Youth Scene:

The Dave Kelsey-coached North Huntington Beach girls’ under-10 Black team continued last weekend with a doubleheader, facing some of Southern California’s elite teams for their age group. The weekend opened up with a game on the home field of CRSC So Cal Infinity 99 in Garden Grove and ended with a game Sunday on the home field of LAFC Chelsea in La Cañada.

The NHB girls took the fight to CRSC Saturday morning. However, NHB gave up a goal to CRSC in each half of the match.

With numerous opportunities off of shots from NHBs Kayla Herbert, Maricarmen Reyes, Madi Macias, Shaelyn Elliott and Michael Guptill, NHB still failed to break the plane of the goal and score. This allowed CRSC to come out with a victory of 2-0, setting the rematch for later this season between the two clubs.

Coming off a tough defeat to CRSC, NHB GU-10 Black was hungry for both a goal and victory going into the match against LAFC Chelsea on Sunday. LAFC struck quickly in the first half, scoring a goal in the third minute of play. NHB’s Madi Macias tied things up shortly thereafter with a header.

Later that same half, Macias threw in the ball from the touch line near the penalty area of LAFC. Carly Flores took the ball served by Madi and shot it hard at the goal which deflected off an LAFC defender.

Nearby, NHB’s Kayla Herbert saw the rebound and struck it hard which resulted in a goal giving NHB the 2-1. However, with just minutes left in the half, LAFC tied it up with their second goal of the half. The second half saw both teams with opportunities, none of which resulting in another goal. The game ended in a tie.

Junior All-American Football

The Huntington Beach Junior All-American Junior Future League Oilers won a nail-biter against the Compton Titans Saturday.

The Oilers offense took a little time to warm up, but the defense came out charging. In the first quarter, Timothy Madrid made a touchdown-saving flag pull to stop Compton.

Robbie Lowenburg racked up some serious yardage on the ground.

The defense continued to fight hard in the second quarter as Nathan Skorheim had a key flag pull. The Oilers offense finally sparked and Aiden Pavloff exploded for the touchdown. After the first half, things got physical after a huge kickoff by Nathan Halloran, and Skorheim had another big flag pull.

In the fourth quarter, Josia Huerta exploded through the Titans line to get the flags in the end zone for a safety. The Oilers got the ball and ran the clock out for their second straight win.

 The Huntington Beach Junior All-American Pee Wee Oilers fell to the South County Patriots, 44-18, on Saturday.

Lance Cervantes scored an early touchdown for Huntington Beach, while Jacob Aragon-Ellis masted the bock perfectly for Ryan Harnisch to gain some serious yardage in the second quarter, and David Schultze scored a touchdown to narrow the Patriots lead. Daylan Harmeyer added an interception but the Patriots began to widen their lead.

Craig Dean scored a third-quarter touchdown for the Oilers, who host the Rowland Heights Raiders at 1 p.m. Saturday.

POP WARNER FOOTBALL

The Huntington Beach Green Mighty Mite Chargers improved to 3-1 by stopping the La Mirada Matadors, 26-8, on Saturday in La Mirada.

Cameron Mase scored two first-half touchdowns and Miles McCord and Nicholas Upstill scored second-half touchdowns to lead the Chargers. Tanner Nelson, Orion Garza, Connor Sanford, Ryan Bala and Matthew Weddle led the defense, which had four sacks and allowed just two La Mirada first downs.