The Wandering Disciple

Venice, Florida: The Lemon Bay Manta Rays JV squad traveled to Venice High School for a game against the Venice Indians. After a hard fought game by both sides, the Manta Rays fell to the Indians 3-2. Lemon Bay took an early lead by scoring a run in the first inning. But Venice bounced back with two runs in the bottom of the second. Venice added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lemon Bay scored again in the top of the fifth but that was all they could push across as Venice held on for the 3-2 win. Click on the photo above to view the Lemon Bay/Venice photo gallery .

Punta Gorda, Florida: The Lemon Bay Manta Rays couldn’t counter the high scoring offense of the Charlotte Tarpons as they fell 8-3 in a JV baseball contest Friday evening at Charlotte High School.  The Tarpons jumped out to a big lead scoring 5 runs in the first three frames. The Manta Rays scored a run in the second and another in the fourth before Charlotte posted three more to the scoreboard in the fifth. Lemon Bay collected a lone run in the sixth but when the dust settled it was Charlotte picking up the 8-3 win. Click on the photo above to view the Manta Rays/Tarpons photo gallery .

Englewood, Florida:  The Lemon Bay Manta Rays could not hold back the hard charging offense of the Out of Door Academy Thunders as they were shut-out 8-0 on Wednesday night at Lemon Bay High School. The Thunder dominated all night long, posting eight unanswered runs on the scoreboard to cruise to the win. Click on the photo above to view the Manta Rays/Thunderphoto gallery .

Englewood, Florida: The Lemon Bay Manta Rays opened their 2018 home schedule on Friday night with a district match-up against the neighboring Desoto County Bulldogs. The Mantas were looking for their first win of the 2018 season in front of their home crowd.  But the visiting Bulldogs were also hungry as they were looking to remain undefeated in the road. Lemon Bay opened the game by forcing the Bulldogs to punt and then marching down the field to score.Senior quarterback Trevor Hedges went up the middle for a 1 yard touchdown run. A successful two point conversion gave the Manta Rays a 8-0 lead. The Manta Rays later doubled their score on a 65 yard touchdown run by Devanta Roberson and a two point conversion to make it 16-0. The Bulldogs countered with an excellent punt return by Ethan Redden that went back and forth, side to side before hitting the end zone for a touchdown. But it was called back by a costly penalty.  But with 2:04 left in the first half, the Bulldog...