The host Fire, a Davis Legacy boys soccer team, vanquished Alameda, 1-0, on Sunday to win the Lily Nisen Tournament at Davis Legacy Fields.

Even though it was Apollo Quiambao’s birthday, he provided Jackson Isidor with a gift assist, which was then delivered to the back of the net for the championship encounter’s only goal.

Davis started its heavy lifting early Saturday morning, beating Central Marin, 5-1.

After his team fell behind early in that contest, Fire attacker Dante Frutos answered, putting his first of three goals in the back of the net.

With strong goalkeeping by Connor McIlraith and the defensive play of Zevik Citron and Ty Soderquist, Davis held its opponent without another goal, while Vincent DeGennaro and Isidor added tallies.

Next, the Fire topped the Butte United, 4-0.

Strong defense from Ian Carpenter and Isaak Underwood — along with some solid net-minding from Akam Kandola — blanked Butte while a balanced assault from Lucas Seban and Matthew Young took care of the local offense.

On Sunday morning, the Fire battled Rocklin FC, with a strong performance by Elan Kalman helping Davis prevail, 2-1.

Lucas Crawford was named Player of the Tournament.

Millennium

The Millennium, a Davis Legacy U15 girls team, brought home the gold from last weekend’s Placer United Cup.

Coach Jesus Mata’s Millennium posted a 3-2 title-game victory over CV Crossfire (San Jose), which was the locals’ fourth straight win.

After taking its opener, 2-1 over the Modesto Ajax, Davis exploded for an 8-0 triumph over Cal Odyssey (Fresno).

That set up a semifinal matchup with Cal Magic, and the locals won it 4-1.

In all, Millennium scored 17 goals on the weekend and the defense — anchored by goalie Marlee Nicolos — allowed only four.

Scoring came from Larisa Mercado, Tessa Malone, Brooke Rubinstein, Kelsey Hill, Summer England, Kelsey Hill, Ava McCray, Mia Villegas, Annika Bergstrand and Lauren McDougal.

Heat

The Heat, a Davis Legacy a U18 girls team, went 0-2-1 in the Placer United Tournament last weekend.

In tying rival Stockton Storm, 0-0, in the opener the Heat had no substitutes but followed the lead of keeper Christina Roeckl-Navazio, whose big saves kept her team in the match.

Local defenders Annie Leck, Madison Nicholas, Kaitlyn Wagner, Morgan Metler, Suleikha Sutter and Nikki Morales kept the Storm at bay while shots by Emily King and Sofia Evanoff afforded Davis unrequited chances.

The second half saw the Heat outshoot its opponents as Evanoff, King and Brooke Rosenblum provided some near-hit opportunities — especially a header by Rosenblum that just went wide after an on-target corner kick by King.

Davis did not fare as well in the second game, losing 2-0 to American River.

A few defensive mistakes allowed AR to go up by two early in the opening minutes and — despite dominant second-half showings from front-liners Renee Schuman, Vanessa Arellano and Hannah Thompson — the locals just could not find the net.

The third match, against Orchard Valley Chaos, almost went into the Heat’s win column, but OV won, 2-1.

Great defending in the back by Melissa Teuber, Metler, Leck, Schuman and Wagner, plus strong pressure in the front by Mikayla Vang and Kristin Ward, led to a powerful header goal by Jaha McClean off a fantastic cross made by Ward.

But a few minutes later, a questionable call awarded OV a penalty kick, which equalized the match.

Later a breakaway narrowly slipped through the Davis defense for the winning goal.

A chance to tie on King’s last-ditch shot became moot as it was saved by the Orchard Valley goalkeeper.

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