Ilao's 3 goals lift Cougars
The Eagles dropped to 2-4-1 with their 7-1 loss to the Cougars in an Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Girls' Soccer League game.
Gemilie Ilao led the Cougars with a hat trick, and got help from Andrea Odell, who scored two goals. Olivia Votaw and Morgan Quinley helped with a goal each.
Elisha Benavente scored the lone goal for Harvest.
As for the win, AOLG athletic director Vic Santiago had two words that explained it all: "Well prepared."
Ross Awa, the Cougars' assistant coach, added that his girls communicated very well on the field. And they were playing "to win as a team."
In the first half, the Cougars dominated the field behind Ilao and Odell, who alternated in scoring two goals apiece beginning at the 14th minute and ending at the 38th.
At the half, however, Eagles' head coach Bryce Pegram tried to motivate his girls to wake up. But, he added, the Cougars "still stuck it to us."
Votaw opened the second half with a point-blank kick in the goalie's box after the ball bounced off the leg of the Eagles' goalie during a save.
Minutes later, Benavente scored for the Eagles. But Ilao answered right back with a goal of her own.
At the 65th minute, however, Quinley scored the final goal with a header off of a corner kick.
During the game, two players -- an Eagle and Cougars goalie Dionne Hernandez -- were hit in the head fairly hard with a kicked ball. The Eagle, Phoebe Minato, was having blurred vision and had to be taken to the clinic in the middle of the game.
Hernandez, on the other hand, just walked off the field with a damaged contact lens.
Later in the evening, Minato's mother, Linda Minato, who had taken her daughter to the clinic, said they got some medication but will have to go back in the morning to see an eye specialist.
"Tomorrow morning," Linda Minato said, "because no one was available. We're just going to be icing it when we get home."
The mother added that her daughter was complaining of a headache.
"Right now, we don't know (if everything is OK). And we won't know until tomorrow," she added.
MS volleyball
The Mount Carmel Phoenix defeated the Bishop Baumgartner Obispos 25-22, 25-21 in the Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Middle School Girls' Volleyball League yesterday at Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School.
The Phoenix improve to 4-0, while the Obispos drop to 3-2. Mount Carmel athletic director Juan Camacho provided the information.
•Santa Barbara Spartans def. McCool Elementary Middle School Seahawks 25-9, 25-22: The game was held at Santa Barbara Catholic School. Santa Barbara athletic director Rafael Mojas provided the score.
Youth soccer
Guam's under-14 boys' national soccer team encountered a rocky start to the 2012 Asian Football Confederation Festival of Football in Beijing, China, but ended day one of competition on a positive note with a 2-0 win over the Northern Mariana Islands.
Earlier in the day, Guam lost to Hong Kong 2-0 and then swallowed a tough 1-0 loss to Mongolia.
"It was hard to move around and make good passes," said Guam's Napu Topasna about the Hong Kong team. "Their defense was good -- they were always on us, making it hard to turn. Based on how we did during that game, we knew we had to work on team movement.
"Our passing game was better in the later match against NMI. We won, but we still could have finished more goals," added Topasna, who played for the Southern Cobras during the Cars Plus Robbie Webber Youth Soccer League.
Topasna scored Guam's first goal in this year's festival after accurately lobbing the ball over NMI's goalkeeper and into the goal. Moments later, Leon Bamba added an insurance goal for Guam to secure the win against NMI.
Earlier in the day, Guam played an aggressive game against Mongolia that saw both teams take a penalty kick each on different infractions. Guam earned the first one-on-one after a Mongolian defender was issued a yellow card for intentionally holding Guam's Jake Benito to prevent him from shooting the ball near the goal. Joshua Lujan took the penalty kick, but his shot unluckily sailed over the crossbar to keep the game scoreless. Minutes later, Mongolia was awarded a penalty kick after an infraction was called on Guam. Mongolia's kicker sent the ball just out of Guam goalkeeper Jerome Artero's reach and into the net for the eventual game-winning goal.
Like Guam, NMI finished day one of competition winning one game and dropping two, including the game against Guam. NMI's other loss was 2-0 against DPR Korea. Before facing Guam in the late afternoon game, NMI earned a 2-0 win over Chinese Taipei.
Information was provided in a press release.
Masters sports
The 2012 Guam Masters Games is rapidly approaching and schedules are being prepared in order to begin athlete and team registration.
This September, the inaugural Guam Masters Games will include 10 sports, with various age divisions within each sport. LeoPalace Resort has been selected as the sports village for the games, where golf, baseball and softball finals, and running and grappling competitions will take place. Basketball, volleyball and table tennis will be played at nearby villages, while tennis matches will be at the Ninete Tennis Center in Hagåtña and Tiyan tennis courts. Paddling will take place in Tumon Bay or the Hagåtña boat basin.
Sports directors have been appointed to develop schedules, recruit and manage competition for each sport. These individuals have considerable experience operating competitions and are qualified by the board of the Guam Masters Federation and event management team. In the near future, the sports directors will announce schedules, rules, initial age divisions and how to register.
The baseball and softball sports directors are Bill and Justin Bennett.
The sports directors for running are John Wesolowski and Manny Hechanova.
The organizers expect to reach the maximum limit for athletes and teams. They encourage all interested athletes to register immediately once the fields are opened. The registration period is expected to begin June 1, and the limits for teams and participants will be announced at that time.
"The Masters Games will grow each year into one of Guam's largest annual sports events in the region, with participants coming from all over Asia and the Pacific, and new sports being added in the future," said EJ Calvo, managing director of the games
For more information, call Matt Sgro, event manager for the Guam Masters Games, at 689-7476.
Information was provided in a press release.
Running
St. John's School is holding its Fourth Annual 5K Knights Run tomorrow at Ypao beach park.
"This year St. John's is partnering with Youth for Youth Guam to support Youth Month, empowering its youths to prevent bullying and violence," said St. John's PTA president Dorothy Chavez.
She added that a donation would be made to the Cameron Masnayon Fund in support of its message to stop violence.
Show time is 5:15 a.m. and go time is 6 a.m. T-shirts will be given to the first 500 finishers, and refreshments will be served and two round-trip tickets to Japan will be raffled at the conclusion of the race.
Registration can be made at Hornet Sports or at St. John's noon to 1 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. today. Call St. John's at 646-1245 for more information.
Information was provided in a press release.
Basketball
Luiz Cruz scored 12 points on four 3-pointers to lead GMH to a 48-31 victory over Team Adelup in the Department of Parks and Recreation Basketball League Recreational Division Wednesday night at the Guam sports complex gym.
GMH (3-1) moved into a tie for second place with Team Justice, while Adelup fell to 3-2. Frank Arriola scored 11 points for Adelup.
In another game, Mike Bork scored 19 points in ST Corp's 58-42 win over customs. ST Corp is 3-2. Joe Taijeron led Customs (0-6) with 12 points. Also on Wednesday, Guam Power (4-1) beat GTA (1-4) by forfeit.
Information was provided in a press release.
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