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• New Lemon Bay High coach Michael Cullinan will be presenting the vision of Lemon Bay Baseball at 7 p.m. Wednesday in suites on the the second floor at the Charlotte Sports Park.The event is rescheduled from Tuesday.This will be a presentation for booster members,interested parents, school administration, sponsors and members of the community. The vision of Lemon Bay baseball now Wednesday
• Saturday's 7-on-7 scheduleDouble-elimination tournamentNo. 8 Manatee 'B' vs. Crane, 8 a.m.Manatee 'B'-Crane winner vs. No. 1 Wren, 9 a.m.No. 4 La Villa vs. No. 5 Crisp County, 9 a.m.No. 3 Southeast vs. No. 6 Bayshore, 9 a.m.No. 2 Manatee vs. No. 7 Southeast 'B', 9 a.m.Winners' bracket semifinals, 9:30 a.m.Winners' bracket final, 11 a.m.Losers' bracket [...] Saturday's 7-on-7 schedule
• Due to the potential inclement weather, Punta Gorda Speedway has canceled this weekend's events. There will be no Friday night practice or Saturday racing.The speedway will resume July 31 with the late Model 115. Punta Gorda Speedway cancels racing
• Today's gamesat IMG Academies9 a.m.Southeast B vs. Manatee BCrane vs. Crisp CountyManatee A vs. La Villa9:30 a.m.Bayshore vs. Southeast BManatee A vs. WrenManatee B vs. Crane10 a.m.Crisp County vs. La VillaSoutheast A vs. Manatee B10:30 a.m.Southeast A vs. WrenBayshore vs. Crisp CountyAdmission is $10 or $20 for a tournament pass. Parking is $5 daily or [...] Friday's 7-on-7 schedule
• The first National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) National High School 7-on-7 Football Championships schedule:At IMG Academies9:30 a.m.Manatee B vs. BayshoreCrane vs. LaVillaSoutheast B vs. Wren10 a.m.Crane vs. Manatee ACrisp County vs. Southeast A10:30 a.m.Bayshore vs. Southeast AManatee B vs. WrenCrisp County vs. Southeast B11 a.m.Wren vs. CraneBayshore vs. Manatee ALaVilla vs. Southeast B2 p.m.Crisp [...] Thursday's 7-on-7 schedule
• The Venice High volleyball team was one of 450 that earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2009-2010 season.The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative [...] Venice volleyball receives academic award

T.B.'s Buc Shots

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•  TAMPA _ Cody Grimm, the Buccaneers seventh-round draft pick, reached agreement on Thursday on a four-year contract. To make room for Grimm, the 210th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Buccaneers released S Dennis Rogan. With Grimm in the fold, Buccaneers general manager Mark Dominik and his negotiating team can turn their attention to first-round draft [...] Grimm signs; McCoy on the clock
•  TAMPA _ The trickle of draft choice signings continued Tuesday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced that they have signed WR Arrelious Benn to a four-year contract. Terms were undisclosed, but pewterreport.com reported that Benn received a $2.1 million signing bonus, citing multiple reports. Benn was the second of the Buccaneers' second-round selections (39th overall) last [...] Benn signs; only McCoy, Grimm left
• TAMPA _ Fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have only seven chances to attend the team's training camp this year.Only one session per day and only for the first week of training camp, which starts on Saturday July 31, will be open to the public.A night practice at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday Aug.7 [...] Training camp opens July 31

Bart Pfankuch's Everything Golf

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• One never knows what might happen on a golf course, but a plane landing on a fairway and crashing into the rough?Yup, it happened at Shark's Tooth Golf Club near Panama City recently, and a photographer from a local paper trekked to the site and took pictures of the plane and its happy now-safely-on-the-ground passengers.The [...] FORE! Plane lands on golf course fairway " pix!
• For starters, let me say that I enjoy playing Serenoa Golf Club off Clark Road because it's a fun layout, the clubhouse employees are as nice as can be, and right now the greens are in great shape.And as regular readers know, I love a good deal. So it made sense to trek out there [...] Serenoa has Sarasota's best deal " with some drawbacks
• As golfers in Florida, we've all seen alligators on golf courses.And though we've heard stories of people being attacked, losing a limb or even being pulled in and drowned (like the poor guy who died on No. 6 at Lake Venice a few years back,) many of us ignore the risks by playing a lakefront [...] Hot Pix: Giant gator that could eat a golfer!