Prep Sports Report | Nov. 4
Thursday
Bowling
Kaylee Marburger of Ida Baker took fourth place in the FHSAA Championship girls individual competition.
Marburger made it to the quarterfinals before her first loss, then added a consolation bracket win before being eliminated in the consolation semifinals.
FHSAA champion Eden Bastian actually had the lowest four-round total of the top 10 bowlers, but rolled with the luck of the draw all the way to the title.
Football
Cape Coral 56, Mariner 13: The Seahawks are looking forward to the FHSAA region playoffs after dominating their archrivals.
The Black and Blue Bowl was all Blue this year as Cape Coral (8-2) jumped out to a quick lead and just kept going.
Caleb Cobb ran for a touchdown and Noel Devine Jr. caught a scoring pass from Derek Hooker, giving the Seahawks scores on their first two drives. Hooker added TD passes to Tim Schippel and TJ Schley in the second quarter.
The running game then took over, with Schippel, Devine and Schley all scoring touchdowns on the ground.
For Mariner (3-7), Jamarion Corbett scored on a pass from Alijah Touchstone and Tondrick Mack took a fourth-quarter kickoff back 96 yards.
Cape Coral reached eight wins for the third year in a row, matching the 1993-95 teams.
The FHSAA will release the playoff brackets Nov. 6.
North Fort Myers 51, Fort Myers 9: The oldest rivalry in Lee County gave the Red Knights a chance to end an up-and-down season with a smackdown of the Green Wave.
After taking some hard knocks during the year, North (4-6) ended its season with two lopsided victories. The Red Knights handed the Green Wave (4-6) their second losing season in a row for the first time since the 1960s.
Jadarian Brown, getting more touches this week, scored two rushing yards and totaled 146 yards. Ryan Johnson opened the scoring with quarterback Ryan Johnson setting up his short TD run with a 72-yard pass to Weston Lamb.
The North defense did its share of the scoring with a pick-six and Pedro Martinez getting a touchdown on a fumble recovery.
Johnson added a touchdown pass to Jerry Kemp, and Jonathan Rodriguez ran for a score.
Swimming
Oasis’ Skye Persechino was second in the girls 200 freestyle and third in the 500 freestyle. On the boys side, Jensen Dinkel took second in both the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.
District 2A-9
At FGCU Aquatic Center
Girls
Team: Barron Collier 516, Estero 387, Naples 298, Aubrey Rogers 278, Lemon Bay 197, Gulf Coast 146, Cypress Lake 97, Oasis 86, Lely 50, Wellen Park 34, Bonita Springs 22.
Individual: 200 Freestyle: 1 Abigail Burke (BC) 1:49.41. 2 Skye Persechino (O) 1:57.51. 500 Freestyle: 1 Karter Seluk (E) 5:06.29. 3 Skye Persechino (O) 5:08.68.
Boys
Team: Aubrey Rogers 429, Estero 362, Naples 277, Barron Collier 261, Lemon Bay 216, Gulf Coast 198, Wellen Park 130, Cypress Lake 103, Oasis 84, Bonita Springs 54, Island Coast 26, South Fort Myers 11, Lely 9.
200 Individual Medley: 1 Josef Florek (E) 2:00.99, 2 Jensen Dinkel (O) 2:08.17. 100 Breaststroke: 1 Noah Marshall (AR) 1:02.74. 2 Jensen Dinkel (0) 1:04.55.
Region 2A-3 meet: Tampa Academy of the Holy Names (diving),Nov. 4; St. Petersburg North Shore Aquatic Center (swimming) Nov. 7.
District 1A-9
At Norris Aquatic Center, Naples
Bishop Verot’s boys won the team competition in the 1A-9 meet, led by Jonathan Ruiz and Chad Oake. Ruiz won the 500 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, while Oake took the 50 freestyle.
The Viking girls were third. Ellie Ruiz won the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle, with Maxine Delfin taking the 100 backstroke.
Girls
Team: Evangelical Christian 395, Community School of Naples 358, Bishop Verot 342, St. John Neumann 189, SW Florida Christian 193, Canterbury 176, Ave Maria 146, Village School of Naples 87, Seacrest Country Day 32.
200 Medley Relay: 1 Bishop Verot (Maxine Delfin, Alexis Bulawan, Ellie Ruiz, Maddy Palmer) 2:02.24. 200 Individual Medley: 1 Vivian Mokhiber (C) 2:18.59. 2 Maxine Delfin (BV) 2:26.19. 100 Butterfly: 1 Ellie Ruiz (BV) 1:05.09. 500 Freestyle: 1 Ellie Ruiz (BV) 5:29.38. 200 Freestyle Relay: 1 Community School of Naples 1;47.93. 3 Bishop Verot (Ellie Ruiz, Olivia Antoon, Maddy Palmer, Maxine Delfin) 1:50.95. 100 Backstroke: 1 Maxine Delfin (BV) 1:05.41. 400 Freestyle Relay: 1 Evangelical Christian 4:05.70. 2 Bishop Verot (Olivia Antoon, Regan Mendoza, Ella Meyer, Alexis Bulawon) 4:30.72.
Boys
Team: Bishop Verot 360, Village School of Naples 351, Community School of Naples 326, St. John Neumann 229, Evangelical Christian 228, Canterbury 194, SW Florida Christian 129, Ave Maria 72.
200 Medley Relay: Village School of Naples 1:56.95. 2 Bishop Verot (Cayden Cavangh, Alejandro Giozueta, Riley Daubmann, Terrance Porter) 2:03.55. 50 Freestyle: 1 Chad Oake (BV) 23.21. 100 Freestyle: 1 Nicholas Acquaro (CSN) 54.60. 3 Chad Oake (BV) 52.74. 500 Freestyle: 1 Jonathan Ruiz (BV) 5:20.67. 2 Daniel Mayo (BV) 5:34.55. 200 Freestyle
Relay: 1 Community School of Naples 1:13.16. 2 Bishop Verot (Jonathan Ruiz, Alejandro Goizueta, Terrence Porter, Chad Oake) 1:38.08.
100 Breaststroke: 1 Jonathan Ruiz (BV) 1;09.44. 400 Freestyle Relay: 1 Community School of Naples 3:35.92. 3 Bishop Verot (Jonathan Ruiz, Cayden Cavangh, Terrence Porter, Riley Daubmann) 1:38.08.
Region 1A-3 meet: Tampa Berkeley Prep (diving) Nov. 3; Sarasota Selby Aquatic Center (swimming) Nov. 7.
Friday
Football
Ida Baker 35, Island Coast 8: The Crosstown Showdown went the Bulldogs’ way in a big way, with Ida Baker securing a winning record for the first time since 2013.
Ida Baker (6-4) got rushing touchdowns by Dominic Pena of 30, 2 and 1 yards. Pena had a monster game on the ground, piling up 234 yards rushing.
Quarterback Aiden Thurber scored two short touchdowns, the first set up by a fumble recovery and run by Ryan Lilie. Thurber added a two-point conversion pass to Caelum Cragin.
Gators quarterback Dontavian Wilson scored on a 2-yard run and added a 2-point pass to Terran McClendan to account for the scoring by Island Coast (4-6).
Jackson Caradonna of the Gators had 90 yards rushing.
Ida Baker will wait to see if it can make the postseason in the FHSAA Independent League for non-district schools. The Florida Invitational Tournament is also a possibility for the Bulldogs.
Either way, it will take some time before Baker knows its fate. Football has a week off while the FHSAA sets its various playoff brackets.
Regardless of whether or not Ida Baker gets into the playoffs, 6-4 is a big leap forward for a Bulldogs program that suffered 0-10 seasons as recently as 2023 and 2024.
Until this season, Ida Baker’s last winning year was 9-2 in 2013, with a 5-5 in 2019 being the only non-losing season since.
For Island Coast, coach Justin Midgett’s first season (4-6) was a big improvement from 1-9 the year before. The Gators were 2-1 in District 3A-13.
The Gators last posted a winning record (10-3) in 2014.
Oasis 13, Cypress Lake 3: Ashton Alverio passed to Sanjay Adlam for a touchdown, and picked up a bad snap on fourth and goal, scoring Oasis’ second touchdown.
Cypress Lake’s field goal following a blocked punt gave the Panthers an early 3-0 advantage, but the Sharks didn’t allow another point.
Oasis finished its regular season 8-1.
A non-district school in football, the Sharks could make the postseason in either the Independent playoffs or the Florida Invitational Tournament. Oasis played in the first FIT a year ago.
Palmetto 36, Bishop Verot 13: The Vikings slipped to 6-3 to wrap up the regular season, falling to a 9-1 Class 5A Palmetto squad.
Ayden Gonzalez caught a 16-yard scoring pass from Hudson Peak, and Robi Duclona ran for the other Verot touchdown.
Bishop Verot is assured a spot in the Class 3A region playoffs as the champion of District 3A-13. Despite three losses, the Vikings’ playoff seeding could get a boost thanks to a strenuous regular-season schedule.
Saturday
Swimming
Cape Coral’s girls finished second in the Region 3A-3 meet in Punta Gorda on a day when the Centennial Park Aquatic Center’s record book was shredded.
St. Petersburg won both the girls and boys team competition. In particular, the St. Pete boys dominated by winning every event except the 100 freestyle.
Makayla Hill of the Seahawks not only topped the pool record in the 200 freestyle, her time of 2:03.47 earned her All-American C status. She also won the 100 breaststroke in pool-record time (1:03.65.)
Taylor Tedhams set a pool record in the 200 backstroke (59:23). Tedhams was fourth in the 200 freestyle, a race in which the top six swimmers all bested the pool record.
The Cape Coral 200 medley relay team of Isabella Figueroa, Hill, Tedhams and Daynna Franklyn came in first in another pool best of 1:49.37.
Cape’s 400 freestyle relay team of Tedhams, Eva Scribner, Figueroa and Hill came in second. The Seahawks’ 200 freestyle relay team (Alissa Varlam, Chelsie Best, Scribner and Franklyn) was third.
Brinkleigh Hansen of St. Petersburg earned All-American-A status with a 500 freestyle time of 4:45.88. She also gained All-American C status in winning the 200 freestyle.
The Class 3A FHSAA Championships are next Friday in Ocala.
Region 3A-3
At Centennial Park Aquatic Center
Punta Gorda
* High school pool record; + All-American A; ^All-American C
GIRLS
Team: St. Petersburg 443, Cape Coral 337, Osceola Fundamental 300, Fort Myers 235, Charlotte 192, Clearwater 110, Northeast 106, Manatee 102, Largo 101, Riverdale 89, Port Charlotte 63, Palmetto 47, Sebring 39, North Fort Myers 20, Palmetto Ridge 18, Ida Baker 16.
200 Medley Relay: 1 Cape Coral* (Isabella Figueroa, Makayla Hill, Taylor Tedhams, Daynna Franklyn) 1:49.37. 200 Freestyle: 1 Brinkleigh Hansen*^ (StP) 1:48.89. 4 Taylor Tedhams* (CC) 1:57.33. 200 Individual Medley: 1 Makayla Hill*^ (CC) 2:03.47. 200 Freestyle Relay: 1 St. Petersburg* 1:39.15. 3 Cape Coral (Alissa Varlam, Chelsie Best, Eva Scribner, Daynna Franklyn) 1:46.49. 100 Backstroke: 1 Taylor Tedhams* 59.23. 100 Breaststroke: 1 Makayla Hill*^ (CC) 1:03.65. 400 Freestyle Relay: 1 St. Petersburg* 3:32.39. 2 Cape Coral* (Tayor Tedhams, Eva Scribner, Isabella Figueroa, Makayla Hill) 3:39.72.
Boys
Team: St. Petersburg 587, Osceola Fundamental 377, Charlotte 199, Sebring 160, Fort Myers 150, Riverdale 133, Cape Coral 115, Largo 107, Manatee 79, Northeast 75, Clearwater 62, North Fort Myers 36, Palmetto Ridge 32, Palmetto 22, Ida Baker 21, Dixie Hollins 19, Dunbar 16, Golden Gate 12, Port Charlotte 6.
Girls Weightlifting
Autumn Iron Invitational
At Bradenton Christian
Oasis placed seventh in both Olympic and traditional lifts in a field of 11 teams and 161 participants.
Senior team captain Paige Thomas finished second and sophomore Kaila Salazar fourth in both categories in the 110-pound weight class. Junior Nathalie Yanes finished third in traditional and fifth in Olympic at 119 pounds.
As a team, the Sharks set seven school records and 22 personal bests.
Monday
Girls Golf
Region 1A-3
At Cove Cay CC
Clearwater
Par 71
*Advances as team: ^ advances as individual
Team: Out-of-Door 131. Northside Christian 327. Community School of Naples 330. Berkeley Prep 332. Frostproof 334. Bell Creek Academy 345. Clearwater Central Catholic 351, Indian Rocks Christian 351, Cardinal Mooney 360, Bishop Verot 363, St. John Neumann 375, Tampa Catholic 390. No team score: Lake Placid, Tampa Prep, Shorecrest Prep, Lakewood Ranch Prep, Pine View, St. Stephens Episcopal, Cambridge Christian, First Baptist Academy.
Individual
Top 10: 7 (tie) Kate Johnson (BV) 76, Savannah Shelley 76. one Henry 88, Zoe Vanderbrook 95, Leah Friedman 104, Chaya Kroll 110.
Region 2A-4
At Winston Trails GC
Lake Worth
Par 72
Play suspended
Scheduled to resume Tuesday
Top 10: 2 (tie) Ashley Balcom (SLAM) +1 (16 holes), Savannah Odjick (O) +1 (9 holes),
Boys Soccer
Mariner 8, Lehigh 0: Jeovani Castro and Gabriel Garcia scored two goals each to lead the Tritons to a season-opening win. Carlos Santana, Alex Villada, Hisaac Cruz and Erick Garcia each scored a goal. Alejandro Gonzalez made two saves in posting a shutout.
Oasis 8, Gateway Charter 0: Jacobo Herrera lit up the nets with a four-goal performance for the Sharks (1-0). Vitor Marcolino scored twice and made an assist, while George Kiely and Todd Poland added a goal each. Emmanuel Diaz had two assists, and both Lauro Hendricks and Matthew Diaz made one each. The defense blanked Gateway Charter, led by Brendan Murch, Jackson Hogan and Zach Hill.
Girls Soccer
Oasis 8, Gateway Charter 0: Ariella Suarez and Arianna Cates scored two goals each to lead the Sharks in the season opener. Giada McDevitt, Ava Moaran, Eliana Protsmen and Coral Stalvey added goals for Oasis.