Youth baseball and softball programs start in Venice area
Venice Englewood and North Port youth leagues kick off in March with Senior Little League, Little League baseball and softball, Babe Ruth back in Venice, and North Port Englewood exhibitions. The season opens with barbecues, ceremonies, and full schedules across Well Field Complex and local fields.
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Venice
Well Field
East Venice Avenue
North Port
Englewood
Dallas White Field
San Casa Drive
Lemon Bay
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Virginia Commonwealth
NAACP
Lemon Bay Manta Rays defeat Lake Placid for 2-4 start
Lemon Bay improves to 2-4 after a 12-8 win over Lake Placid Tuesday at Lake Placid. John King earned the win with seven innings, six strikeouts, six walks and five hits allowed, while Steve Matthews drove in three runs and Kevin Jeffrey added two hits. The Manta Rays travel to Hardee for a 4 p.m. contest Tuesday.
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Johnnie King
Lemon Bay Manta Rays
Lake Placid
Steve Matthews
Lemon
Sailors blank Mantas for 11 0 win at Sarasota
The Lady Sailors shut out Lemon Bay High School’s Mantas 11 to 0 in Sarasota. Cindy Langford pitched a one hitter as Sarasota improved to 3 0 on the season. Leslie Kanter led a 13 hit attack with two home runs and two singles.
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Cindy Langford
Sarasota
Leslie Kanter
Venice Indians Top Southeast Seminoles 10 4 in Bradenton
Venice High beat Southeast 10 4 as George Chamberlain delivered a two run homer and two run single. Rodger Baran pitched a two hit eight inning win with six strikeouts. Venice improves to 3 2 while Southeast drops to 1 5.
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George Chamberlain
Venice High Indians
Seminoles
Bradenton
Indians
Gulf Senior League Opens 1982 Season in Venice
The Venice Gulf Senior League begins its 1982 season at Well Field Recreation Complex with seven games and a barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are 3.50 for adults and 2 for children, benefiting the league. Scaled matchups include Southeast Bank against North Port Kiwanis on Field 1 at 10 30 a.m. and others across Field 1 and Field 4.
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Well Field
Earl Blackburn
Smokehouse
Southeast Bank
North Port Kiwanis
Venice JV Wins 7-5 Over Port Charlotte In Fog Halted Game
Venice High School junior varsity pitchers Garry Dinka and Robby Ross led a 7-5 victory over Port Charlotte at the Well Field Complex. The game was halted twice by heavy fog with two outs in the sixth inning. Venice moved ahead 7-5 in the bottom of the sixth before the umpires stopped play. Leach Cristello and Swartzlander keyed the late rally as Dinka earned the win while Beisner and Voigt led the Pirates with multi hit days.
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Venice High School
Port Charlotte
Well Field
Indians
Jerri Weaver
Doug Vick
Weaver
Jerry Leach
Jerry Reiger
Leach
Tim Cristello
Tom Swartzlander
Cristello
Swartzlander
Venice
Pirates
Garry Beisner
Reiger
Mike Dunlap
Garry Dinka
Robby Ross
Vince Bruglia
Ross
Dinka
Bruglia
Sam Wilder
Jack Voigt
Tim Cristelo
Venice Port Charlotte
Paul Schmidt
Venice High Lady Indians sweep season opener and split with Southeast
Venice High School girls softball opened 1982 with a 20 8 win over Southeast in Bradenton and a 6 1 victory at Riverview in Sarasota. Laura Wagle Sherri Powell and Robyn Blackburn had three hits each in the Southeast game while Laura Wagle and Paula Cacherell drove in five runs apiece. MacKillop earned the win. The Venetians face Lemon Bay in Englewood and Sarasota next, while the Indians host Southeast Friday.
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Lady Manta
Lemon Bay High School
Sarasota
Lady Sailors
Tutcher
Indians
Voigt
Venice
Leach
Reiger
Cardinal Mooney
Riverview
Laura Wagle
Sherri Powell
Robyn Blackburn
Wagle
Paula Cacherell
Sue Krause
Lynda Tenbusch
Malinda Maas
Denise DeMasi
Maas
Melissa Vick
Teresa MacKillop
Mary Levering
Lilly Dorsett
Cacherell
MacKillop
WHS
Lady Indians
Jim Hanson
Powell
Dorsett
Tenbusch
DeMasi
Vick
Lemon Bay
Englewood
Southeast
Well Field
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YMCA
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Mantas
Venice Clubbers
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Baran
Ed Smith Complex
Bayshore
Manatee Junior College
Bob Wynn
Mooney
Englewood Elks
Storer
First National Bank of Venice
Coast Federal
United First Federal
Jayvees
Courtney Willis
Sarasota Jayvees
Ernie Andres
Babe Ruth
Sailors
Mike
Gary Dinka
Venice High
Venetians
DeMass
Cachezell
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