- January 8, 2025
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Seabreeze's Luke Harrell (6) and FPC's Rami Amiri (10) battle for the ball. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Erin Hughes, who scored three goals in the game, collides with Pine Ridge goalkeeper Peyton Swan (22). Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Katherine Ouellette (21) controls the ball as two Pine Ridge players chase. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Owen Applegarth (8) kicks the ball up field. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC defender Spencer Zogg (16) kicks the ball away. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Gianna Reyes (18) controls the ball. Photo by Brent Woronoff
An FPC shot against Pine Ridge goes wide of the goal. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Gavin Dioquino passes to a teammate. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Pine Ridge players bundle up as they walk off the field after an 8-0 lost to FPC. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Palm Coast's boys and girls soccer teams won their Five Star Conference tournament openers in a soccer double-header on a frigid night, Tuesday, Jan. 7, at Sal Campanella Memorial Stadium.
Both FPC varsity teams advanced to the conference semifinals on Jan. 8. The semifinal winners will play for the conference titles on Friday, Jan. 10.
The FPC boys (11-1-2) defeated Seabreeze (7-8-1) for the second time this season, 4-1. The FPC girls (10-4-2) scored six goals in the first 19 minutes of the second half to defeat Pine Ridge 8-0 by the mercy rule.
"We had the same type of chances in the first half, but we didn't finish, and their keeper was solid," FPC girls coach Pete Hald said. "We wanted to end it early because we have to play back-to-back."
Senior Erin Hughes scored three goals for the Bulldog girls to give her a team-leading 18 for the season. Sophomore Ivy Chen scored her 15th and 16th goals of the season and Isa Kummernes, Skyler Strickland and Nichole Dickinson each scored a goal. Katherine Ouellette had six assists.
Jack Moberly had a first-half hat trick for the Bulldogs' boys team, givinghim 21 goals for the season. Sophomore Jack Runnoe scored the lone second-half goal from about 35 yards out.
Drew McNerney scored Seabreeze's only goal. McNerney was playing in his first game of the season since severely spraining an ankle.
The Sandcrabs had other chances to score with two shots bouncing off the goalposts, but the Bulldogs controlled the ball for most of the game.
"The first half of the first game (which FPC won 2-0 on Nov. 21) was pretty even," Bulldogs coach Ramtin Amiri said. "We wanted to make sure the doubt we had in the first game wasn't here this time."
"We played well," said Seabreeze first-year coach Alex Perez. "We just couldn't make the last touch."
