Hornets

Gregory Williams scored a division-best five goals Monday to lead the Roller Dogs to a 7-5 victory over the Hornets in Smythe Division action at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Brock Bowden completed the Roller Dogs scoring by netting his team's two other goals. Robert Vierregger scored twice to lead the Hornets, who also received single goals from Brittany Downer, Ian Jahns, and Andrew Kee. In other games: Avalanche 3, Bombers 2 Jacob Hill scored off a Cody Bertrand feed in the third period to give the Avalanche the victory.

The Heat opened their 1999-2000 season on a successful note Sunday, defeating Fountain Valley No. 6, 40-33, in the opening weekend of Fountain Valley National Junior Basketball (NJB) boys Division I play. Forward Matthew Derocili scored a game-high 10 points and also collected eight rebounds and a pair of assists to lead a Heat attack that also featured 10 rebounds, five points, and two assists from Robert Macksoud. The Heat also received strong outside shooting from guards Richard Martinez and Viet Nguyen, who finished with seven and six points, respectively.

With goalkeeper Mathew Sidhou turning in his best performance of the season behind an unflinching back line, Poison, an AYSO Region 56 boys Under-12 soccer team, defeated the Hornets, 6-1, Monday night. Two goals by Mark Cassidy and one by striker Luke McGarry gave Poison a 3-0 lead at the half, and Lonnie Watson added a fourth goal early in the second half off a fierce drive. After the Hornets pulled to within 4-1, McGarry's twin brother, Joe, and Matt Monaco each added single goals for the final margin of victory.

The Hornets, a boys Under-10 AYSO Region 56 soccer team, collected three recent shutout victories, two of which came by shutout. Riley Hansler opened the scoring in a 2-0 win over Tsunami by sending a penalty kick into the corner of the net, and Nick Stephens secured the win with a shot off a well-placed corner kick by Hansler. The Hornets' defensive line of Aashik Chela, Matt Abad-Santos, and Tanner Stansbury held off a strong Tsunami offensive attack to preserve the win. On Saturday, Bradley Hansen, assisted by Jordan Luevano, scored off another precise corner kick by Hansler to lift the Hornets past the Big Blue Wrecking Crew, 1-0. Big Blue goalie Chris Voss actually made a nice stop on the ball, but it rolled into the corner of the net. It was the first goal of the season for Hansen.

After having fought to a 2-2 tie through regulation play Wednesday, the Hornets and Sharks still couldn't determine a winner in overtime as the two teams ended up in a 4-4 deadlock in Norris Division action at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. In regulation, both Douglas Wedel and Andrew Richardson scored for the Hornets (5-3-2), and Jamie Schlegel scored both goals for the Sharks (1-8-1). The overtime session saw Richardson score again, and Michael Kelley both score for the Hornets, while both Shea Doyle and Keith Dickson scored goals for the Sharks.