Pennville Soccer Club opened season Saturday

Youth soccer is officially underway.

Pennville Soccer Club held opening day on Saturday and the WPGW Lions put up the most dominant victory out of the Wildcat Division.

The Lions took down the Pennville General Store Tigers 7-1. Karsen Kuhn, Bryce Richard and Jade Westgerdes all scored a pair of goals for the Lions, while Jackson Westgerdes added one as well.

Blake Jellison scored the only goal for the Tigers.

The Tigers bounced back later with a 2-1 victory over the Portland Insurance Cougars. Jellison found the back of the net twice in the game, while the Cougars’ only point came from  Alivia McClain.

The POET Bioprocessing Cheetahs and the Penrod Monument Jaguars finished in a 1-1 tie. Liam Thompson scored for the Cheetahs while Camden Vinson did for the Jaguars.

Hammond leads

Anniston Hammond led the Stinger Division of Pennville Soccer Club on Saturday with four goals.

She scored three to lead the AgBest Express Bees to a 6-3 victory over the A Place to Grow Wasps. Phebe Love and Dakotah Galbreath supported Hammond with two goals and one goal, respectively.

Mabel Leonhard scored twice for the Wasps, while Kenna Penrod found the net once.

Hammond scored the only goal for the Bees in their 4-1 loss to the Patriot Sportswear Hornets. The Hornets were led by Raelyn McClain with two points. Ian Kaehr and Bonnie Burroughs scored once each as well.

Three scored

Neymar Carreno and Owen Ehrhart each scored three goals to lead the Space division of the Pennville Soccer Club on Saturday.

All three of Ehrhart’s goals came in a 4-1 victory for the Dave’s Heating and Cooling Asteroids over the Vinson Rental Properties Galaxy.

Addi McClain scored the other goal for the Asteroids, while Carter Love accounted for the Galaxy’s only goal.

Carreno scored one of his goals in the Bro Shadow Meteors’ 3-0 win over the Ohio Valley Gas Stars. Liam Phipps and Jonas Westfall also found the net in the game.

Carreno’s other two goals came in the 4-1 victory over New Beginnings Holiness Church Rockets.

Lennon Cosner had the Rockets’ sole score, while Phipps and Aria Twibell added one each for the Meteors.

Hutzler mashes

Corbin Hutzler led POET Bioprocessing to a 16-9 victory over Barnett’s Auto Parts in Portland Junior League Rookie baseball.

Hutzler smashed a home run, two triples and a single while scoring three runs in the game.

Jaxon Allred, Harvey Hemmelgarn and Hudson Bullock-Thomas also earned extra-base hits. Allred hit a triple and two doubles while Hemmelgarn had one of each. Both players scored three runs. Bullock-Thomas hit a double and a single.