Morning Star Staff
Collaborate Wellness showed up in splendid physical and mental shape Thursday night, grounding Sir Winston’s Attack 4-2 at Marshall Field #2.
The Wellness crew improved to 3-9-1 in the North Okanagan Women’s Soccer Association’s Division 2/ The Attack dipped to 4-8-2.
Collaborate goals came from Amanda Penner, rookie Carli Berry, Tierney Barker and Kirsten Mihalcheon.
Kris Fuller and Mihalcheon share the goalkeeping duties, each giving up one goal while recording multiple saves.
Most Sportsmanship Player honours went to Mihalcheon.
Azra Cawley was stellar in the Sir Winnie’s net, often coming out aggressively and shutting down some deadly runs by the Wellness strikers.
Becky McLennan scored the Attack’s first goal of the match, while Brandi Wejr earned a well-fought second after her shot was stopped. Wejr hustled hard and hammered home the rebound.
It was 3-2 and it looked like Wejr was going to level the score but goalkeeper Fuller – wearing an Edmonton Oilers jersey – skillfully stopped the point-blank shot.
Most Sportsmanlike Player went to Amber Miller for her positive attitude and fair, clean play.
Meanwhile, the Vernon Silver Stars ambushed Kelowna Vintage 5-0 in men’s 55+ play Thursday night at MacDonald Park
Mark Wasylyk (2), Nigel Clack and Uwe Wolters supplied solid goals for the Stars, while Rob Ross missed a sitter but the ball went off a defender for the other goal.
Al Bensmiller recorded the clean sheet while reading American Antiques Weekly.
Westside smothered hapless Vernon Kal Tire 11-0 at Marshall Field #1.
Chris Butlin counted a six-pack for the first-place Westsiders, who nicely agreed to play 10 vs 10 since the Tiremen were missing six key starters and were a man short at kickoff.
Star midfielder Don Brown scored once and got in about 20 minutes playing time before changing into civvies, while other goals came from Tony Gonzales, Darryl Hazell and Jindro Vilimek.
Marty Vince registered the shutout while checking Olympic results on his tablet as Westside improved to 17-1-1. Kal Tire, losers of eight straight, fell to 5-12-2.
Kal Tire’s Terry Lowe, Denis Chabot, guest player Rick Raber and Kevin Mitchell had decent scoring chances but missed the net.
Penticton TC United bounced Brandt’s Pub 2-1 at Mission Sportsfield # 11.
Peter Toth of Penticton had his shot deflected to open the scoring early in the second half for his 10th of the season, while Tony Munoz added an insurance tally by chipping the keeper, his 34th of the year.
Andy Miller produced a great header off a premier league-calibre corner by Russ Hamer for the Pubbers’ goal.
Penticton went to 13-4-3, while Brandt’s Creek dipped to 8-9-3.
Matt Cherrille pulled the hat trick as North Country Kickers of Kelowna rattled the Summerland Rockets 7-0 at Mission #10.
Fritz Berenyi, with a deuce, Steve Frost andJim Kruiper also connected for the Kickers (16-3-1). Summerland dropped to 3-15-1.