St. Patrick’s Day brought championship night to the Center of Anna Maria Island with the adult leagues playing semifinal and championship games in indoor soccer and flag football.
We The Best Lenders edged TBT 27-26 to open semifinal action in football behind three touchdown passes and a touchdown catch by Jaret Rojas. Dominick Otteni also had a big game, finishing with a touchdown pass and a pair of touchdown grabs. Tyler Brewer added a game-high five catches, including one for a TD and Brandon Kull added three extra points to complete the scoring in the Lenders victory.
Matt Briley paced TBT with three touchdown passes to Nick Cinelli and added a rushing TD for TBT in the loss.
Ryan Moss threw three touchdown passes to lead Moss Builders past Solid Rock Construction 25-20 in the second semifinal game. JB Shuck caught a game-high 13 passes, including two for TD, while also adding an extra point. Jordan Demers completed the scoring with a TD grab in the Moss Builders victory.
Anthony Mannino threw three TD passes, including two to James Roadman to lead Solid Rock Construction, which also received a touchdown and an extra point from Christian Hampton.
The championship game lacked the drama of the semifinals as We The Best Lenders cruised to a 32-12 victory over Moss Builders. Dominick Otteni threw for four touchdowns and added a touchdown reception, while Brandon Kull finished with five catches — two for TDs. Jaret Rojas finished with a TD pass, a TD catch and an extra point for the Lenders, which also received five catches and an extra point from Tyler Brewer in the victory.
JB Shuck had a pair of touchdown grabs on eight receptions to lead Moss Builders, which also received two touchdown passes from Ryan Moss.
Beach Bums cruise to indoor soccer crown
The adult indoor soccer league at the center held its final matches March 17.
The first semifinal match saw Gulfview Windows & Doors eliminate Sato Real Estate 5-4 thanks to two goals each from Raul Loera and Julian Rodriguez. Luca Vechio added a goal and Mark Long came through with 15 saves to help preserve the victory.
Josh Sato had a pair of goals and 16 saves to lead his namesake team, which also received a goal each in the loss from Olaf Krause and Kris Yavalar.
The second semifinal match in the gym saw Beach Bums outscore Slim’s Place by a 7-4 score thanks to five goals from Mauro Vecchio. Kevin Roman added a pair of goals and Osvaldo Cabello finished with 13 saves for the victory.
Chris Klotz scored three goals to lead Slim’s, which also received a goal from Jessica Williams and 11 saves from Andrew Sullivan in the loss.
Beach Bums then defeated Gulfview Windows & Doors 18-11 in a high-scoring affair that saw six goals from Lucky Dermaz and five goals each from Kevin Roman and Mauro Vecchio. David Noval chipped in with two goals and Osvaldo Cabello finished with 14 saves in the victory.
Mark Long scored three goals and made 10 saves and Luca Vecchio had three goals to lead Gulfview. Raul Loera and Julian Rodriguez each added a pair of goals, and Keith Mahoney also scored.
Key Royale crowns St. Patrick’s Day winner
The Key Royale Club men’s golfers got the week started March 14 with their weekly modified-Stableford system match.
Bob Blaser grabbed clubhouse bragging rights with a score of plus-6 to earn a 2-point victory over Bob Rowley. Buddy Foy, Dave Rinckey and Peter Solleveld tied for third place at plus-3.
The women followed March 15 with their regular nine-hole individual-low-net match in three flights.
Marcia Friesen and Brenda Solleveld both carded 1-under-par 31s to finish in a tie for first in Flight A. Debbie Duvernay and Margrit Layh tied a stroke back in second place.
Annette Hall and Jan Turner had matching 1-under-par 31s to finish in a tie for first place in Flight B. Beth Lindeman was alone in second with an even-par 32.
A chip-in on the fourth hole helped Billie Jean Pinson match the even-par 32 carded by Laney Davis to share first place in Flight C. Peggy Clauhs was two strokes back in second place.
The members finished the week of golf with a nine-hole scramble on St. Paddy’s Day. The team of Mike Clements, Ron Huibers, Ken Nagengast and Tom Solosky combined on a 3-under-par 29 to earn bragging rights. Second place went to the team of Mike Brakefield, Brian Comer and Scott Mitchell with a score of 2-under-par 30.
Pitchers play 9th annual Pepka Tourney
The horseshoe players gathered March 16 at the Anna Maria horseshoe pits for their ninth-annual Ron Pepka Memorial Horseshoe Tournament. The tournament honors the late Pepka, longtime lead man for the group.
Third place went to Bob Heiger and Ron Hooper after a 21-14 loss to Bob Mason and Dave Long, but kept them alive in the double-elimination tournament.
The Mason-Long pairing avenged an earlier loss to Bob Lee and Lisa Allen with a 21-15 victory to set up a winner-take-all match. Mason-Long cruised to a 26-13 victory that ended with a double-ringer by Mason. Lee and Allen settled for second place.
Mason was back in the winner’s circle, teaming up with Bob Rowley to win the March 19 games with a 21-18 victory over Ron Hooper and Rod Bussey.
Play begins at 9 a.m. at the Anna Maria pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m., followed by team selection.
There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.