Prep Report: Seahawks get stung by Rays
The Cape Coral High Seahawks played shorthanded down the stretch and lost to Lemon Bay 59-56 Friday night at The Nest.
Senior Joel Hill scored 19 points, but fouled out in the fourth quarter with the game on the line. The Seahawks also lost junior Justin Mitchell to an injury.
They trailed by one with a minute left, but Lemon Bay iced it at the free throw line.
Freshman David Flynn helped the Seahawks with 11 points, including two three-pointers.
The Seahawks (2-2) host Island Coast Monday.
Lemon Bay 15 14 13 17 – 59
Cape Coral 10 20 10 16 – 56
Mariner 73, Estero 47: The Tritons continued their hot start and pulled away from host Estero.
Kameron Beach led the Tritons (6-0) with 24 points and five rebounds. Nick Marrero had eight assists, and Clint Johnson contributed 10 points and nine rebounds.
The Tritons head to Fort Myers Tuesday.
Mariner 15 21 19 18 – 73
Estero 13 10 12 12 – 47
Mariner (73) – Beach 24, Barsesa 11, Kuchman 4, Marrero 5, Marte 2, Rivera 6, Adams 3, Guerrier 2, Ferrara 2, Emmons 4, Johnson 10. Totals: 30 9-19 73.
3-point goals: Beach 2, Barsesa 1, Kuchman 1.
Estero (47) – Thompson 2, Bird 6, Murphy 2, Greenwald 5, Zalinski 2, Pruitt 6, Gambino 5, Kincade 19, Fra 2. Totals: 18 11-25 47.
3-point goals: Pruitt 1, Gambino 1.
Ida Baker 58, South Fort Myers 55: Senior Rob Serrano poured in a career-high 29 points and Phil Deems grabbed a key offensive rebound at the end to help Ida Baker hold off South Fort Myers.
Justin Pascale contributed 11 points for the Bulldogs and Al Serrano handed out 10 assists.
The Bulldogs built an early lead and held on in the face of the Wolfpack’s furious second-half comeback. Leading by two with six seconds remaining, the Bulldogs missed a free throw and Deems came down with the game-saving rebound. Deems was fouled on the play and converted the free throw with 1.2 seconds left to seal the three-point win.
The Bulldogs (3-2, 2-1 district) play at Riverdale Tuesday night.
Ida Baker14 14 11 19 – 58
South FM10 9 18 18 – 55
Baker 58 – R. Serrano 29, A. Serrano 2, Barnes 2, Davis 4, Dobbins 9, Pascale 11, Deems 1. Totals: 20 14-23 58.
3-point goals: R. Serrano 1, Davis 1, Pascale 2.
South 55 – McMiller 3, D. Crawford 8, S. Crawford 6, Lentz 3, Cenatus 4, Wade 5, Tavares 11, Sly 6, Watkins 9. Totals: 16 10-19 55.
3-point goals: McMiller 1, D. Crawford 1, Wade 1, Tavares 1.
Fort Myers 74, North Fort Myers 23: Evin Graham led with 17 points and Buddy McClendon tallied 13 points, five assists and four steals as Fort Myers routed visiting North Fort Myers.
Tyler Manning added 12 points, six rebounds and six steals for the Wave (2-0). They host Mariner in a battle of unbeaten teams Tuesday.
North FM 11 2 5 5 – 23
Fort Myers 29 25 12 8 – 74
North FM (23) – Ramirez 4, Guerrera 2, Green 2, Degros 1, Mercado 14. Totals: 8 5-8 23.
3-point goals: Mercado 2.
Fort Myers (74) – McClendon 13, Graham 17, Muller 3, Celestine 5, Yance 14, Joseph 6, Casseus 2, Manning 12, Cunard 2. Totals: 34 3-9 74.
3-point goals: Yance 2, McClendon 1.