North Fort Myers tops Venice after fourth-quarter surge
Venice High School girls led 29 19 at halftime but North Fort Myers Red Knights rallied in the third, led by Vicki Johnson with 32 points to win 55 46. Johnson and Margie Nahlewski fueled the late stretch as VHS dropped to 4 5 and NFM moved to 4 6.
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Venice High
North Fort Myers Red Knights
Venice
Knights
Indians
Vicki Johnson
NFM
O'Connell
Nahlewski
Young
Brown
Johnson
Jennings
Roberts
Beasley
Venice — Tobey
Powell
Charles
Kanetsky
Babe Ruth League Signups Announced For 13 15 Yearolds
The Gulf Babe Ruth League announces registration for ages 13 through 15 at New Pearson Field on January 19 from 9 am to noon and January 28 from 7 to 9 pm and January 29 from 7 to 9 pm and February 2 from 9 to 10 am. Tryouts for 13 year olds at Well Field No 1 and for 14 15 year olds at New Pearson Field on February 2 at 1 am. Registration fee is 20 dollars, includes 3 dollar night-game fee and 1 dollar for 13 year old ID cards. Birth certificates required for those not playing last year.
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Pearson Field
Pearson
Venice High Cross Country Banquet Set For Wednesday
The annual Venice High School Cross Country Banquet will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the VHS cafeteria. Boys and girls squads will be honored. Tickets are 4 dollars and available at the school or at the door.
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Venice High School
VHS
Venice High Overwhelms North Fort Myers 56-13 In WJHS Gym
Venice High wrestlers defeat Red Knights 56-13 to move to 5-2 on the season. Five pins by Sardinas Balsinger Noyes Hart and Cate plus wins by Greathouse Walsh Stookey Porter Burrows helped the varsity reach victory while JV also won 48-12 led by Wimbish Wallace Brunelle.
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Venice
Red Knights
Venice High
North Fort Myers
WJHS
Todd Balsinger
Joe Sardinas
Buddy Cate
Frank Noyes
Dan Hart
Butch Greathouse
Joe Walsh
Paul Stookey
Chris Porter
Wesley Burrows
Bert Wallace
Jon Wimbish
Shawn Brunelle
Jeff Ahlgrim
NFM
Scott Pfender
Jeff Dillon
Phillip Baker
Stanford McCauley
Lynn Bauchert
Venice VHS to honor 1979 teams at January banquet
Venice High School Booster Club will host a public banquet on Sunday January 27 at 430 PM at the Venice Community Center to honor the 1979 football and volleyball teams and cheerleaders. Dwight Adams University of Florida assistant coach will speak. The Indians posted an undefeated regular season and won Conference and District titles with a regional run before a sectional loss. Tickets are 5 dollars from booster members the VHS office Mrs Norwood or bank offices at Venice Nokomis Bank Mr Harry White and Mrs Brenda Horvath Southeast Bank.
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Venice High School
V.H.S
Venice Community Center
Norwood
Harry White
Venice- Nokomis Bank
Brenda Horvath
Southeast Bank
Dwight Adams
University of Florida
Indians
Venice
Li'l Indians jayvees win third straight victory
Venice Junior High Jayvees move to 3-0 with a 53-21 win over Booker in Sarasota. Curtis Harris led scoring with 16 points, Ralph Graham 14, Kevin Hill 10, as Venice built a 23-11 halftime edge and dominated 22-2 in the final period.
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Venice
Li'l Indians
Jayvees
Booker
Sarasota
Curtis Harris
WJHL
Ralph Graham
Kevin Hill
Tom Swartzlander
Harris
Graham
Tampa Bay Buccaneers announce first season ticket price rise
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers revise 1980 ticket prices with all sideline seats increasing while endzone seats stay unchanged. It marks Buc history’s first price hike. Continued on Page 14.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Buc
Venice Area Youth Sports Schedule Summary
This week lists multiple games across Venice area schools. Highlights include Venice High Girls basketball at Lemon Bay, various junior varsity and varsity matches, and wrestling and cross country banquet details. Also notes events at Sarasota Bayshore and Fort Myers Bishop Verot.
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Venice High
Southeast
VJHS
Lemon Bay Restling
Countryside
Venice Area Youth Soccer Association
Gardens
Venice
St. Petersburg Catholic
VHS
DeSoto
Bayshore
Sarasota
Riverview
LBHS
Tampa
Lemon Bay
Fort Myers
Bishop Verot
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Denise Kenworthy
Shelia O'Connell
Keri Kanetsky
Sharon Gulotte
Cathy Roberts
Micki Johnson
Fannie Brown
Margie Nahlowski
Jeanmarie Charles
Julie Tobey
Lynn Gibson
Barb Meadows
Peggy Jansen
Lynda Tenbusch
Jayvee
Ost Bayshore
Naslada
Moten
Evans
Flynn
Clause
Tingle
Cook
Gibson
Meadows
Tenbusch
Jansen
Lewin
Well Field No. 1
Mike Dunn-Rankin
Danny Trout
Tom Lawlor
Richard Milliken
Joe Smitter
John Hutchinson
Phil Whitney
Brad Pattison
Rick Woods
Greg Vick
Dills
Lay
Voigt
Madden
Swartzlander
Gilbert
Hatten
Banting
Basham
Hill
Wilson
Maresch
Maddox
Bookers— Jones
Rivers
Harvin
Smith
Whitfield
Tampa Bay Bucs
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