Tag: football

ANNA MARIA – This week’s flag football action at the Island’s community center shifted play to Monday night for the youth league. In the 8- to 10-year-old league, Shady Lady was kept to two points with a Luca Vieman interception and run to the end zone on a Prosper Bradenton extra point attempt.

Prosper Bradenton’s Quarterback Grady Sandhoff threw for a single touchdown to Cayson Travis, who had two catches in the game. Sandhoff had two rushing TDs, while teammate Landon Sinphay scored six points running the football.

Preston LaPensee and Riley Karecki each had a catch for positive yardage for Shady Lady in the first game of the week.

Bradenton Beach Parasailing kept the Mac Parkman Foundation team searching for their first win of the season with a 20-0 win. The Solid Rock Construction squad won their fourth game of the season against Progressive Cabinetry in week five action.

Team Beach Bums fought hard against the undefeated Moss Builders team in only their second loss this season.

In the older youth flag football league, 11- to 13-year olds, undefeated team Blalock Walters won their game against HSH by a touchdown. HSH’s Jack Mattick passed for two TDs and took one into the endzone for a rushing score. Receiver Emma Raulerson was Mattick’s target, scoring 12 points in the game.

On the other side of the football, Ashton Hovda threw for three touchdowns. Teammates Peyton Hovda, Mattox Caseman, Liam Proud and Cale Rudacille each had critical scoring catches to help keep the Blalock Walter’s team at the top of the ranks.

Mazie Zoller used her speed to sack the HSH QB twice, keeping the opponent’s leader on his toes.

Zoller, Proud and Rudacille each had extra point conversions, giving their team three points in the game, always keeping a win for HSH just out of reach.

Nissan of Bradenton won against Investigative Lawyers Group, giving both teams a 2-2 record. Team Moss Builders defeated Miz & Hiz Biz by more than two TDs, while Wash Family Construction had a bye week.

Adult flag football was the only sports at The Center Thursday night, with the gym being prepared for the 13^th Annual Murder Mystery performance. Adult indoor soccer resumes this week.

The battle between Shady Lady and Cortez Deep Sea Fishing (CDSF) took the game to overtime with the score 43-43. The battle of the QBs ultimately found the Cortez squad victors.

Quarterback Tuna McCracken threw for six touchdowns, including scoring receptions by Cole Carter, Luis Campos and Ava Zink. Campos had 15 catches in the game including three in successful point-after attempts.

The dynamic duo of Zink and Carter each had two extra points in the team’s second win of the season.

With four touchdown throws, the Shady Lady quarterback, Connor Haughey, hit the hands of Limarcus Waller, Tim Holly and Jasmine Muldoon for 24 points.

Taking it into the endzone himself, Haughey scored two rushing touchdowns, keeping his team in the game.

Shady Lady’s ability to score the points after TDs led to the overtime play, in addition to a safety giving the team two points. Shawn Balvin had an interception and scored three extra points in his team’s loss. Holly and Muldoon each had single point-after conversions.

The defense of CDSF helped capture the victory with single interceptions by McCracken, Carter and Zink. Campos also put the pressure on Haughey and is credited with a sack in the game.

Solid Rock Construction and Prosper Bradenton each move to a 3-3 record with losses to TBT and WTBL, respectively. Moss Builders won their fourth game of the season against Sandbar with the final score 42-24.

This week’s adult flag football action is the last of the regular season. The eight-team league will be moving into the playoffs, with the championship game scheduled for Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Sun Scoreboard

Monday, Feb. 14

Youth Flag Football – Week 5

8- to 10-Year-Old League

Prosper Bradenton (3-2) 24

Shady Lady (2-3) 2

Bradenton Beach Parasailing (2-3) 20

Mac Parkman Foundation (0-5) 0

Solid Rock Construction (4-1) 23

Progressive Cabinetry (1-4) 12

Moss Builders (5-0) 33

Beach Bums (3-2) 20

11- to 13-Year-Old League

HSH (2-2) 19

Blalock Walters (4-0) 27

Nissan of Bradenton (2-2) 20

Investigative Lawyers Group (2-2) 16

Moss Builders (3-2) 35

Miz & Hiz Biz (1-3) 14

Wash Family Construction (0-4) Bye week

Thursday, Feb. 17

Adult Co-Ed Flag Football – Week 6

Shady Lady (2-4-0) 43

Cortez Deep Sea Fishing (2-4-0) 43 win in overtime

TBT (4-1-1) 30

Solid Rock Construction (3-3-0) 13

Moss Builders (4-2-0) 42

Sandbar (2-4-0) 24

WTBL (3-2-1) 20

Prosper Bradenton (3-3-0) 18

Adult Co-Ed Indoor Soccer – Week 4

Season resumes Thursday, Feb. 24

ANNA MARIA – Each Tuesday night, The Center’s gridiron becomes the training ground for the 4- to 5-year-old flag footballers. This season’s clinic, sponsored by Sandbar, has two teams, more than 10 players on the roster, and two great volunteer coaches.

Coach Dhaval Patel and Kevin Shook take the field each week, not only teaching the rules and skills of the game but also sharing their love of the game and working with kids.

At the end of the season, the youngest players in the league look to the 6- to 7-year-old league as the next level of play, before competitive recreational play begins when they turn eight.

In week four action, the adult flag football league’s standings were rattled as the Sandbar team, coming in with the only win in the season, defeated the undefeated Solid Rock Construction squad by two touchdowns.

Solid Rock Construction now shares the same record at 3-1-0 with Prosper Bradenton at the top of the charts going into the second half of the regular season.

As the adult flag football season looks to the playoffs in the coming weeks, the adult indoor soccer league struggles to make a game happen. With two forfeits last week, the match-up between Sato Real Estate and Gulfview Windows & Doors ended in a tie, after each team scored seven goals. No winner gave each team a 1-0-1 record going into week three of play.

Sun Scoreboard

Tuesday, Feb. 1

Youth Flag Football – Week 4

8- to 10-Year-Old League

Mac Parkman Foundation 18

Progressive Cabinetry 12

Moss Builders 39

Solid Rock Construction 21

Prosper Bradenton 20

Beach Bums 18

Shady Lady 20

Bradenton Beach Parasailing 12

11- to 13-Year-Old League

Blalock Walters 28

Miz & Hiz Biz 18

Moss Builders 31

Nissan of Bradenton 6

Investigative Lawyers Group 24

Wash Family Construction 2

HSH bye week

Wednesday, Feb. 2

Youth Flag Football – Week 3 Make-Up Games

8- to 10-Year-Old League

Moss Builders 33

Shady Lady 14

Solid Rock Construction 21

Prosper Bradenton 15

Bradenton Beach Parasailing 7

Progressive Cabinetry 0

Beach Bums 20

Mac Parkman Foundation 0

11- to 13-Year-Old League

Wash Family Construction 24

Miz & Hiz Biz 32

Moss Builders 26 Wins*

HSH 26

Blalock Walters 25

Nissan of Bradenton 8

Investigative Lawyers Group bye week

Thursday, Feb. 3

Adult Co-Ed Flag Football – Week 4

Shady Lady (1-3-0) 27

WTBL (2-1-1) 38

Prosper Bradenton (3-1-0) 47

Cortez Deep Sea Fishing (1-3-0) 12

TBT (3-0-1) 31

Moss Builders (2-2-0) 28

Solid Rock Construction (3-1-0) 14

Sandbar (2-2-0) 26

Thursday, Feb. 3

Adult Co-Ed Indoor Soccer – Week 2

Slim’s Place (0-2-0)

Beach Bums (2-0-0) Win by forfeit

Sato Real Estate (1-0-1) 7

Gulfview Windows & Doors (1-0-1) 7

Mi-Box (1-1-0) Win by forfeit

Progressive Cabinetry (0-2-0)

*win by overtime rules

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Solid Rock Construction (SRC) ended the second week of adult co-ed flag football at the top of the ranks along with Moss Builders. In the first game of the night, WTBL kept the action packed against SRC.

Dominick Otteni and Jaret Rojas shared the passing credits in the game for WTBL. Rojas threw for two TDs. Otteni had one of his own.

On the other end of the pass was Brandon Kull, with two scoring receptions and Anthony McCance scoring six points. Kull is also credited with an extra point conversion.

WTBL’s defense made a key play with the Otteni interception, but it just was not enough to earn their first win of the season.

Anthony Mannino worked hard on both sides of the football with an interception and two passing touchdowns. Helping to keep SRC undefeated, Mannino put 12 points on the scoreboard by running the ball into the endzone.

Peggy Smith, one of the top players in the league, made two catches for TDs and had three receptions in the game.

Solid Rock’s biggest rival yet this season, Moss Builders, closed out the night with their second win to keep them undefeated. In another close one, Ryan Moss threw for four touchdowns.

The hot hands of JB Shuck caught two of the TD passes. Moss Builders teammates Jesse Griffin and Jordan Demers each had a scoring catch.

Demers, Griffin and Shuck each made a point after conversion, adding three points to the final score. Game stats give Shuck nine catches in the night-ending game for the win.

Moss Builders and SRC, both with a 2-0 record, face off in week three action. Only one team will remain undefeated.

Sun Scoreboard

Tuesday, Jan. 18

Youth Flag Football – Week 2

8- to 10-Year-Old League

Beach Bums 25

Bradenton Beach Parasailing 6

Progressive Cabinetry 7

Shady Lady 7

Solid Rock Construction 19

Mac Parkman Foundation 6

Moss Builders 19

Prosper Bradenton 0

11- to 13-Year-Old League

Blalock Walters 19

Moss Builders 13

HSH 13

Investigative Lawyers Group 12

Nissan of Bradenton 24

Wash Family Construction 22

Miz & Hiz Biz Bye

Thursday, Jan. 20

Adult Co-Ed Soccer – Week 2

WTBL (1-0-1) 19

Solid Rock Construction (2-0-0) 24

Prosper Bradenton (1-1-0) 38

TBT (1-0-1) 19

Sandbar (1-1-0) 32

Cortez Deep Sea Fishing (0-2-0) 27

Moss Builders (2-0-0) 33

Shady Lady (1-1-0) 27

ANNA MARIA – Victory slipped through the fingers of the TMT squad in the quarterfinal adult flag football game last Thursday night. In an action-packed contest, the number one team going into the playoffs, We The Best Lending (WTBL), had a tough battle against the number eight team until team TMT appeared to implode in front of the spectators, teammates and referees.

Chase Richardson and his We The Best Lending team scored first, getting past defenders to put six points on the scoreboard. A failed point-after attempt left the score at 6-0.

TMT quickly matched their opponents with a touchdown with 11:45 left on the clock before halftime.

On offense, WTBL quickly lost possession of the football with an interception, putting TMT on the WTBL one-yard line. TMT was able to take advantage of the picked Richardson throw, promptly scored, making it 12-6. TMT then went for a two-point conversion, handing off to Connor Haughey for a nice run into the endzone, giving TMT an eight-point lead 14-6.

Fighting hard against the team with the best record in the league, TMT gave up another six points to WTBL, moving the score to 14-12.

Closing in on the TMT lead, WTBL’s Richardson sacked quarterback Haughey in a critical defensive play. Richardson responded with a touchdown pass that was nullified when he was called for flag guarding.

On the next play, a TMT Hail Mary pass by Sir Williams was not caught by receiver Haughey, who had two WTBL defenders in his face.

At the end of the first half of the game, TMT’s lead remained at 14-12.

The clear underdogs, team TMT was looking solid and on their way to giving We The Best Lending a challenge all the way to the last second of the game.

TMT quickly marched down the field with the first offensive possession of the second half of play. A possible game-changing inadvertent whistle by the referee Tristan Szabo could have given TMT six points and much-needed momentum in the game.

Szabo blew the whistle when he anticipated Kari Hawkins stepping out of bounds. This rare error in the action-packed game appeared to start the unraveling of the ever-fighting TMT squad.

Sending a clear message, We The Best Lending’s Dom Otteni then nabbed a Richardson pass for a quick touchdown and completed a two-point conversion throw to Soultatos.

Down by six, TMT then went three-and-out on the next series, giving the ball back to WBTL.

After rushing yards by Richardson, Cory Banks got the call, making a first-down catch with 12 minutes left in the game.

With TMT’s Hawkins on him like glue, Soultatos made the next touchdown catch, widening his team’s lead to 28-12.

WTBL’s next offensive run ended with a tide-turning contested call on the touchdown play. TMT argued their defense pulled the flag of the WTBL receiver before he crossed into the end zone.

Seemingly the mental straw that broke the camel’s back after what was perceived by the TMT players as a number of bad calls, the TMT emotions ran high for the remainder of the game.

Referee calls were in the heads of the players both on the field and on the sidelines. Non-stop verbal snipes and sneers resulted in two TMT players being ejected from the game by referee Andy Szabo.

With the win in their grasp at one point in the game, TMT saw their chances of moving on to the semifinal round of the playoffs and capturing their first win of the season slip through their hands. Avoiding the upset, We The Best Lending proved once again why they finished the regular season on top as the final second ticked off the scoreboard showing the final score of 28-14.

At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23, they meet fifth-seeded TBT, who beat fourth-seeded Sandbar by five points in their quarterfinal match-up. Team Catalyst, who finished with the same record as WTBL in the regular season, faces third-seeded Rays Ramblings at 7:30 p.m. in the last game of the night.

The championship game is scheduled to be played on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m., with an all-star game to follow.

Sun Scoreboard

Monday, Sept. 13

Adult Co-Ed Basketball

Moss Builders (2-1) W by forfeit

Blue Lagoon (0-3)

Sandbar (0-4) 44

Beach Bums (3-1) 93

Paddy Wagon (3-1) 77

Slim’s Place (2-1) 68

Solid Rock Construction (2-1) bye week

Tuesday, Sept. 14

Youth Soccer

Games rained out – to be rescheduled

Thursday, Sept. 16

Adult Co-Ed Flag Football – Quarterfinal Playoff Game

#8 TMT 14

#1 We The Best Lending 28

#3 Rays Ramblings 21

#6 Cortez Deep Sea Fishing 6

#7 Beach Bums 12

#2 Catalyst 20

#5 TBT 24

#4 Sandbar 19

ANNA MARIA – Heading into week six of adult flag football play at the Island’s community center, team Catalyst, led by Jon Moss, remains undefeated and looks to be the team to beat going into the playoffs. The Moss family is well represented on the squad with J. Moss’ father, Ed, playing alongside cousins Greg and Brent.

On the other side of the field, Ryan Moss worked the field against his family members, with lifelong friend Jordan Demers for Rays Ramblings. Alongside R. Moss, James Roadman played against family members Zach and Evelyn Long on Catalyst.

This game exemplifies the spirit of recreational sports at The Center, where friends and family find themselves week after week battling it out on the field or court for the big win and a lot of fun.

J. Moss, credited with five passing touchdowns, hit Greg Moss and Brent Moss for a total of 24 points. Z. Long caught another TD throw and scored on a point after conversion play for the team’s win.

Jesse Skipper’s 10 catches for Catalyst helped to move the football down the field. On defense, Skipper’s quarterback sack kept R. Moss on his toes in the backfield.

In addition to three touchdown throws, caught by Karri Stephens, and Jesse Griffin with two, R. Moss had a pick-six interception nab. Griffin put more numbers in the statistic books with two interceptions of his own.

Rays Ramblings’ Bobby McMilan helped to keep the game close with an extra point and two receptions in the game. But the team’s efforts just were not enough, taking the team’s record to 3-2.

Catalyst meets a battered and diminished Cortez Deep Sea Fishing squad this week at 9 p.m. The young team, losing players to college, injury and illness, put a makeshift team together for the first game of the week for a fun game that gave TBT a win by forfeit.

This week’s 8 p.m. game has Rays Ramblings pitted against the 4-1 We The Best Lending team. Movement in the standings going toward the playoffs is still possible. The top seed is still up for grabs and hope is still alive even for the winless.

Everyone makes the playoffs and everyone still can be named champion at the end of the season.

Sun Scoreboard

Monday, Aug. 23

Adult co-ed basketball

Paddy Wagon 47

Blue Lagoon 27

Moss Builders 39

Beach Bums 44

Sandbar 53

Solid Rock Construction 62

Thursday, Aug. 26

Adult co-ed flag football

TBT (3-2) W by forfeit

Cortez Deep Sea Fishing (2-3) L

TMT (0-5) 0

We The Best Lending (4-1) 42

Catalyst (5-0) 31

Rays Ramblings (3-2) 25

Sandbar (3-2) 33

Beach Bums (0-5) 27

ANNA MARIA – Heading into the second half of the adult flag football season, winless team TMT took another loss against Sandbar. Critical mistakes on offense gave the Sandbar squad momentum and points.

Matt Manger, with five passes for scores, also had two interceptions to his credit, including a pick six. Sandbar teammates Bradley Coleman, Brandin Holcomb and Anthony McCance were all targets for the Manger throws for touchdowns.

Adding to his team’s successes, Anthony Mannino had a scoring catch, along with two two-point conversions and a single point after. Currently, Mannino tops the receptions charts for the season with a total of 23 catches.

On the other side of the football, TMT’s QB Keith McQuillen had two passing touchdowns that were essentially nullified with two interceptions for his team.

Jason Caller ran one in for six points. Meanwhile, Connor Haughey had five total receptions, two for touchdowns. Haughey completed his stats for the game with a two-point conversion.

The efforts of team TMT just were not enough again this week, as they continue to look for their first win in the season.

With only a few weeks left in the regular season, Beach Bums hopes to get a W, while Catalyst fights hard to stay undefeated. The weeks already played indicate the championship is anyone’s to win… or lose.

Sun Scoreboard

Monday, Aug. 16

Blue Lagoon 48

Beach Bums 45

Paddy Wagon 74

Sandbar 47

Slim’s Place 56

Solid Rock Construction 34

Thursday, Aug. 19

Adult Co-Ed Flag Football

Rays Ramblings (3-1) 34

Beach Bums (0-4) 32

Cortez Deep Sea Fishing (2-2) 18

We The Best Lending (3-1) 55

Sandbar (2-2) 42

TMT (0-4) 20

Catalyst (4-0) 19

TBT (2-2) 13