This season the Venice Indian Football team has averaged 48 points per contest. With the newly installed hurry-up offense providing dominating performances, quarterback Bryce Carpenter, running back Matthew LaRoche and wide receiver Jaivon Heiligh have gotten a lot of the … Find out how to read more online.

Just three plays into Friday night’s District 7A-11 opener against North Port, the Venice Indians found themselves in the end zone. The quick-strike offense would be a theme all night for the Indians as they scored on seven of their … Find out how to read more online.

The Venice High School volleyball team moved another step closer toward taking the top spot for the District 8A-11 tournament after riding their dominant front line to a 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-10) sweep of Lakewood Ranch on Tuesday night. “Getting … Find out how to read more online.

The Venice Vikings youth football league continued their season last weekend with a series of games in Labelle. Here is a wrap-up of all the action. The Venice Vikings Lancers and Crusaders teams were on scheduled bye weeks and did … Find out how to read more online.

The Venice High School girls golf team is off to another good start after placing fourth in the Naples Barron Collier Tournament and a strong showing at the recent Riverview Invitational at Heritage Oaks Country Club in Sarasota. Venice placed … Find out how to read more online.

Moments after the final whistle of Venice’s 42-7 destruction of longtime nemesis Manatee last Friday night, Indians head coach John Peacock told his squad that no other team in the country had run through a tougher schedule over their last … Find out how to read more online.

Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources will host the fifth annual Youth Fall Fishing Tournament at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Manasota Beach in Englewood. The event is for children 14 and younger. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the tournament … Find out how to read more online.

When Venice and Berkeley Prep met in last month’s preseason volleyball classic at The Teepee, the Lady Indians took a five-set win over the then-nationally ranked Bucs. Venice, the No. 1 team overall in the state according to the latest … Find out how to read more online.

The sun is as bright as can be in the deep blue sky; cool late summer breezes are swirling; light green, backlit maple leaves flutter around straighter, darker evergreens. I’m in the Catskill Mountains of New York State in the … Find out how to read more online.

Venice runner Lan Repinski has completed a goal she started in 1994. The 68-year-old has run a marathon in all 50 states. She finished a marathon in Alaska during June to complete her journey. “I never thought I’d do my … Find out how to read more online.

Throughout practice this week, the Venice Indians coaches kept reminding their players that the program hadn’t beaten longtime rival Manatee since 2008 — a streak that included a couple of playoff losses. Venice took out eight years of frustration on … Find out how to read more online.

During last week’s sweep of Sarasota in the District 8A-11 opener, the Venice volleyball head coach wasn’t thrilled after what he called his team’s “worst match of the season.” With a week off to get things right, the Lady Indians … Find out how to read more online.

The Venice Vikings youth football league continued their season last weekend with a series of games against Cape Junior in Cape Coral. Here is a wrap-up of all the action. No information was provided for the Venice Vikings Kings Mighty … Find out how to read more online.

With an impromptu bye week thanks to Hurricane Hermine washing away last week’s game against Riverview, one might think the extra time off would help the Venice Indians get rested and healed up before they host longtime rival Manatee this … Find out how to read more online.

Jim Powell memorial set for Oct. 8 The Jim Powell Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit all Venice High School athletics is set for Oct. 8 at Capri Isles Golf Club in Venice. The tournament gets underway with a shotgun start … Find out how to read more online.

With a blend of experience and youth, the 2016 season is shaping up to be a strong one for the Venice High School swimming program. The Indians’ boys team is coming off a season that saw them claim both the … Find out how to read more online.

Venice resident Andy LeRoux is beginning the next chapter of his rowing career on a high note. The Pine View School graduate enters Princeton University having won a bronze medal as a part of the U.S. junior men’s quadruple sculls … Find out how to read more online.

You wouldn’t know it by looking at him, but Forrest Lamp used to be an average- sized guy. The Venice native played football and basketball early in his career at Venice High School and weighed about 210 pounds after his … Find out how to read more online.

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When Venice High School sophomore Paige Canevari started playing volleyball as a 5 year-old, she started working on what’s called a top serve. Since middle school, she discovered she had a penchant for putting spin on the ball and kept … Find out how to read more online.