The only women's match this week saw first place Marshall Mayhem beat IGA Blazers 4-2.
Striker TJ Stewart inevitably scored, notching two goals, while Brooke Whalen scored from her corner kick and Trina Geisbrecht bagged a single. Blazers goals came from Danny Thompson and Jasmine Di Pietro.
In men's action at Broth-ers Park, Coast Progressive United (CPU) shut out Gib-sons Pigs United 4-0 on goals from Eoin Walker, Simon Devries, Matt Summers and Fumi Takahashi on a thundering 35-yard free kick that whizzed past the wall at waist level, bounced once and went in.
Pigs United's Dave Nanson stood tall as a fish-ladder to win midfield headers, while Neville Judd received a yellow card, and loudly complained how it was his "first card in 25 years." In this commentator's mind, that's grounds for an upgrade to a red card. CPU also saw the return of coach James Marshall storming up their sideline howling at his crew in his guttural Glaswegian, after promising his flu-stricken spouse he would get the kids out of the house and"take them to the park."
Pender Harbour Bananas played a good physical match with first place Sechelt Chiefs in Pender, which ended 2-1 Chiefs. Barry Johnson schooled young Scotty Johnson on how to put a ball in the net, while Toby Baptiste hit the second. For Pender, it was Rich Massullo racing in on the Chiefs keeper off his line to chip it over into the net. After hearingaboutthe great buffet Pigs United laid out at the Pigs' clubhouse after their match with CPU, Rod Kammerle has emailed possible menu selections to the Pigs captain for when the Bananas are next down in Gibsons.
Xenichen Wolves brought their 'A' game to the pitch to win their match with Halfmoon Bay Sea Kayaks 3-1.
Junior Dixon and Eddie Paul had ping-pong passes through the midfield, with Dixon scoring once while Rick Timothy hit two into the net. HMB's goal came from Glenn Hafey, with anicely set up ball from Dave "Magical" Marsh.
While his squad wandered in a wilderness of introspection and injury, sometimes striker John Rogers enjoyed a weekend of shopping and sightseeing on the mainland, and though unavailable to aid his squad during their time of need, Rogers did find an elegant brass faucet from Bedroom Bathroom and Beyond.
