If you haven’t noticed, school’s out for the summer and summer sports are getting started up at the Center of Anna Maria Island — mainly youth soccer in the gym and adult football on the field.
Adult flag football kicked off June 15 with four games played, starting with Luxury Services cruising to a 35-12 victory over Salty Printing. Chase Richardson threw four touchdown passes and ran for another, including three to Tim Holly. Holly also had three sacks and an extra point, while Alonzo Lemus finished with eight catches, including one for a TD.
Zaon Williams and Joey Carder both threw touchdown passes, while Jose Perez and Brandon Rolland each had TD catches for Salty.
The second game of the evening saw Moss Builders outscore Gulf Drive Cafe 45-26 behind five TD passes from Ryan Moss, including four to Greg Moss. Greg Moss also added two pick sixes for a defense that also received a sack for a safety by Nick Cavalluzzi. Peggy Smith completed the scoring with a TD reception.
Dominick Otteni threw two touchdown passes and was on the receiving end of another thrown by Steven Pavina to lead Gulf Drive Cafe. Pavina and Jacob Ferda added TD catches for the cafe.
Solid Rock Construction outlasted Cortez Deep Sea Fishing 14-7 thanks to a pair of touchdown passes from Tuna McCracken to Tyler Brewer. Brewer also chipped in with a 2-point conversion in the victory.
Matt Manger connected with Anthony Mannino for Cortez Deep Sea Fishing’s lone touchdown. Cole Carter scored an extra point to complete the scoring in the loss.
Sandbar Restaurant outlasted the Banks Home Lending Team 28-26 behind four TD passes from Zachary Routh, including three to Cody Allen. Allen also added an extra point and a pair of sacks, including one for a safety. Wes Coleman completed the scoring with a TD reception in the victory.
Cruz Rodriguez led Banks Home Lending with three TD passes to Sequiel Marintez. Rodriguez also added two interceptions and a pick six on defense, while Cory Banks completed the Banks scoring with a 2-point conversion.
Flag football action at the center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, continues June 25.
Stay tuned to The Islander for all the action.
Indoor soccer kicks off youth summer
The youth indoor soccer league at the center got started June 12.
The first matchup in the 11-14 age division saw Coastline West Team in a 3-3 tie against Solid Rock Construction. David Zupa scored a pair of goals to lead Coastline West, which also received a goal from Grady Sandhoff and eight saves from Blake Brower in the tie.
Wex Saxon scored three goals for Solid Rock, which also received 11 saves from Austin Guess in the tie.
The second 11-14 match of the evening between Island Vacation Properties and Moss Builders, along with a June 13 8-10 division match between AMI Dolphin Tours and Intentional Resilient Intuitive ended in forfeit ties after the teams failed to field full lineups.
The 11-14 division match that was played saw Solid Rock Construction outscore Progressive Cabinetry 6-2 behind four goals and an assist from Matthew Darak. Holden Lake added a pair of goals and Isaac Roadman finished with five saves in the victory.
Max McMaster scored two goals for Progressive Cabinetry, which also received an assist in the loss from Wesley Bekkerus and 15 saves from Vincent Gollamudi.
KRC golf news
Golfers kicked off another week June 12 at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach with the men playing a nine-hole, modified-Stableford system match.
Mike Clements earned clubhouse bragging rights for the day on carding a plus-4, a point ahead of the trio of Jim Hill, Ken Kari and Quentin Talbert — all tied for second place. Keith Burkes, Don Grau and Tom Nelson tied for third at plus-2.
The Key Royale women took the course June 13 for a nine-hole individual-low-net match in two flights. Sue Wheeler fired a 2-under-par 30 to grab first-place honors in Flight A, while Jana Samuels finished alone in second with a 1-under-par 31. Jenny Huibers was another stroke back in third place.
Terry Westby’s 2-over-par 34 gave her a first-place finish in Flight B by four strokes over second-place finisher Lori Hicks. Meredith Slavin was another stroke back in third place.
Key Royale golf action for the week culminated June 15 with members playing a nine-hole shamble, where two scores are counted from each group. The team of Mike Clements, Gary Duncan, Dave Enick and Ron Vandeman combined on a 4-under-par 60 to win the day’s proceedings. Second place went to the team of Tom Erdle, Ken Nagengast and Chuck Patrick at 2-under-par 62.
Horseshoe news
The June 14 horseshoe games at the Anna Maria City Hall pits were short and sweet. The team of Bob Hawks and Dom Livedoti posted the lone 3-0 record in pool play and were the day’s outright champs.
Play June 17 also was abridged as Tom Farrington walked his way to the only perfect pool-play record to win the day’s proceedings.
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.
There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.