Kyara Bunao knocked in two goals and Shanley Yoshimoto rocketed one in the net in the first half Saturday. That effort locked in the victory for the Rock Stars as the orange-jersied Stars held off a strong comeback effort from
Kyara Bunao knocked in two goals and Shanley Yoshimoto rocketed one in the net in the first half Saturday.
That effort locked in the victory for the Rock Stars as the orange-jersied Stars held off a strong comeback effort from the Meow for a 3-1 edge, and the championship for the Girls Under 19 division at the Wil Veeck soccer tournament at Vidinha Stadium.
Changing goalkeepers and resting its players, the Stars were able to keep the Meow concerted offense at bay until Jamie Kimura found the net on the third goalie change by the Stars.
That was the sole score for the purple shirts coached by former Kaua‘i High School goalkeeper Tamalyn Hasegawa.
This was the first time the two teams from the Eastside met. There was no contest for the Boys Under 19 division.
The GU19 contest wrapped up a day of championship contests in the weeklong Wil Veeck tournament that marks the end of the American Youth Soccer Organization season.
On Nov. 3, the Friendship Meet for teams Under 10 was rained out after just one contest.
But on Nov. 5, the top two teams from AYSO Region 940 and Region 941 met for semifinal matches with the titles settled Saturday.
Sondra Jacinto found the goal early in the contest to give the Lihu‘e Wahine Slashers a 1-0 halftime lead en route to its final 2-0 win over the Kilauea Panthers for the Girls Under 12 championship.
Bridgett Semana iced the win for Lihu‘e with a goal in the fourth quarter.
The tight competition continued with the Boys Under 12 title when the Northshore Psychos came from a 3-0 halftime deficit to edge out the Northshore Bombers, 4-3 in a Golden Gold overtime.
Keaton Schneider had the golden boot as he notched all four Psycho goals, the first coming in the third period and adding two more in the final quarter to force the overtime.
Kai Houghland scored one and Christian Green added two more goals for the Bombers.
Choppin Colburn and the Hanalei Bring the Heat battled the Waimea Onipa‘a tough until the third quarter when Lily Fredricksen netted two goals en route to the Heat’s 4-2 final for the Girls Under 14 championship.
In the victory, Caity Mages opened the Heat scorebooks for the 1-0 halftime lead, and Sierra Riemer netted the final Heat score in the fourth quarter.
Charleen Miguel, the strong Onipa‘a left forward, found her mark in the third and fourth quarters.
Wyatt Taniguchi found the net twice in the opening quarter to lead the Waimea Canefire to a 5-1 win over the Kalaheo Cruisers for the title in the Boys Under 14 division.
Following Taniguchi’s lead, the Canefire got goals from David Joyce, Kaina Dusenberry and Cole Moore in the victory.
Caleb Licke scored Kalaheo’s lone goal in the opening quarter.
More soccer is on tap when the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation hosts the Mililani High School Trojans Friday and Saturday.
Friday night will have the Kapa‘a Warrior boys hosting the Trojans starting at 7 p.m. at the New Kapa‘a Town Park complex.
The Trojans play a double-header Saturday against Waimea and Kaua‘i with kickoffs scheduled for 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Island School soccer complex.
