The Super Bowl may be over — Go Bucs! — but there’s still action on the gridiron at the community center in Anna Maria.
After three weeks of action, the flag football standings are tight in all three divisions of the youth league at the Center of Anna Maria Island.
The 8-10 division has Moss Builders on top with a 3-0 record, closely followed by 2-0 Beach Bums. Coastline Contractors holds down third place with a 2-1 record with 1-1 Tidy MD right on their heels. Cloud Pest Control is 1-2 followed by Shady Lady and Rays Ramblings, which are both in search of a victory.
The 11-13 division has Root Logic on top with a perfect 3-0 record, but 2-0-1 Poppo’s Taqueria is right on their heels. Detwiler’s follows with a 1-0-1 record and Ugly Grouper and Gulf Drive Cafe are both at 1-2. The Gitt Team and HSH Designs are both in search of a win.
The 14-17 division is a picture of parity among three teams. Ugly Grouper is on top with a 2-1 record, closely followed by Grooms Auto at 2-2 and LaPensee Plumbing at 1-2.
Flag football action Feb. 2 got started in the 8-10 division with Moss Builders cruising to a 28-13 victory over Rays Ramblings behind Mason Moss, who ran for two scores while also connecting with McKenna Darak for another touchdown. Turner Worth completed the scoring with a pick-six that helped seal the deal.
Carter Hey and Drew Buky both came through with rushing touchdowns to lead Rays Ramblings in the loss.
The second 8-10 division game of the evening saw Tidy MD slip past Cloud Pest Control 20-12 behind three touchdown passes from Ronan Robertson, including two to Hayden Eurice and one to Kade Eslich.
Cloud Pest Control was led by Charlie Neri’s touchdown pass to Lucas Signor and a touchdown run by Noah Rigney in the loss.
The last of the 8-10 division matchups saw Coastline Contractors outscore Shady Lady 23-13 behind a huge all-around game from Reef Marin. Marin threw a touchdown pass to Charlie Serra, ran for a score, had a 2-point conversion and, for good measure, added an interception return for a TD.
Cayson Travis led Shady Lady with a pair of touchdown passes in the loss, including one each to Jackson Kennedy and Bam Gartman.
Action in the 11-13 division kicked off with Root Logix showing why they’re on top of the standings with a 32-7 filleting of Ugly Grouper. Quarterback Payton Harlan threw three touchdown passes to a trio of teammates —Luke Winsper, Hunter Wingate and Gabrielle Gilbert. Harrison Schenerlein and Carter Cantrell completed the scoring in the victory with pick-sixes.
Ashton Hovda ran for a TD and Aidan Gannon added an extra point to complete the scoring in the loss.
The second 11-13 division game saw Detwiler’s Farm Market and Poppo’s Taqueria battle to an 18-18 tie. Detwiler’s quarterback Victor Albrecht threw three touchdown passes to three different teammates — sister Angelina Albrecht, Kieran Cloutier and Ewen Cloutier.
Poppo’s was led by quarterback TJ Eckert, who ran for two TDs, while also connecting with Rowan Benford for a touchdown pass in the tie.
The last 11-13 divisional game of the night saw Gulf Drive Cafe edge The Gitt Team 21-19 behind Zane Logan’s three touchdown passes to JM Feeney. Jack McCarthy’s 2-point conversion and an extra point catch from Audrey Guess provided the game’s winning margin.
Tommy Baugher led The Gitt Team in the loss with three rushing TDs, while Landon Snyder added an extra point.
Next up, the 14-17 division got started with Grooms Auto cruising past LaPensee Plumbing 29-14 behind four touchdown passes from Jayse Berzowski, including two that went to Justin Cook. Travis Bates and Shawn Balvin both added touchdown catches for the victory.
Anthony Nguyen threw touchdown passes to Evan Christianson and Aiden Templeton, who also added a two-point conversion in the loss.
The last game of the evening saw Ugly Grouper outscore Grooms Auto 47-45 behind four touchdown passes from Ian Godfrey, who also added a pair of pick-sixes on defense. Noah Costellow finished with three TD catches and a touchdown run, as well as two extra points and a 2-point conversion.
Jayse Berzowski threw five touchdown passes and caught a touchdown to lead Grooms Auto, which also received two touchdown passes and four touchdown grabs from Shawn Balvin in the loss.
Golf news
The annual men’s Key Royale Club Championship was played over two weeks, Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, with the club hopefuls battling it out over 36 holes.
Gary Risner, the six-time club champ who until recently was tied with Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls and Tom Brady, then with the New England Patriots, for the most titles, was recently eclipsed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ historic Super Bowl LV victory with Brady at the helm!
Eric Lawson forged an even-par 128 during the scratch-play event to earn an 11-shot victory over Risner. Risner came in having captured five consecutive club championships, but Lawson was not to be denied. Brett Lance took third place with a 16-over-par 144.
The men were on the course Feb. 8 for their weekly, modified-Stableford system match. The team of Ken Butler, Al Carr, Jim Hitchens and Harvey Shovers combined on a plus-2 to win the day’s proceedings.
Tom Perkins managed a plus-6 by himself to win individual honors while Bill DeMenna, Earl Ritchie, Kurt Snouffer and Ron Vandeman tied for second with matching plus-5s.
The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match Feb. 9 in three flights, starting with Flight A, where Roxanne Koche was on fire. She carded a 6-under-par 26 to finish five strokes ahead of second-place finishers Connie Livanos and Jenny Huibers.
Marty Clark’s 29 gave her first place in Flight B, two strokes ahead of second-place finisher Beth Lindeman. Sue Powers and Margrit Layh tied for third at even-par 32.
Lisa Edmonds fired a 5-under-par 27 to earn a three-shot victory in Flight C. Terry Westby was alone in second place with a 2-under-par 30, while Judy Mencheck finished at even-par 32.
The men were back on the course Feb. 11 for a nine-hole shamble. The team of Monica and Eric Lawson, John Purcell and Jim Menzies matched the 1-under-par 31 carded by John Kolojeski, Hoyt Miller, Terry Schaefer and Al Ward.
Congratulations to Eric Lawson for swinging to the top.
Adult football continues
After four weeks of action in the adult flag football league at the center, Beach Bums and Ugly Grouper are on top of the standings with matching 4-0 records, just ahead of 3-1 Solid Rock Construction. Slim’s Place and Moss Builders follow with 2-2 records, while the Sandbar Restaurant holds down sixth place at 1-3. Mi-Box and Salty Printing are tied for last place.
Action last week kicked off Feb. 11 with Solid Rock Construction earning a 32-13 route of Salty Printing behind two TD passes from Connor Haughey and Jon Moss.
Beach Bums overwhelmed Mi-Box 51-20 behind seven touchdown passes from quarterback Matt Briley.
Quarterback Brandon Kull threw three touchdown passes to lead Ugly Grouper to a 27-6 victory over Slim’s Place in the third game of the night.
The final game of the evening saw quarterback Ryan Moss throw for five touchdowns to lead Moss Builders to a 33-26 victory over Sandbar Restaurant.
Soccer action
Soccer is sharing a season and the field — pitch or gridiron — at the center.
Five weeks in and there doesn’t appear to be a dominant team in the adult soccer league.
Five of the eight teams have two victories, led by Burton Brick & Tile and Sato Real Estate, both with 2-0-2 records. That puts them a point ahead of 2-1-1 Allied and two-points clear of 2-2 Blalock Walters and Servis First Bank. Jiffy Lube follows at 1-2-1 with the Gitt Team right behind at 1-3-0. Slim’s Place holds down the basement at 0-2-2.
Horseshoe news
Two teams advanced from pool play and battled for the day’s title during Feb. 10 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.
The team of Bob Lee and Bob Palmer showed Del Reese and Bob Brown what shock and awe looks like with a 22-1 victory.
The Feb. 13 games saw the horseshoe pitchers dodge the rain long enough for Bob Heiger and Steve Doyle to complete the lone 3-0 record in pool play to outright win the day’s proceedings.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection.
There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.