Venice and Lemon Bay in Spring Invitational Baseball Tourney
Venice and Lemon Bay high schools join the Spring Invitational Baseball Tourney hosted by Sarasota journals and high schools at the Ed Smith Complex. The double elimination event features opening games Monday at 4 p.m. Venice vs Sarasota and Lemon Bay vs Bradenton Bayshore, with winners advancing to Payne Park on Wednesday and losers competing in the Smith Complex brackets. Venice leads 7-2 all time vs tourney opponents while Lemon Bay trails 0-7.
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Venice
Lemon Bay
Sarasota Journal
Sarasota Sports Committee
Ed Smith
Arthur Allyn
Payne Park
Sarasota
Bradenton-Bayshore
Smith Complex
Lemon Bay Girls Edge Verot 1 0 in Seventh Inning
Lemon Bay nips Bishop Verot 1 0 as Cathy Carney delivers the run in the bottom of the seventh. Mary Ayres held Verot to four hits while Lemon Bay tallies eight and snaps a four game skid at Englewood Rec Center.
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Lemon Bay Girls
Bishop Verot
Courtney Willis
Lemon Bay
Englewood Rec Center
Lady Manta
Jodi West
Kim Krebecker
Mary Bevillard
Karin Brandauer
Shortstop
Dawn Fayner
Sue Keller
Brandauer
Mary Ayres
Cathy Carney
Keller
Carney
Lady Mantas
Ayres
Fayner
Dorothy Moore
West
Jackie Lemert
Fort Myers
Venice Indians wallop Palmetto Tigers 8 to 0 in Friday win
Venice High baseball opened the Spring Invitational with an 8 0 victory over Palmetto. Kevin Faulkner earned the win as Venice improves to 11 6 on the season behind key hits from Bill Sheaffer Alan Hixon and Rodger Baran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice High
Palmetto Tigers
Indians
Sarasota
Venice
Kevin Faulkner
Bill Sheaffer
Sal Sclafani
Faulkner
Alan Hixon
Sclafani
Doug Yates
Sarasota Sailors top Venice 7 2 in softball clash
Sarasota High girls softball handed Venice a 7 2 defeat as Sarasota improved to 11 3 while Venice dropped to 9 4. The Sailors exploited nine hits and seven errors by Venice scoring in four innings including a three run fifth. Virginia Maas Darlene Sobieseinski Sherri Powell and Paula Cachezell each had two hits for Venice and Maas Krause Kanetsky Lisa Powell and Sharon Gulotte added one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota High
Venice
Sarasota
Lady Indians
Virginia Maas
Sherri Powell
Sue Krause
Darlene Sobieseinski
Paula Cachezell
Maas
Krause
Ker’ Kanetsky
Lisa Powell
Sharon Gulotte
Bayshore
Lynne Gibson
Vickie Richardson
Lisa Durham
Lynda Tenbusch
Paula Cacherell
Beginners Swim Lessons at Venice Recreation Center
Paula Warmuth, a certified Water Safety Instructor, offers Adult Beginners Swimming classes at the Venice Recreation Center Pool starting Tuesday Apr 14 at 7 pm. The sessions run every Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 8 pm. For registration call 485-0600.
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Paula Warmuth
Venice Recreation Center
Paula
Larry Altier
Indians Top Venice in Low Scoring Battle on the Mound
Faulkner pitched a two hit gem for Venice as the Tigers could not advance beyond third base. Baran, Sheaffer, Hixon and Scavo led with multiple hits while Sheaffer drove in three runs. The Indians played errorless defense despite lineup changes.
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Faulkner
Venice
Tigers
Baran
Indians
Sheaffer
Hixon
Scavo
Yates
Clark
Selafani
Venice golf qualifies for district tournament at sub-district
Venice High's golf team earned third place at the Manatee County Country Club sub-district, advancing to the District Tournament in Fort Myers on Thursday. Sarasota won with 293, Manatee 296, Venice 305, Riverview 3807, and Bradenton-Southeast 317. Cardinal Mooney and Bradenton-Bayshore were eliminated. Bruce Darbyshire led Venice with 72, followed by Jim Kelley 75, Ric Stocker 77, and Tom Tyler 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice High
Fort Myers
Manatee County Country Club
Sarasota
Manatee
Venice
Riverview
Bradenton-Southeast
Cardinal Mooney
Bradenton-Bayshore
Bruce Darbyshire
Jim Kelley
Ric Stocker
Tom Tyler
Venice Indians Pile 12 3 Win Over Bayshore
Venice High softball exploded for ten runs in the first inning and rolled to a 12 3 victory over Bradenton Bayshore Thursday. Maas and Krause sparked the offense with multiple hits while Gulotte pitched a seven hit effort for the win as Venice improves to 10 4.
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VHS
Bayshore
Venice High
Bradenton Bayshore
Lady Indians
Sue Krause
Virginia Maas
Venetians
Bayshore Bruins edge Venice Indians 3 2 in late rally
Bayshore Bruins beat Venice Indians 3 2 at Manatee Junior College field. The Bruins tied the game in the seventh after an error and later scored on Mike Nolan single. Venice pitcher Alan Hixon took his first loss of the year despite 10 strikeouts.
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Bradenton-Bayshore
Bruins
Venice
Indians
Manatee Junior College
Bob Wynn
Bayshore
Joel Rocklein
Pat Flager
Shad Stephens
Losig
Alan Hixon
WHS
Rodger Baran
Kevin Faulkner
Sal Sclafani
Faulkner
Hixon
Stephens
Sam Delisi
George Chamberlain
Sclafani
Bob Ross
Mike Nolan
Delisi
Venice High swimmers fall to Fort Myers South
Venice High School lost to Fort Myers Senior on Tuesday as the WHS girls finished 3 4 with a 67 59 loss. Ellen Stuhmer won the 100 yard butterfly and 100 breaststroke while Chris Brooks and Lisa Little won the 100 back and diving respectively. The girls 400 free relay of Brooks Stuhmer Marazon Steinmeyer won. The Venice boys won four events and set a school record with Todd Briggs taking the 200 free and 100 backstroke in 58.52. Dan Fritsch won the 50 free and Tom Marazon the diving title.
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Venice High School
Fort Myers
WHS
Ellen Stuhmer
Brooks
Stuhmer
Paula Marazon
Lisa Steinmeyer
Venice
Todd Briggs
Dan Fritsch
Tom Marazon
Myers
Venice High
Lisa Little
Lisa
Venice Fort
Jim Bean
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Epiphany School
Jim Beans
LBHS
Sarasota and
Mike Seavo
Roger Clark
Dan Schulte
Gulotte
Chris Brooks
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