Code Red picks up a 2-1 victory over Bayern

South Coast Code Red picked up another victory by posting a decisive

2-1 win over Futbol Club Bayern Sunday in an under-14 girls’ club

soccer matchup.

Code Red struck early in the match and never trailed. After a shot

by Erika Longoria went off the Bayern goalie, Kelly Mitsumori was

positioned perfectly to pick up the rebound and post the game’s first

goal in the opening minute of play.

The Code Red midfield -- led by Osiris Ceja, Andrea Ecker, Alli

Budd and Alison Hensley -- kept up the offensive pressure, along with

forwards Kirsten Marony and Breanne Justice.

Later in the first half, Rebecca Cruz took advantage of an open

goal to post the second Code Red score.

Bayern closed the gap by scoring on a direct kick near the corner

flag in the second half, but Code Red’s defensive team, led by goalie

Tiffany Van Tress, didn’t give up another goal.

In AYSO action:

Region 55

Under-12 Girls

Double Trouble 2, Knockouts 1

A second-half goal by Erin Vogel, off a feed from Melissa Cooley,

lifted Double Trouble to the win.

Two minutes into the game, the Knockouts took a 1-0 lead when

Lindsay Conlisk, taking a pass from Katelyn Serrano, sent a shot into

the corner of the net.

In the second quarter, Emily Taylor set up the first Double

Trouble goal by passing to Cooley, who netted the equalizer.

Vogel’s goal, which came early in the second half, gave Double

Trouble the lead for good. Keeper Kalie McColloch successfully turned

away five shots by the Knockouts in the second half.

Lauren Franco, Nicky Gonzalez, Briana Montgomery and Kasha Rusch

led the offensive charge for the Knockouts.

Under-10 Girls

Soccer Sisters 3, Red Hot Chili Peppers 1

A first-half goal by Devon Graber and a second-half score by

Simone Corkett allowed the Soccer Sisters to pull away.

Graber scored in the first period, getting a goal off an assist

from Corkett, to give the Soccer Sisters a 1-0 lead.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers came right back to tie the score, as

Shelby Klaetsch fed Sydney Marks for the tying goal.

Late in the first half, Graber broke the tie when she scored off

an assist from Danielle Kutinsky. In the second half, Corkett tallied

the third Soccer Sisters goal off a feed from Briana Kutinsky.

In National Junior Basketball action:

The Huntington Beach Neighbors, a girls’ All-Net eighth-grade

division team composed of six players -- Brittany Frers, Nikki

Fukuzawa, Janet Kim, Renee Lindquist, Analese Trejo and Meghan White

-- picked up two more victories Sunday.

The squad first defeated the Whittier Heat, 44-20, then came back

later in the day to upend the Fullerton Starzz, 40-25.

“We played great team defense which led to some good transition

scoring,” Neighbors coach Tim Brennan said.

White, Trejo, Lindquist and Frers led the Neighbors in scoring.

In other youth basketball news:

Signups for the National Junior Basketball Winter League are

underway.

The Huntington Beach chapter is seeking girls in the sixth,

seventh or eighth grades who are interested in playing local

tournaments and league games.

Interested players should contact Margie and Tim Brennan at (714)

846-9076.