Golfers improbable bird aided birdie at Jacaranda West
Betty Morris of Venice faced a strange shot on the ninth at Jacaranda West Country Club. Her drive landed with a great white egret in shallow water, the bird’s head deflecting the ball onto the fairway and causing a harmless ricochet with no injury to the bird.
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Golf Digest
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Betty Morris
Jacaranda West Country Club
Tiny Mites Baseball ends ninth season with new YMCA complex
The South County Family YMCA hosts a closing ceremony for the ninth Tiny Mites season in Venice with a pool party and trophies. The program serves 170 youngsters ages six through eight, features 12 teams and modified rules emphasizing participation, sportsmanship, and exercise over winning.
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Venice
YMCA
Sarasota County
Tiny Mites
Tom Sheridan
Sheridan
Venice Indians Set for Sarasota County Spring Jamboree
Venice High joins Sarasota, Riverview and Mooney at the Ram Bowl for a 7 30 p m jamboree. Admission is 2 dollars per person. The event features four quarters with a 15 minute break between halves.
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Venice High
Sarasota
Wearuinal Mooney
Venice girls take second in state mile medley relay
Venice High School finished second in the Class 3A State Track meet in Winter Park with a 4:16.3 time in the mile medley relay. The quartet Sho Gibson Jill MacKinnon Cedona Sigmon and Gwen Mitchell return next year. Palm Beach North Shore tied for fourth at 4:05.2. Cindy Binder was late in the discus event. Venice later hosts and travels in football preludes with coach Jim Powell eyeing a young squad in spring drills culminating in the Senior Bowl.
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Venice High
Winter Park
VHS
Palm Beach North Shore
Venice
Shelia Gibson
Jill MacKinnon
Cedona Sigmon
Gwen Mitchell
Cindy Binder
Sarasota
Cardinal Mooney
Riverview
Mooney
Jim Powell
Powell
Final Venice Big League signup and tryouts announced
The last registration for Venice Big League 16 to 18 year olds is Saturday at 10 am at Well Field Recreation Park Complex Field 4 Pearson Field. Players from last year’s Publix and New York Life teams are exempt from tryouts. The league will have 18 games plus contests against Lake Placid North Fort Myers Dunedin and Bradenton with games on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays. The local league will include three Venice teams and one Englewood team with a possible fifth Venice team.
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Englewood
LBHS Hosts Intrasquad Scrimmage Night At Stadium
Lemon Bay High School stages its first annual Blue and Orange Intrasquad Scrimmage Friday at 7 p.m. Tickets are 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for students. The game offers a preview of the 1982 Manta Rays and coaching staff’s evaluation under game conditions.
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Lemon Bay High School
Lbhs Stadium
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