Junior Division All-Tourney Team Picks Highlight Local Teams
The 1968 Gulf Little League junior division all tournament team includes four players each from The Lawyers Elks and Venice Lions, with Rotary and Nokomis Lions supplying one each. Repeats Jeff Rhodes and John Claffey headline a 14 player roster, with newcomers from multiple teams named and schedule details for the doubleheader and upcoming playoffs.
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Elks
Venice Lions
Rotary
Nokomis Lions
Jeff Rhodes
The
John Claffey
Venice
LaBelle
Punta Gorda
North Fort Myers
Rhodes
Claffey
Lawyers
Brad Jerger
Brad Hatton
Gary Geraci
Ellis
John McPherson
John Meyer
Robert Thompson
Mark Laps
Bill Laps
Wayne Geraci
Robert Stephens
Charles Needleman
Keith Ol
Softball Twinbill Lined Up at Nokomis Field Tonight
Littrell Concrete faces Wolfer Motors at 6 p m in the opening game of a Ladies Softball twinbill at Nokomis Field with First National Bank opposing Venice Nokomis Bank. Wednesdays games include First National against Littrell at 6 and Wolfer Motors versus Venice Nokomis Bank at 7. Wolfer Motors leads the league at 3 0 while Littrell sits 1 1 First National 1 2 and Venice Nokomis Bank 0 2.
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Littrell Concrete
Wolfer Motors
Nokomis
First National Bank
Venice Nokomis Bank
First National
Littrell
Elks Complete 13 0 Victory to End Regular Season
The Elks finish regular season with a 13 0 win over Venice Lions in Gulf Little League junior division behind Jeff Rhodes one hit pitching. Rhodes fanned 13 and walked four as Elks total eight runs off Billy Laps and clinch a 13th win in 14 outings.
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Elks
Venice Lions
Jeff Rhodes
Sawyers
Rotary
Rhodes
Jarl Marwin
Venice Lion
Wayne Geraci
Steve Dukes
Bob Stephens
Mark Laps
Bobby Thompson
The
John Meyer
Thompson
Billy Laps
Jim Leighton
Mike Wolfer
David Rhodes
Nokomis Lions Win A Pair To Close Gulf League Play
Nokomis Lions finish the 1968 Gulf Little League junior division season with a 4-1 win over the Optimists and a 5-4 victory against Florida Power & Light. Pitcher Bobby Blalock earned wins in both games, fanning 22 batters total and yielding nine hits. Keith Olson led the batters with three singles in the Optimist game, while Grady Hough added three hits in the FP&L game as Don Cashatt allowed nine hits and 11 strikeouts.
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Rhodes
Claffey
Jerger
McPherson
Meyer
M. Laps
Needlyman
Olson
Don Peterson
Rotary
Robyn Eastman
Elks
Chuck Jimerson
Doug Murphy
Florida Power & Light
Pat Smith
Jimerson
Murphy
Smith
Venice
Port Charlotte
Sarasota
Sarasota Amer
Nokomis Lions
Optimists
Bobby Blalock
Keith Olson
Blalock
B. Bristow
B. Smith
Curt Simmerly
M. Dalton
B. Elliott
L. Deakin
C. Glidden
Simmerly
Lions
Fp&l
Grady Hough
Tim Kelly
Glenn Parker
Hal Walker
B. Brown
Don Cashatt
David Carpenter
Jeff Mallett
Pat McClain
Cashatt
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