Seahawk swimmer wins Tiburon open water swim **with pic**
On Sept. 13, Rachel Knowles competed with 400 polar bear types (8 to 75 years old) in the 10th annual Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay, finishing first in the open water swim in the 13 & under category.
Decked out in a thin swim suit, goggles and double swim caps anchored with duct tape, the 12-year-old who swims for the Pleasanton Seahawks swam against the chilly 50-something degree current from Angel Island to Tiburon Harbor. In preparation for the race, Knowles has competed in multiple open water swims. When asked what was the most difficult part of the race, she answered, “The start, there were so many swimmers that people were grabbing your feet, kicking and even swimming over you.”
She said that when the swimmers left the bay, they were hosed off and the cold water felt “like a hot shower.”
“The best part of the experience was finishing and running on the red carpet at the finish line,” she added.
Rage U12 Premier top Rockers 5-0 **with pic**
The matchup against the Mill Valley Rockers saw Rage U12 Premier playing their aggressive, attacking, possession game that was so successful the opening weekend. Carley Robertson scored three goals Sunday, with assists from Christy Jensen and Brookey Villanueva, helping the team to a 5-0 win. The other two goals were scored by Malissa Shadle, with an assist from Makenna Elias, and by Julia Densmore. The defensive play of Jasmine Dessouky, Eilis Hegarty and Hannah McGillivray, anchored by goal keeper Sophia Brown, produced the second shut-out in as many weeks.
In addition to her play on the field, Dessouky made a wonderful save while the keeper was down. (RAGE Photo Info: Christy Jensen [center, with ball], Carley Robertson [right]. Photo taken by Paul LaBella)
BUSC U12 Premier rally for win against Turlock
Trailing 1-0 at the half to a well-organized Turlock Scorpions team, the BUSC U12 Premier rallied back to defeat the Scorpions 3-1 Sunday.
Jeffrey Klei began the comeback with a direct kick goal from just outside the top of the area. Jackson Still scored Ballistic’s next goal with a lovely inward bender corner kick that snuck in underneath the keeper’s hands, and Cameron Ritchie sealed the victory with a penalty kick conversion.
Once again Ballistic’s defense was on top of their game, with Mitchell Wilson and Geoffrey Wiederecht taking charge.
Rage U16AC tallies second shutout against opponents
The Rage U16AC dominated Diablo FC 93 for a 3-0 win Saturday at the Sports Park. Rage got on the board early when Erin O’Loughlin scored off a great cross by Cassie Scroggins. The second goal came when Haley Paxton sent a pass to Abigail Moore who took a couple touches, then blasted it just under the crossbar. Megan Ash finished off Diablo when she scored the final goal from a great cross by Ashley Jenezon. The stout defense of Lindsay Rigel, Molly Rowse, Stephanie Little, Charlie Garcia and keeper Shannon Easley contributed to the second Rage shutout.
U16 Select dominate Newark in 5-0 victory
The U16 Select traveled to Newark Sunday and unleashed a devastating offensive attack in putting together a 5-0 victory over the Rebels. The Select first got on the board in the 13th minute off a pass from midfield by center back Randy Copeman, who had a tremendous game defensively. In the 20th minute Abe Barreras, who also had a terrific game, streaked down the left side and sent a true cross to Lorentz planted inside the eighteen for the score and the team was ahead 3-0 by the half. Yashar Benham finished in net and kept the shutout with a save in the 80th minute of the game, and the 5-0 win.
Rage U11 Premier sail to victory over Flames Saturday
The Rage U11 Premier team posted another convincing win on Saturday the 19th with a 4-1 victory over the Diablo Flames. In the very first minutes of the game Haley Okumura scored a beautiful goal off of a great assist from Sam Frost. The first half the Rage held 1-0 with excellent defense coming from Ariana Nino, Amy Schoendienst and Tiara Lewis. Sarah Broacha had a brilliant defensive header and goalie Juliet Allen more than once slid in on the ball saving a few close ones.
Early in the second half the Flames scored, but very quickly the Rage answered back when Jo Salinas kicked the ball from a distance and scored the Rage’s first goal of the second half. Shanece Hunsaker was able to tap the ball in off of a well set up play by Ariana Nino and Haley Okumura. The fourth goal for the Rage came as a penalty kick, when Sam Frost kicked the ball perfectly past the Flames goalie.
The team posted another win Sunday, this time against the Mustang Strikers. It was a shutout for the Rage who won 3-0 in spite of the extreme heat.
Rage U14 score one late in game for 1-0 win
The Rage U14 Orange beat Castro Valley 1-0 Sunday. The matchup was a scoreless contest until late in the game when midfielder Ariel Gershman passed the ball up to forward Vanessa Villanueva who sent the ball over the Castro Valley goalie. Speedy Fullbacks Katie Oross and Laura Morgan combined to run down and shut down four Castro Valley breakaways.
Bammer shoots one in, but Rage U12 drop game to Heat
The Rage U12 White Division 1 lost the first of their Nor-Cal preliminary games to the San Jose Heat Sunday 5-1. The game highlight came in the second half. Madison Avery look a pass from Heather Jackson Madison took the ball down the field crossed it to the middle and MacKenzie Bammer shot it in.
Lamorinda battle it out with Rage U14AC, winning 2-1
Rage U14AC played the first half of the game with respect for Lamorinda United 95 team, who defeated them in the Cherry Island tournament a few months ago 4-0. Lamorinda took advantage of that and possessed the ball most of the time. A brilliant performance of Rage’s goalie Olivia Brown and her brave saves in three occasions frustrated Lamorinda’s forwards, allowing Rage to keep the result at 0-0, later topping them 2-1. The second half started in the same pace and Lamorinda scored, by their best player, for the lead, but not for long. Rachel Reichenbach dribbled through three defenders and concluded with the equalizing goal. Evan Murphy passed a corner kick back to Marisa Riordan who crossed the ball into the box. Lamorinda’s goalie bounced the ball short and Molly Grozier was able to drill it into the net. The rest of the game was controlled by Rage players due to their good running and ball movement.
Offense strong, but Rage U9 fall to SaberCats
Despite nice offensive plays from Emily Ferrey, Jasmine Erickson and Abby Smith, the Rage U9 Black team couldn’t push one across, falling to the Mustang SaberCats 6-0 Saturday. Mollie McKay and Emily Esparza helped to control the midfield and support nice goal keeping from Emma Tsztoo and Erickson.
BUSC U16 fight hard for 1-0 win against Earthquakes
The BUSC U16 Select visited the Mustang Earthquakes and came away with a hard fought 1-0 victory Saturday. The Select dominated play in the first half regarding possession but could not close the deal. Jake Lorentz hit a screamer from point blank range in the 17th minute that the Quake GK bravely stood in for. Brandon Cohen hit the first of two posts on the day, and the Select was feeling a little snakebit. Their defense was stifling, with center backs Randy Copeman, Joe Lee, and Frank Morley taking turns stuffing the Mustang attack and sending the Select on counterattacks. Outside backs Eric Brooks and Chandler Bullock were stepping up hard into the offense, creating more pressure, but the half ended 0-0.
Select GK Lukas Moses wasn’t tested in the first half, but had to withstand several Mustang corners in the second. Finally, the Select broke through in the 75th minute. Bullock tucked in deep into the Quakes end and battled to keep the ball in their end. It ended up at Cohen’s feet, whose volley strike found the back of the net.
BUSC U19 Select score 13 goals in one weekend
The Ballistic United U19 Select scored 13 goals over the weekend, defeating Ballistic United Advanced on Saturday followed by a win over Mustang United on Sunday. Keeper Josh Cho along with backs Tyler Copeman, Steven Gilbert, Brian Bui and Jason Teague played well allowing one goal over the weekend. In Saturday’s game Jason Scott scored a hat trick while Alex Caravan and Niko Lecco both scored twice. Left Back Brian Hu scored on a beautiful 40 yard shot that tucked in under the bar.
In Sunday’s game against Mustang Alex Caravan slotted home a feed from Jaymi Van Dam in the 18th minute. Niko Lecco scored twice including a highlight reel goal on an assist from Keeper Josh Cho. Cho punted the ball past the Mustang defense, found Lecco who then chipped the charging keeper.
The wins put Ballistic atop the Al Caffodio table with a record of 3-0.
Rage U16D3 take stinger out of San Ramon
The Pleasanton Rage U16D3 Orange scored early and never looked back in defeating the San Ramon Stingers on Saturday at the Sports Park. Katey Cloonan scored the first goal of her hat trick by taking the opening kick-off and navigated through traffic to score the first goal in less than 15 seconds, pacing the Rage to its second consecutive 8-0 victory. Kiley Zieker and Sarah Machado scored impressive goals, with Kiley booting one from 20 yards at a sharp angle to the far post, and Sarah moving up from her usual defender position to send a shot over the goalie’s arms from over 35 yards out. Haley Boehmer and Jessie Hopson also scored. Carly Boehmer earned her second shutout in goal, providing leadership and direction from the rear. Megan Smart and Madison Nethery also provided strong efforts at defense and midfield, respectively.
BUSC U13 produce 53 shots on goal, but fail to convert
The BUSC U13 Division 3 Select team had two matches last weekend that were very challenging and showed there is work to be done in converting scoring opportunities into goals. The Select team produced a total of 53 shots on goal for both games and only converted four into scores. Their opponents were much more efficient with their goals to shots conversion rate with only 23 total shots on goal, creating six scores. Even though the BUSC boys out shot their opponents, their ability to finish an attack was lacking an acceptable performance level. The final outcome was a loss to Union City Chivas 3-1 and a tie to Danville’s Mustangs, 3-3, with the tying goal scored by BUSC in the 69th minute of the match.
Ballistic United Soccer Club
Division 4- Recreational
Game Dates: 9/19-20/2009
Age Group: U5
Home Team Name: Coyotes
Visitor Team Name: Chargers
Top Offensive Players: Anthony Mitine #7
Top Defensive Players: Colby Wallace #6, Zachary Riley #10
Highlights: Among the Coyotes, Colby Wallace and Zachary Riley were playing amazingly well in defense. Anthony Mitine had great kicks towads the Charger’s goal, and scored during the 3rd quarter of the game.
Age Group: U6
Home Team Name: Bats
Visitor Team Name: Bulldogs
Top Offensive Players: Matthew Andre, Jackson Flora, Kevin Ellis
Top Defensive Players: Tyler Cheng, Cannon DiFraia,
Highlights: The Bats swooped down on the field and were lead in scoring by Jackson Flora, Matthew Andre, and Kevin Ellis. On defense, Cannon DeFraia kept the Bulldogs at bay, while Tyler Cheng both defended and scored.
Age Group: U7
Home Team Name: Stallions
Visitor Team Name: Stingrays
Top Offensive Players: John Serrano, Jeremy Fortner, Dillon Lambert
Top Defensive Players: Owen Maratsos, Evan McConnaughey, Brett Miller
Home Team Name: Sabercats
Visitor Team Name: Stingrays
Top Offensive Players: Jimmy Andre
Top Defensive Players: Adon Arias
Highlights: Riley Cornelius and Matteo Schiaffino provided excellent goalkeeping.
Home Team Name: Squadron
Visitor Team Name: Stallions
Top Offensive Players: Liam Fournier, Jonathan Kossman
Top Defensive Players: Mateo Brandao, Nicholas Neri
Highlights: Excellent offense by Liam Fournier and Jonathan Kossman, both scoring goals against a tough Squadron defense. Mateo Brandao and Nicholas Neri played tough defense, making it hard for the Squdron players to get past them.
Age Group: U8
Home Team Name: Cheetahs
Visitor Team Name: Cobras
Top Offensive Players: Adam Carper, Michael McMasters, Evan Thomas
Top Defensive Players: Allan Ard, Daniel DeJarnatt, Tanner Fehrmann
Home Team Name: Cannonballs
Visitor Team Name: Cougars
Top Offensive Players: Jaden Cardera
Top Defensive Players: Tyler Rocha
Highlights: The Cannonballs were led by two goals from Jaden Cardera, and a goal each from Jake Borges and Nate Kragen. The team also had outstanding goalkeeping from Tyler Rocha, Cody Vaeth and Cardera.
Home Team Name: Cheetahs
Visitor Team Name: Cobras
Top Offensive Players: Adam Garza, Eizak Sanchez, Tyler Larson
Top Defensive Players: Tristan Scott, Joseph Recupero, Connor Grimes
Highlights: Cobras played the Cheetahs on the 19th in the BUSC U8 division. The Cheetahs had a fast start with 3 quick goals. Cobras made a valiant comeback and evened the game by half time. Second half was evenly fought with both teams trading goals.
Home Team Name: Commandoes
Visitor Team Name: Condors
Top Offensive Players: Michael O’ Brien, Landon Felton, Tomas Kersulis
Top Defensive Players: Aiden Mehta, Aidan Srouji, Nathaniel Sanchez
Highlights: Tomas Kersulis, Dylan Weiglen, Michael O’Brien and Taylor Lee all contributed with goals. Aidan Srouji provided strong midfield support. The defense was strong with Aiden Mehta, Landon Felton and Nathaniel Sanchez as solid contributors. Coben Emerson, currently on the disabled list, provided sideline support and coaching.
Home Team Name: Mercury
Visitor Team Name: Minutemen
Top Offensive Players: Matthew Mackirdy, Max Buscheck, Joey Battilega
Top Defensive Players: Cole Bartolo, Ben Schwartz, Leopold Borghese
Highlights: The Minutemen were a team on fire this week with goals by 7 different players and a defense that allowed only 2 shots on goal. Brilliant passing by Ben Schwartz, Leopold Borghese, Joey Battilega, Tarun Prakash and Matthew Mackirdy led to a 6-goal game for Max Buscheck. And the incredible steals and blocks by Alex Moirano, Cole Bartolo, Marco Lazzarato and Patrick Gallagher made it nearly impossible for the Mercury to get the ball into the goal. A huge team effort with a season-high 39 passes made this game outstanding.
Age Group: U9
Home Team Name: Tigers
Visitor Team Name: Tyrants
Top Offensive Players: Maxwell Stubbs
Top Defensive Players: Maximilian Maratsos
Highlights: The Tyrants dominated the first 12 minutes with goals scored by Maxwell Stubbs and Joao Pais. The Tigers made a come back with goals in the 14th, 17th and 21st minute with a great save by Tyrants goalkeeper, Maximilian Maratsos. The Tryants kept up the pace in the second half with goals by Euann Owens, Brandon Doyle, Maximilian Maratsos and Maxwell Stubbs with assists by Shawn Keswani and Rohit Jaganathan. Good defensive play in both halves by Eustyn Trinh, Rohit Jaganathan, Jonathan Ouyang, Vishal Cherukuri and Mihir Weling. Game referee: Grace Ouyang.
Age Group: U10
Home Team Name: Avalanche. Score: 1
Visitor Team Name: Admirals. Score: 0
Top Offensive Players: Austin Telles, Donovan Brunk Jr., Jhett Manougra
Top Defensive Players: Kaden Brady, Brian Kim, Jeremy Mast
Highlights: Admirals played their hearts out but luck was not on their side they outshot the Avalanche 100 to 20 but they just couldn’t get any of the shots to go in they had them hit the top bar and side bar just not in the net. Austin, Donovan, Jhett, Timmy, and Jeremy all had multiple shots on goal. The Admirals defense played well also holding the Avalanche to a few shots on goal and allowing only one but that was enough.
Age Group: U11
Home Team Name: Rapids, Score: 5
Visitor Team Name: Rockets, Score: 0
Top Offensive Players: Ben Foos
Top Defensive Players: Amir Farsi
Highlights: The Rapids cruised to victory over the Rockets after scoring two goals in the first four minutes on the strength of well-directed crossing passes, exerting steady offensive pressure and clamping down on defense. Damian Johnson and Jeffrey Deguchi each recorded two goals and an assist, Tyler Kline added a goal and two assists, Eric Holmes scored his first goal of the season off a centering pass from Deguchi, and Amir Farsi and Ben Foos each notched assists. Farsi anchored the defense, while Foos repeatedly fueled the midfield attack with deft dribbling and passes to the forwards. Kline recorded the defensive stop of the day when he chased down and stole the ball from a Rocket who had broken loose at midfield and streaked to the penalty box.
Home Team Name: Ravens, Score: 0
Visitor Team Name: Rapids, Score: 4
Top Offensive Players: Damian Johnson
Top Defensive Players: Michael Schwanhausser
Highlights: Rapids forward Damian Johnson scored two second-half goals to break open what had been a first-half dogfight with the Ravens. Just six minutes into the game, Johnson pulled up outside the penalty box and lifted a shot over a defender and the goalie, but the Ravens refused to yield another score the rest of the half as the keeper made five saves on nine Rapids shots on goal. The Rapids gained some breathing room three minutes into the second half, however, when Jeffrey Deguchi’s shot was deflected and Johnson alertly punched it home. Minutes later, the Rapids iced the 4-0 game with a Ben Foos assist to Johnson for his third goal, and an assist from Deguchi to Tyler Kline. Defensively, the Rapids recorded their third consecutive shutout. Michael Schwanhausser repeatedly broke up Ravens attacks, including one play in which he chased down a dribbler from behind and several in which he stole balls and patiently dribbled upfield to start offensive thrusts with carefully aimed passes. Amit Nagdev preserved the shutout, though, when keeper Nate Gipson lunged out to deflect a Ravens shot across the goal. As the ball caromed toward two Ravens at the left corner, Nagdev hopped over a fallen player and kicked the ball loose from the two attackers.
Age Group: U12
Home Team Name: Raptors, Score: 0
Visitor Team Name: Rays, Score: 5
Top Offensive Players: Joey Brasil, Innes McEnttee, Keegan Locher
Top Defensive Players: Jove Rogers, Kevin Yang, Timmy Wu
Highlights: It was early Saturday when the Raptors met the Rays on Harvest Park field 2. The Rays got to work early scoring two goals quickly with Kevin Yang assisting Keegan Locher and Jordan Singh scoring unassisted. The Raptors defended mightily but at half the Rays were able to sneak two more goals past them with Andrew Bailey putting an unassisted goal in the upper right hand corner of the net and the again crossing the ball to Joey Brasil for a Brasil score. With the score 4-0 Rays after the half the Raptors were determined to dig in. The second half was a defensive battle with neither team scoring until the Rays were able to poke the ball in one more time with Timothy Wu assisting Innes McEntee’s breakaway for a final score of 5-0 Rays.
Home Team Name: Rays Score: 6
Visitor Team Name: Renegades Score: 0
Top Offensive Players: Timmy Wu, Tyler Winnegar, Kevin Yang
Top Defensive Players: Ryan Gin, Troy Bachand, Innes McEntee
Highlights: It was early Sunday morning when the Renegades and the Rays met on the field. Dew on the grass made the situation especially difficult for defenders and goalies. The Rays struck quickly with Keegan Locher assisting Andrew Bailey for a quick score and then Sean Kienhofer assisting Kevin Yang for a second goal. The Renegade goalie put on a dazzeling defensive display with an number of increadible saves against the Ray’s offense. HOwever before the half was ended the Rays were able to put three more points on the board with Joey Brazil assisting Jordan Singh, Andrew Baily assisitn Timmy Wu and Timmy Wu assisint Jove Rogers. The second half turned into a deensive battle as the Rays weree held to justo one more score with Keegan Locher assisting Tyler Winnegar to close out the day.
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AGE GROUP: U14
Hannah Kim from Orange Socks scored first goal in first few minutes of the game. Excellent defense from Orange Socks put opposition’s offense off-balance. Overall it was fantastic game and Orange Socks secured second win of the season.
SCORES: Vortex 1, Orange Socks 2;
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS: Kelly Dixon, Hannah Kim, – Orange Socks; Morgan Iversen, Cassidy Holmes, Zoe Zimpher – Vortex;
TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS: Corinne Valdix, Rachel Laursen, Megan Ferguson – Orange Socks; Alexa Hanson, Shayna Doyle, Katie Eppand -Vortex;
AGE GROUP: U12
In a sizzling match the Bandits dominated against the Big Dawgs with a win. Some all round good soccer was displayed by both the teams with diving saves and excellent dribbling. The Bandits showed some excellent team work with great passes at the right time and moment. Lauren, who mainly played forward, was a winner with some fabulous runs down the field with excellent support from Vedika and Amy. The Bandits’ defense team and midfield was very strong too with Ryanne and Andrea on defense and Megan and Caroline on midfield.
SCORES: Bandits 5, Big Dawgs 1; Barracuda 8, Blaster 0:
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS: Madelyn, Vedika, Tori –Lauren; Kelly O’Neill, Tasia Halim, Ellen Olson – Barracuda
TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS: Caroline, Megan, Vaidehi –Andrea; Katherine Zieker, Jessica Rieble, Hayden Harker – Barracuda
AGE GROUP: U9
The hot weather could not stop the strong forwards for the PWs. Ashley Lopez had a great game by scoring 3 goals while team mates Gianna Lyng and Allison DeFazio also added to the scoring excitement. Goalie Katie Schmitz denied 7 shot attempts and Viviana Carnes kept 5 shots from becoming points for the Penguins. Defender, Jessica Maloney, ensured the ball was away from her team’s goalie by kicking the ball out of the box.
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS: Ashley Lopez, Gianna Lyng, Allison DeFazio – Princess Warriors;
TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS: Kaitlin Schmitz, Jessica Maloney, Viviana Carnes – Princess Warriors;
AGE GROUP: U8
Outstanding play by Kieran Wallace (3 goals) and Michaela Riter (2 goals).
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS: Kieran Wallace, Michaela Riter, Megan Reilly – Monkeys;
TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS: Allison Casey, Gracie Shaeffer, Hanna Deckenger – Montanans;
AGE GROUP: U6
The Dashers and the Diamonds was a great match with goals scored by multiple girls on both teams. The Dashers displayed their new found ball skills with four girls doing pull-backs to change the direction of the ball.
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS: Lauren Jang, Megan Rovira, Emma Baer – Dashers; Olivia Soble, Carley Shamblen, Kaitlyn Lemus – Diamonds;
TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS: Julia Aldaz, Ella Srouji, Shay McIntyre – Dashers; Olivia Martin, Sydney Lu, Yunsuh Jeong – Diamonds;
Foothill grad Payne continues soccer prowess for BYU
No. 17-ranked BYU women’s soccer, after two weeks on the road, is home to play on South Field Wednesday against Southern Utah at 7 p.m. and Saturday against Utah State at 8 p.m.
The Cougars (6-2-1) hold an overall 116-24-8 home record.
Freshman Carlee Payne leads the Cougar offensive with 22 shots and seven goals this year. Payne has scored a goal in six of BYU’s nine games this season and leads the MWC in the number of goals scored per game and the total number of goals scored this season. Payne has already garnered her first Player-of-the-week nomination for Sept. 14.
Payne was recently named to TopDrawerSoccer.com’s team-of-the-week after her two goals against Northwestern for the win and the only assist in their victory against Arizona.
Sophomore goalie McKinzie Olson has totaled 884 minutes for the Cougars and recorded three shut-out wins over Arizona, William & Mary and top-ranked Oklahoma State.
BYU holds a 4-0 record against Southern Utah. The Thunderbirds comes to Provo with a 2-4-1 record and are currently on a three-game unbeaten streak after defeating Utah Valley and Westminster, and tying with Murray State. Riley Bassett leads the Thunderbirds with 21 shots and two goals this season.
The Aggies are coming to South Field with a 4-4-1 record this year and a 0-6 all-time record against BYU. Shantel Flanary leads the team with 23 shots and four goals.
BYU’s Payne and Utah State’s Allie Maduell were high school teammates at Foothill High School in Pleasanton, California. This will be their first game played against each other since being on the same team.
