After three weeks of action in the adult flag football league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, Luxury Services stands on top with a perfect 3-0 record, just ahead of Moss Builders, Salty Printing and Sandbar Restaurant — all at 2-1.
Cortez Deep Sea Fishing, Gulf Drive Cafe and Solid Rock Construction follow at 1-2, while Banks Home Lending is in search of a victory.
Action June 29 kicked off with Cortez Deep Sea Fishing taking on Gulf Drive Cafe. After a slow offensive start for both teams — the score was 7-7 with 6:59 left to play in the first half — the floodgates opened. Cortez Fishing went on to win 41-39 behind six touchdown passes from Matt Manger, including three to Anthony Mannino who had a game-high 19 receptions. Anthony McCance and Ava Zink each added a pair of touchdown grabs and an extra point for Cortez Fishing, which also received a pair of extra points from Cole Carter in the victory.
Dominick Otteni threw five touchdown passes to lead Gulf Drive Cafe, which also received a touchdown pass from Steven Pavina. Pavina, Kiatrell Zachary and Dallas Buchholz each finished with a pair of touchdown catches in the loss.
The second game of the night saw Salty Printing cruise to a 39-18 victory over Banks Home Lending behind a strong all-around game from Zaon Williams. Williams ran for three TDs while also adding a TD pass and a TD reception. Bobby McMillan added a TD pass while Brandon Rolland chipped in a touchdown grab, an extra point and a pick six on defense in the victory.
Cruz Rodriguez paced Banks Home Lending with three touchdown passes, including two to Sequiel Marintez. Melissa Acevedo completed the scoring in the loss for Banks with a touchdown catch.
The third game of the night produced an uncommon result — a shutout! Sandbar Restaurant demolished Moss Builders 29-0 behind three touchdown passes by Zachary Routh. Routh connected with Jonathan Soultatos seven times, including two for TDs and also found Ramon Guerrero IV for a TD and an extra point. Cody Allen added a 2-point conversion, while Brad Coleman came through with a sack for a safety on defense.
The last game of the night saw Luxury Services edge Solid Rock Construction 21-19 behind two touchdown passes and a touchdown run from Chase Richardson. Derrick Carey had an extra-point catch and Alonzo Lemus added a 2-point conversion to complete the scoring in the victory.
Tuna McCracken paced Solid Rock with three touchdown passes, including two to Tyler Brewer. Zachary Long added a touchdown catch and an extra point to complete the scoring for Solid Rock.
Indoor soccer action
After three weeks of action in the youth indoor soccer league at the center, it looks to be a two-horse race in the 8-10 division with Solid Rock Construction on top with a 3-0 record, closely followed by Progressive Cabinetry at 2-1. AMI Dolphin Tours and Intentional Resilient Intuitive follow with matching 0-2-1 records.
The 11-14 division is tightly packed with Coastline West on top at 2-0-1, while Solid Rock Construction is right behind at 1-1-1. Island Vacation Properties and Moss Builders are another point back with 1-2 records.
Action in the 11-14 division got started with Solid Rock outscoring Island Vacation 5-4 behind a hat trick from Wes Saxon. Ryk Kesten added a goal and two assists, while Renan Kesten finished with a goal. Austin Guess helped preserve the victory with 10 saves between the pipes.
Chandler McRae led Island Vacation with two goals and also made seven saves in goal. Alonso Valle also pulled double duty and finished with a goal and seven saves, while Jimmy Melichar completed the scoring with a goal.
Action in the 8-10 division June 28 saw Progressive Cabinetry cruise to an 11-2 victory over Intentional Resilient Intuitive behind five goals and an assist from Max McMaster and three goals and an assist from Kason Price, who also finished with six saves. Rafa Price added two goals and three assists, while Wesley Bekkerus completed the scoring with a goal and an assist in the victory.
Paul ten Haaf scored a pair of goals to lead Intentional Resilient Intuitive, which received an assist from Olivia Wyatt and six saves from Luke Willing.
The last match of the night saw Solid Rock edge AMI Dolphin Tours 4-1 behind Matthew Darak’s two goals and two assists. Samule Raulerson added a pair of goals and Isaac Roadman finished with eight saves in the loss.
Parker Svoboda notched the lone goal for Dolphin Tours, which also received a combined 12 saves from Gunnar Maize and Charlee Maize in the loss.
Key Royale news
Golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach got started June 26 with the men’s weekly modified-Stableford system match. First place went to Rod Hammonds on a plus-6, one point more than second-place finisher Robert Kingan. Jeff Jump took third at plus-3.
The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match June 27 and Helen Pollock had quite the day. She had a chipin for par on the third hole and followed that up with a chipin birdie on No. 6 on the way to a 3-under-par 29 and a first-place finish.
Jenny Huibers and Terry Westby tied for second place with matching 1-under-par 31s, while Sue Wheeler was another shot back in third.
Members were on the course June 29 for a nine-hole scramble. The team of Dave Enick, Jerry Martinek, Terry Schaefer and Bill Shuman matched the 4-under-par 28 carded by the team of Mike Clements, Mike Gillie, Ken Nagengast and Gary Razze to finish in a tie for first place.
News from the AM pits
Neither the heat nor the competition could hold back Tim Sofran and Bob Heiger June 28 at the horseshoe pits in Anna Maria. The duo teamed up to defeat Dom Livedoti and Tom Farrington 22-3 in a playoff to earn the day’s bragging rights.
By chance, Sofran and Heiger were teamed up again for the July 1 games and posted the lone 3-0 record in pool play to again be champs.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m., followed by random team selection.
Play is free and everyone is welcome.