Adult soccer and basketball begin

Adult co-ed soccer results:

Wash Family Construction - 4
Sato Real Estate -2
Zoran Kolega scored three goals and Greg Ross had one goal, Damir Glavan and Kris Yavalar each had one assist, and Don Purvis had 10 saves in goal for the Wash Family Construction win. Lexi Braxton and Jeff Christianson each had a goal, Kim Christianson had an assist, and Jason Sato had six saves in goal for the Sato Real Estate team.

Florida Discount Signs – 5
Moss & Bernard Construction - 3
Chrissy Rice scored two goals, and Rich Bell, Brent Laudicina and Tim Tedesco each scored one goal, and Troy Shonk had five saves in goal the Florida Discount Signs win. Omar Polar scored two goals and had an assist, Brent Moss scored a goal and Jonathan Moss had 17 saves in goal for the Moss & Bernard Construction team.

Island Pest Control - 7
Pink & Navy Boutique - 6
Austin Wash scored three goals and had an assist, Monica Simpson scored two goals, Rico Beissert and Richie Subbiondo each added one goal and an assist, and Pedro Gonzalez had seven saves in goal for the Island Pest Control win. Lindsey Weaver scored three goals, Aaron Parkin scored two goals and Josh Petitt added one goal and an assist, Hampton Harrison had one assist, and Scott Rudacille had 13 saves in goal for Pink & Navy Boutique.

Slim’s Place – 3
Jessie’s Island Store – 0
Nate Coleman, Tyler Krauss and Sean Sanders each scored one goal, Gina Anderson and Danny Anderson each had an assist, and Josh Peuirifoy had six saves in goal for the Slim’s Place win. Nate Talucci had 17 saves in goal for Jessie’s Island Store.

Adult co-ed Soccer schedule

Sept. 20, Thursday, 6 p.m., Island Pest Control vs. Moss & Bernard Construction
Sept. 20, Thursday, 7 p.m., Jessie’s Island Store vs. Sato Real Estate
Sept. 20, Thursday, 8 p.m., Florida Discount Signs vs. Wash Family Construction
Sept. 20, Thursday, 9 p.m. , Pink & Navy Boutique Jessie’s Island Store vs. Slim’s Place

Youth Soccer Schedule
Instructional League
4-5-Year-old

Sept. 19, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Kick off dinner and uniform handout
Sept. 22, Saturday, 10 a.m., Beach Bistro vs. Air & Energy
Sept. 22, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. , Firkins vs. Bowes Imaging Center
Sept. 24, Monday, 6:00 p.m. – Bowes Imaging Center vs. Beach Bistro
Sept. 24, Monday, 6:30 p.m., Air & Energy vs. Firkins

Instructional League
6-7-Year-old

Sept. 19, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Kick off dinner and uniform handout
Sept. 22, Saturday, 11 a.m., Bowes Imaging Center vs. Surfer Bus
Sept. 22, Saturday, 12 p.m., Beach Bums vs. Tyler’s Ice Cream
Sept. 25, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Beach Bums vs. Bowes Imaging Center
Sept. 25, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Surfer Bus vs. Tyler’s Ice Cream

Division III
8-10-year-old

Sept. 19, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Kick off dinner and uniform handout
Sept. 22, Saturday, 9 a.m., American Marine vs. Best Buy
Sept. 22, Saturday, 10 a.m., Tyler’s Ice Cream vs. Miller Electric
Sept. 22, Saturday, 11 a.m., Lobstah’s Restaurant vs. LaPensee Plumbing
Sept. 24, Monday, 6 p.m., Best Buy vs. LaPensee Plumbing
Sept. 24, Monday, 7 p.m., Miller Electric vs. Lobstah’s restaurant
Sept. 25, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Tyler’s Ice Cream vs. Lobstah’s restaurant
Sept. 25, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Miller Electric vs. American Marine

Division II
11-13-year-old

Sept. 19, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Kick off dinner and uniform handout
Sept. 22, Saturday, 12 p.m., Steam Design vs. LPAC
Sept. 22, Saturday, 1 p.m., Wash Family Construction vs. Jen Crady Massage

Division I
14-17-year-old

Sept. 19, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Kick off dinner and uniform handout
Sept. 22, Saturday, 2 p.m., Westcoast Refrigeration vs. Edgewater Real Estate
Sept. 24, Monday, 8 p.m., Edgewater Real Estate vs. Westcoast Refrigeration

Adult co-ed Basketball results

Best Buy  73
Eat Here  65
Antwaun Jackson led all scoring with 34 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists. Brandon Kern scored 23 points and had 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Tyler Bekkerus scored 12 points and had 3 rebounds in the Best Buy win. Dominic Orloff had a double-double by scoring 17 points had 10 rebounds and an assist. Emmanuel Abraham scored 15 points and had 5 rebounds, and R.J Mizell chipped in win a double-double too with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Eat Here squad.

Agnelli Pools & Spa  67
Island Real Estate  65
Chad Woods scored 26 points and had 7 rebounds. Jonathan Moss scored 17 points and had 6 rebounds and an assist, and Jordan Demers had 12 points, 8 rebounds and an assist for the Agnelli Pools & Spa win. Matt Ray had a double-double with 24 points, 11 rebounds and an assist. Ian Fetters scored 11 points with 2 rebounds. Matt Dwyer, Eric Gledhill and Teagan Purtill each scored 9 points for Island Real Estate.

Gator Man Pools  48
The Feast restaurant  42
Evan Wolfe scored 22 points and had 6 rebounds and an assist. Sean Hubbard had a double-double with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists. Richard Atkins had 5 points and 11 rebounds for the Gator Man Pools win. Michael Haynes scored 12 points and had 7 rebounds. Nate Coleman had 11 points and 1 rebound and an assist. Michael Kasten scored 8 points and had 8 rebounds and an assist for The Feast team.

Adult co-ed Basketball schedule:

Sept. 18, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Island Real Estate vs. Gator Man Pools
Sept. 18, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Eat Here vs. Agnelli Pools & Spa
Sept. 18, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., Best Buy vs. The Feast restaurant
Sept. 25, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Agnelli Pools & Spa vs. Gator Man Pools
Sept. 25, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Island Real Estate vs. Best Buy
Sept. 25, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. – Eat Here vs. The Feast restaurant

 

Inspiring a generation

This week, I placed in my 28th 5 or 10K race for my age group since 2008 – a year after I started running again following a 20-year absence. During that time, I biked, walked, and biked and walked with my kids on my back or the back of my bike.

What was unusual about this most recent race was that I also came in sixth overall female and got my first masters award, meaning I beat out women who were 10 to 20 years younger than me. The results for the “It Works 5K” haven’t been posted officially yet, but they were available at the race.

When I ran with the pack at my Sunday morning run with the Suncoast Striders at the pristine Robinson Preserve today, a friend ribbed, “So if you were sixth overall female, how many females were there? 7?”

“Very funny,” I laughed. “It was a small race, maybe around 100 or 125. I don’t know. But there were a lot of kids running. Mostly kids it seemed.”

My time, just over 30 minutes was nothing to write home about. Granted, it was 90 percent humidity, and the race, which was at the Stoneybrook Golf Club in east Bradenton, was full of those things we generally never see in Florida hills! Not huge hills, but enough to shave several minutes off my time.

The overall female in the race was in the 41-50 age group, and the second overall female was Maggie Guzy Miller was in my age group. She finished about two minutes ahead of me.

Maggie aside, so what’s up with us older ladies beating the younger generations? Are they just not training, not exercising, glued to computers and inside too much? I don’t know the answers, but this race, more than any other, really drove that message home. It is what drives me to get up in the morning and do personal training at the gym, online or by phone.

I don’t have the time I did in the previous years to do volunteer coaching at Manatee High, though I try to show up, schedule permitting just to provide a little inspiration when the kids say “I don’t wanna.” They actually had a meet at the same day and time that the “It Works 5K” was held, so maybe some of the faster kids were there. Yeah, that’s the ticket. The faster kids didn’t show up.

Inspiring a generation to get off the couch may be the most important job that any of us adults may have. I know I treat this more seriously than any job I’ve ever had. I’ve seen breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and arthritis up close and personal. They are not easy nor are they cheap. They take up a lot of time, much more time than spending a few hours a week prepping and cooking healthy food. Much more time than heading out for a 30-minute daily run or 1 hour walk.

I may be scarce for a few weeks. I’m heading out this week to be a headliner at Portland’s VegFest, speak at Whole Foods while I’m there, then the following week back to Chicago’s Veganmania, after just speaking there a few weeks ago at Veggie Fest. Seems like Chicago can’t get too much of a good thing.

The following week at San Francisco’s International Vegetarian Union’s 40th VegFest, then back as a speaker, cooking demo, “Ask the Expert” booth appearance at Tampa’s Vegfest, followed two weeks later by Orlando’s Vegfest.

Thank you Bill Clinton for getting such rave reviews on how much your vegan diet gave you great health and energy at the Democratic National Convention. My business has never been better!

You can follow Island resident Ellen Jaffe Jones on her Facebook page and keep up with her just released book:,"Eat Vegan on $4 a Day," or her website: www.vegcoach.com. She is also a nationally certified personal trainer and running coach. For training in a gym or private hire, contact Ellen at ejones@vegcoach.com or 941-704-1025.