The Anna Maria Island Sun Newspaper

Vol. 15 No. 42 - August 19, 2015

sports

Four down, four to play: AMICC adult flag football underway

Anna Maria Island Sun News Story

Monica Simpson | submitted

Robert Kavelli for the Tyler's Ice Cream Vikings eludes
the strong defense of Taryn and Matt Morgan for
the Sato Real Estate Giants at Thursday night's adult
flag football action.

Eight teams of adult flag football players started the summer season in July, and through the summer heat, four teams remain in the playoff series that continues tonight, Aug. 19. In last week’s action, #3 seeed Tyler’s Ice Cream Vikings went up against the #6 seed Sato Real Estate Giants.

The two teams battled defensively for almost 20 full minutes of plan holding the opponent scoreless. With no time remaining on the clock for the first half of play, Quarterback Rob Manderine hit Robert Kavelli for the first touchdown of the game for the Vikings. Manderine followed up with an extra point pass to Rob “Ice Cream” Alderson, taking the score to 7-0.

In the first possession of the second half, the Giants came back to tie up the ball game with a 20-yard pass from quarterback Jason Sato to receiver Matt Morgan. The extra point throw to Taryn Morgan tied the ballgame 7-7.

Manderine continued his run to the second round of the playoffs by taking the QB option, running the ball into the end zone after getting the handoff and a 15-yard run. The extra point attempt was interrupted when Giant Frank Agnelli sacked Manderine, leaving the score at 13-7.

With the end zone in sight, Manderine took over as the rusher on defense for the Vikings. Sato could not elude the rusher, resulting in a sack in the end zone and a safety, increasing the Viking lead to 15-7.

The Giants continued to fight with a 30-yard reception by Agnelli, who came up short of the touchdown thanks to the flag pull by Vikings Shiante Lawyer. Despite a strong run by Jesse Griffin, the Giants were stopped on second down when Manderine blocked Sato’s pass.

In a final attempt to bring the game’s score closer, the Giant’s took possession of the ball, but were once again stopped by the Vikings. With a little more than one minute left in the game, Sato was once again sacked in the end zone by Manderine, giving the Vikings two more points. The first playoff game of the evening ended with a score of 17-7, and the Vikings moving on to the second round of the playoffs.
Fun in the sun at the youth flag football tournament

In the August sun, more than 35 youth flag football players took the field at the Anna Maria Island Community Center for the first youth flag football tournament. The bring your own team event allowed friend and family play on the same team and go head-to-head on the grid iron in support of the Center’s youth sports program.

After four games, with heated action, Team Deez Nuts defeated the Team Bucs for the 10-to 13-year old championship in the double elimination finals.

For the older players, Team Slayfest played strong against Team Cowboys, but found themselves finishing third. This age group’s championship pitted Team Eagles against Team Cowboys. In a close match-up, the Eagles rose to the top with a final score of 28-22.

This year’s tournament paves the way for future youth flag football tournaments at the Community Center with much anticipated growing success.

he Sun Scoreboard
Monday, Aug. 10

8-to-10-Year-Old Indoor Soccer

Signarama (due to forfeit)W
Beach Buns L

11-to-13-Year-Old Indoor Soccer

Sugar Beach Digital 2
Bark & Company Realty 9

14-to-17-Year-Old Indoor Soccer

SEMI-FINAL GAME

Salty Printing 6
LaPensee Plumbing and Pools 5

14-to-17-Year-Old Indoor Soccer CHAMPIONSHIP

Salty Printing 5
Wash Family Construction 5
 Winners in shootout

Wednesday, Aug. 12

8-to-10-Year-Old Indoor Soccer

Signarama L
Beach Bums (due to forfeit)W

11-to-13-Year-Old Indoor Soccer

SEMI-FINAL GAME

The Feast 4
Sugar Beach Digital 4

Winners in shootout

Adult Flag Football

Anna Maria Vacations Dolphins 24
Sato Real Estate Giants 22

Tyler’s Ice Cream Vikings (due to forfeit) W
Jessie’s Island Store Fighting Irish L

Poppo’s Taqueria 49ers 13
Miller Electric Lions 18

Slim’s Place Eagles 12
Sugar Beach Digital Cowboys 35

Thursday, Aug. 13

Adult Flag Football

Tyler’s Ice Cream Vikings 17
Sato Real Estate Giants 7

Slim’s Place Eagles 15
Sugar Beach Digital Cowboys 19

Jessie’s Island Store Fighting Irish 21
Miller Electric Lions 46

Anna Maria Vacations Dolphins 27
Poppo’s Taqueria 49ers 34

Friday, Aug. 14

8-to-10-Year-Old Indoor Soccer - CHAMPIONSHIP

Beach Bums 0
West Coast Air Conditioning & Heating 6

11-to-13-Year-Old Indoor Soccer - CHAMPIONSHIP

Bark & Company Realty 6
Sugar Beach Digital 5


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