Basketball headlines youth sports, Dips unchallenged
Dips Ice Cream appears unchallenged in the Anna Maria Island Community Center Youth Basketball League and continues to control the 14-17 division with a perfect 6-0 record. Anna Maria Oyster Bar is four games back in second place, closely followed by Integrity Sound.
The 11-13 division remains extremely competitive with Ross Built holding onto a one-game lead over Holy Cow Ice Cream, Sandbar Restaurant and Walter & Associates, all sporting 3-2 records. Eat Here is another game back in fifth place followed by Southern Greens.
Previously undefeated Beach Bistro dropped a 22-20 overtime decision to Gettel Toyota to tighten up the 8-10 division, moving Gettel into a tie for first place with Bistro with matching 4-1 records. Island Real Estate follows at 2-3, while Walter & Associates is still looking for its first win.
Island Real Estate got the week’s basketball action started with an 8-5 victory over Walter & Associates May 7. Six points and six rebounds from Alex Rodriguez and 2 points and three blocked shots from Conal Cassidy led IRE’s effort, which also included six rebounds from Griffin Heckler.
Tori Walter scored 5 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Walter & Associates effort that also included five rebounds apiece form Katie Krokroskia and Javier Rivera in the loss.
Hannah McCracken’s overtime basket propelled Gettel Toyota to a 22-20 victory over Beach Bistro in the second 8-10 division game of the evening. The victory, which included 8 points and eight rebounds from Hannah McCracken, moves Gettel into a tie in the standings for first place with Beach Bistro. Andrew Austin added 6 points, while David Daigle finished with 4 points and seven rebounds in the victory.
Luke Marvin led Beach Bistro with 8 points, while Franklin Valdez added 6 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Jack Groves finished with 4 points and Ava Zink added 2 points in the loss.
Dips Ice Cream earned a hard-fought 45-42 victory May 7 over Integrity Sound in 14-17 division basketball action. Connor Field scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Dips, which also received 15 points, 10 rebounds and five assists from Tegan Purtill. Jerry Mayer added 8 points and six rebounds, while Justin Gargett completed the Dips scoring with 4 points in the victory.
Burke McCampbell-Hill scored 15 points and Pierce Hogan scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Integrity Sound. Joey Carder added 8 points, five rebounds and three assists in the loss.
Tegan Purtill exploded for 31 points, six rebounds and five assists May 8 to lead Dips Ice Cream to a 70-38 victory over Anna Maria Oyster Bar in 14-17 division basketball action. Jerry Mayer added 14 points and seven rebounds, while Justin Gargett finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win.
Ryan Gilman scored 10 points and brother Alex Gilman finished with 9 points for Anna Maria Oyster Bar, which also received 9 points and 19 rebounds from Max Miller in the loss.
Holy Cow Ice Cream got the 11-13 division action started May 9 with a 45-36 victory over Eat Here. Trent Boring scored a game-high 17 points, while teammate Rory Houston finished with 13 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Adam Clark scored 16 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Eat Here, which also received 12 points from Michael Latimer in the loss.
The second 11-13 division game of the evening saw Ross Built take a 42-36 victory over Sandbar Restaurant. Levi Lengle poured in 25 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Ross Built, which also received 7 points from Matthew Manger and 6 points from Jake Ross in the victory.
Jean-Paul Russo led Sandbar with 22 points, while Dayton Modderman scored 14 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in the loss.
Seth Walter’s 15 points and 10 rebounds and 12 points and nine rebounds led Walter & Associates past Southern Greens 42-20 in the last 11-13 divison game of the evening. Mark Fields’ 6 points and six rebounds and 5 points from Robbie Fellowes rounded out the scoring for Walter & Associates in the victory.
Andrew Zink’s 11 points and five rebounds, along with 3 points and six rebounds from George Lardas led Southern Greens in the loss.
The 11-13 division action continued May 11 with three games, starting with Sandbar’s 31-21 victory over Southern Greens. Jean-Paul Russo’s 16 points along with 12 points and 12 rebounds from Dayton Modderman led Sandbar in the victory.
Andew Zink scored 13 points and George Lardas added 4 points and nine rebounds to lead Southern Greens in the loss.
Ross Built received 22 points from Levi Lengle and 9 points and five rebounds from Jake Ross during Ross Built’s 48-23 victory over Eat Here in the second 11-13 division game of the evening. Andrew Ross finished with 8 points and Mathew Manger added 5 points and eight rebounds in the victory.
Michael Latimer led Eat Here with 11 points, while Brooke Capperelli, Edward Cunihan and Jordan Cooly each finished with 4 points in the loss.
Walter & Associates earned a 41-32 victory over Holy Cow to finish the week’s basketball action at the Center. Mark Fields led the way with 15 points and seven rebounds. Jack Walter added 12 points and Tren Shackleford finished with 7 points in the win.
Trent Boring scored 17 points and Rory Houston added 8 points and six rebounds in the Holy Cow loss.
Island Pest Control continues to lead the pack
Island Pest Control remains atop the Anna Maria Island Community Center’s coed adult soccer league with a 5-1-1 record. Slim’s Place is only 3 points behind, while Florida Discount Signs and Don Meilner & Son Construction are tied for third place with 10 points each. Best Buy, Pink & Navy, Agnelli Pool and Wash Family Construction follow in the standings.
Island Pest Control and Slim’s Place battled to a 3-3 tie to highlight May 10 action. Adam Bujarski scored 2 goals and Oliver Petereit added 1 goal in the tie. Brent Laudicina finished with six saves and Blair Schlossberg added four saves in goal.
Tyler Krauss, Aaron Parkin and Sean Sanders each scored one goal while Adam Mott made 20 saves for Slim’s Place in the tie.
Florida Discount Signs opened the night’s action with a 4-3 victory over Meilner. Discount Signs received 2 goals from Matt Kretzman and a goal apiece from Daniel Anderson and Hampton Harrison. B.J. Grant finished with an assist, while goalie Josh Peurfoy came up with eight saves in the victory.
Matt Plummer, Tim Tedesco and Lindsey Weaver each notched goals for Meilner, which also received five saves in goal from Nate Talucci.
Wash earned its first victory of the season in easy fashion, defeating Best Buy 6-0. Hayley Sousa’s hat trick and 2 goals from Kris Yavalar and 1 goal from Austin Wash pace WFC. Norman Fleet contributed seven saves to the WFC victory.
Damir Glavan’s 2 goals and an assist by Larry Waterman paced Pink & Navy to a 2-0 victory over Agnelli Pool. Goalie Jason Sato finished with seven saves in the shutout victory.
Key Royale golf news
The women of Key Royale Club played a nine-hole, low-net-in-flight match May 8. Helen Pollack carded a 2-under-par 30 to take first place in Flight A over Marlyn Thorton and Penny Williams, who both matched par 32 to finish in a tie for second place.
Tootie Wagner fired a 4-under par 28 to take first place in Flight B. Kathy Porter’s 2-under-par 30 was good for second place, while Sue Christianson was one shot back in third place.
MAYSO announces soccer tryouts
Manatee Area Youth Soccer Organization is holding tryouts for its traveling soccer program, Manatee Magic.
Tryouts will be held May 29-June 6 at G.T. Bray Park soccer fields, 5502 33rd Ave. Drive W., Bradenton.
There will be two tryout dates for each age group and players are encouraged to attend both sessions. Players will register 5-6 p.m. and tryouts will be 6-7:30 p.m. The schedule is as follows:
May 29: U9-U10 boys and U9-U11 girls.
May 30: U11-U12 boys and U12-U14 girls.
May 31: U13-U16 boys and U15-U16 girls.
June 4: U9-U10 boys and U9-U11 girls.
June 5: U11-U12 boys and U12-U14 girls.
June 6: U13-U16 boys and U15-U16 girls.
Mayso invites all area players to participate in its competitive socce program. For more information, go online at www.mayso.org or e-mail Kevin Cassidy at competition@mayso.org, or Neil Fellowes at treasurer@mayso.org.
AMICC basketball league schedule
Date Time Opponents
Division II (ages 8-10)
May 19 9 a.m. IRE vs. Gettel
May 19 10 a.m. Walter vs. Bistro
May 21 6 p.m. IRE vs. Walter
May 21 7 p.m. Gettel vs. Bistro
Division I (ages 11-13)
May 16 6 p.m. Walter vs. Ross Built
May 16 7 p.m. Eat Here vs. Sandbar
May 16 8 p.m. Southern Greens vs. Holy Cow
May 19 12 p.m. Sandbar vs. Southern Greens
May 19 1 p.m. Ross Built vs. Eat Here
May 19 2 p.m. Holy Cow vs. Walter
Premier Division (ages 14-17)
May 19 11 a.m. Oyster Bar vs. Dips
Anna Maria Community Center baseball schedule
Tee Ball (ages 5-7)
May 18 6 p.m. Gulf-Bay vs. A&E
May 19 10 a.m. Gulf-Bay vs. A&E
Coach Pitch (ages 8-11)
May 18 7:15 p.m. Miller Electric vs. Beach Bums
May 19 11:15 a.m. Miller Electric vs. Beach Bums