Venice High opens football season with optimism and strong divisions
Venice High School's 1979 preseason football practice opened with about 60 players, ten more than last year, as Coach Jim Powell outlined a path to success. Returning stars Ron DeMasi and David Serafino headline a deep squad while concerns include speed and early College interest from several programs. Practice times are set for 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily as Venice aims for playoff contention.
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Venice High School
Venice High
Jim Powell
East Bay
Tampa Jesuit
Powell
Ron DeMasi
WHS
David Serafino
DeMasi
Jim Beans
Venice golf standout Marcum takes runner-up at junior championships
Jeff Marcum of Venice High Golf finished second in the 16 17 year old division at the West Central Florida Chapter PGA Junior Championships at Innisbrook near Tampa. He fired 73 and 71 to tie Tommy Lee of Brandon, then won the playoff on the first hole. Allan Booker of Tampa won with 73 and 69. This was Marcum’s first visit to the club.
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Jeff Marcum
Venice High
Innisbrook
Tampa
Marcum
Tommy Lee
Brandon
Lee
Allan Booker
Grenelefe
Pat Brosnan
el Conquistador
Page Dunlap
Bobby Jones
Meadows
Sunrise
Forest Lakes
Palma Sola
Mission Valley
Country Club
Lehigh
Gulf Gate
Kent Wilson
Grace Darbyshire
Venice youths join Sarasota 15-16 year old all star team
Three Venice area youths earned spots on the Sarasota County 15-16-Year-Olds All-Star Tennis Team after last weekend’s tryouts at the Bath and Racquet Club in Sarasota. Ken Tenbusch Jim Fieser and Greg Grigore will travel to Gainesville for the State Playoffs Friday Saturday and Sunday.
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Venice Area
Sarasota County
Bath and Racquet Club
Sarasota
Ken Tenbusch
Jim Fieser
Greg Grigore
Gainesville
Strickland
C.R. Pearson
Brady Butler
Rick Kaiser
Pearson
Butler
Kaiser
Lemon Bay
Greg Paradiso
Jim Ryan
Todd DuFrane
Rodger Ussery
Sean Vanney
Frank Wood
Vanney
Mike Smith
Mike Lake
Chris Moore
Scott Egan
David Dignam
Smith
Lake
Lionel Scott
Rob Howarth
Bryan Mulryan
Venice area junior golfers set for GSJGA tourney
The Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association hosts a Monday event on Aug 20 at Sara Bay and Gulf Gate courses. Sixty players compete in multiple divisions led by notable youths such as Gavin Darbyshire, Brent Pinkerton, and Mark Lippstreuer, with Dunlap and Galvano among top scorers. Bill Dunlap says GSJGA plans a late fall meeting to plan next summer.
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Venice Area
Greater Sarasota
Brent Pinkerton
el Conquistador
Mark Lippstreuer
Bac J
Bobby Jones
Olden
Herald Tribune
Darbyshire
Lippstreuer
Scott Dunlap
Lehigh
Mike Domalske
Jimmy Lather
Sunrise
Peter Galvano
Meadows
Keenan Myers
Forest Lakes
Kirk Thompson
Peter Delise
Palma Sola
Mickey Menendez
Mission Valley
David Sloat
Country Club of
Sarasota
Bill Dunlap
GSJGA
Lemon Bay Mantas Prepare for 1979 Football Season
Lemon Bay High School unveiled a speed and quickness oriented 1979 Manta Rays squad under Coach Bill Strickland as they brace for a September 7 opener against Temple Heights at John E. Davis Memorial Stadium Venice. Aiming to mix Class 1A and 2A schedules, LBHS previews key players including Jon Kastor at fullback, Sylvester Dannon at tailback, Benji Rivera and Rick Huffman at wideouts, and Tony Roberts moving to linebacker.
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Lemon Bay High School
Bill Strickland
Manta Rays
Tampa Temple Heights
John E. Davis
Mantas
Jon Kastor
Roberts
Gary Hirschy
John Dill
Matt Bartlett
Steve Haas
Strickland
Joey Davis
Frank Ferro
Dave Durdaller
Ferro
Durdaller
Steve Retine
Superior Leads Cage League With Close Wins
In the South County Open, Superior Heating and Cooling edged Don Olson Firestone 70 to 66 as Bob McBreen 24 and Jeff Chamber 21 led Superior while Dave Rogers 19 and Tom Van Laarhoven 18 paced Don Olson. Venice Paint and Wallpaper beat Conden Seal 61 to 59 with Charlie Hixon 23 and Tom Ferguson 16 leading Venice. Conden Seal’s John Turner 17 and Rick Fathauer 16 followed.
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Don Olson
John Turner
Conden
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Venice
Serafino
Alan Wozniak
David Butler
Chris Porer
Mike Scavo
Keith Smith
Joe Walsh
Ward Wright
Doug Yates
Cort Taliaferro
Wayne Wingate
Clark
Mike Schooley
Mike Waldron
Jeff Telford
Scott Pinkerton
Dave Barry
Shawn Walsh
Pete Panton
Horace Charles
Chuck Paine
Phillip Lewis
Walsh
Scott Dempsey
Steve Beebe
Karl Beckom
Tom Marozon
Charles
Alan Hixon
Alvin Mitchell
Doug Fiore
Panton
Paine
Martin Levering
Telford
Beckom
Mike Lay
Charlie Hodges
Larry Sandburg
Rod Drake
Bill Wimbish
Jim LaMorte
Greg Howe
Long Boat Key
the Meadow
Rich Kyllonen
Phil Galvano
Slater
Dunlap
John Bernhard
Jody Hudson
Forest
Bill Brennan
John Wilson
Kirby van Zandt
Chris Knowles
Doug Bechtold
Todd Nystrom
Roland Wyant
Tim Fieldhouse
Todd Spenla
Spenla
Longboat
Fieldhouse
The
Lemon Bay Mantas
By Jim Beans
Jules Gliesche
Englewood
Randall Hicks
Superior
Cage League
Max Simmons
Jeff Chambers
Dave Rogers
James Bryant
Venice Paint
Tom Ferguson
Charlie Hixon
al Jordan
Phil Hammersley
Conden-Seal
al Dietrich
Phil
Aiuto
Don Olson Firestone
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