The playoffs are in full swing in the adult and the youth flag football leagues at the Center of Anna Maria Island.
There were no surprises in the quarterfinals in the youth league March 2, with Beach Bums earning a 27-14 victory over Progressive Cabinetry in the 8-10 division.
Brandon Sato played a huge role in the victory, throwing two touchdown passes to Dylan Sato, and intercepting two passes for touchdowns.
Charlie Neri threw a touchdown pass to Colton Kranz while Oliver Morrison-Tirpak ran for another TD. Charlee Maize completed the scoring in the loss with a 2-point conversion.
Moss Builders demonstrated why they’re No. 1 seed with a 31-0 dismantling of Mac Parkman Foundation behind three TD passes from Mason Moss to Austin Guess. Andre Harwood also played a big part in the victory with a rushing touchdown and a pick-six on defense to go along with an extra point.
Solid Rock Construction cruised to a 33-14 victory over Bradenton Beach Parasailing in the second 8-10 division quarterfinal match up. Van Havell threw four TD passes, including two each to Colson Mendiola and Mckenna Darak. Nixon Conner ran for a touchdown and Havell added a 2-point conversion in the victory.
Luther Sasser connected with Tess Bologone for a touchdown and Kellen Hunt ran for another score for Bradenton Beach Parasailing in the loss.
Prosper Bradenton defeated Shady Lady 19-14 in the last 8-10 division matchup thanks in part to three TD passes from Landon Sinphay. He connected on two scores with Sammy Gilmore and with Grady Sandhoff, who also added an extra point in the victory.
Preston LaPensee had a 2-point conversion and threw a pair of TD passes to Riley Karecki for Shady Lady in the loss.
The seven-team 11-13 division playoffs also got started March 2.
Nissan of Bradenton defeated Miz & Hiz Biz 26-13 to get things started thanks to four TD passes from Charlie Rogers, including two each to Colten Shook and Rowan Benford. Brennen Gunter and Charlie Serra completed the victory with extra points.
Jack McCarthy paced Miz & Hiz Biz with two touchdown passes in the loss.
The 11-13 game saw Mason Moss pass for two TDs and run for another while also adding a 2-point conversion to lead Moss Builders to a 28-0 victory over Wash Family Construction. Greg Jordan finished with two TD grabs and a TD run, while Bella Roadman and Addie Guess added extra points to the win.
HSH Designs ended the evening with a 22-0 victory over Investigative Law Group behind a strong all-around game from Jack Mattick.
Semifinal and champion games the youth divisions were to start at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 8.
Adult flag football quarterfinals
Quarterfinal action in the adult flag football league at the center March 3 produced no Cinderella stories, as the higher seeded team won each playoff matchup, starting with TBT easing past Shady Lady 26-20 thanks in part to four touchdown passes from Matt Briley. Briley connected with Nick Cinelli, Yandy Rocamora, Jeremy Rodriguez and Javier Rivera for TDs.
Shady Lady saw three touchdown passes in the loss from Connor Haughey, two to Jonathan Soultatos and one to Shawn Balvin.
Dominick Otteni threw six touchdown passes, including two each to Brandon Kull and Tyler Brewer to lead We The Best Lenders to a 45-25 victory over Cortez Deep Dea Fishing in the second adult league game of the night. Jaret Rojas added a TD grab and Anthony McCance chipped in a TD reception and two sacks, including one for a safety on defense.
Tuna McCracken threw for a pair of TDs and had a touchdown grab, while also chipping in with two interceptions on defense. Matteo Ferris added two touchdown passes of his own, while Cole Carter, Ava Zink and Shepard Condon each finished with a touchdown in the loss.
Solid Rock Construction showed why they’re the top seed with a 48-13 victory over Sandbar Restaurant behind six TD passes from Anthony Mannino, including two each to Octavious Cole and Christian Hampton. Cole also added a rushing score, while Peggy Smith and James Roadman each added a TD grab. Mannino completed the scoring for Solid Rock with a pick six on defense.
Jayse Berzowski accounted for the Sandbar scoring with a touchdown run and a touchdown catch.
The last game of the evening saw Moss Builders edge Prosper Bradenton 19-13 thanks to a pair of TD passes from Ryan Moss to JB Shuck. Jesse Griffin provided the winning score with a pick six on defense.
Jonathan Moss threw touchdown passes for Prosper Bradenton in the loss.
Semifinal action in the adult league will get going at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10.
Key Royale golf news
Beautiful weather helped produce a full week of golf action at Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, starting with the men playing a nine-hole modified-Stableford system match to close out February.
Terry Tarras had himself a day, firing a plus-7 or seven points above his average round. Larry Pippel was right behind him with an impressive score of plus-6 and Larry Solberg took third with a plus-4.
The Key Royale women played their regular nine-hole individual-low-net match March 1 in three flights.
Debbie Duvernay fired a 3-under-par 29 to take first place in Flight A by two strokes over second-place finisher Carol Patterson. Sue Wheeler, who chipped in on the seventh hole, Phyllis Roe and Margrit Layh tied for third at even-par 32.
Susan VanOrsdel and Mary Wilke both fired 1-under-par 31s to finish Flight B in a tie for first place. Jan Turner, Judy Todd and Gloria LaDue tied for second at 1-over-par 33.
First place in Flight C went to Jackie Gorski, who fired the low-net round of the day with a 4-under-par 28. Terry Westby was alone in second place at 2-under-par 30 while Sue Christenson took third at even-par 32.
Other highlights were a chipin birdie by Jenny Huibers on the fourth hole and chipins by Sue Christenson and Brenda Solleveld.
The week concluded March 3 with members playing an Ambrose scramble, where each team gets a handicap based on the team members’ individual handicaps.
The team of Steve Drum, Chuck Patrick, Gary Risner and Ron Vandeman combined on a 9-under-par 55 to edge a trio of teams a stroke back.
The team of Larry Brattain, Diane Miller, Rich Salzburg and Al Waal; Eric and Monica Lawson, Nub Turner and Tom Youngh and the team of Ron Buck, Dave and Debbie Richardson and Wayne Patterson all carded 8-under-par 56s.
Last, but not least, congratulations to Charlie Porter, who aced the 128-yard eighth hole using a 7-iron. It was Porter’s fourth career hole-in-one.
Horseshoe news
Five teams earned 3-0 records during pool play and moved into the knockout round during March 2 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits.
Bob Baker and Del Reese drew the bye into the next round and watched as Bob Mason and Steve Doyle advanced with a 22-16 victory over Tom Skoloda and Bob Palmer. The second playoff game saw Tom Farrington and Bob Lee eliminate Bob Heiger and Bob Rowley 22-14.
Farrington and Lee drew the bye into the final and watched as Mason and Doyle advanced with a 21-14 victory over Baker and Reese. The finals were all Farrington and Lee as they cruised to a 21-14 victory for the day’s bragging rights.
Lee was back in the finals during the March 5 games, this time paired with Jerry Disbrow to take on John Yaroch and Herb Schutt in the finals. Yaroch and Schutt earned a 22-13 victory and a trip to the winner’s circle.
Sign up begins for youth soccer
Registration is ongoing for the community center’s youth soccer league for players ages 3-17.
The cost for the season is $10 for members and $130 for non-members with the last day to register March 28.
The season gets going March 29 with player evaluations as follows:
- 5:30 p.m. 8-10-year-olds.
- 7:30 p.m. 11-13-year-olds.
- 7:30 p.m. 14-17-year-olds.
Games will be played Tuesday evenings and some Wednesdays if needed. Preseason games will kick off the soccer league April 12 with the season schedule starting April 19.
For more information, contact Connor Haughey at the center, 941-778-1908, ext 217, or connor@centerami.org.