Indians Roll Past St. Petersburg 28 3 In District Opener
Venice High Indians toppled St. Petersburg Senior Green Devils 28 to 3 in the Class 3A District 11 opener. Gary Graham sparked a 22 point third quarter with a 49 yard run, as Venice pulled away after a 6 3 halftime lead. Todd Brooks added a 15 yard rush during the third period surge.
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Venice High
Indians
St. Petersburg
Green Devils
Gary Graham
WHS
Jim Powell
Graham
St. Pete
Bruce Jacob
Venice
Curtis Harris
Troy Brown
Mike Evans
Barry McCarthy
Tom Maticka
Frank Peacock
Mark Detert
Maticka
Harris
Devils
Brooks
Peacock
Detert
Green Devil
H. B. Stivers
Kurt Knight
Deter
Bob Perkins
Stivers
Greg Bell
Swartzlander
Craig Faulkner
Mike Taylor
John Johnson
H.B. Stiver
Boca Ceiga Pirates
Venice St. Pete
V- Graham
Lake Placid blanked Mantas 35 to 0 in season opener
Obie Bullard scored three touchdowns to pace Lake Placid in a 35 0 win over Lemon Bay Manta Bays. Hawthorne threw two long TD passes Ritacco added a 59 yard score and Ritacco kicked three extra points as Lake Placid outgained Lemon Bay 314 to 177. The Mantas were held scoreless despite two first half threats and host Sebring next.
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Lake Placid
Lemon Bay
Manta Bays
Obie Bullard
Melvin Hawthorne
A.J. Ritacco
Hawthorne
James Weston
Ritacco
Mantas
Scott Worley
J. R. Taylor
Manta Rays
Sebring
Bullard
Manatee JV blank Venice in season opener 27 0
Manatee High School junior varsity totaled 27 points on three fourth quarter touchdowns and two point conversions after taking a 14 0 halftime lead over Venice. Mike Lewis connected with Perry Mapes and Ronnie Mitchell for touchdowns as Manatee outgained Venice 183 99 rushing and 99 27 passing while forcing three Venice turnovers. Venice hosts Sarasota next Thursday at 7 30.
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Manatee High School
Venice
Jayvees
Bradenton
Hawkins Stadium
Hurricanes
Alphonso Clark
Manatee
Indians
Mike Lewis
Perry Mapes
Richard Gailey
Lewis
Ronnie Mitchell
Woodie
Christ Dowd
Venice High hosts large invitational cross country meet
The VHS Indians host the Venice Invitational at Well Field Recreation Complex with 26 schools including Lely, Barron Collier, Naples Senior, and Venice. St Pete Catholic is favored in girls with state champ Carol Dorsett, while Jon Harris of Fort Myers leads boys. Open Run at 4 pm followed by JV and varsity races and awards. T-shirts sell for $5 to support VHS teams.
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Venice High
Charlie Powell
Venice
Well Field
Venice High School
St. Pete Catholic
Carol Dorsett
Boca Deiga
Dorsett
VHS
Naples
Clearwater Catholic
Southeast
Manatee
Barbara Matthews
Zephyrhills
Tampa Catholic
Fort Myers
Hernando
Powell
Jon Harris
Jason Heatherly
Activites
Manasota Track Club
Indians
Vikings Open Grid Season at North Fort Myers
Venice Vikings Pop Warner traveling teams start their regular schedule Saturday at North Fort Myers with an Inter-City game at noon and later games at 2, 4, 6, and 8 p.m. featuring Junior Peewees Peewees Junior Midgets and Senior Midgets.
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Venice Vikings
Pop Warner
North Fort Myers
Venice High Opens Swim Season Hosting Port Charlotte
Venice High School starts its boys and girls swim season Wednesday at 4 p.m. in VHS-Ree Center Pool with Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda Charlotte. Coach Jim LaMorte leads a small squad led by Dawn Hall and Ann Hickey among the girls and Dave West and Scott Sivik among the boys. Divers include Lisa Little Jody Hooper and Sandy LaMorte.
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Venice High
Port Charlotte
Punta Gorda-Charlotte
Jim LaMorte
Dawn Hall
Ann Hickey
Dawn Morrell
Jeannine Hooper
Lori Daniels
Lisa Little
Jody Hooper
Lisa
Sandy
Venice Spikers Fall at Port Charlotte in Three Games
Venice High volleyball lost to Port Charlotte on the road in three games. Venice won the opening set 15 12 but dropped the last two 15 3 The Indians were led in the first game by Lori Blackburn Malinda Maas and Traci Lay Coach Sue Donnelly praised Port Charlottes late-game performance and noted her team unraveled They will host Lemon Bay next Thursday at 6 p m
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Venice High
Port Charlotte
Venice
Lori Blackburn
Malinda Maas
Traci Lay
Sue Donnelly
Pirates
Indians Spikers
Lemon Bay
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Tom Swartzlander
Todd Brooks
Blanks
BY Frank Kimball
Lemon Bay Lake Placid
Weston
SP Jacobs
Knight
Mitchell
Andre Woodie
Vincent Crawford
Franklyn Bryant
Sean Rhodes
Scott Larven
Ron Malloy
James Buckmaster
Buckmaster
Rod Drake
Drake
Pete Walker
Kevin Lugar
Jerry Clipse
Tim Costello
Wally Chown
Bernie McNulty
Bill Walters
Chad Gates
Tom Jakubowski
Sarasota
John E. Davis
Vikings
NFM
Dave West
Scott Sivik
Dave Panton
Steve Maresch
Dave Peterson
Kip Zunt
Marc Serafino
Rodger Baran
Mike Wedgewood
Steve Whitworth
Jimmy Lather
Mike Krempel
Serafino
Sean Horan
LaMorte
Venice Spikers
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