Venice Indians Run Past St. Pete Devils 35-13
Venice High overmatched St. Petersburg Senior 35-13 in the opener as Alvin Mitchell scored three times and Randy Turkovics added a 5 yard run. Todd Brooks threw a 62 yard TD pass to Mitchell and Marco Gaona added the extra points.
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ST. Petersburg
Venice High
Indians
Venice
Green Devils
Devils
Mike Newton
Kevin Jones
Jones
Steve Fuchs
Newton
Bruce Jacobs
Randy Turkovics
Turkovics
Alvin Mitchell
Mitchell
Todd Brooks
Mark Detert
Brooks
Marco Gaona
Bob Deighton
Gaona
Chris East
Jim Powell
St. Pete
Jacobs
Deighton
East
Manta Rays open season with 16 12 victory
Lemon Bay Manta Rays beat Lake Placid Dragons 16 to 12 in the season opener at Englewood. Andy Hafer passed and Joe Smith ran 13 times for 75 yards while Lemon Bay’s defense allowed only 18 rushing yards through most of the game. Next week Lemon Bay travels to Sebring for Heartland Conference play.
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Courtney Willis
Englewood
Andy Hafer
Joe Smith
Lemon Bay Manta Rays
Lake Placid Dragons
Mantas
Lemon Bay
Lake Placid
Dale Keaser
Dragon
Manta Rays
Scott Worley
Obie Bullard
Hafer
Manta Bays
Jim Harrington
Steve Haase
Dragons
Sebring
End Zone Fumble and Two-Point Conversion Highlight Lake Placid
Dale Keaser recovered a fumble in the end zone for a two point conversion after a Scott Worley pass to Andy Hafer. Obie Bullard added a 64 yard run following a Hafer interception and a failed kick. Robbie Boters and Kevin Dobson made short runs as Lake Placid faced a bad snap and defensive pressure.
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Dale Keaser
Scott Worley
Andy Hafer
Obie Bullard
Jim Harrington
Hafer
Robbie Boters
Lake Placid
Kevin Dobson
Venice High Invites Cross Country Meet At Well Field Park
Venice High School hosts its annual invitational cross country meet sponsored by Nautilus Fitness Center Venice on Tuesday at Well Field Recreation Park. High school events begin 430 pm with JV girls, 5 pm JV boys, 530 pm varsity girls, and 6 pm varsity boys, with a 4 pm open meet by Manasota Track Club beforehand. Twenty four schools are signed, including St Petersburg Catholic St Pete Boca Ceiga St Pete Lakewood Tampa Catholic Palmetto Mana Sarasota Christian Riverview Charlotte Fort Myers Cypress Lake Ft Myers Fort Myers Lemon Bay Englewood Naples Lely Naples tee Bayshore Southeast Wauchula Hardee Arcadia DeSoto Cardinal Mooney Sarasota Barron Collier Naples Senior Clewiston and Venice. Venice will field girls varsity runners Barbara Matthews Veronica Booth Ann Vanda Margie Totten Dawn Hall and Peg Gardiner. boys varsity runners include John Huffman Russell Morrison Greg DeMarco Wil DeMarco Keith Arel Kirby Outerbridge Eddie Kay and possibly Mark Soltis.
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Venice
Nautilus Fitness Center of
Well Field Recreation Park
Manasota
Lemon Bay High School
Arcadia
Bulldogs
DeSoto High School
Lemon Bay
Ot Ee Ey
Manta Rays
Frank Lock
Venice Spikers fall to Port Charlotte in opening match
Venice High girls volleyball lost their season opener to Port Charlotte High in three games. Paul Cacherell Sherri Powell and Tasha Dewees starred for Venice with a 15-10 first game win, while Port Charlotte swept the next two 15-8 and 15-13. Coach Jan Donnelly voiced disappointment as Venice hosts Riverview next Tuesday and then visits Palmetto Thursday.
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VHS
Venice High School
Nancy Williams
Sherri Powell
Paula Cacherell
Denise DeMasi
Lisa Elliott
Kris Morrison
Row
Tasha Dewees
Malinda Maas
Laurie Blackburn
Peggy Jansen
Traci Lay
Cheryl Blackburn
Connie Elliott
WHS Spikers
Port Charlotte
Venice High
Port Charlotte High
Paul Cacherell
Venice
Powell
Jan Donnelly
WHL
Spikers
Riverview
WJHS
Palmetto
Final area youth soccer registration set today
The Venice Area Youth Soccer Association holds final registration for the coming season today from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the South County Family YMCA across from Garden Elementary on Center Road. Players aged 9 to 19, with a 1982 birth cut, pay $17.50 per player up to $40 per family.
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Venice Area Youth Soccer Association
South County Family Ymca
Garden Elementary
Center Road
Venice High Jayvees Fall to Canes in Opener 22-16
Venice High junior varsity football lost to Manatee 22-19 after leading 19-6 at halftime. Coach Rod Drake cited fatigue and uneven prep numbers, noting Manatee dressed 52 players to Venice 26. Venice scorers included Scott DeVries and Bob Perkins with Kurt Knight returning a 40 yard interception for a TD.
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Venice High Jayvees
Canes
Venice High
Manatee
Jayvees
Rod Drake
Drake
Venice
Scott DeVries
Scott Good
Indians
Bob Perkins
Kurt Knight
Lemon Bay Harriers Prepare for 1981 Cross Country Schedule
Lemon Bay High School cross country opens at Arcadia against DeSoto. The girls are led by Kathy Teel with a veteran squad as they plan ten meets including the Lemon Bay Invitational on Sept. 19 and a full slate through district regional and state events.
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Lemon Bay Harriers
Kathy Teel
Lemon Bay
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Venice Indians
St. Pete Devils
Abandon
Boca Ciega
Venice St. Pete
Enice
Harrington
Lake Placid Lemon Bay
Florida State Youth Soccer Association
WAYSA
Joe Maier
Ted Ruckert
Kay James
Sue Nagorka
Bob Koson
Kent Drobisch
Howie Tewes
Charles Weaver
Margie McCue
Cliff James
Marge Murray
Andrew Murray
Tony Bell
Knight
David Gilbert
Kevin Clipse
DeVries
Clipse
Mark Serafino
Mark Litchler
Sarasota
DeSoto
Gainesville
University of Florida
Hardee
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