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August 30, 2017
The sports seasons at the Island’s community center at first glance on paper appear to be short with less than a dozen games for each team to play. From the adult flag football player’s perspectiv…
August 22, 2017
The Island’s community center football field saw top-notch action between the seven adult co-ed teams on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Tuesday’s spectators saw two of the undefeated teams fall to thei…
August 16, 2017
Week four of the co-ed recreational flag football season passed the halfway mark last week. Three teams find themselves at the top of the ranking – all three undefeated with three wins under their be…
April 12, 2017
After delays due to weather and school performance conflicts, the championship game in the eight-to 10-year-old youth flag football league was finally played on Monday, March 27. Struggling to make i…
April 4, 2017
ANNA MARIA — Come out to the old ballgame at the Center of Anna Maria Island. Just in time for baseball season, the rededicated field is sporting new sod, an updated irrigation system and an impro…
March 24, 2017
After two long seasons with a dark gym and no action on the court, adult co-ed volleyball is back in full swing at The Center. With four teams going head-to-head each Tuesday night, veterans to the l…

February 23, 2016
Izzi Gomez, formerly of Anna Maria Island, won the women’s 2015 World Title in the Stand Up Paddling World Tour at Huntington Beach, Cal., beating Mariko Strickland in the final and impressing the ju…

December 30, 2012
          Third Place Photo Series in One Issue 2013 “Lane had multiple entries that were impressive… she’s consistently a very good journalist with…