Vernon Kal Tire dispatched Mission Cleaners 4-2 in Tree Brewing Kelowna Men’s 35+ Soccer League action Thursday night at Marshall Field #1.
The first goal was an own goal when a Cleaner defender delivered a pass back that took a bad bounce.
The second goal was off a corner when Jeff Nice called the 1516 play to Jason Beck, who came up from the back line and had time to get the look to hit the top near corner.
A few minutes later, when Glenn Allan broke through and finished his eighth of the season to make it 3-0.
Keeper Iain Butler kept the shutout alive when a Mission cleaner nailed a corker and Butler recorded a well-timed sprawl for the stop.
Near the end of the half, Beck made a throw-in to Rod Valdiviesco, who deflected the ball to Duane Dennis, who went around a defender and buried a scorcher.
Kal Tire (12-1-1) did not move the ball well in the second half and let the Cleaners get a deuce thanks to some poor defending which gave Butler no chance. The Cleaners are 5-7-2.
The Tiremen battle the last-place Select Your Tickets Thursday night at Rutland Field #4.
Former U21 English rugby star Chris Butlin registered the hat trick as host West Kelowna upended Vernon Kal Tire 6-1 in 55+ play Thursday night at Constable Neil Bruce School.
Ben Vos, Jindro Vilimek and Ray Holden also scored for first-place West Kelowna (11-0-2). Terry Lowe ruined Marty Vincze’s shutout bid with a second-half rocket penalty kick, awarded after KPMG Man of the Match Rob Hulstein was pulled down on a breakaway.
Brandt’s Creek shut down the Silver Stars 2-0 at Marshall Field.
The Stars (6-5) gave up a soft goal in each half., while missing on a PK and almost connecting on a Rob Ross header.
Peter Toth (PK) and Tony Munoz handled the offence as Penticton United iced the North Country Kickers 2-0. Toth has 15 goals.
The OTC/Sunterra Sistas stuffed the Fantastic Four 7-2 in North Okanagan Division 2 women’s play Thursday night at Marshall Field #4.
Diane Neudorf supplied four goals for the Sistas, while Carmen Kinniburgh, Krista Gutknecht and Jennie Currie added singles.
Delaney Ross provided both goals for the Four, who were simply worn out by the heat, playing with 10 players in 35-degree weather.
Lorinda Jackson had some brilliant runs along the left side and Elise Buller registered some great chances in front of the net.
The Green Rockets ambushed Sir Winstons Attack 10-3 at Marshall #5.
The first half was a tug-of-war affair, as the teams kept trading goals. The Rockets led 4-3 at half.
Emily Hoag registered a pair of snipes for the Attack and Laurie Chickloski added a single. Both players had several chances later, but couldn’t finish.
The purple squad came out strong in the second half, but surrendered five goals in the first 10 minutes.
