Xtreme tunes up for league play

In its final tune-up before league play, Gold Coast Xtreme, a local

girls’ under-12 Silver Level club soccer team won the Orange County

Kickoff Tournament in Irvine.

Combining a steady offense with a stingy defense, the Xtreme

outscored their opponents 13-2 in four matches.

Playing at Irvine Valley College, the Xtreme defeated Crown City

United 2-0, the Irvine Lazers 5-1 and the Wolves 5-0. In the

tournament final, they defeated Cypress F.C. Elite 2-1 in a shootout.

Forward Sarah Wilkinson led the Xtreme in scoring with four goals

and midfielder Devon Shinn finished with three goals. One of Shinn’s

goals came late in the championship match against Cypress, which

allowed the Xtreme to earn a 1-1 tie.

In a tie-breaking shootout to decide the tournament champion,

Nicole Camarillo and Halle Bissin each scored to lift the Xtreme to

the championship. It was the only goals of the tournament for both

players.

Contributing outstanding work at midfield were Emily Walling,

Hanna Mais and Shannon Wright.

Camarillo, Katherine Zeltner, Natalie Ortiz and Paige Grigus

anchored the Xtreme’s tough defense and Bissin and Marquette shared

goalkeeping duties.

In water polo action:

Siblings Parla and Taylan Alpan of Huntington Beach each played on

teams that won gold medals at the 2004 Junior Olympics water polo

tournament at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Both swim for the club team, SOCAL, which is based in Tustin.

Parla Alpan, 16, completed her third year playing for SOCAL. In

two previous years playing for the club program at the Junior

Olympics, she played on teams that won goal and silver. She primarily

plays driver but can play at any other position, if needed.

Parla Alpan currently attends Phillips Academy at Andover,

Massachusetts.

Taylan Alpan is in his second year playing for SOCAL and was on

last year’s squad that earned silver at the Junior Olympics.

In the tournament’s gold medal match two weeks ago, he scored the

winning goal in the final seconds of the match to break a tie and

lift SOCAL to victory. His score was selected “Play of the Day” and

occurred in the “Game of the Day,” in the tournament.