Basketball seedings set as playoffs approach
by Kevin Cassidy
Islander Correspondent
The regular season of the Anna Maria Island Community Center youth basketball league has come to an end and the seedings are set for the playoffs, which get started at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, with the Premier Division semi-finals. In addition to playoff games Saturday, there will be all-star games throughout the day and the ever-popular coaches games at 7 p.m.
Each divisional playoff, save for Division II where Sand Dollar has run away with the regular-season title, appears to be at least a two-horse race. Premier Division has Rotten Ralphs and A Paradise Realty separated by only one game in the standings and Bradenton Prep has come on late in the season to finish with a 5-5 record. The Division I favorite appears to be Dips Ice Cream, but Fronius has bested them. Division III is another wide-open playoff race with Ross Built and Jessie’s Island Store separated by one game in the regular-season standings.
The playoffs get started Feb. 14 with championship games set for Feb. 16 and Feb. 17 so stay tuned to the Islander for complete results.
Key Royale golf news
The Key Royale Club women played a nine-hole, low-net game on Feb. 3. Flight AA winner was Penny Williams with a 2-over-par 34, while Flight A winner was Ginny Nunn with a four-over par 36, one shot ahead of second-place finisher Lois Biel. Flight B bragging rights were shared by Sally Keyes and Phyliss Lamp with identical 37s. Margie Jacob won Flight C with a 31, which was the low net score of the day. Jane Winegarden and Markie Ksiazek tied for second with 36. Flight D winner was Theresa Schutt with a 2-over-par 34.
The team of Cindi Mansour, Cindy Miller, Mary Selby and Penny Williams won the team low-putt competition with 69, while Miller also birdied hole six.
The Key Royale Club men played an 18-hole, best-ball-of-foursome match on Feb. 4. The team of John Sagert, Dick Eichorn, Neil Hammer and Peter Proxy ran away with the days bragging rights with an impressive, 8-under-par 56.
The Key Royale Club men and women teamed up for a monthly mixed-scramble handicap tournament on Feb. 6 and the team of Lorraine Towne, Joyce Brown, Bob Elliott and Bob Kral won the 8 a.m. flight with an averaged score of 21. Less than a stroke back was the team of Jane Winegarden, Jerry Brown, Dick Grimme and Nancy Grimme with a 21.9. Kral and Joyce Brown captured the closest-to-the-pin competition on holes three and eight, while Dick Grimme managed a chipin.
The 10:15 a.m. flight saw the team of Markie Ksiazek, Bob Dickinson, Matt Behan and Paulette Proxy card an impressive score average of 20. One stroke back in second place was the team of Marge Jacob, Millie Mullen, Tom Lewis and Peter Proxy. Dean Christiansen, Maryanne Kammerlen, Dave Kruger and John Lindwall came in third with a 21.7.
Charlie Knopp on number three and Sara Falk on number eight captured the closest-to-the-pin contests while Peter Thomassen chipped in on number one and Tom Lewis and Maryanne Kaemmerlen both chipped in on hole four.
Horseshoe news
Four teams advanced from pool play during Feb. 7 horseshoe competition at the Anna Maria City Hall pit. Fellow New Hampshire visitors Bob Lee and Mike Lovy skunked Debbie Rhodes and Tom Skoloda 23-0 to advance to the finals where they met Norm Good and Robet Sheating, who bested Bob Brown and Al Norman 21-15. The finals saw Lee and Lovy run away with bragging rights for the day on the strength of a 24-11 victory over Good and Sheating.
The Feb. 4 games saw three teams advance with three wins during pool play. Nick Sianato, an 80-year-young visitor from New Jersey teamed up with John Johnson, but they lost to the team of Adin Shank and Art Kingstad 25-17. Shank and Kingstad went on to defeat the waiting team of Al Norman and Mark Kennedy 23-19 in a tightly contested match.
Play gets under way at 9 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by random team selection. There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.
AMICC Basketball League standings as of Feb. 7
Premier Division
Team Wins Losses
Paradise 6 5
Ralph’s 7 4
Brd Prep 5 5
IRE4 8
Division I
Fronius 6 5
Dips8 3
IFP 4 8
Division II
Sand Dollar 10 1
Observer 6 5
E-Training 3 6
Panoramic 2 8
Division III
Ross Built 9 2
Jessie’s 8 3
A&E 3 8
Coastal 2 9
AMICC Basketball League playoff schedule
Premier Division (ages 14-17)
Feb. 13 8 p.m. Awards
Feb. 14 10 a.m. Paradise vs. B-Prep
Feb. 14 11 a.m.IRE vs. Ralph’s
Feb. 14 noon Allstars game
Feb. 14 7 p.m. Coaches game
Feb. 16 8 p.m. Championship game TBD
Division I (ages 12-13)
Feb. 13 8 p.m. Awards
Feb. 14 1 p.m.IFP vs. Fronius
Feb. 14 2 p.m. Allstars game
Feb. 14 7 p.m. Coaches game
Feb. 17 8 p.m.Dips vs. TBD
Division II (ages 10-11)
Feb. 13 6:45 p.m. Awards
Feb. 14 3 p.m.E-Training vs. Observer
Feb. 14 4 p.m. Allstars game
Feb. 14 7 p.m. Coaches game
Feb. 16 7 p.m. Panoramic vs. Sand Dollar
Feb. 17 7 p.m. Championship game TBD
Division III (ages 8-9)
Feb. 13 6:45 p.m. Awards
Feb. 14 7 p.m. A&E vs. Jessie’s
Feb. 14 6 p.m. Allstars game
Feb. 14 7 p.m. Coaches game
Feb. 16 6 p.m. Orthopedics vs. Ross Built
Feb. 17 6 p.m. Championship game
Instructional League (ages 5-7)
Feb. 13 6 p.m. Awards
Feb. 14 7 p.m. Coaches game |
