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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1981
Page
13
Venice High School star Pete Panton earned Class 3A All-State First Defensive Team honors from the Florida Sportswriters Association. The 6-2, 206-pound(continued)
Two Venice youths won events at the first National Junior Shuffleboard Tournament held in St. Petersburg at Mirror Lake. Julie Bradley led girls eight to eleven, Cherie Glatt won girls twelve to fifteen, with multiple Venetians finishing high in both divisions. boys eight to eleven and twelve to fifteen saw Bill Speck, Eric Music, Jeff Via and Mike Speck place well, alongside participants from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Florida.
Karen Morgan of Lemon Bay High School earns a spot on the girls All-Tournament first team as Sarasota Herald-Tribune notes. She led with 17 points against Manatee in the semifinals while totaling 43 points across four games for the Manta Rays. Velce Augusto and Rick Huffman also earned second-team honors for the boys and girls divisions across 12 teams.
A compact schedule lists games for Tuesday through Saturday including Venice High Girls at Cardinal Mooney and Lemon Bay at Charlotte Punta Gorda, with times across multiple locations. Other matchups include VJHS, LBHS, and Epiphany Catholic School basketball events, plus a Saturday wrestling tournament at Sebring and a Cardinal Mooney event.
Venice High and Lemon Bay basketball teams and wrestling squads restart play next week. Venice High girls travel to Cardinal Mooney on Tuesday with Jayvees at 5 30 and varsity at 7. Lemon Bay hosts Punta Gorda Charlotte Tuesday with Jayvees at 6 15 and varsity to follow. Epiphany Catholic and Venice Junior High also start their seasons this week with varied schedules.
Lemon Bay girls basketball finished fourth at the Fifth Annual Christmas Classic in Sarasota Robarts Arena after a 52-36 opening win over Riverview and a 39-38 loss to Charlotte in the semifinals. The Lady Mantas, 7-6, edged toward the finals with late rallies but fell short as Southeast ar ming claimed the title 85-46 over Manatee.
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