Venice High swimmers sweep Tampa Catholic meet finale
VHS boys win 82-34 and girls 57-54 as district prep. Dawn Hall, Ann Hickey, Dawn Morrell lead with multiple firsts for the girls. Steve Maresch, David Panton and Dave West pace the boys with two wins each. Relay squads also shine as VHS heads to Saturday district action.
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Venice High
Tampa Catholic
Indians
Crusaders
Dawn Hall
Ann Hickey
Dawn Morrell
Hall
Morrell
Hickey
Lisa Little
Lori Danielson
Steve Maresch
David Panton
Dave West
Maresch
Panton
West
Dave Peterson
Marc Serafino
Peterson
Serafino
Kip Zunt
John Sellitti
Mike Krempl
Sellitti
Krempl
Zunt
VHS
Venice St Petersburg Bands Postgame Show Set
Venice High School and St. Petersburg Lakewood High School will perform postgame, presenting their district contest programs after the Venice Lakewood football game next Friday November 12.
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Venice High School
St. Petersburg Lakewood High School
Venice-Lakewood
Linksters Triumph as Venice Indians 9th Grade Go 6-0
The Venice 9th Grade golf team improved to 6-0 with wins last Thursday at Rolling Green in Sarasota over Booker 193 to 220. Chuck Hammett shot 44 and Dan Sula 47. Tuesday at Forest Lakes Venice defeated Sarasota 197 to 205 with Sula and Hammett each firing 45s.
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Venice Indians
Sarasota
Rolling Green
Venice
Booker
Chuck Hammett
Dan Sula
Indians
Forest Lakes
Sula
Hammett
JVs Play Postponed To Monday At Hawkins Stadium
Heavy rain left the field unplayable and forced the Bayshore at Venice junior varsity game to be postponed from Thursday. The contest is moved to Monday night at 7:30 at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton to close the 1982 grid season, and a win would raise the Indian Jayvees record to 3-4.
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Venice
Bayshore
Bradenton
Hawkins Stadium
Saxons Edge Vagabonds In Venice League Overtime Night
Bevilacqua scored a fourth quarter touchdown and Roush added the extra point for a 7-0 Saxons win over the Vagabonds in the Venice Vikings Intra City League. Saxons dominated second half with 82 rushing yards by Bevilacqua and strong defense led by Woodfere Brilby and Donard.
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Joe Bevilacqua
Shane Roush
Vagabonds
Venice Vikings
Bevil Acqua
Rouse
Todd Conard
Nelson Alvarez
Norman Davis
Chris Capasso
Venice Indians Cruise Past East Bay 24-8 In Homecoming Build Up
Venice High downed East Bay 24-8 at John E Davis Memorial Stadium for its ninth win of 1982. Nelson sparked the offense with a 20-yard run for the first score as Venice built a 7-0 lead, Detert added three field goals, and Hitt scored the third quarter touchdown to make it 24-0. East Bay finally reached the end zone on a Nagle to Belliveau connection and a Mills completion for two points. Venice defense limited East Bay to 10 yards of total offense, while Venice turned the ball over five times. Nelson led Venice rushers with 64 yards followed by Maticka 58, Graham 57, and Hitt 41. Next up is Lakewood for Homecoming.
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John E. Davis Memorial Stadium
VHS Indians
East Bay
Indians
Venice
Derek Nelson
Mark Detert
Todd Brooks
Les Hitt
Detert
Hitt
Brooks
Nelson
Mike Taylor
Browning Nagle
Nagle
Clifford Belliveau
Joe Mills
Tom Maticka
Gary Graham
Allen Perkins
Port Charlotte
Pirates
Steve Carr
Brent Brown
Clark Vaughn
Brown
Perkins
Carr
Rob Cox
John Freeman
Freeman
Pirate
Cox
Jay Faulkner
E.J. Gibson
Ben Needleman
Gibson
Vikings Sweep Englewood In Venice Pop Warner Action
The Venice Vikings and Vikings Knights posted four wins in five games against Englewood last Saturday. Delon Lewis led with a 59 yard TD as the Chieftains defeated Englewood 6 0. The Knights then shut out the Englewood Cubs 25 0 to move to 7 1 overall and 5 1 in the Peace River Conference.
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Englewood
Chad Tippit
Steve Ottney
Billy Carlock
Oscar Bolden
Calvin Ford
Duane Barclay
Vikings Knights
Peewees
Venice
Indian Freshman Edges Port Charlotte Venice 6 0
Venice Indians edge Port Charlotte Pirates 6 0 on a first quarter three yard run by Allen Perkins. Perkins rushes 28 times for 130 yards and Freeman adds a late end around as Venice seals the win with clock control. Port Charlotte stalls at the one yard line in the final minute. The Indians move to 2-5 and close season at North Fort Myers.
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Pirates
Venice
Port Charlotte
Perkins
Carr
Mike D’angelo
David Lass
Mark Hood
Gibson
Needleman
Mike Slevin
Indians
North Fort Myers
Barron Collier Tops Lemon Bay 29 to 14 on Rainy Naples Night
Billy Wolf scored three touchdowns and a two point conversion to lead Barron Collier over Lemon Bay 29 14 at Cougar Field Naples. Wolf opened scoring with a 20 yard pass and added key runs and a 21 yard reception. Lemon Bay threatened twice but failed to convert in the second and fourth quarters. The Mantas host Charlotte next week.
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Lemon Bay Manta Rays
Barron Collier
Cougar
Naples
Billy Wolf
Cougars
Greg David
Kevin Smith
Lemon Bay
Collier
Wolf
Jester
Jenson
David
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Richard Brilby
Donard
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Capasso
Weaver
Sheldon Leonard
Anthony Sellitti
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Belliveau
Mills
Brian Parker
Albert Fraser
Mike Dunlap
Barry McCarthy
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Troy Young
Terry Polk
Jason Street
Clint Davis
T. J. McNally
Norby Wright
John Creasy
Sean Stringer
Carl Lutterboach
Mark Priest
Chad Swearingen
John DePalo
Tom Hall
Ledger
Port Charlotte Venice
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Mantas
Manta Bays
Freddie Sims
J. R. Taylor
King
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