BRONX TIMES REPORTER, NOV. 12-18, 2021 41
BY GRACE CERINI
BANTAMS
Burns and Rodriguez
ended their season taking
third place in the Bantam
Division! Leading the
team in scoring was Michael
Cautillo, scoring 19
of our 22 goals. Gemma
Sanchez scored her second
goal, while Joseph DiNapoli
scored his fi rst with an
inside the box penalty kick
rebound. Dominic Castaldo
had his fi rst career shutout
in goal, with help from
Molly Enright, Cole Picard
and Gabriella Lalicata on
defense. Christopher Berger,
AJ Strawn, Jaxen Tucci and
Sofi a McSherry left it all out
on the fi eld, helping their
team offensively. Elise Palatulan
couldn’t make the
game, but the team missed
her. Coach AnneMarie and
Coach Christina would like
to once again thank all of the
parents, siblings and family
of Burns and Rodriguez for
coming out every weekend
and supporting the team,
what a great season!
Gary’s Super Cuts had
quite a weekend as they
played Burns and Rodriguez
on Saturday and looked
great. Adrianna Salute led
the defense with her strong
kicks. Dominick Salute and
Brigid Richardson showed
off their skills on offense
and defense.Sunday they
played Charlie’s Angels and
really showed off all they
learned throughout the year
in their last game. Benjamin
Shaver did great in goal as
well as Tara Butler and Fernando
Barrigan. Ben Bariotti
scored the only goal on
one of his many breakaways.
Sebastian Gonzalez and Katie
Anderson switched back
and forth from offense to defense.
Congrats on a great
year!
Charlie’s Angels played
against Gary’s Super Cuts
for their last game of the season
with a 4-1 victory. John
Siegmund scored his 1st goal
of the season with a shot off
the goalie that landed in the
net. Congrats Johnny!! Michael
Guarnieri with a hat
trick. (3 goals) and the twins,
Sabrina and Leila Ben Man
Sour dominating the fi eld
with their offense and defensive
skills. Giuliana Impellizzeri
showing off her
dribbling skills, playing like
a pro! Dominick Barba, Olivia
Ramos, Luca Tardibuono
, Domianna Devita, Vironica
Velez and Catherine
Ruocco played great offense,
while Valentina Ragusa was
awesome as usual on both
defense and offense. Vironica
Velez, Michael Guarnieri
and Johnny Siegmund
did a great job at goalie! GO
ANGELS!
Saturday’s game, Barino’s
Market stopped their 2
game skid. They gave Charlie’s
Angels their fi rst loss
of the season. They are 1-1
this season head to head.
Great all around team performance.
Emanuele DiMaggio
was the goalie in the fi rst
half and did not let anything
by him making many saves.
Ghali Dahib broke the deadlock
in the fi rst half dribbling
past the defense and
putting the ball in the net.
Sam Anastasiou was all over
the fi eld and scored a crucial
penalty to make it 2-0. Nicolas
Nikci played a great all
around game. The defensive
shutout was due to efforts
from Corde Robinson, Jason
Befanis, Logan Lozada,
Issabella Sanchez, Michael
DeLuca, Gianni Timoneri
and Alexandra Altamariano.
Barino’s won their second
game of the weekend on
Sunday. Emanuele DiMaggio
opened up scoring early
in the fi rst half,Michael De-
Luca and Sam Anastasiou
continued their great form
with 2 goals each. Nicolas
Nikci and Ghali Dahib were
great winning the ball back
for the team. Gianni Timroneri
And Charli Carozza
made many crucial blocks
on defense while Vasilios
Michaelis was great in goal!
Barino’s will be going to the
championship game next
Saturday!
MINORS
On Saturday, All Time
Detection defeated Dr Ken
Gonoud 4-1. The goals were
scored by Noah Mendoza
and Walid Dahib. Jameel
Lang, Walid Dahib and Jaylinn
George combined efforts
to keep a low score in
goal. Hailey Herrera was in
charge of the sweeper position.
Jordyn Straussman,
Victoria Gazivoda and Bianca
Vukdedaj combined efforts
to contain the opposition
and prevent them from
scoring. Noah Esdelle, Olivia
Rodriguez, Anthony
Monti and Michael supported
the offense with their
passing and dribbling skills.
Ryan Faulkner and Peyton
Catacutan were a constant
headache to the opposition’s
defense constantly looking
for scoring opportunities.On
Sunday, All Time Detection
was defeated by Spot On 2-0.
Jameel Lang and Anthony
Monti combined efforts to
protect the goal. Hailey Herrera,
Bianca Vukdedaj, Jordyn
Straussman and Victoria
Gazivoda played strong
defense to prevent the scoring
from soaring up. The
midfi eld was commanded
by Noah Esdelle along with
Olivia Rodriguez, Jaylinn
George. The offense was led
by the always dangerous
trio of Noah Mendoza, Ryan
Faulkner and Peyton Catacutan.
These two teams will
meet again in the fi nals on
Saturday, November 13th.
BOYS MAJORS
Saturday, Patrick Wynne
Attny with their season on
the line played a great game
against Global Terminal defeating
them 3-1. Alex Mora
the goalie was key to the
win with his six saves. Angel
Herrera, Anthony Cala
and Nizar Dahib played tremendous
defense and were
constantly stealing and recovering
balls to supply the
midfi eld and offense who
was led by Aiden Osmanovic
who scored the second and
third goal from nearly midfi
eld to capitalize a great win
and give the team a chance
to stay alive in the tournament.
The highlight of the
game was the goal scored by
Pierce Brogan who tied the
game with a solid shot from
outside the box. The Brogan
brothers Pierce and Quinn
led the attack and both had
a great passing game.
Sunday, Patrick Wynne
Attny were aware that they
needed one more win to
move on to the fi nal. And
they did.This win had many
contributors; it was a tremendous
team effort. Which
resulted in a 4-1 victory
against D’Abbraccio Foundation.
Once again, Alex Mora
and Aiden Osmanovic were
the highlights of the game.
Alex was responsible for
keeping his net nearly untouchable
with seven saves.
And Aiden with his constant
effort up and down the fi eld
in addition to his powerful
shots from midfi eld, made
him the top scorer in the
game with 3 goals. Angel
Herrera played solid defense
as a sweeper. Nazir Dahib
and Anthony Cala were key
players as right and left back
who made it nearly impossible
for the opposition to penetrate
the defense. Notable
contributions were made by
the brothers, Iker and Caleb
Hernandez who were a constant
headache to the opposition’s
defense. Caleb’s constant
efforts and dribbling
skills fi nally paid off when
he scored the third goal of
the game, which gave the
team a much needed relief
and opened up the path to a
victory which put them in
the fi nal on November 13th.
GIRLS MAJORS
Capital Shield Insurance
defeats Crosstown 4-1
with all goals scored by Amber
Kurtovic.Great teamwork
throughout the game
by Daniella Shack, Lillian
Kavanagh, Neomi Gonzalez
and Mia Lappe.But if it were
not for the amazing saves by
Emily Negron in the net and
the determined defense from
Daniella Mosca with Emma
Kurtovic, Ayla Sanchez and
Iliana Torres. Then the team
would not have made it as far
as they have. All the way to
the fi nals this Saturday!!
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