Team Ugly Grouper struggles on Island gridiron

BY MONICA SIMPSON SPECIAL TO THE SUN

ANNA MARIA – Starting off week three adult co-ed flag football action at The Cen ter, the Ugly Grouper team took the field searching for their first win of the season against The Banks Home Lending Team squad.

After one half of play, The Banks team led by 10 points. Ugly Grouper, still in the game with the score at 18-8, struggled to stay in the game after halftime, allowing their op ponent to score 32 additional points.

The Banks Home Lending Team’s QB, Shawn Balvin, led his team to victory with six passing touchdowns. Balvin has played flag football at The Center since his time in the youth leagues.

With experience on the community center’s gridiron, Balvin hit his targets with fierce accuracy. Scoring three receiving TDs, Reuben Young had hot hands, scoring 24 points in the game.

Young, defensively, is credited with three flag pulls and two interceptions, one for six points.

Don Uffinger caught two of Balvin’s throws for 12 points. Catching five passes, Anthony McCance scored six points for The Banks team.

Rounding out the scoring with the allimportant extra-point conversions were Balvin, Cory Banks and Julia King.

On the other side of the football, Ugly Grouper’s Zachary Blakeney threw for two touchdowns to Kiatrell Zachery for 12 points. Zachery made six flag pulls and a pair of two point conversions, scoring all 16 of his team’s points.

Flag pulls by Blakeney, Daniel O’Connor and Colton Fox made nice stops for the Ugly Grouper squad.

At the season’s halfway mark, team

Diving for the football, The Banks Home Lending Team’s Reuben Young lays it for a possible touchdown in last week’s game against their flag football opponents, team Ugly Grouper.

Luxury Services takes on The Banks Home Lending Team this Thursday, Feb. 2. Luxury Services finished last week’s play undefeated, beating The Sandbar 52-13.

Ugly Grouper faces The Sandbar, finishing week three with a 0-3-0 record, in week four play. Tied for last place going into week four, one of the two last-place teams will earn their first W of the season during Thursday night play.

Key Royale golf winners

JAN. 23 - MODIFIED STABLEFORD

First Place - Chuck Patrick and Blake Ress tied, +3

Second Place - Ron Buck, Nelson Eagle, Ron Pfaff, Bob Rowley, Bill Shuman and Joe Tynan tied, +2

JAN. 24 - LOW NET SCORE

Flight A

First Place - Jenny Huibers and Betsy Meyer tied, 32

Second Place - Roxanne Koche, 33 Third Place - Debbie DuVernay and Jana Samuels, 34

Flight B

First Place - Sue Pierce, 28 Second Place - Barb Harrold, 31 Third Place - Jackie Gorski, 33 Judy Menchek had a chip-in on Hole #7

JAN. 26 - SCRAMBLE

ADULT FLAG FOOTBALL – WEEK 3

Four teams tied for First Place with 30, 2 under par: Bruce Christenson, Jim Goff, Don Grau and Ron Pfaff; Jim Hill, John Kolojeski, Nub Turner and Tom Young; Ron Huibers, Blake Ress and Bob Rowley; Doug Albrecht, Nelson Eagle and Roger Rottschafer.