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THE SUN
SPORTS
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Moss Builders closes out the week with a win BY MONICA SIMPSON
Key Royale golf championship
SPECIAL TO THE SUN
Another week of youth and adult sports at The Center had two teams grabbing their first win of the season. To start the week off on a positive note, Raymond Gardner inspired his team to their first victory. With each team going into the game looking for their first win of the season, team Ray’s Ramblings fought for the three-point win against Shady Lady in the 8- to 10-year-old flag football league last Tuesday night. The next night in adult co-ed soccer action, the Jiffy Lube squad outscored The Gitt Team by four goals, putting up their first win in the spring season, with the final score 6-2. The week’s ending game was on the adult flag football gridiron. Moss Builders took the solid and early lead in the game, not giving the Sandbar team a chance. The first half ended with the mercy rule instituted. With a 28-point lead, team Moss Builders would start the last minutes of play unable to rush the passer until there was less than a 21-point deficit for Sandbar. In the second half of action, Sandbar’s Karri Stephens made two touchdown catches. Stephens, a veteran of the league, is one of the best, but unassuming, receivers in the league. Teammate Ben Sato lit up the field with three scoring receptions and eight total catches in the night. Sato’s solid training routine shows each week on the field, regardless of the sport. Matteo Ferris, growing into his own in the adult league, threw for four touchdowns and scored a point after a touchdown. Ferris is also credited for sacking Moss Builders’ QB, Ryan Moss. The ever-present maturing Island youth is making an impact in the community center’s adult leagues. Sandbar’s Jackson Hayes and Tyler Brewer both learned their flag football skills at The Center starting on the small fields in kindergarten. Years later, Hayes made the statistics book with one TD catch. Brewer caught an extra point throw for two nabs in the game. Along with Brewer and Hayes, Moss Builders’ Cole Carter played Island youth sports when he moved to Anna Maria Island. Now in the adult league, he is making his own impacts with three catches and one interception in Thursday night’s game. Three of Moss’ throws were caught by the reliable hands of Jordan Demers. Demers made it into the end
The annual Men's Club Championship was played Feb. 3 and 10. Playing 36 holes of stroke play, Eric Lawson shot even par (128) to win the event over Gary Risner's score of 139, 11 over par and last year's winner. Third place was captured by Brett Lance with a score of 144.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 MODIFIED STAPLEFORD
MONICA SIMPSON | SUBMITTED
Team captains Ryan Moss and McKenna Ainger meet up Thursday night at The Center. Ainger, for Sandbar, applies the pressure to QB Moss as he looks downfield for a Moss Builder receiver. zone four times for three TDs and one extra point. Demers’ ability to read the plays as a defender put him in the right position for two interceptions, rattling the young Sandbar quarterback. Greg Moss contributed both on offense and defense with three catches and two sacks. Top player and draft pick Dina DeJesus was held to one catch and an extra point. Contributing to the Moss Builders win, Zach Routh grabbed three catches, including two for 12 points in the team’s second win of the season to end another fun week of sports action on the Island.
SUN SCOREBOARD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 YOUTH CO-ED FLAG FOOTBALL WEEK #4 EIGHT- TO 10-YEAR-OLD LEAGUE
Ugly Grouper
(1-2-0) bye
14- TO 17-YEAR-OLD LEAGUE Ugly Grouper LaPensee Plumbing
win by forfeit (1-3-0)
Ugly Grouper Grooms Auto
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 ADULT CO-ED SOCCER WEEK #4
(3-2-0) 34 (3-2-0) 39
The Gitt Team Jiffy Lube
(1-3-0) 2 (1-2-1) 6
Burton Brick and Tile Slim’s Place
(2-0-2) 6 (0-2-2) 6
Sato Real Estate Allied
(2-0-2) 2 (2-1-1) 2 (2-2-0) 8 (2-2-0) 6
Rays Ramblings Shady Lady
(1-3-0) 15 (0-3-0) 12
Servis First Bank Blalock Walters
Tidy MD Coastline Contractors
(2-1-0) 33 (2-2-0) 20
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 ADULT CO-ED FLAG FOOTBALL WEEK #4
Beach Bums Cloud
(2-1-0) 29 (2-2-0) 39
11- TO 13-YEAR-OLD LEAGUE Poppos HSH
(3-0-1) 26 (0-3-0) 13
Detweilers Gulf Drive Café The Gitt Team Root Logix
(2-0-1) 26 (1-3-0) 8 (0-3-0) 12 (4-0-0) 19
Solid Rock Construction Salty Printing
(3-1) 32 (0-4) 13
Beach Bums Mi-Box
(4-0) 51 (0-4) 20
Ugly Grouper Slim’s Place
(4-0) 26 (2-2) 7
Sandbar Moss Builders
(1-3) 26 (2-2) 33
1st Place Team with a score of +2 ....Ken Butler, Al Carr, Jim Hitchens and Harvey Shovers 1st Place Individual - Tom Perkins with a score of +6 2nd Place Individual - Bill DeMenna, Earl Ritchie, Kurt Snouffer and Ron Vandeman tied with a score of +5
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 LOW NET SCORE
Flight A 1st - Roxanne Koche 26 2nd - Connie Livanos and Jenny Huibers 31 3rd - Marcia Friesen 32 Flight B 1st - Marti Clark 29 2nd - Beth Lindeman 31 3rd - Sue Powers and Margrit Layh 32 Flight C 1st - Lisa Edmonds 27 2nd - Terry Westby 30 3rd - Judy Mencheck 32 Birdie on Hole #6 - Connie Livanos Chip Ins: Connie Livanos, Pam Alvord and Ann Hitchin
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 SHAMBLE
1st Place - (tie) with a score of 1 under par, Eric and Monica Lawson, John Purcell, Jim Menzies and the team of John Kolojeski, Hoyt Miller, Terry Schaefer and Al Waal 2nd Place - with a score of even par - Marcia and Tim Friesen, Mike Gillie and Debi Richardson
