Bananas get season off to a great start

The Bananas of Laguna Beach AYSO Division 4 have won three straight

matches following a season-opening tie.

The Bananas won their third-straight match by shutting out the

previously undefeated Exterminators, 3-0.

Keeper Quinn Harmon recorded the shutout while Sam Stinnett scored

two goals, one on a header off his own penalty kick that had

rebounded off the cross bar, and Sam Witte paced the defense.

The play of Fernando Melchor, Cesar Reyes, Matt Anderson, Shane

Korber and keeper Sean Pigden led the Exterminators.

The Bananas began their three-game win streak with a 4-2 win over

the Diablos.

Fullbacks Michael Hayes, Andrew Congleton, Michael Jones and Alex

Bakken, along with the mid-field play of Stinnett, Witte and Charlie

Jackson, helped secure the victory.

Eric Vasquez, Dylan Norris and Chris Barwick paced the Diablos.

Next for the Bananas was a 5-1 win against the injury-plagued

White Sharks.

Rahael Vickers scored a hat trick for the Bananas who held off a

determined White Sharks team led by Trevor Stanland, Pablo Campos,

Derek Knott and keeper Chris Hillemann.

The Bananas had begun their season with a 1-1 tie against the

Green Bananas. Rex Strombotne and Christian Albarran shared net

duties for the Green Bananas and Harmon and Michael Jones combined in

goal for the Bananas.

In Club soccer action:

Laguna Beach 4, West Coast United 4

Miguel Jaimes scored on chip shot from the corner late in the

second half as Laguna Beach tied previously unbeaten West Coast

United.

Down 2-0, Laguna came back to tie the score on a pair of Marc

Hughes goals. Laguna again trailed, 3-2, but Paolo Noppenberger’s

perfectly-placed corner kick set up Brian Vail’s outstanding header

to knot the score at 3-3.