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| Division I champion Mr. Bones: Nicole Botero, Sean Edwards, James Hall, Raphael Kasser, Austin Martin, Chandler McClung, Jason Rappe, Ally Titsworth and Cory Wash. Coach: Andy Jonatzke. |
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| Division II champion Island Real Estate: Megan Chambers, Paulo Fonseca, Joseph Garbus, Chandler Hardy, Mallory Kosfeld, Max Miller, Elijah Pellegren, Courtney Schmidt, Josh Schmidt and Austin Wash. Coach: Scott Lindsey. |
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| Division III champion Air & Energy: Trevor Albers, Henry Bernet, Arianna Collins, Philip Dudevoire, Connor Field, Denver Hardy, Joel Hart, Adam Hart, Peyton Hinton, Samantha Purnell, Sarah Rappe and Olivia Roemer. Coach: Jonathan Hart. |
All-star action, awards ceremony top Island soccer season
by Kevin Cassidy
Islander Correspondent
Another season of soccer has come to an end on Anna Maria Island, marking the 31st Island soccer season for Island players. Congratulations to all of the players, coaches and parents of the Anna Maria Island Community Center's Soccer League Division I Mr. Bones, Division II Island Real Estate and Division III Air & Energy for their championship seasons.
The league held is awards ceremonies for the top three divisions on Nov. 12 at the Center with each division-winning team being awarded first-place trophies. In addition, individual awards were handed out in each division, which included the prestigious Dennis Grandstad League MVP, the Kenny Randall Sportsmanship Award, the Female MVP and the newly established Goalie of the Year award.
The goalie of the year award was established to encourage kids to want to play goalie and to reward those that are crazy enough to do so willingly! Longboat Observer goalie Christina Papazian, West Coast Surf Shop goalie Peyton Phillips and Cannons Marina goalie Nick Papazian were the worthy recipients of this honor.
Female most valuable players were Ally Titsworth of Mr. Bones, Hailey Dearlove of West Coast Surf Shop and Claudia Heinz of Mike Norman Realty.
The winners of the Kenny Randall Sportsmanship Award are Longboat Observer's Billy Alstrom, Molly Stoltfus of West Coast Surf Shop and Josh Zawistoski of Danziger Allergy & Sinus.
There were a few surprises in awarding the Dennis Grandstad league MVP trophies, but not in Division III. Joel Hart, who tallied 28 goals while leading his Air & Energy team to the Division III title was the runaway winner. Division II winner Paulo Fonseca of the Division II champion Island Real Estate team won the award despite finishing second on his "team" in scoring behind league scoring-leader Chandler Hardy.
Division I MVP went to Joey Hutchinson of last place LaPensee Plumbing. This was a tight race between league scoring leader Ben Valdivieso, who scored 36 goals, Cory Wash of league winner Mr. Bones, who finished with 27 goals, and Hutchinson, who was the third leading scorer in Division I with 27 goals.
Once again, congratulations to all of the award winners and all of the players, coaches and parents who participated in the Center league.
All-star action
Navy defeated Orange 5-4 on Nov. 12 to win the Division I all-star game behind three goals from Broderick West. Heldino Gomez and Max Marnie each notched one goal for the winners. Other Navy all-stars are Sean Edwards, Jason Rappe, Austin Martin, Darrin Phillips, Daniel Landesberg and Whitney Bauer.
Ben Valdivieso, Kyle Aritt,, Blake Wilson and Matt Bauer each scored one goal to lead the Orange team in the loss. Orange team members include Nash Thompson, Celia Ware, Jordan Sebastiano, Donna Barth and Sylvie Marolan.
In the Division II all-star game, Navy prevailed by a 3-1 score over Orange. Paulo Fonseca, Hailey Dearlove and Danny Krokroskia each notched one goal to lead the Navy to victory. Josh Schmidt, Courtney Schmidt, Joey Garbus, Mallory Kosfeld, Jordan Hinton, Jerry Meyer and Peyton Phillips rounded out the Navy all-stars.
Alex Hall led the Orange effort with one goal in the loss. Other Orange all-stars include Jack Titsworth, Daniel Pimental, Savannah Schield, Jonah Castor, Taylor Wilson, Jake Rappe, Kyle Crum, Elijah Clay-Chapman and Savannah Hendrickson.
The Division III all-star game ended in a 2-2 tie. Ryan Gilman paced the Orange team with two goals, while Max Moneuse and Andrew Crowton each scored one goal to lead the Navy team. Other Orange all-stars include Connor Field, Trevor Albers, Arianna Collins, Philip Dudevoir, Samantha Purnell, Peyton Hinton, Claudia Hynds, Rip Shaffer, Morgan Greig, Logan Reiber and Jake Parsons.
Navy all stars included Hunter Parrish, Neil Carper, Sam Azmi, Sterling Louw, Nick Papazian, Robby Officer, Blaine Jenefsky, Josh Zawistosky, Shayna Danziger, Kelly Stewart and Madison Driscoll. |
