ORANGE COUNTY ALL-STAR SOCCER : North Boys, South Girls Are Winners

ORANGE — Esperanza’s Greg Massey scored an early goal, and Foothill goalkeeper Jason Vlcek held off the South the rest of the way to preserve a 1-0 North victory in the Orange County North-South All-Star boys’ soccer game Saturday night at Chapman University

El Toro’s Sherri Kaminski scored on a penalty kick with three minutes to go to give the South girls a 2-1 victory over the North earlier at Chapman.

Massey intercepted a bad pass at midfield and scored his unassisted goal on a breakaway with 37:45 left in the first half.

That it was the game’s only goal was thanks mainly to Vlcek, who was inserted with 21:10 left in the first half when starting North goalkeeper Matt Reis suffered a bloody nose while covering up the ball on a one-on-one South scoring attempt. Vlcek had a game-high eight saves, seven in the second half.

He was named co-most valuable player with Capistrano Valley’s Kyle Berger of the South.

“We were lucky we had (Vlcek),” said North Coach Curt Bauer of Santa Margarita. “He’s a great goalkeeper and saved the game for us.”

El Toro supplied the offense for the South girls. Forward Yvonne Daulton of the Chargers gave the South a 1-0 first-half lead, but the North rallied in the second half and tied it when Kennedy’s Lori Van Herk scored with 22 minutes left.

Kaminski lined up for a penalty kick after a handball call against the North. She swerved and made the goal for the victory.