Venice Little League post season tourney opens four games today
The regular season in the Major Boys Division has ended and a double elimination post season begins with six National League teams and seven American League teams. Four 5:30 and 7:30 games are scheduled across Fields 1 2 and 3 at Chuck Reiter Complex starting Saturday with matchups including Nokomis Lions Doctors Rotary Accountants Venice Upholstery and Drapery Venice Nokomis Bank Ewing Bates File Kiwanis Optimist and Lions Lawyers.
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Venice
Chuck Reiter
Nokomis Lions
American League
Doctors
Rotary
National League and Accountants
Venice Nokomis Bank
Kiwanis
Ewing
Bates File
Ellis
Venice Lions
Elks
Nokomis Lions- Doctors
Rotary Accountants
Venice Upholstery
Optimist-Kiwanis
Ewing Bates
VUD
VNB
Optimist
Hammett tops 10-13 flight in junior golf opener
In the Bobby Jones Junior Golf Invitational, 17-year-old Roland Wyant of Riverview shot 68 to win medalist honors and earn a champions invitation. In the 10-13 flight Chuck Hammett of Venice won with 82 after a sudden death playoff against Kurt Wiles. Doug Pitcher won the basic division with 34.
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Chuck Hammett
Venice
Greater Sarasota
Roland Wyant
Riverview High
Kurt Wiles
Mike McClellan
Jim Lather
David Howard
Ricky Brain
Paul Bridgman
Shaun Sheen
Scott Holman
Todd Pike
Doug Bechtold
Page Dunlap
Doug Pitcher
South County
Ric Stocker
Tom Tyler
Scott Wilson
Steve Culbert
Ralph Antonetti
Grace Darbyshire
Kent Wilson
Chistopher McFarland
Bob Smith
Trey Hammett
Kristin
Kirk Wheeler
Joe Mann
Bob Jones
Englewood
Bradenton
Coast Federal Savings and Loan
Gulf Coast National Bank
GSJGA
P.O. Box
Sarasota
Mike Clayton
the Meadows
Doctors win VIL Majors playoffs in softball finals
Doctors captured the Major Girls Softball championship by going 3 1 in the event. Juli van der Linden pitched the title game for Doctors allowing six hits seven strikeouts and 10 walks. Theresa Ruhl led VFW with three singles.
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Doctors
Sheriffs
VFW
South Venice Rotary
Juli van der Linden
The
Theresa Ruhl
Farley Snow
Nancy Gauvreau
Wendy Ritchie
Cindy Pape
Cammy Kitchen
Erin O’brien
Jill Reninger
Durham family creates memorial sports scholarship in Venice
Lisa and Kurt Durham and friend Tami Shearer launch the Dutch Durham Memorial Fund to aid youth in Venice area sports. Trustees include Larry Rhodes and Murray Kanetsky. Funds support annual scholarships for deserving athletes and related programs, honoring Dutch Durham’s lifelong coaching and community athletic service.
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Lisa
Kurt Durham
Durham
Venice
Kurt
Tami Shearer
Venice High School
Larry Rhodes
WAMR
Murray Kanetsky
Memorial Fund
the Elks
Venice Junior High School
VHS
Lady Indians
Tami
Durham Memorial Fund
Dutch Durham
Koolee, Publix win openers in big League Tuesday game
Koolee Re freshments defeated Englewood Bank & Trust 11 to 1 in five innings as Chris Nelson and Todd Brooks combined on a no hitter. Nelson pitched four innings with eight strikeouts and three walks.
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Koolee
Englewood Bank & Trust
Publix
New York Life Insurance
Chris Nelson
Todd Brooks
Nelson
Brooks
Gary Dinka
Mark Guthrie
Derek Nelson
Eric Anderson
Carl Miller
Charles Hines
Jay Losey
Hines
Losey
Guthrie
Chris Hamp
Kirk Gaskell
Englewood
Mark Detert
Randy Koohins
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Dorothy Lippstretter
Little League
Thurs
V. Lions
K.M. Loser
Publix Victors
Larry Dinka
John Conian
New York Life
Jay
Wasson
Jim Beans
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