Venice High School winter sports show mixed results
Venice High School finished its winter season with two winning wrestling teams, a 10-5 varsity record and a 9-5 junior varsity mark, both school records. Basketball had a losing overall year, though with some coaching praise and returning players noted for next season. A girls fast pitch softball team is forming with a management vacancy, practices in Venice and games in Sarasota, season April to June.
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Venice High School
Jerry Biller
Paul Paquette
Jim Gilmart
Wayne Lechlitner
Sherri Powell
Peggy Jansen
Sheila Gibson
Cedona Sigman
Lori Blackburn
Pauline Gipson
Mike Lay
Eric Anderson
Larry Dinka
Kevin Faulkner
Craig Faulkner
Ric Stocker
Mark Detert
Venice
Sarasota
Murray Kanetsky
Umpires Clinic Set for Venice Little League Managers
Venice area sports groups urge all managers and coaches including girls league to attend the Umpires Clinic at Chuck Reiter Complex Sunday at 2 p.m. The two day golf tournament will raise funds for Englewood and Venice leagues and youth clubs across South County.
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Little League
Chuck Reiter
South County
Sarasota County Sports Development Incorporated
Englewood Little League
Englewood
Pop Warner
North Port Little League
S.W.D.P.C
Venice Aquatic Club
YMCA
Venice Recreation Aquatic Club
Venice Vikings
Venice Youth Soccer Association
Pat Briggs
Andy Britton
Venice Little League
Dean Day
Richard Deto
J. Sherrick Gilbert
Venice Senior League
Jim Hill
Tony Levering
South County Family Ymca
Mike Metrione
Ted Ruckert
Venice Area Youth Soccer Association
Bob Soloway
Bill Whatley
Diane Noll
Venice High Baseball Weekend Slate at Southeast and Mooney
Venice High's varsity baseball team has a pair of weekend games. Tomorrow the Indians visit Southeast in Bradenton for a 4 p.m. start. Saturday they play Sarasota Cardinal Mooney at 7:30 p.m. at the Ed Smith Complex, previously set for Payne Park.
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Venice High
Indians
Bradenton
Venice
Sarasota
Cardinal
Englewood Times Kite Contest Ends In Chaos
Reporter recounts the First Annual Englewood Times Kite Flying Contest where two prized kites a Diamond Kite and a catamaran kite were felled by a mysterious attacker a 12 year old girl with a plastic kite. The crowd enjoyed the day despite the dramatic mishap and a squirrel guiding child helped recover a kite. The scene ends with the catamaran kite still aloft as the page continues on Page 48.
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Englewood Times
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
Barbara Matthews Wins Sarasota Herald-Tribune 10000 Meter Title
Venice High School junior Barbara Matthews won the Women’s Division of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune 10,000 Meter Road race held on a 6.2 mile course in Sarasota. She finished in 38 58, 23 seconds from the record, extending her seven race unbeaten streak with VHS girls track teammates and local residents also competing.
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Barbara Matthews
Venice
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sarasota
Matthews
VHS
Venice High girls win four-school meet at Riverview
Barbara Matthews led the VHS girls to the team title with three first place finishes in the 880, mile and two mile. Sheila Gibson set a school record in the 220 and anchored the 440 relay, while Cedona Sigmon won the 440 and mile relay included Gibson and others. Sarasota won the boys division with 136.5 points.
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Barbara Matthews
Venice High
Riverview
Lady Indians
Sarasota
Cardinal Mooney
Tom Maticka
Jerry Biller
Deighton
Morrison
Maticka
Littrell
VHS Trinclads
Vhs Oval
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Wounded Knee
Tommy
Barry McCarthy
Jim Gouvellis
Venice Area
Will DeMarco
Greg DeMarco
Brad Totten
Trey Hammett
Marji Totten
Melissa Vick
Laurie Davis
Catherine Moseley
Cheryl Bowman
Nancy Herron
Melinda Egglefield
Toni Ross
Betty Thro
Judie DeMarco
Joy Madden
John Huffman
Russell Morrison
Ted Scovitch
Richard Nastan
Jeff Highfield
Mitch West
Jim Lasswell
Jack Dulmer
Jack McGill
Steve Bowman
Joe Thro
Tim Paradiso
Skip Jaehne
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