KICKER: HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP MAIN HED: Lemon Bay's Spanninger wins state title in snatch
Lemon Bay High's Landon Spanninger, competing in the 219-pound weight class, finished first at the FHSAA Class 1A boys weightlifting championships in the snatch with a lift of 220 pounds.
BOYS WEIGHTLIFTING
FHSAA Class 1A Championships
Snatch
119: 4. Angel Vasquez, Imagine School at North Port 125.
139: 6. Ethan Lemonyne, Lemon Bay 145, 8. Jonathan Hernandez, Imagine School at North Port 135.
154: 3. Wyatt Rightmire, Imagine School at North Port 170, 5. Kent Blanding, Lemon Bay 165 (tied for fourth, fifth on body weight).
219: 1. Landon Spanninger, Lemon Bay 220.
Traditional
119: 6. Alexander Truisi, Lemon Bay 355.
154: 2. Wyatt Rightmire, Imagine School at North Port 530.
183: 3. JR Rosenberg, Cardinal Mooney 585.
219: 7. Kyle Cook, Cardinal Mooney 600 (tied for sixth, seventh on body weight).
BASEBALL
Sarasota 7, Palm Harbor 2
AT: Palm Harbor High.
TOP PLAYERS: Bernard Barnes Jr. (2-4, RBI), Lance Trippel (1-4, RBI), Bradley Ramsden (1-5, run, RBI), Rocco Depastino (1-3, 2B, RBI).
PITCHING: Bernard Barnes Jr. (4IP, 1H, 1R, 2BB, K), Tanner Crump (2IP, 2H, 1R, 3 Ks).
Venice 6, Cardinal Mooney 2
AT: Venice High.
TOP PLAYERS: CM, Paddy Hebda (1-3, 3B, 2RBI), Jack Mackinnon (1-3, 2B); V, John Whitney (1-4, 2B, RBI), Marek Houston (1-4, 2B, R), Nick Dunn (3-3, RBI, R), Trent Adrian (2-3, RBI).
PITCHING: V, Cole Schumaker (2.2IP, R, BB, 4K), Nate Winterhalter (1.1IP, 2H, 1R-0ER, 2K), Hunter Possehl (2IP, 1H, K), Simon Yochum (IP, 1H, 2 K); CM, Bronson Sessa (5IR, 6H, 2R, 2BB, 5K).
OF NOTE: Venice scored four runs in the sixth inning to break a 2-all tie.
RECORD: Cardinal Mooney (9-9).
NEXT: Canterbury at Cardinal Mooney, 4 p.m. Tuesday.
SOFTBALL
Lakewood Ranch 9, Gainesville 1
Lakewood Ranch 15, Buchholz 0
AT: Gainesville.
TOP PLAYERS: LR, Cassidy McLellan (6-6, HR, 2B), Ella Coiner (4-4, 3 RBI), Olivia Ryan (2-2, RBI), Isabel Neeb (1-1, 3 RBI).
PITCHING: Ella Dodge (WP, Game 1, 16-2), Ella Coiner (WP, Game 2, 4-0).
OF NOTE: Lakewood Ranch had 29 hits in the two games. … The Mustangs have won at least 20 games in each of the past five seasons.
RECORD: Lakewood Ranch (20-2).
SPRING FOOTBALL GAMES
Friday, May 13
Parrish Community at Mulberry, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 19
North Fort Myers at Port Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Seminole Osceola at Lakewood Ranch, 7
Venice at Lakeland, 7
Bradenton Christian at Bayshore, 7
Cardinal Mooney at Island Coast, 7
Charlotte at South Fort Myers, 7
Jesuit at Palmetto, 7
Southeast at Sebring, 7:30
Pinellas Park at Braden River, 7
Booker, North Port at DeSoto County, 7
Cambridge, Saint Stephen’s at Out-of-Door, 6
Indian Rocks Christian, Sarasota Christian, Southwest Florida Christian at Keswick Christian, 7
Evangelical Christian at Lemon Bay, 7
IMG Academy scrimmage
Friday, May 27
Clearwater, Manatee, Riverview at Sarasota, 5:30 p.m.
Dennis Maffezzoli is the deputy sports editor for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and chief reporter for Sarasota Herald-Tribune and HTpreps covering Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. Support local journalism by subscribing.
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