Indians rally past Palmetto in district opener 6 5
Eddie Dinka delivered a two run single in the bottom of the seventh to lift Venice High over Palmetto 6-5 at Robert C Wynn Field Bradenton in District 11 Class 3A South Sub‑District action. Venice overcame a 5-3 deficit with 14 hits led by Hixon Seeley Carney and Dinka.
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Eddie Dinka
Venice High
Palmetto Tigers
Robert C. Wynn
Bradenton
Venice
Southeast
Indians
Tampa Catholic
St. Petersburg Catholic
Philip Ross
Alan Hixon
Ross
John Bayne
Lowell Seeley
Hixon
Seeley
Dinka
Keith Carney
Doug Yates
Bayne
Robbie DeMasi
Carney
Venice High girls fall in district semifinal softball
Venice High School's girls softball season ended with an 8-1 district semifinal loss to St. Petersburg Catholic. The Venetians finished 9-11, after a 9-2 win over Bayshore to reach the semifinals. Sophomore Sharon Gulette pitched in both games, crediting strong efforts from Cindy Grich Nancy Shanley and others.
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Venice High School
St. Petersburg Catholic
Venice
Bayshore
Venetians
St. Pete
Sharon Gulette
Bruins
Courtside Tennis Youth Program Launches This Weekend
Courtside begins a junior tennis program offering weekend play at 1 p m supervised by the organizer and staff. Open to all youths with weekly inclusion, schedules formed by Thursday signups, A and B divisions, trophies monthly, and a $1 fee to cover balls.
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Phil Baker
Venice ties for seventh at state golf meet
Venice High finishes seventh in the Florida State High School golf tournament at Bent Tree Golf Club in Sarasota. After day one Venice led by one stroke but day two saw scores rise with Lippstreuer improving to 78 while teammates posted higher totals. coach Koepl expressed cautious optimism for next season.
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Venice
Venice High
Bent Tree Golf Club
Sarasota
Miami Lakes-Hialeah
Lakeland
Choctawhatchee
Pompano Beach
Gavin Darbyshire
Brent Pinkerton
Ron Wander
Mark Lippstreuer
Bruce Darbyshire
Lippstreuer
Wander
Pinkerton
Jim Koepl
North Palm Beach
Benjamin
Jack Nicklaus Jr
Mark Borden
Jim Kelley
Bill Lawrence
Indians
Venice High Girls Track Qualify for State Meet
Arnall and Nist of Venice High School earned advancement to the State Track and Field Meet at Showalter Field Winter Park. Arnall, a junior, qualified in the discus with 118 feet 9 inches while Nist, a senior, set a school record 2 30.9 in the 880-yard run.
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Jane Arnall
Cindy Nist
Venice
Showalter Field
Winter Park
VHS
Arnall
Nist
Venice Junior High Teams Remain Unbeaten In Wrestling And Softball
The Li l Indians beat Brookside 68 30 on Wednesday for a 4 0 wrestling record with multiple pins and forfeits. The girls softball team improved to 3 1 with a 13 4 win over Brookside as Dorsett Detweiler Blackburn Bayne each contributed key hits and Bayne pitched a one hit game. Venice schedules next matches at McIntosh and Booker, both 3 30 p m starts.
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Venice
Li'l Indians
Brookside
Barracudas
VJHS
Richard Hart
Joe Valderrama
Jerry Biller
Shawn Brunelle
Mike Stringer
Tracy Thompson
Buddy Cate
Kurt Knight
Barry Pender
Robert Stone
Charlie Noyes
Brad Orr
Bill Roberts
WJHS
Sarasota
MelIntosh
Lil Indians
Jackie Dorsett
DeDe Detweiler
Robin Blackburn
Chris Bayne
Bayne
McIntosh
Booker
VHS
Tracy Mitchell
Malinda Buyher
Patty Austin
Kathy Sahnley
Lemon Bay Mantas reach Class 1A District 10 finals
Lemon Bay High School's Mantas, 14 7 1, defeated Northside Christian 5 2 to advance to the district title game against St. Petersburg Christian. Joe Smith drove in a run with a double and single, Benji Rivera added two RBIs, and Rick Huffman pitched a three hit game with five strikeouts.
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Lemon Bay Manta Rays
Northside Christian
Mantas
St. Petersburg Christian
Joe Smith
Benji Rivera
Scott Wiggins
Mike Finch
Tony Roberts
LBHS
Rick Huffman
Lemon Bay
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Scott Pinkerton
John E. Davis Memorial Stadium
Beans
Palmetto
Gulette
Kanetsky
Virginia Maas
Grich
Debbie McLaughlin
Courtside Tennis Club
Stroke and
Epiphany
Trom
Mike Watson
Ricky Breeden
Kevin Keating
Gary Dinka
Andy Obermeier
Jeff Floyd
Amin Habib
James Doran
Mike
Kosowski
Tom Ewing
Seth Hill
Chris Blem
Doug Mashke
Tom Collins
Ed Sanchez
John Lehan
Jim Beans
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