Skip to main content
Monica Simpson

Monica Simpson

March 7, 2017
Sun Correspondent Monica Simpson covers sports. Email
Email Monica Simpson
June 19, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Progressive Cabinetry takes championship

Progressive Cabinetry takes championship

ANNA MARIA – The spring adult co-ed soccer season on the Island started with 10 full teams of players young and not so young, traveling from Sarasota, Palmetto and beyond to hit the pitch for the las…
June 11, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Adult soccer final match set

Adult soccer final match set

ANNA MARIA – More than two months of adult soccer action on the Island led to a showdown in the final games of the season this week. Semifinal playoff action saw teams Ross Built Custom Homes and Pr…
June 4, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Youth soccer champs close spring season

Youth soccer champs close spring season

ANNA MARIA – After weeks of regular season youth soccer action on the Island, two teams come out on top after winning the season-ending games last week. The Intuitive Foundation, also known as “the P…
June 4, 2024
By Monica Simpson
School for Constructive Play’s next chapter

School for Constructive Play’s next chapter

HOLMES BEACH – The School for Constructive Play (SCP) has been an Island landmark for decades, with hundreds of little feet walking through the school’s doors over the years. The original preschool…
May 28, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Island youth soccer playoffs underway

Island youth soccer playoffs underway

ANNA MARIA – The final days of school added to the excitement of the first two rounds of youth soccer playoffs played last week at The Center of Anna Maria Island. On Monday night, four games were pl…
May 21, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Team Pool America on top

Team Pool America on top

ANNA MARIA – The weather is heating up and so is the adult soccer action at The Center of Anna Maria Island. With one game left in the regular season to be played by each team this Thursday night, we…
May 14, 2024
By Monica Simpson
First win for Shady Lady

First win for Shady Lady

ANNA MARIA – After two halves of youth soccer action, team AMI Coconuts could not put a point on the scoreboard against The Intuitive Foundation squad in the 8- to 10-year-old recreational soccer lea…
May 7, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Moss Builders wins mid-season tourney

Moss Builders wins mid-season tourney

ANNA MARIA – Youth soccer on the Island goes into the month of May with playoff games on the horizon. In the 8- to 10-year-old league, The Intuitive Foundation team is holding on to the first-place…
April 30, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Pool America, Diamond Turf tie

Pool America, Diamond Turf tie

ANNA MARIA – With warmer weather in the air, the adult soccer league took the pitch last Thursday night for the fifth week of regular season play. The Pool America team played without their captain…
April 22, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Intuitive Foundation team gives it their all

Intuitive Foundation team gives it their all

ANNA MARIA – Three games into the 8- to 10-year-old youth soccer league at The Center, team Solid Rock Construction is undefeated with three wins. Meanwhile, the Shady Lady Horticultural Services tea…
April 15, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Adult soccer league gets shaky start

Adult soccer league gets shaky start

ANNA MARIA – After the clearing of the rain clouds, the area adults played five soccer games in The Center’s co-ed league. With roughly 100 men and women playing this season, the games are compressed…
April 8, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Youth spring soccer starts at The Center

Youth spring soccer starts at The Center

ANNA MARIA – April brings youth soccer back to The Center’s fields with the oldest players starting off the season with fun scrimmages on jamboree night. The 8- to 10-year-old league played their fir…
April 2, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Sato claims adult indoor soccer championship

Sato claims adult indoor soccer championship

ANNA MARIA – To close out the winter 2024 sports season at The Center of Anna Maria Island, the adult indoor soccer players went into round two of the playoffs last Wednesday knowing that if they won…
March 26, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Floridian Mortgage wins championship

Floridian Mortgage wins championship

ANNA MARIA – Spring has sprung and winter sports at The Center are coming to a close, with team Floridian Mortgage earning the win against team Moss Builders Thursday night in the adult co-ed flag fo…
March 20, 2024
By Monica Simpson
Cheesecake Cuties, Moss Builders win championships

Cheesecake Cuties, Moss Builders win championships

ANNA MARIA – With local spring break closing in, The Center worked the youth flag football schedule to conclude before the Island kids take some time off for the season. Last week’s gridiron action s…

Upcoming Events

View Calendar