The regular season of adult flag football at the Center of Anna Maria Island came to an end Sept. 12 with rain makeup games from Aug. 6.
The final seeds are set for the playoffs, which get started Sept. 19. The top five teams — Solid Rock Electrical, Solid Rock Construction, Slim’s Place, Salty Printing and Coaster Continent — received first-round byes. So action will see G.I. Bins take on Edible Cookie Dough Cafe, Moss Builders will face off against Reel Coastal Properties and Cortez Pump & Sprinkler will match up with Bubble Binz.
Action Sept. 12 saw Slim’s Place win a 48-40 victory over Coaster Continent behind seven touchdown passes from quarterback Chase Richardson, including three to Jaden Grant. Connor Ludwig added a pair of TD grabs and three sacks, while Tim Holly finished with one TD.
Matt Manger of Coaster Continent had six touchdown passes, including three to Karri Stephens. Steven Pavina, Olvin Izquierdo and Cody Allen each finished with touchdown grabs in the loss.
The second scheduled “game” of the night saw G.I. Bins gifted a victory when Cortez Pump & Sprinkler failed to field a team.
Moss Builders defeated Reel Coastal Properties 25-12 behind three touchdown passes from Ray Gardner and two touchdown receptions each from Anthony Mannino and Connor Morse. James Roadman completed the scoring for Moss Builders with a TD pass.
Reel Coastal Properties was led by Zachariah Anabtawi, who threw a touchdown pass to Isaiah Lambert and ran for another touchdown.
Solid Rock Electrical “Cruzed” to a 38-7 victory over Edible Cookie Dough Cafe behind five TD passes from Cruz Rodriguez and five TD receptions from Christian Hampton. Jacci Allen added a TD pass and Evelyn Long added a TD grab and a pair of extra points in the victory.
Dallas Buchholtz threw a touchdown pass to Jacob Ferda and an extra-point pass to Anthony McCance for the Dough Cafe in the loss.
The next game saw Solid Rock Construction hold on for a 28-21 victory over Salty Printing. Tuna McCracken threw three TD passes and added a rushing TD to lead Solid Rock, which also scored on two receiving TDs from Blake Balais and a TD from Kevin Roman in the victory.
Migule Rodriguez threw three touchdown passes, including two to Corey Von Borstel for Salty Printing in the loss.
The last game saw Solid Rock Electrical win its second game of the evening 48-19. Cruz Rodriguez led the way with five TD passes and a TD run on offense. Christian Hampton finished with three TD catches for Solid Rock Electrical, which also received TD grabs from Jacci Allen and Zachary Long in the victory.
Steve Wolfe paced G.I. Bins with three TD passes to three receivers. Christian Mcpherson, Joey Bacon and Tristan Szabo each scored on catches, with Szabo also adding an extra-point catch in the loss.
KRC news
Golf at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach was limited by rain, which canceled outings Sept. 8 and Sept. 9.
The course opened up for a scramble Sept. 11 that saw the team of Mike Clements, Tom Nelson and Quentin Talbert match the 4-under-par carded by Joe Coyne, John Kolojeski, Rich Salzburg and Warren Stevens to finish in a tie for first.
Horseshoe action
Horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits Sept. 10 saw Gersey Fernandes and Tom Farrington forge the lone 3-0 record in pool play to be the day’s outright champs.
Action Sept. 13 at the pits saw Jerry Jackson walk his way to the lone 3-0 record, earning him the day’s bragging rights.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the with warmups at 8:45 a.m., followed by random team selection.
Repair plans set for Holmes Beach city field
Holmes Beach’s City Field has not been the same since it was freed from the debris mountain built following hurricanes Helene and Milton.
City commissioners voted Sept. 11 to approve a work order with Bradenton-based Digging Deep Construction Services to repair the park north of city hall.
City engineer and public works director Sage Kamiya said repair work would involve grading, filling and seeding the soccer field, as well as fixing power lines and irrigation damaged in the debris removal process.
Mayor Judy Titsworth recommended that the city also have the contractor sod the soccer field and baseball outfield for an additional $90,000, bringing the cost to $281,199.
Kamiya did not provide a timeline for the completion of that work but told commissioners that Digging Deep would be able to start within a couple of weeks.
— Ryan Paice