Tritons maintain unbeaten status through shootout
Mariner kept its unbeaten streak intact through the Tritons Shootout over the weekend, downing SWF Christian 65-42 Saturday in the final round at Frank Morris Memorial Gymnasium.
Brandon Kostyk drained six 3-point goals to lead the Tritons to victory with 18 points. Jamel Myers and Isaiah Darrett contributed double-double performances to back Koltyk. Myers contributed 14 points, 11 rebounds while Darrett hit for 10 points and 10 rebounds.
“We were up by eight at the half and had a good third quarter where we shot well,” said Tritons coach James Harris. “We stretched it out in the third quarter and beyond.”
In other games Saturday Port Charlotte prevailed over South Fort Myers 59-49 while Dunbar downed Estero 53-43 and Lakewood Ranch pummeled LaBelle 80-61.
The Tritons (13-0) participate in the Venice Beach Bask on Jan. 2, opening against Palmetto.
Boys Soccer
Tritons Holiday Tournament: Lely’s boys and American Heritage’s girls claimed the championships Saturday in the two-day Tritons Holiday Tournament at Mariner.
Lely defeated Immokalee 5-2 in the boys’ championship game after knocking off Riverdale 9-2 in the first round and LaBelle 4-3 in the semifinals to reach the title match Saturday.
American Heritage had a much more difficult journey to the title, beating Cypress Lake 9-1 in the first round and tying Mariner 1-1 in the semifinals, but advancing to the title match on tiebreaker PKs 4-2. Heritage blanked Riverdale 3-0 in the Saturday’s finale.
Ida Baker’s girls placed third with a 2-1 win over Mariner. Baker beat Lemon Bay 4-2 in the first round and tied Riverdale 3-3 in the semifinals with Riverdale advancing to the title match on tiebreaker PKs 4-3.
Baker’s boys took 5th place with a 1-0 win over Cypress Lake Saturday. The Bulldogs (7-9-2) lost their opener 4-0 to LaBelle, but bounced back to shut out Riverdale 8-0 in the consolation round to advance to the 5th place match.
Bulldogs goalkeeper Alex Buntrock was credited with f total of seven saves while posting two shutouts.