coach John Kustura and assistant coach Steve Pagter.

Region 56

Under-12 Division

Impact 4, Red Dragons 3

Tyler McCarthy took a cross from Nick Stephens and scored the

game-winning goal in overtime to lift Impact.

Impact held a 3-1 lead, but the Red Dragons scored twice in the

final 20 minutes to force overtime.

Impact, coached by Bob Dunn and Bob Tinsley, was led by Jonathon

Ayala, Nathan Birk, Tanner Class, Jeffrey Cole, John Dachroeden, John

Dunn, Anders Hamborg, Casey Hill, Ryan Johnson, Dan Knight, Ben

Tinsley and Josh Villas.

GIRLS’

Region 117 Under-19 Division

Region 117’s girls’ U-19 team won both the Area K and Section 11

tournament championships to finish the season unbeaten.

The team is Ashley Blake, Jennifer Lidman, Theresa Simmons,

Jessica Harris, Alexis Stein, April Pate, Ashley Carr, Amber Rodezno,

Dana Livingston, Dorri Daggett, Ashley Edwards, Jessica Abdou,

Brittany Millar and Jessica Case.

The team is coached by Danny Nielsen and Chris Nielsen.

Under-12 Division

Quick Chicks 2, Criminals 0

Coach Dale Hensley’s Quick Chicks ended the season without a loss

as they clinched the division title by blanking the Criminals.

Alison Hensley scored on a first quarter penalty kick and Haley

Townsend scored later in the half as the Quick Chicks took a 2-0 lead

at the intermission.

Turning in strong performances were forwards Jessica Parker and

Alex Long, mid-fielders Kailey Ivers, Nicole Cannon, Lisa Fleck,

Kimberly Kurdziel and Alexander Lawrence, goalie Karlee Hodgman,

sweeper Kristy Verone and fullbacks Braelyn Snook and Pouneh

Radparvar.

The Quick Chicks have qualified to play in the Area K playoffs,

set for January.