January 6,2005, The Herald-Advocate 7C


Tee-Ball
By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
 The new year has just begun and
it's Tee-Ball time already.
 The 5- and 6-year-olds open their
season with a trio of games on
Saturday, getting all six squads in
action.
 Many contributions have enabled
the Hardee County Little League to
be ready to start on time. "The
response from folks in our commu-
nity and surrounding communities
with donations to help plus replace
our equipment, items lost in the
concession stands, and many other
items lost in the storms has been
overwhelming," said media repre-
sentative Tonya Royal.
 Games Saturday are at 9:30 and
 10:45 a.m. and noon at the George
Heine Jr. fields just west of Farr
Field off South Florida Avenue in
Wauchula. Spectators are welcome
and, there is a concession stand
available.


Tots Get
 The half dozen Tee-Ball teams.
 are the Ullrich's Pitcher Pump
Reds, the Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW) Braves, Big Lake National
Bank Mets, Fire-Rescue Rangers,:
Dr. Timothy Ellis' Athletics and
Sunshine Foliage Yankees.
 Manager Gerry Lindsey, assis-
tant Jason Clark and team parent
Beth Carlton will handle the Reds.
Their team includes six-year-olds
Jacob Willis, Cody Cumbee, Aaron
Delatorre, Parker Carlton, Boone
Paris, Shayna Harned, Abby Clark
and Hayden Lindsey. The five-
year-olds are Hope Elliott, Tanner
Carlton, John Max Ullrich III, Ellie
Palmer, Shelby Gibson, Lance
Bursler Jr. and Christina Arreola.
 For the Braves, the players are
five-year-olds. Augustine Flores,
Estavan DeLaRosa, Amber Ussery
and, Cedric Reogh, Six-year-olds
are Jett See, James Canary, Joley
Pleger, Levi Lovett, Hunter


Wildcats In Winter


By JOAN SEAMAN
Of The Herald-Advocate
* Starting slow, the 'Hardee
Wildcat hoop squad gained
momentum and did well in the hol-.
iday tournament at Manatee High
School last week.
 The Cats lost the Monday opener
 against 5A Bradenton Southeast
 72-56, but came from a 10-point
 deficit to beat 5A Venice 63-62 on
 Tuesday. On Wednesday, they were
 pitted against Palmetto, a 4A oppo-
 nent they have played before. This
 time they lost 64-61.
 "Basically, the tournament
 served its purpose. We found some
 combinations, got our feet wet and,
 hopefully, are ready for district
 competition which begins this
 week," said coach Vance Dickey.
 This week Hardee is home, start-
 ing with district rival Avon Park on
 Tuesday evening. Tonight
 '(Thursday), it is a final game-
 against Palmetto. On Friday, the
 -Cats travel to DeSoto .
 Next week's games are Tuesday
 at Mulberry, Thursday at home for
4a visit from Fort Meade and Friday


at Frostproof.
 SOUTHEAST 72,
 HARDEE 56
 "We were sluggish and not really
ready to play. We didn't play well.
It was hard to get going and we did-
n't compete well," said 'Dickey,
who shuffled his lineup, bringing
up freshmen Arnold Louis and
Mark St. Fort to fill some vacant
slots.
 Southeast had a trio in double-
digits. Brian Alexander had 16, and
Fabian Capers and Shedderick
Capers each 14 points.
 For Hardee, soph Weston Palmer,
had 13 and classmate Jermaine
King 11 points. Chris Rich added
nine, Rashad Vance eight, Tom:
Green six, Michael Capron four,
Thelinor "Lino" Jena. three and
Robbie Jones two points. Freshmen
Olnel Virgile, St. Fort and Louis
did not score.
 SHARDEE63,
 :VENICE 62"
 "It was a good win against a 5A
school. We played zone the first
three quarters because they were


 Started
 Gibson, Hunter Scranton, Will
 Roberts, Taylor Graham, Desiree
 Ford and Mary Sinclair. The man-
 ager is Jack See, with assistants
 Darin Canary and Bruce Roberts
 and team parent Karen Gibson.
 The Mets feature manager Jason
Delgado, assistants Jeff Block and
James Watson and team, parent
Bonnie Braddock. Their six-year-
old players are Trease Morris,
Catalina Longoria, Bryan Cisneros,.
Dakota Altman, Jacob Lazo, Justin
Herrin, Trevor Walker and
Lawrence Walker. The five-year-
olds are Cameron Watson, Mason
Block, Jesaiah Delgado, Mitchell
Allen and Sarah Lynn Welch.
 Taking the field for the Rangers
 are five-year-olds Caleb McCoy,
 Benjamin Norris, Layla Santoyo
 and Laina Durrance, and six-year-
 olds 'Carlos Camacho Jr., Houston
 Kulig, Jacob Rickett,. Issaac Flores,
 Jesse Balli, Vaughn Kirkland, Keith
 Choate, Kyle Choate, Larrett Smith'




 Tourney
 bigger and stronger,, In the fourth
 quarter, we switched to man-to-
 man. We were down by 10 points,
 but by our quickness and aggres-
 sive, play forced them into
turnovers and allowed us to. get
more points," said Dickey., The
Cats outscored Venice 23-12 in the
final eight minutes.
 Hardee finished with four play-,
 ers in double-digit scoring. Palmer;
 was tops with 14 points, while
 Vance added 13 and Rich and King
 -each 10 points. Jones had five, St.
 Fort and Capron each four and
 Green three points.
 PALMETTO 64,
 HARDEE61
 "I'm super proud of the way they
 played. They played hard and well.
 It was a really good game against
 4A team loaded with seniors, while
 we're loaded with sophs and fresh-,
 men," said Dickey.
 Palmetto relied on a pair of main
 scorers, with J. Hills getting 29
 points and S. Haynes adding 16.,
 'For Hardee, Palmer had the heavy
 hand early, scoring a trio of treys
 and a deuce in the first quarter,
 which ended in a 13-13 tie.:
 Palmetto picked up an extra point
 for a 30-29 halftime advantage.
 The Tigers picked up an extra
 five points in the third period and
 we_ e up 5,"44 as the third period
 wound down. Although The Cats
 outscored the Tigers 17-14 in the
 final session, they didn't quite
 make up the deficit and lost 64-61.
 Palmer finished the night with 23
 points for the Wildcats. Rich
 chipped in with 14 and Vance 10.
 King had nine, Jena three and Jones
 was two-of-two at the charity
 stripe. Green, Virgile, Capron, St."
 Fort and Louis did not score.
 As they start the "second sea-
 son," the Cats feature seniors Green
 and Vance, juniors Jones and Jena,
 sophs Palmer, Rich and King, and
 frosh Capron, Louis, St. Fort and
 Virgile.


and Mackenzie Louoghran.. Their
manager is Mike Choate, assisted
by Shawn Durrance. Team parent is
Pam Swailes.
 Donald Carver is manager of the
A's, apd is assisted by Clyde Ratliff
IT -ad team parent Joy Roberts.
Tnetr team includes six-year-olds
Darby Farr, Chase Benton, Cade
Roberts,, Thomas Atchley, Gannon


 I hope everyone had a %ery Merry
and Blessed Christmas. Even
though there were numerous trailers
that were destroyed or damaged
badly, the spirit in the park has been
one of love and thankfulness.
 The Christmas covered dish. din-
ner was a huge success. There were
many in attendance and oh so much
good food!
 Coffee hour had 41 in attendance
with a representative from
In% incible Associates, Inc. speaking
on rubber roofer and paint. He also
gave avay some prizes, going to
Geri Jantz. Julius Goerbig. Jack


Watson, Joshua Smith, Illeana
Flores, Erik Rentz, Noah Valletutti
and Brandon Young. Five-year-olds
are Quinton Stone, Juan Medina,
Kaitlyn Carver, Dawson Ratliff and
Elizabeth Weeks.
 For the Yanks, batting and field-,
ing are five-year-olds Lorenzo
Farias, Adrian DeLeon, Tanessa
Tamayo, Brandon Medrano and


Brief,'Allce Mayall and Ted Jantz.
Merchant coupons were given to
Doris O'Dell, Betty Besaw, Alice
NMavall. Fred Stahl, Ardie
MacDonald, Nona Ford, Jean
Sn)der, Ted Jantz, Eric zCarrell,
Tom Hartuneiwicz, Pat Rose 'and
Lorretta Curtis.
 The date for the park yard sale
.has been set for.Sat,p Feb. 19. Mark
that on your calendars and everyone
come out and see what we have.
 Cribbage on Wed. Dec. 29 was
 won by Junior' Atchison with a 856,
 with 2nd place going to Fred Dale
 with an 832 and Eleanor Dale tak-


Richard Loredo. Six-year-olds are
Scotty Froelich, Micheala
Villarreal, Sherry Lee, Jimmy
Lane, Wyatt Zeigler, Joc-Quez
Campbell, Christopher Paugh, Abel
Villarreal Jr. and Jose Valdiviez.
Their manager is Scotty Eures,
assisted by Keyha Tamayo and
Lizandro Villarreal. Susana
Cisneros is team parent.


ing 3rd place with 812.
 SEuchre on Christmas night wd
won by Julius Goerbig. Seconio
place went to Jack Brief' and 3rd
place was NMillie Shick. Millie
Sliick had the most lbners"and' Bet0t
Brief had the low for the evening.;.
 On Wed. night 'Dec. 29 hao
Charlie Shick in 1stplace with 'a57,
Jean Ford in 2nd with a 56, and a tip
for 3rd with Millie Shick and Judy
Foreman with 52s. Most loners fei
the evening was Julius Goerbig aioi
Ralph Foreman had the low. .
 Everyone is looking forward t 
the New Year and hoping that we do
not have the terrible weather thkt
2004 brought us. May we all be
blessed.
 Jesus loves you and so do I.


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 HARDEE COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
 2005 T-BALL SCHEDULE
 MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
 DATE Jan. 7 Jan 8
 FARR 9:30a.m. 5 vs 6
 FARR 10:45a.m. 3 vs 4
 FARR 12:00p.m. 1 vs 2
 CONCESSIONS 5-3-2

 "DATE Jan 10 Jan 11 Jan 13 Jan 14 Jan 15
 FARR 6:00p.m. 5 vs. 3 4vs.2 3.vs. l 6 vs2 Field #1
 FARR 7:10p.m. 6vs I
 CONCESSIONS 5 4-6 3 6
 DATE Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22
FARR 6:00p.m. 2 vs. 5 4 vs. 6 l vs. 4 3 vs. 5 Field #1
FARR 7:10p.m. vs3 2vs6
CONCESSIONS 5 4-3 1-2 2 3
 DATE \ Jan24 Jan25 Jan27 Jand28 Jan29
FARR 6:00p.m. 5vs. 1 6 vs. 3 3 vs. 2 1 vs. 6 Field #1
FARR 7:10p.m. 2vs 4 4 vs. 5
CONCESSIONS 1 3-4 2-5 6
 DATE Jan 31 Feb I Feb 3 Feb4 Feb 5
 FARR 6-00p m. 2 vs. I 6 vs. 5 3 vs. 6 4 vs. I Field # I
 FARR 7:10p.m. 4 vs 3 5 vs. 2
 CONCESSIONS I 5-4 6-2 I
 DATE Feb 7 Feb 8 Feb 10 Feb II Feb 12
 FARR 6.00p.m I vs 5 2 vs. 3 5 vs. 4 Field #1I
 FARR 7 10pm. 6 s4
 CONCESSIONS I 2-6 4
 DATE Feb 14 Feb 15 Feb 17 Feb 18 Feb 19
 FARR 6:00p.m.' Rainout
 FARR 7:10p.m. Rainout
 CONCESSIONS SAME



 TWO PARENTS ARE NEEDED TO WORK IN THE CONCESSION STAND ON THE DESIGNATED GAMES.
 FRIDAY NIGHTS CONCESSIONS WILL BE AT THE MAIN CONCESSION STAND AT GEORGE HEINE FIELDS.
 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CONCESSIONS WILL BE AT FARR FIELD.
 TEAM #1 Ullich' Pitcher Pump Reds TEAM #4 Fire Rescue Rangers
 TEAM#2 VFW Braves TEAM#5 Dr.EllisAlhlelics
 TEAM # 3 Big Lake National Bank Mets TEAM #6 Sunshine Foliage Yankees
 First team listed will be the home team and occupy the third base dugout. Visiting team will bat first.


 NOTICE

The City of Bowling Green has received a Small
Cities Community Development Block Grant
Emergency Funds for Housing Rehabilitation. The
City will be taking applications beginning Friday,
January 7, 2005 until Thursday, January 27, 2005.
Applications may be obtained from the Bowling
Green City Office. Application assistance will be
available at the city's request. Completed applica-
tions and documentation should be dropped off no
later that 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 27th at the City
Office. For additional information, please contact
David Elbertson, City Manager at (863) 375-2255
or Fred Fox Enterprises (386) 328-3822. 1 c


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