AYSO Region 97 Champions

AYSO Region 97

Championship and Tournament Action

GU10 Select Breakers Double Up On the Gold

The Newport Mesa Breakers, a girls under 10 select team representing AYSO Region 97, captured the gold medal in the Area Q Select championships at the Farm Complex in Costa Mesa. The Breakers were the number one seed for the tournament after completing the regular season with a perfect 6-0 record. Victories over South Irvine and Corona del Mar put the Breakers into the final against Tustin. Siena Ward, Yaritza Garcia, Kiana Ghamari and McKenzie Porteous scored for the Breakers in a 4-0 victory. Destry Comp went the distance in the goal registering her fifth shutout of the season. The stingy defense was led by Faith Harper, Jackie Singer, Grace Vandervot, Paige Fults and Zoe Conley.

Undefeated and untied in Area Q play, the Breakers entered the prestigious Cerritos Thanksgiving Invitational to see how they would fare again LA County competition. Pool play victories against Los Alamitos (5-3), Arcadia (7-2) and Covina (7-2) vaulted the Breakers into the quarterfinals of the three day tournament. In the quarters, the Breakers squared off with Whittier who had advanced from their pool with a stingy defense. Ward, Garcia and Harper scored for the Breakers who came away with an easy 5-0 win. In the semi-final the Breakers faced their toughest challenge to date against the host team from Cerritos. Cerritos was big, fast and aggressive and defended the Breaker attack over and over. Despite getting 10 shots on goal, the Breakers were denied the back of the net and the first half ended 0-0. The third quarter was similar to the first half with the Breakers possession style passing around the physical Cerritos defense. Garcia penetrated down the right side off a pass from Ward and sent in a perfect cross which Brynn Blowers one timed into the back of the net. The goal proved to be the difference and moved the Breakers into the finals with a 1-0 victory. Comp and Hillary Beall shared time in goal to record the shut-out. In the final the Breakers faced a tough Los Alamitos team seeking revenge for their first loss of the season against the Breakers in pool play. However just too much for Los Alamitos, Garcia, Ward, Harper and company, the Breakers breezed to a 5-0 victory for the gold. Coach Kirk McIntosh credited his controlling defense led by Harper, Vandervort and Singer as the key to the lop-sided win.

Region 97’s GU16 Predators finish Fourth in Section 11 tournament

The Newport Beach predators ended the girls u16 soccer season with a fourth place finish in this year’s section 11 tournament held at UCI. The area Q champions started the tournament in a losing note losing their first match 7-0. Quickly, the predators woke up and won their next two matches 2-0 over Huntington Park and 3-2 over Cypress ending pool play in second place. The Predator’s attacks were led by forwards Shantel Romero, Tamara Myers, and Tania Tajimaron, and mid-fielders Katty Ayala, Kylie Carpenter, Kylie Walker, Valeria Hernandez, Brittany Espinoza and Wendy Garibay. Defense was led by Brenda Perez, Ashley Romero, Rochelle Bowlin, Audrey Bruscia and goalkeeper Dominique Hernandez. In their final match of the tournament the Predators came up a bit short losing to Ranch Santa Margarita 3-0. The Predators, coached by Juan Hernandez, ended up the season with a 9 and 4 record.

Super Pickles win Girls Under 12 for AYSO Region 97

Jessica Ochoa scored the only goal on a direct kick as the Super Pickles defeated the previously unbeaten Lucky Charms for the region 97 Championship on Saturday 1-0, Alex Vasquez, Meagan Rowan and Sabrina Sanchez played great as forwards. Mady Kanzler, Celeste Hernandez, Mackenzie Gaddis and Erika Nilsson played halfback shutting down the opposition, with shots on goal and setting up scoring opportunities. Jessica Ochoa, Sophia Alvarez, Emily Peschong, Peyton Jackson and Shantal Sanchez all played great defense turning away scoring chances. Katya Farinsky played outstanding the entire game in goal. Stephanie Navarro was unable to play due to injury.