Football
September 10, 2019
Family and friends on the gridiron: Gulfview bests Moss Builders
As the years go by and players become more than just teammates, team rosters put close friends and family members in a battle against each other on the flag football field at The Center.
Gulfview…
August 13, 2019
Adult co-ed sports up the challenge
As the youth indoor soccer season moves to a close, the adults take to the indoor gridiron for the first time in years at The Center of Anna Maria Island. Meanwhile, the big kids also continue to pla…
July 30, 2019
Summer sports heat up at The Center
The Center summer sports returns to the gridiron with adult co-ed flag football. With the teams mixing up the rosters and new faces in the league, the games leading to the final championship game are…
April 9, 2019
Progressive Cabinetry shuts the door on Lancaster Design
Three months of adult co-ed flag football came to a close with the top two regular-season finishers meeting once again on The Center main field. What was anticipated by many to be a blowout ended up…
March 26, 2019
Hashmark Sports defeats veteran Ugly Grouper squad
The Center of Anna Maria Island field was the venue for the adult flag football quarterfinal playoff games Thursday night. In the crisp spring breeze, the community center’s new Youth Program Coordin…
March 12, 2019
ACE Hardware undefeated champions
In the teen 14- to 17-year old league, many of the boys who have played flag football on the Island since preschool return each season just to have fun with friends. Although each team has an adult c…
February 26, 2019
Progressive Cabinetry closes doors on Bins Be Clean
ANNA MARIA – The youth flag football season is coming to an end, and semifinal playoff games dominated the sports schedule last week. The youngest competitive players took to the field Wednesday nigh…
February 19, 2019
Blue Lagoon cleaned up on the field
ANNA MARIA – In the final games of the regular season for the high school boys that play on the gridiron at The Center, Team Cloud Pest Control could not put a win in its season statistics against Te…
February 12, 2019
Football futures constructed by Moss Builders
The Center of Anna Maria Island’s youth sports program has always been known as the place to have fun, play sports and develop athletic skills. Over several decades, a lot has changed at what is now…
February 5, 2019
Island Charms takes the win
Heading into the second half of the youth flag football season, the four teams in the 11- to 14-year-old league took to the field at The Center of Anna Maria Island. In the first game of the night, C…













