The Cookie Monsters polished off the Rubber Duckies 6-1 in Royal LePage U12 boys youth soccer play Saturday at Marshall Field.
Quinn Soon jumpstarted things by bagging two goals before the two-minute mark. First, Chris Bond cut off a Duck throw-in and fed Soon, who juked in for the score.
Seconds later, Soon took the return pass on a give-and-go with Connor Strilchuk, and squeaked a shot through the keeper’s legs.
The Ducks regrouped and flapped back. Teja Sheldrake tested Tavis Whibley, who came up big in the Monster net.
Sheldrake swooped in again, but Mason Bueckert got a foot in to block his point-blank bid. Late in the half, Strilchuk sprung Evan Bush, who converted his own rebound with a spin-around boot.
Seven minutes into the second half, Owen Sunderland, Keaton Dick, and Bond relayed the ball to a wide-open Whibley.
Luka Delisimunovic replied for the Duckies, socking in a cross from Corbin Snow. Soon and Strilchuk then combined to set up two more scores for the blue beasties: Whibley counted his second on a rebound, and Sunderland put in a screamer.
In the U9 girls circuit, the Lightning Skulls jolted the Blue Skittles 3-2 at Creekside Park.
The Lightning struck first, following a whistled hand ball. The Skittles froze, but play continued and Ava Cesario walked in unchallenged to score.
In the final minute of the half, the Skittles squared the score off a free kick, as Sierra Allen took Sophie Challen’s sweet feed and buried the ball low. Some pressure soon paid off, as Katelyn Jaschke stole the ball and fired a low bolt home.
At the other end, Jasmine Soon’s syrupy setups sent Madison Vranesic and Aida Dempsey in for shots. Then, the rushing Challen drew a pack of Skulls and left a candy-coated drop pass for Soon, who crushed the ball high. Challen channeled Maradona on her next run, spinning and finding Soon, but Lightning keeper Evelie Colclough closed the door. Amy Raymond-Glasser got the winner.
with deadly accuracy.
Next, the speedy Dempsey led a charge, and then scooted back to put out fires in her own end. Skittle rearguards Kiana Bussiere and Emmah Pedersen were rock-candy solid all game.
The Lightning Skulls kept cracking, and just before time Amy Raymond-Glasser lashed the winner with deadly accuracy.
