Floridian Mortgage leads pack

ANNA MARIA – The adult co-ed flag football league is closing out regular season play for the winter 2024 season. The final week’s action can shake up the current rankings with four teams sitting with four wins and two losses.

Team Floridian Mortgage leads the eight-team standings with only one loss. Moss Builders trails closely behind, along with Salty Printing and Sandbar Seafood & Spirits.

Looking to earn its second win in the season, Gulf Drive Café goes into week seven with a 1-5 record after a loss against Moss Builders in the final game of the night last Thursday. The 33-6 win came as the result of four passing touchdowns by Ryan Moss.

James Roadman caught two of the four passes, with Jesse Skipper and Evelyn Long the other targets. Long had two one-point conversions, adding to her week’s statistics.

Team captain Jon Moss added to the Moss Builders’ score with a successful point after a team TD.

Gulf Drive Café’s QB Zack Price found Brandon Rolland for the squad’s only touchdown. Failing to convert on the point after attempt, Gulf Drive was held to six points.

Teammate Karri Stephens added to the team’s efforts with six defensive flag pulls and an interception.

The third game of the night was a high-scoring affair, leaving Sandbar Seafood & Spirits the victors, 41-28. Team Solid Rock Construction could not outplay and outscore their opponents.

Quarterback Charles “Tuna” McCracken solidly threw for six touchdowns and an extra point, finding Ramon Guerrero IV for 25 points.

Life-long friend Tyler Brewer scored a TD from a McCracken spiral. Brewer scored a one-point conversion for a total of six catches in the game. Defensively, he had a flag pull and a critical interception.

Solid Rock’s QB Dominick Otteni played a strong game on both sides of the football with four touchdown throws, seven flag pulls and an interception. Otteni’s hot target, Peggy Smith, scored two TDs with seven receptions.

Smith scored a PAT and contributed to the Solid Rock Construction defense with two stops.

James Roadman, Solid Rock team captain, and Rex Kesten scored seven and six points in the game, respectively. Roadman had five defensive stops and an extra point, with his positive and never-say-quit demeanor.

As a defensive force, Kesten had six flag pulls and three sacks.

In game two, Slim’s Place did not stand a chance against Floridian Mortgage. Four passing touchdowns and one on the ground kept Chase Richardson’s team at the top.

Richardson and Jackson Hayes threw for 30 points. Adding to his three TD passes, Richardson ran into the endzone.

Teammate Cody Allen caught two for TDs and an extra point. His flag pull was one of 14 huge defensive stops by Floridian Mortgage.

Tim Holly stopped offensive progress by snagging eight flags, sacking the Slim’s Place QB six times and making an interception. Jasmine Muldoon scored her six points and made two critical stops on defense.

Slim’s Place did not go down without a fight. QB Anthony Mannino passed for one touchdown to Alexander Cruz. One point was scored by Cruz Rodriguez with a catch from a play in the “pass-only zone.”

Rodriguez added to the game stats with an interception and three flag pulls.

Team Edible Cookie Dough Café took their sixth loss against Salty Printing in another high-scoring game to start off the night’s play.

Quarterback Matt Manger threw for seven TDs, aiming for his main target, Shawn Balvin. Balvin finished the game with four touchdown catches.

The duo also made plays on D with two interceptions by Balvin and one by Manger. Balvin added two flag pulls to his season numbers.

Zaon Williams was hit twice by Manger for 12 points. Throwing for six, Williams played QB, adding to the Salty Printing points. He rounded out his play with a one-point conversion and five flag pulls on defense.

Salty’s Olvin Izquierdo and Corey Jacques each scored a TD. Jacques made more big plays in the game with a successful PAT, five flag pulls and an interception.

Among the best veterans in the league, Dina DeJesus had a takeaway against the Edible Cookie Dough Café quarterback. On offense, DeJesus gave her team two points after a Salty touchdown.

Sharing the throwing duties, Steven Pavina and Alonzo Lemus found open receivers for Team Edible Cookie Dough Café, scoring 28 points against Salty Printing.

Pavina threw for three TD and caught for seven points, including a throw by Lemus. Lemus caught two of Pavina’s touchdown throws and scored a two-point conversion.

Evan Talucci was the target of the Pavina pass for six points. Kiatrell Zachery also grabbed a throw for a one-point conversion for the Edible team.

Working hard on defense, trying to keep the score close and hope alive, Team Edible Cookie Dough Café had 15 flag pulls. The team’s defense was credited with two sacks by Johnny Sevier and Pavina.

Week seven flag football play sets the stage for the playoff. The eye is on the prize for the eight teams looking toward the championship game on Thursday, March 28.

SUN SCOREBOARD

FEB. 19

YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL

8- TO 10-YEAR-OLD LEAGUE – WEEK 6

Cheesecake Cuties (5-1) 45

Solid Rock Construction (2-4) 0

Chick-Fil-A (1-5) 29

Beach House/Waterfront Restaurant (1-5) 25

Adrian Griffin Interiors (4-2) 35

AMI Coconuts (1-5) 0

Moss Builders (6-0) 19

Sato Real Estate (4-2) 0