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Bowers, Ladouceur, Hirmez play in Sockers alumni game Joe Naiman SPORTS@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Murrieta residents Sean Bowers and Jacques Ladouceur and Temecula’s Waad Hirmez were among the participants in the San Diego Sockers’ alumni game Jan. 21 at the Valley View Casino Center, which was the San Diego Sports Arena when those in the alumni game played for the Sockers. “I think it was the best alumni game we’ve ever had here,” said Bowers, who has been the Sockers’ general manager since July and who played on the 1991-92, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2009-10 Sockers teams. Bowers has noted that upholding the team’s tradition is part of the Sockers’ marketing strategy. “We have a big list now of 150 alumni. We’re reaching out to them,” he said. The alumni game was at halftime of the current Sockers’ Major Arena\ Soccer League match against Soles de Sonora. The Sockers drew 5,250 fans to their Jan. 21 MASL game and the halftime alumni game. “It’s our biggest crowd of the year,” Bowers said. “The fans were fantastic. They supported the team,” Ladouceur said. The alumni game was a 12-minute contest with a running clock. The alumni were divided into the Gold and Blue teams in an effort to provide the most competitive distribution, and 13 players were on each squad. “We had a lot of older guys and a lot of newer players, which was interesting,” said Ladouceur, who played with the Sockers from 198485 through 1991-92. Normally five players plus a goalkeeper are on the field for each indoor team at a time in the absence of a penalty, but eight players along with Gold goalie Phil Salvagio and Blue net minder Nik Owcharuk were on the field for each side. “We’re not used to playing like that,” Ladouceur said. “That took a while to sink in.” The decreased space between players forced adjustments in play-

Murrieta resident, Sean Bowers, who has been the San Diego Sockers’ general manager since July, took part in the alumni game Jan. 21.

Temecula’s Waad Hirmez , who recently coached at Chaparral High School, played for the Sockers in the early 1980s.

ing style but also reduced the amount of running required for the old-timers. Ladouceur is now 57, Hirmez is 55 and Bowers is 48. Former TMSC Hawks goalkeeper coach Zoltan Toth, who turned 61 years old this past December, coached the Gold alumni team which included Hirmez, Ladouceur and Bowers. Toth has previously played in old-timers games, most recently in 2015, but no longer considers his knees to be in good enough shape to participate as a player. “I think I’m retired from old-timers,” he said. “You push it to the limit, you can get hurt.” The Blue coach, Guy Newman, played for the Sockers and is also the son of Ron Newman, who was the Sockers’ coach from 1980 to 1994. The Sockers played outdoor seasons from 1978 to 1984 and began indoor play with the 198081 North American Soccer League season. The Sockers were inactive between 1997 and 2000 and between 2005 and 2008. Hirmez was with the outdoor Sockers in 1981 and 1983 and began his indoor career with the Sockers in

1984. He concluded his nine indoor seasons with the team in 1994, when the Sockers were in the summer Continental Indoor Soccer League. Toth’s six seasons as a Sockers player began in 1984 and concluded in 1990, and he is currently the Sockers’ goalkeeper coach as well as the father of current Sockers goalkeeper Chris Toth. Wes Wade scored in the first 40 seconds of the alumni game to give the Gold team a 1-0 lead. Braeden Cloutier scored for the Blue team to tie the game after about a minute and a half of play. With nearly three minutes elapsed Namdar sent a ball toward the goal and Hirmez ensured that it evaded Owcharuk to give the Gold team a 2-1 lead. “It was before the line. I just touched it in,” Hirmez said. Namdar scored nearly a minute later to make the score 3-1. In the sixth minute Owcharuk saved Hirmez’s shot on goal. Namdar’s goal in the ninth minute gave the Gold contingent a 4-1 advantage. Although goals by Paul Wright

Southwestern League All-League teams announced for girls volleyball JP Raineri SPORTS@REEDERMEDIA.COM

Temecula Valley High School sophomore, Jordan Amoy, was named the Most Valuable Girls Volleyball Player in the Southwestern League after helping guide the Lady Golden Bears into the CIF-SS Division 1AA playoffs, as well as helping them claim their first Southwestern League Championship in 16 years. Twentyone other players from the other Southwestern League schools also made the list, representing one of the toughest leagues in the area. 2016 ALL SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM • Jordan Amoy (10) - Temecula Valley - MVP FIRST TEAM • Kali Greathead (12) - Temecula Valley • Peyton McBride (11) - Temecula Valley • Maddison Endsley (9) - Temecula Valley • Maddie Nunley (12) - Vista Murrieta • Lexi Hadrych (11) - Vista Murrieta • Holley Persson (12) - Vista Murrieta • Karli Koza (12) - Chaparral • Kaili Downs (11) - Great Oak • Drew Morris (12) - Great Oak • Kali Uhl (10) - Murrieta Mesa

• Lindsey Schell (12) - Temecula Valley • Jasmine West (10) Temecula Valley • Liz Eardly (12) - Great Oak • Maddie Alan (9) - Great Oak • Kiara Schmidt (10) - Murrieta Mesa • Leimomi Arscott (12) - Murrieta Mesa • Bailey Pierson (12) - Vista Murrieta • Tiffany Pedersen-Henry (10) Vista Murrieta • Morgan Johnson (10) - Chaparral

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Jacques Ladouceur, also a resident of Murrieta and former Sockers player, runs onto the field while being announced at the San Diego Sockers’ alumni game. Courtesy photo

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