Undefeated Cape girls rout Sarasota Christian
Deidre Cheremound turned in a double-double performance far from home Friday night to lead undefeated Cape Coral to a victory at Sarasota Christian 63-30.
Ceremony scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down 15 rebounds while Crystal Mendoza contributed eight points for the Seahawks (5-0), who hosted Ida Baker Monday night.
Cape Coral 57, Lemon Bay 19: Cape High rolled to victory Thursday night behind a pair of 13-point scorers in Deidre Cheremound and Grace Waller.
Cheremound also grabbed a team-high 13 boards to complete a double-double.
Island Coast 40, Ida Baker 18: Ida Baker absorbed a rout at Island Coast Thursday. Rose Cardona led the Bulldogs with eight points.
Lehigh 77, Mariner 16: A full court press applied by Lehigh early in the game set the tone and led to Mariner’s lopsided loss Thursday.
Boys Basketball
St. John Neumann 54, Bishop Verot 37: A poor shooting night doomed Bishop Verot to a double-digit defeat Friday at St. John Neumann.
No Vikings player reached double figures in scoring while Jack Youman and Paul Costain led Neumann with 18 and 11 points, respectively.
The Vikings (1-2) are idle until Dec. 1 when they visit East Lee County.
Cape Coral 81, Lemon Bay 59: Cape Coral made its District 6A-10 debut last Thursday with a win at Lemon Bay. The Seahawks got double figure scoring from Brandon Alcide with 17 points and Stephen Hankins with 15. Brian Markovich and Cam Blissett led the team in rebounding with four apiece.
The Seahawks (2-0, 1-0 district) played Ida Baker Monday.
Island Coast 78, Ida Baker 55: Sam Merchant pumped in a game-high 34 points to go with 10 rebounds Thursday to lead Island Coast’s District 6A-10 opening win at Baker.
Merchant was one of two double-double performers for the Gators. Craig Sirmons pitched in 19 points and grabbed 20 rebounds. Korey Curtis contributed 13 points and seven boards.
Baker (0-2, 0-1) was led by Corey Friar with 22 points and six rebounds while Ronny Calderon added nine points and 10 rebounds.
The Gators (2-0, 1-0) host Port Charlotte in a district match Tuesday.
Mariner 69, East Lee County 30: Four players scored in double figures to lead Mariner’s lopsided victory Thursday.
Isaiah Darrett led the Tritons with 17 points with Amari Haynes contributing 12 points. Jamel Myers and Sean Kostyk each pitched in 11 points. Myers led in rebounding with eight with Darrett picking off five boards.
The Tritons (2-0) play a noon in-school game Tuesday at Riverdale.
Bishop Verot 65, Marco Island 22: Bishop Verot outplayed Marco Island Thursday night behind the double-figure scoring of Austin Mosbach and Josh Schwartz.
Mosbach topped all scorers with 20 points and Schwartz added 10.
The win is the 300th for coach Matt Herting at Verot, just the second coach in Lee County to reach the mark at one school. The first was Cape High’s Dave Funk.
Girls Soccer
Mariner 6, Bishop Verot 1: Taylor Yount scored two goals and assisted on three others to lead the Tritons’ victory Friday.
Julissa Chimelis contributed a pair of goals while Karina Sigala and Paige Paul added one goal apiece. Goalkeeper Alexis Restrepo made four saves to preserve the win.
The Tritons (7-0-2) play again Tuesday at Island Coast.
Ida Baker 5, Palmetto Ridge 1: Haley Rounsifer knocked in three goals Friday to lead Baker’s victory in Naples. Roxie Fraser and Jennie Schecter each contributed one goal while keeper Jenna Payton was credited with 10 saves. The Bulldogs (3-2-1) visited Bishop Verot on Monday.
North Fort Myers 4, Lemon Bay 0: Two goals each by Nicole Paquin and Tori Kowalczyk were all the Red Knights needed to shut out District 3A-3 rival Lemon Bay Thursday.
Goalkeeper Morgan Augustine was credited with three saves. The Knights (6-1-1, 2-0) hosted Fort Myers on Monday.
Bishop Verot 9, La-Belle 1: Reilly McAloose netted four goals with one assist Thursday to lead Verot’s 45-minute District 2A-12 victory at LaBelle.
Lauren Lockard, Maddie Sarnac, Elena Quinonez, Lander Peck and Ditsy Bretton each added one goal to the rout. Peck had two assists and goalkeeper Bridget Linden only had to make one save to preserve the win.
Boys Soccer
Cape Coral 4, Island Coast 1: Four different players scored goals to carry Cape Coral to victory Thursday at Island Coast.
The host Gators scored the game’s first goal, but the Seahawks answered quickly. Mateo Arango scored the first goal off an assist from Gianni Cognata before taking a 2-1 halftime lead on Austin Sweesy’s game-winning goal off Andre Blanco’s corner kick. Kevin Rentana and Cognata finished off the scoring in the second half. Cognata also had two assists in the match. Goalkeepers Kyal Weber had one save on two shots faced in the first half while Steven Patino added five saves in the second half.
The Seahawks (6-1, 3-0) visit LaBelle on Tuesday.
Mariner 5, Cypress Lake 1: Erick Rivera’s four goals were more than the Tritons needed to take out Cypress Lake in a District 3A-13 match last Thursday.
Joseph Nizama scored the Tritons’ other goal with Joey Lane, Pedro Reyes and Nizama each credited with an assist.
Goalkeeper Mason Eicher had five saves.
Baseball
Bishop Verot: Senior Devyn White has signed a national letter-of-intent accepting a baseball scholarship to Nova South-eastern in Fort Lauderdale.
White, a starting pitcher for the Vikings, is ranked the 89th best prospect in Florida by Perfect Game.