And it’s finally time for some football.
The summer flag football league for adults at the Center of Anna Maria Island kicked off July 22 with four games starting with We The Best Lending cruising to a 50-22 victory over Sandbar Restaurant.
Chase Richardson had a big game, finishing with three touchdown passes, a touchdown run, a pick-six and a 2-point conversion. Tim Holly and Jonathan Soultatos each added two touchdown receptions, while Holly also added a pair of quarterback sacks, including one for a safety. Dom Otteni threw a touchdown pass, a 2-point conversion and a pair of interceptions to complete the scoring.
Matt Manger threw touchdown passes to Anthony Mannino, Dina DeJesus and Brandin Holcomb, while Bradley Coleman and Holcomb added a 2-point conversion to lead Sandbar in the loss.
The second game of the evening saw Catalyst ease past Beach Bums behind a pair of touchdown passes from Jon Moss. Brent Moss added a touchdown pass and a touchdown reception, while Jesse Skipper added a pair of touchdown receptions in the victory. Zach Long added two interceptions to lead the Catalyst defense, which also received interceptions from Jon Moss and Greg Moss.
JB Shuck and Jaret Rojas each threw touchdown passes to Cruz Rodriguez to lead Beach Bums, which also received interceptions on defense from Shuck, Chad Woods and Rojas.
Next up for the evening of games, TBT earned a 34-0 shutout victory over TMT behind four touchdown passes from Matt Briley and a touchdown pass and a receiving touchdown from Brandon Kull. Briley, Octavious Cole, Melissa Acevedo and Zach Routh. Routh also added a quarterback sack for a safety and Kull finished with three interceptions to lead the defense.
The last game of the night was a close, low-scoring affair that saw Cortez Deep Sea Fishing hold on for a 14-12 victory over Rays Ramblings. Tuna McCracken connected with Tyler Brewer on a TD pass and an extra point, while Cole Carter ran for a score. Ava Zink, who had an interception on defense, completed the scoring with an extra-point reception.
Rays Ramblings was led by Ryan Moss, who threw TD passes to Kari Stephens and James Roadman to lead the offense. Stephens added three quarterback sacks and Bobby McMillan added an interception to round out the defensive effort.
Soccer heads back to the gym
At the Center of Anna Maria Island, the youth indoor soccer league was back in the gym with two games and some classic end-to-end action July 20.
The first match saw Beach Bums and Moss Builders battle to a 3-3 tie. Savannah Coba scored all three goals for Beach Bums, which also received assists from Turner Worth and Brandon Sato, while Dylan Sato made nine saves.
Mason Moss scored two goals and Austin Guess added a goal. Guess also teamed up with Jack Schneider to combine for 10 saves in the tie.
The second match saw Shady Lady cruise to a 6-2 victory over Solid Rock Construction behind four goals from Jesse Zaccagnino and a goal, an assist and six saves from Cale Rudacille. Amelia Blunkall added a goal and Jack Zaccagnino made nine saves in the victory.
Chad Nunez scored two goals to lead Solid Rock Construction, which also received a combined 12 saves from Isaac Roadman, Liam Nunez and Matthew Winsper in the loss.
The kids were back in the gym July 21 with two more games. First up, Beach Bums crushed Solid Rock Construction by an 8-1 score. Coba again did most of the damage, scoring five goals, while Brandon Sato added two and brother Dylan added one. Cyrus Ryan made four saves to help preserve the victory.
Madi Darak notched the lone goal for Solid Rock, which received 12 saves from Roadman in the loss.
Moss Builders closed out the week’s action at the community center with a 4-0 victory over Shady Lady. Mason Moss scored three goals and Gabrielle Bodnar added one. Austin Guess made seven saves to help close out the win.
Jack Zaccagnino and Cale Rudacille combined on nine saves to lead Shady Lady in the loss.
Key Royale news
There was a full week of good weather and golf at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, starting with the men’s regular nine-hole modified-Stableford system match July 19. Sean Purcell took top honors with a plus-5 — 5 points more than his average. Second place went to Fred Miller at plus-4, while Ron Vandeman was alone in third at plus-3.
The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match in two flights July 20. Karen Wynn rode a birdie on the number one to a 2-under-par 30 for first place in Flight A. Mary Wilke and Sue Wheeler finished in a tie for second with matching 3-over-par 35s.
Terry Westby’s 2-over-par 34 gave her first place in Flight B by two strokes over Pam Alvord. Janet Razze and Marilyn Niewijk tied for third at 5-over-par 37.
Debi Wohlers wasn’t on the leaderboard, but she notched a birdie on the first hole.
The week wrapped up July 22 with a nine-hole shamble that saw the team of Diane Miller, Chris Nelson and Tom Nelson card first place at 4-under-par 28. Ken Butler, Ron Hammond, Hoyt Miller and Gary Razze took second with a 2-under-par 30.
Horseshoe news
Two teams emerged from pool play with 3-0 records and battled for the championship during July 21 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.
Dom Livedoti and Steve Doyle jumped to an early lead and held on for an exciting 21-19 victory over Jerry Disbrow and Bob Heiger.
Two teams also advanced to the knockout stage in the July 24 games, when Heiger was again in the mix. He teamed with Bill Silver to earn a 21-11 victory over Doyle in the championship game.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays 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.