Community sports | Led by Derick Beltran's triple-double, Bradenton Gym Ratz open inaugural season with sweep

HOLMES BEACH -- Derick Beltran posted a triple-double Sunday in the Bradenton Gym Ratz's second game to complete the Gym Ratz's 2-0 opening weekend with a 100-94 win against the Music City Kings in Holmes Beach.

Bradenton, which is playing its inaugural season in the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues, opened the weekend with a 15-point win against the Kings in their first-ever game.

Beltran's torrid start of the season carried the Gym Ratz throughout.

The Riverview native, who attended Spoto High School and then played for two years at Southern University while leading the Jaguars to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, led Bradenton in scoring in both games and also cracked double-digit rebounds twice.

On Sunday, he also dished out 11 assists for the triple-double.

Beltran scored a season-high 25 points in the two-game series finale against Music City and also grabbed 11 rebounds one day after going for 15 and 12. He did, however, turn the ball over nine times in the victory and went just 7 for 22 from the field.

The Gym Ratz will have the weekend off before Beltran gets a shot at replicating his strong start to the season May 28 and 29 against the Atlanta Show at The Center of Anna Maria Island.

Manasota Youth Soccer prepares for Texas trip

The Manasota Youth Soccer Monarcas of Palmetto are a bit more than a week removed from their U13 Presidents Cup championship and are beginning fundraising for a June trip to Texas for the regional championship

The Monarcas of Palmetto captured the Presidents Cup with a 3-1 win against the Port Orange SC 02 Stingrays Black on May 1 at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale to qualify for the regional tournament, which will be held from June 15-19 in Col

lege Station.

On Saturday in Palmetto, Manasota Youth Soccer will hold a fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lincoln Park, selling food to raise money for its trip to Veterans Park and Bachmann Park. Manasota has also started a GoFundMe page to take donations.

David Wilson, Herald sports writer, can be reached at 941-745-7057 or on Twitter @DBWilson2.

This story was originally published May 9, 2016 at 11:49 PM with the headline "Community sports | Led by Derick Beltran's triple-double, Bradenton Gym Ratz open inaugural season with sweep ."