AYSO Region 345 VIP Soccer Program Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
The VIP program provides a quality soccer experience for children (ages 4-15) with special needs that make it difficult to successfully participate on mainstream sports teams. VIP teams include those that are: blind or visually impaired, have impaired mobility, are mentally or emotionally challenged, autistic or have Down syndrome or Cerebral Palsy.
AYSO Region 345/Okeeheelee Park Spring 5 v 5 Soccer Tournament April 13 and 14
Fun was had by all! 1st place teams were awarded medals and tshirts pronouncing them Champions of the 5 v 5 and 2nd place teams received medals. A special thanks to Douglas Rodas, John Rodriguez, and Nora Huspek in getting all the thingsready for the 5 v 5 tournament. Thanks to the following referees who had to battle the heat but having fun with the players: Douglas Rodas, John Solek, Russell Mohammed, Anthony Cerreta, Michael Moise, Sebastian Perez, and Ariel Riquelme-some had children playing, some just wanted to come out and have fun! Thank you to the 19U Girl State team coached by Alex Guanarita and the 16U Girl State Team coached by Douglas Rodas, that helped to referee the games, shag balls, set up and shut down both days of the tournament. As an All-Volunteer organization, we are very appreciative of all the time and effort each of these teams did to make this tournament so successful! These wonderful volunteers made the day run smoothly! Winners:
AYSO Region 345/Okeeheelee Park Fall 5 v 5 Soccer Tournament December 8 & December 9
Fun was had by all! 1st place teams were awarded medals and tshirts pronouncing them Champions of the 5 v 5 and 2nd place teams received medals. A special thanks to Douglas Rodas, John Rodriguez, and Nora Huspek in getting all the things ready for the 5 v 5 tournament. A big thanks to Wendy Smith (AYSO Section 14 Developer) for handling all the scorekeeping!! Thanks to the following referees who had to battle the heat but having fun with the players:
Michael Hartley Sr. (AYSO Section 14 Director, Michael Hartley Jr. (Key West Coach),Douglas Rodas, Michael Moise, Sean Cotter, Carlos Avalos, John Solek, Nate James, Mike James, Fred Mance, Gabby Rodriguez, Conor Devery, Raul Tomas-Andres, Danica Jean, Angel Avalos, Carlos Avalos Jr, and Ariel Riquelme-some had children playing, some just wanted to come out and have fun! Thank you to the 16U Girl State Team coached by Douglas Rodas, that helped to referee the games, shag balls, set up and shut down both days of the tournament. As an All-Volunteer organization, we are very appreciative of all the time and effort each of these teams did to make this tournament so successful! These wonderful volunteers made the day run smoothly!
Winners:
1st Place 10U Girls Coach Carlos Avalos 1st Place 10U Boys Coach Galo Arizaga-Killer Bees
2nd Place 10U Girls Coach James Looney 2nd Place 10U Boys Coach Coach Victor Salinas-Blue Lightening
1st Place 12U Girls Coach Rick Montes 1st Place 12U Boys Coach Willie Martinez-Red Knights
2nd Place 12U Girls Coach Raul Castillo 2nd Place 12U Boys Coach Kevin Rodriguez-Golden Ninjas
1st Place 14U Girls-Coach Carlos Solarzano-Eagles 1st Place 14U Boys Coach Willie Martinez-Bandits A
2nd Place 14U Girls-Coach Odir Umana 2nd Place 14U Boys Coach Fred Mance
1st Place 19U Girls-Coach Matt Watson 1370 W Boynton Cyclones 1st Place 19U Boys Ariel Riquelme
2nd Place 19U Girls-Coach Coach Barbar Karmazyn-Heat 2nd Place 19U Boys Kenneth Carr
AYSO Region 345 Receives AYSO Platinum for Excellence
Okeeheelee Park Region 345 has been honored with the AYSO Platinum Award for our Fall/Spring 2017-2018 Season. AYSO Region 345 has participated in the AYSO Regional Assessment Program since 1994 and this is the 19th time that Region 345 has won this Award for Excellence! Platinum Regions represent the best of the best that AYSO has to offer. These Regions model AYSO’s philosophies and commitment to providing the best family friendly youth soccer experiences for all players and parent volunteers throughout their immediate communities and beyond. They nurture the generous spirit of their participants and devote extra effort to providing assistance to many worthy charitable causes.
Congratulations to every volunteer who tirelessly works to make Okeeheelee Park Region 345 a fantastic place for our children to play soccer!