AYSO Region 120: Costa Mesa APP team fared well at tournament

COSTA MESA - The Costa Mesa boys under-13 APP team from AYSO Region

120 placed second at the fifth annual Brian McMillan Invitation Soccer

Tournament held over Labor Day Weekend.

Facing two older U14 APP teams, Costa Mesa managed to tie Tustin, 4-4,

and 1-1 against Costa Mesa 14.

In the final day of competition, Costa Mesa pulled out a 5-0 win with

goals scored by Hayden Hiatt, Danny Alderete and Luis Cozza. Strong

all-around play was turned in by Rigo Miranda, Benny Edles, Alberto Nava,

Starnes Arnold and Caleb Burgess controlled the midfield, while Kenneth

Zich, Adam Seagondollar, Marco Soto, Matt Grella, William Briseno and Ben

Abbott controlled the defense.

In boys under-10 action:

Team USA 4, Wolverines 2 - The Wolverines jumped out to a quick lead,

thanks to strong play from Marc Jones, Kevin Kaiser, Marc De Frenza,

David Nava, Evan Edison, Edwardo Espinoza and Tyler Sutton. But Team USA

responded with four second-half goals, led by strong contributions from

Bobby Mazariegos, Christopher Mendez and Joey Eggars.

The Comets opened their season with an impressive 5-0 victory. Strong

defense was turned in by Richard Bello, Brian Bray, Oliver Lewis, Sherman

Neusse and Andrew Tenno, while goals were scored by Eric Ronquillo

(three) Andrew Albers and Ryan Molaskey (one each).

Hustling midfielders Gregory Brostek, Chad Dulake and Zeke Kendall

helped keep the momentum in the Comets’ favor.

Galaxy 13, Hurricanes 2 - Willie LeValley and Fernando Romero each had

a handful of goals to lead the Galaxy to victory. Defensively, Eric

Hernandez, Gordan Infranca, Filip Sciesinski and Kevin Chau all held the

Hurricanes at bay.

In boys under-6 action:

The Lightning Bolts came out strong and were led by Ian Landt, Garrett

Deutsch, Tyler Owens, Barrett Kelly, John Santoyo and Bill Crosson.

In girls under-12 action:

Bad Hair Day 5, NoNames 0 - In a battle of two of the best team names

in Region 120, Bad Hair Day received goals from Taylor Brown, Diana

Gonzalez, Jamie Surdyka, Cori Patelski and Bridget Gleason, while Paige

Wallace, Amy Holt and Lauren Kipp controlled the midfield.

In girls under-10 action:

Shooting Stars 3, Blue Streak 2 - Kendra Fisher scored three goals to

lad the Shooting Stars to victory. Goalies Whitney McAleer and Kelsy King

each blocked several shots for the Stars.

Blue Flames 2, Wild Coyotes 0 -

Brooke Perez and Jillian Beck each scored goals to lead the Blue

Flames past the Wild Coyotes. Midfielders Maiquel McLeish, Stephanie Fox,

Krisen McCormack, Erin O’Neil and Sabrina Pardue helped control the

action for the Flames, while Alexis Copper, Brenda Hernandez, Michelle

Eastman, Kyarah Paplos and Claudia Santoyo anchored the defense.

In girls under-8 action:

The Freedom, in their matchup with the Big Green, were led by strong,

all-around play from Brooke Lux, Megan Crosson, Anna Lux, Lauren Neiger,

Taylor Thompson, Marisa Black, Meghan Quinn, Amy Serven and Taylor Kunst.

In girls under-6 action:

The Ladybugs and Little Mermaids helped open the season with a lot of

fun. Jessica Redden and Sierra Buchanan were strong for the Mermaids,

while Jackie Hubbard and Mia Crysel led the way for the Ladybugs.