After two weeks of action in the youth flag football league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, there remains a handful of teams still chasing undefeated seasons.
Sato Real Estate and Island Real Estate in the 8-10 division and Moss Builders, Pineapple Market Place and Solid Rock Construction in the 11-13 division all have 2-0 records.
The rest of the 8-10 standings show Solid Rock Construction, Moss Builders, AMI Coconuts and Westfall’s Lawn Care & Pest Control with 1-1 records. SynLawn and Cloud Pest Control round out the 8-10 standings.
Following the three unbeatens in the 11-13 standings are Sandhoff Construction and Shady Lady Horticultural Services at 1-1, while Storage Building Company, Chick-Fil-A and Intentional Resilient Intuitive complete the standings at 0-2.
Action in the 8-10 division kicked off Jan. 23 with Island Real Estate cruising past Cloud Pest Control 33-8 behind two rushing touchdowns from Gunnar Maize and a receiving touchdown and a pick six from Steven Sheehan. Sawyer Leibfried added a touchdown pass.
Sammy Gilmore had a rushing touchdown and Elijah Casciani had an interception for Cloud Pest Control in the loss.
Westfall’s Lawn Care outscored Moss Builders in the second game of the night thanks to two touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown from Kellen Hunt and a pair of touchdown receptions from Callin Westfall. Carter Hey added a rushing touchdown and a pair of one-point conversions.
Quarterback Aidan Guess threw touchdown passes to Luke Willing and Miles Moss, who also added a rushing touchdown for Moss.
The third game of the evening saw Sato earn a 43-0 shutout victory over SynLawn behind three TD passes and a rushing TD from Brandon Sato, who also added three interceptions on defense. Kellen Reed had two TDs — one rushing and one receiving — while Dylan Sato and Camden Rudacille each finished with a touchdown catch. Braylen Briggs completed the scoring for Sato Real Estate with a rushing TD and two one-point conversions in the victory.
Nolan Anderson paced SynLawn with three flag pulls in the loss.
The last game of the night was also the most competitive as AMI Coconuts outlasted Solid Rock Construction 33-28 behind a huge game from Preston LaPensee. LaPensee threw three TD passes and ran for two more to lead the Coconuts, which also received two TD grabs from Matthew Perkins and one from Kason Davis.
Turner Worth ran for two TDs and added a TD reception to lead Solid Rock, which also received a touchdown pass and a rushing touchdown from quarterback Kyle Mims.
Jack Mattick threw three TD passes, ran for a score and had two TD receptions to lead Pineapple Market Place to a 48-22 victory over Chick-Fil-A to open the 11-13 division action Jan. 24. Peyton Hovda added two TD passes and three TD grabs in addition to a quarterback sack, two interceptions and a pick six.
Chase Signor threw three touchdown passes to lead Chick-Fil-A, which also received two TD grabs from Lucas Signor and a touchdown reception from Ryk Kesten.
Shady Lady outscored the Storage Building team 21-12 thanks to three TD passes from Caden Quinby to Frankie Coleman.
Landon Snyder completed TD passes to Rowan Benford and Mazie Zoller to lead Storage Building.
Solid Rock Construction outscored Intentional Resilient Intuitive 29-20 thanks to three TD passes from Carter Eurice, including two to Colson Mediola and one each to Hayden Eurice and Audrey Guess.
Adult flag football completes week 3
After three weeks of action in the adult flag football league at the center, only one unbeaten team remains, Luxury Services, at 3-0. Next up are the Briley Mortgage, Banks Home Leading, Moss Builders and Solid Rock Construction, all at 2-1. Gulf Drive Cafe follows with a 1-2 record while Sandbar Restaurant and Ugly Grouper are both in search of a win.
Three of the four games played Jan. 26 were blowouts, while the fourth ended with a large margin of victory. Banks Home Leading destroyed Ugly Grouper 50-16 in the first game, while Luxury Services cruised past Sandbar 52-13 in the second game of the evening. The third game of the night saw Moss Builders earn a 27-0 victory over Briley Mortgage, while Solid Rock outscored Gulf Drive Cafe 48-21.
Quarterback Dominick Otteni threw six TD passes, while Corey Jacques pulled in four receiving TDs and Tyler Brewer finished with three. Tuna McCracken finished with a TD grab to complete the scoring for Solid Rock.
James Herrholz threw three TD passes, including two to Anthony Mannino to lead Gulf Drive Cafe, which also received a TD grab from Jacob Ferda.
Action in the adult league continues Feb. 2 starting at 6 p.m. at the center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.
Horseshoe news
Jan. 25 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits was short and sweet thanks to the pairing of Adin Shank and Bob Palmer. They teamed up to post the lone 3-0 record during pool play and were the outright champs.
Four teams fashioned 3-0 pool-play records during Jan. 28 action and settled things in the playoffs. The team of Bob Mason and Bob Baker rolled past Steve Doyle and Bob Rowley by a 21-6 score, while Tom Farrington and Bob Heiger edged Palmer and Bob Hawks 22-16 to advance to the finals. Farrington and Heiger pitched a perfect game, earning a 21-0 shutout victory over Mason and Baker to earn bragging rights for the day.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria pits. Warm ups begin at 8:45 a.m., followed by random team selection. There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.
Key Royale golf news
Action on the links at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach got started Jan. 23 with the men’s weekly nine-hole modified-Stableford system match.
Chuck Patrick and Blake Ress finished in a tie for first with matching plus-3 scores, a point ahead of Ron Buck, Nelson Eagle, Ron Pfaff, Bob Rowley, Bill Shuman and Joe Tynan at plus-2.
The women took over the course Jan. 24 for a nine-hole individual-low-net match in two flights.
Jenny Huibers and Betsy Meyers finished in a tie for first place at even-par 32, one stroke ahead of second-place finisher Roxanne Koche.
Sue Pierce fired a 4-under-par 28 to earn the low-net round of the day and first place in Flight B. Barb Harold was alone in second at 1-under-par 31.
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