Charlotte rallies to defeat Venice High 3-2 in Punta Gorda
Charlotte Tarpons plated three in the bottom of the seventh to erase a 2-0 deficit and beat Venice Indians 3-2. Venice pitcher Mike Scavo allowed three first six innings before the rally, as Charlotte improved to win the late game comeback with Dan LeClair and Jamie Howell delivering key hits. Scavo later admitted he should have exited earlier.
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Charlotte's
Tarpons
Venice High Indians
Punta Gorda
Indians
Bryan Beisner
Danny South
Shane Graves
Dan LeClair
Costello
South
Graves
LeClair
Jamie Howell
WHS
Larry Sandburg
Scavo
Venice High golfers drop two matches to Manatee and Sarasota
Venice High's golf team fell to Sarasota 151 163 at Longboat Key Golf Club with Venice scorers Ric Stocker 40 Jim Kelley 40 Bruce Darbyshire 41 and Tom Tyler 42 while Sarasota players Tim Fieldhouse 36 Greg Howe 38 Scott Dunlap 38 and Dave Wright 39 led the Sailors. Coach Kope said Venice lost by about eight strokes and the Indians prepare to face Charlotte at Burnt Store Country Club and to compete in the Sub District tourney at Manatee County Country Club.
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Venice High
Manatee
Sarasota
Indians
Longboat Key
Charlotte
Burnt Store
Vhs
Manatee County Country Club
Venice High Track Suffers Close Loss to Charlotte
Venice boys and girls track fell to Charlotte at Punta Gorda on Wednesday afternoon with close scores. Girls set records as Cedona Sigmon ran 5 43.37 in the mile and Sigmon, Gibson, Vanda, MacKinnon posted 4 38.8 in the mile medley. Gibson swept the 100 yard dash and long jump. MacKinnon won the 220. Binder won the discus. Boys lost 70 62 as Stookey won shot and discus. other Venice winners included Stone Huffman Schweikert Deighton and Purdy. Mile medley team also won. VHS heads to Riverview Invitational Friday at 4 p m.
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Venice High
Charlotte High
Punta Gorda
VHS
Tarpons
Cedona Sigmon
Sigmon
Sheila Gibson
Ann Vanda
Jill MacKinnon
Gibson
MacKinnon
Cindy Binder
Venice
Charlotte
Paul Stookey
WHS
Robbie Stone
Gary Huffman
Mark Schweikert
Bob Deighton
Richard Purdy
Riverview Rams
Venice Indians slam Palmetto to run rule in five
Venice Indians High defeated Palmetto Tigers 11 to 1 in five innings on Palmetto field. Bill Sheaffer scored on a Rodger Baron single in the second as the Indians built their lead, with Alan Hixon, Doug Yates, Kevin Faulkner, and Randy Koehins driving key hits.
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Punta Gorda
Charlotte
Venice High
Indians
Palmetto Tigers
Bill Sheaffer
Rodger Baron
Alan Hixon
Doug Yates
Hixon
Yates
Mike Scavo
George Chamberlain
Kevin Faulkner
Scavo
Sheaffer
Venice Indians Prep Schedule Highlights
Hixon led the Venice Indians with a homer a double and a single Clark added a double and a single Baran two singles Yates a double while Koehins Faulkner and Sheaffer also had singles Faulkner pitched four innings allowing two hits two walks and five strikeouts Wayne Bisset finished with two strikeouts in relief Venice faces Southeast in Bradenton Tuesday at 4 p.m Bayshore at Manatee Junior College Field Wednesday at 7 30 p.m and returns home Friday to play Palmetto at Pearson Field
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Sandburg
Venice
Charlotte
Beisner
Doug Yates
Bill Sheaffer
George Chamberlain
Roger Clark
Indians
Hixon
Clark
Baran
Yates
Koehins
Faulkner
Sheaffer
Wayne Bisset
Bradenton
Bayshore
Manatee Junior College
Palmetto
Pearson Field
Madalone, Biron win at Indian River Shuffleboard event
Charles Madalone of Bay Indies and Rosalre Biron of Daytona Beach won the Indian River Invitational Shuffleboard Tournament in Fort Pierce this week. Madalone sits tenth in State Pro points and a victory at Winter Park could lift him into the top eight to qualify for the State Master's Tourney.
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Charles Madalone
Bay Indies
Rosalre Biron
Daytona Beach
Fort Pierce
Charlie
Winter Park
Venice High Lady Indians Rout Arcadia DeSoto 8 0
Venice High School girls softball defeated Arcadia DeSoto 8 0 to extend their win streak to four and improve to 9 3. Sherri Powell hit a two run homer while Lisa Durham and Vickie Richardson each drove in two runs. Sharon Gulette earned the win allowing five hits with two strikeouts.
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Venice High
Arcadia DeSoto
Lady Indians
Sherri Powell
Lisa Durham
Lynne Gibson
Vickie Richardson
Virginia Maas
Keri Kanetsky
Maryann Conlan
Venice
Durham
Conlan
Richardson
Venice High Swimmers Set New Records in Home Meet
Venice High boys beat Bayshore 86 58 led by Tom Marazon in diving with 208.15 and Todd Briggs in the 100-yard breaststroke 1 04.67 Briggs also won the 200-yard freestyle. Girls toppled Bayshore 69 55 as Ellen Stuhmer Paula Marazon led in multiple events. VHS hosts Fort Myers on Tuesday and Tampa Catholic Friday at Recenter Pool.
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Tom Marazon
Todd Briggs
Venice High
Bayshore
Bradenton
Recreation Center
VHS
Venice
Marazon
Briggs
Charlie Greenough
Dan Fritsch
Greenough
Fritsch
Craig Marcum
Scott Sivik
Dave Hart
Marcum
Ellen Stuhmer
Paula Marazon
Stuhmer
Lisa Steinmeyer
Lisa Little
Chris Brooks
Morazon
Brooks
Steinmeyer
Fort Myers
Tampa Catholic
Clearwater
Venice Yacht Defends In Mexico Isle Mujeres Race
The 35-foot Scarlet Rose co owned by Eldon Johnston and Larry LaRocca begins the 500 mile St. Petersburg Yacht Club to Isla Mujeres Race from St. Petersburg. The crew includes Dr Scott Walker navigator Mike Douglas Jack Dulmer and others as FORC sponsors stage a fiesta at Isla Mujeres.
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Venice
St. Petersburg
Mexican Tourist Council
Isla Mujeres
Yucatan
Johnston and LaRocca
Scott Walker
Mike Douglas
Jack Dulmer
Lee Hardesty
Robert Smetts
Bob Smetts
FORC
Venice Yacht Club
Venice Sailing Squadron
VAYSA Completes Fund Raising and Cup Action
The Venice Area Youth Soccer Association wrapped its annual drive naming Helen Pape Mark Miller Jim Price and Jim Poltrack as prize winners. VAYSA teams compete across state cups with U14 and U16 in President's Cup and U19 in Coca-Cola Cup. The U16s travel to Orlando for the Jari International Soccer Festival and the U19 hosts a touring West German side from Bremen in April. The association plans a May 30 outing to the Tampa Stadium Rowdies Cosmos game with tickets listed by contact Joe Maier.
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VAYSA
Venice Area Youth Soccer Association
Helen Pape
Mark Miller
Jim Price
Continental Cafe
Jim Poltrack
Flight Deck
Tampa Bay Area
Naples
Sarasota
Orlando
U.S
Europe
Venice
Bremen
Tampa Stadium
Tampa Bay Rowdies
New York Cosmos
Joe Maier
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Kanetsky
Bulldogs
Well Field
Jim Beans
Scott Costello
Jim Kope
Randy Koehins
Madalone
DeSoto
Sharon Gulette
Maas
Gulotte
Enice
Mexico
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