While the U-8 girls were playing across town, boys and girls AYSO teams in the U-10 and U-12 age groups concluded their playoffs last weekend at various locations, including the VA Hospital, Brentwood Middle School, Paul Revere and Palisades High. U-10 Boys The Nitros won the championship at the Veteran’s Administration Field with a 5-1 victory over Club Real L.A. last Sunday. Conquering a pool of 26 teams and 260 players, the Nitros, coached by Tony Ramsey and Charlie Headrick, now advance to the Area P competition January 14-15, where they will compete with the best teams from surrounding AYSO regions. Nancy Gillette and Debbie Held congratulated each player and handed out gold medals. Jamie Stewart netted a hat trick and Bryant Falconello added two goals in Sunday’s final game. Goalie Preston Clifford made five point-blank saves in the second half to preserve a 2-1 victory in Saturday’s semifinal game. Stewart scored the tying goal and Marcus Wieshofer tallied the winner in the fourth quarter. U-10 Girls The Wildfires completed an improbable tournament run with a 1-0 victory over the Burgundy Bears in the championship game Sundat at the VA Field. Josephine Washburn scored the only goal in the second half. Seeded 15th, the Wildfire captured the title with four consecutive shutouts behind a strong defense anchored by Emily Segal and keepers Hannah Klubeck, Stefania Ruibal and Ariana Blut. The offense was provided by Laila Touran and Macaulay Porter with assists from Alexis Wright. Suhauna Hussain and Grace Weinstein provided strong defense to help the playoff run. Coached by Elliot Blut and Xaypani Baccam, the Wildfires will represent Region 69 in tournament play in January. U-12 Boys Silver Black Attack, after finishing the regular season in first place, also took first in the postseason tournament. Attack beat the Headless Chickens 3-0 in the championship game Saturday at Paul Revere Middle School. Sawyer Pascoe scored on a corner kick five minutes into the game for Attack. The defense of Patrick King-Templeton, Peter St. John, Harry Wilson, John Herzfeld, Stefan Mudlo and goalie Henry Elkus kept the Chickens on the defensive. Just before half, Dorfman scored the second goal. Pascoe tallied the final goal off of an assist by Jared Hanson. In the semifinals against the Purple People Eaters, Attack scored three overtime goals to advance. Dorfman scored off of an assist from Pascoe but the Eaters answered with two goals to lead 2-1. Will St. John tied the game in the final minute to force overtime. Pascoe scored the first overtime goal with an assist from Dorfman. U-12 Girls Michael Fernhoff’s Big Blue Wrecking Crew won the division championship by winning all three of its playoff games in overtime. After defeating the H20 the week before, Big Blue beat the Cavemen in the semifinal and Orange Crush in the final after each game ended 0-0 in regulation. “The play was amazing,” Fernhoff said. “Each game was so close that any of the teams could have won. I am so proud of the effort of my girls. Each and every one of them made this successful season possible.”
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